Monsters: the 1985 Chicago Bears and the wild heart of football
By: Rich Cohen
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780374298685
Subjects: Chicago Bears (Football team); History
Other titles: 1985 Chicago Bears and the wild heart of football; Monsters Chicago Bears
Description: "A riveting account of the 1985 Chicago Bears and the author's personal relationship with the football team"--

An account of the Chicago Bears 1985 championship season shares anecdotes about its extraordinary events while describing the contributions of such personalities as Walter "Sweetness" Payton, Dan "Danimal" Hampton, and coach Mike Ditka.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Super Bowl shuffle; title: The war room; title: The old zipperoo; title: Leather heads; title: The eye in the sky; title: The quarterback; title: Mike Disco; title: Sucking in the seventies; title: Ready, fire, aim; title: The Fridge; title: A race to the quarterback; title: Shane comes to the Metrodome; title: Star-crossed in Miami; title: The Ferguson hit; title: The year without a winter; title: A bunch of crybabies; title: What went wrong; title: Much later; title: Road trip to Canton; title: I did it my (fucking) way.