Steve McMichael, a Pro Football Hall of Famer and member of the Chicago Bears' Super Bowl 20 team, has died. He was 67 years old. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX 🏀⚽️🥇 ...

McMichael played for the Bears from 1981-93 and was named All-Pro after each season from 1984-88 and again in 1991. He was an anchor for a Bears team that won six NFC Central titles in seven ...

McMichael played 13 seasons with the Bears from 1981 to 1993, and ranks second only to Richard Dent in team history with 92.5 sacks. Latest U.S.

Former Bears quarterback Mike Tomczak (18) is greeted after a game at Soldier Field by the Bears' Steve McMichael (76), who tackled Tomczak several times during a 27-13 victory over the Packers on ...

Mike Ditka called McMichael, “the toughest player I ever coached. Steve transcended every era. He could have played in the ‘40s, the ‘50s, the ‘60s, the ‘70s.

Bears coach Mike Ditka is carried off the field by Steve McMichael, left, and William Perry after the Bears won Super Bowl XX in 1986. (Phil Sandlin / Associated Press) ...

CANTON, Ohio — When at long last it became Steve McMichael’s turn to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, the center stage at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium remained empty.

McMichael appreciated the gift of being surrounded by Hall of Famers: Payton, Hampton, Mike Singletary, Richard Dent, Jimbo Covert and Mike Ditka. He also loved that he found a way to keep up and ...

McMichael, 67, was a key member of Chicago's legendary "46" defense that spearheaded the Bears' first and only Super Bowl title. During Chicago's 1985 championship season, McMichael earned All-Pro ...

Bears coach Mike Ditka is carried off the field by Steve McMichael, left, and William Perry after the Bears defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 20 in New Orleans on Jan. 26, 1986.

McMichael's family and members of the 1985 Bears, including Mike Singletary and Richard Dent, surrounded him in his suburban Chicago home as his bronze Hall of Fame bust, featuring his signature ...