BY MADDIE TOPLIFF Gather around, children, as we laugh, cry and remember the Bears season together. It’s what head coach Matt Nagy would have wanted. …
A Bear-y Good Thanksgiving – Chicago Defeats Detroit
by MADDIE TOPLIFF Not only is my appetite for pumpkin pie satisfied, but the void in my heart that needed a Bears win has been filled as well. That me…
Bears Lose in LA
by MADDIE TOPLIFF If you thought last week’s win was a fluke, look who’s feeling stupid now. It’s me. I’m feeling stupid. The Bears lost again to the …
Bears Finally Get a Needed Win Over Lions
by MADDIE TOPLIFF The streak is broken. The Bears have finally tasted sweet, sweet victory once again and at Soldier Field, no less. Not only that, bu…
Athletes Speak: Why Drake Draws International Students
by EMILY STADELMYER Drake University is well-known for being a diverse community in Des Moines, Iowa as their homepage for international students stat…
Bears’ battery dies in Chargers matchup
by MADDIE TOPLIFF I wish I had good news, friends. I really do. But another Chicago Bears loss at home is the news I have to report this week. That of…
The Saints Came Marching in v. Bears
by MADDIE TOPLIFF Hello, old friends. I missed you last week — almost as much as I missed the Bears. I hope everyone’s bye week was restful and full o…
Chicago Bears fall to the Oakland Raiders in London
by MADDIE TOPLIFF Let me just say this: Losses in another country shouldn’t count. It is called the National Football League, after all. So, losing ag…
Bears Vanquish the Vikings
by MADDIE TOPLIFF I’ll get straight to it: this was the most important game of the Bears’ season so far. With the chance to hop out of last place in t…
Chicago Bears wring out the Washington Redskins on the road
by MADDIE TOPLIFF Bears wring out Washington on the road No offense to anyone involved in scheduling NFL games, but when I think of Monday Night Footb…
Chicago Bears pull out an unbelievable win against Denver
by MADDIE TOPLIFF Some teams win, some teams lose and some teams try really hard to lose but still end up winning by the skin of their teeth. The Chic…
Student athletes wish they were just ‘Drake Busy’
by DRAKE LOHSE “Drake Busy” Definition: adjective; a sense of being overwhelmed or extraordinarily imposed by responsibility that is specific to the …
A big Bear letdown: Bears lose season opener to Packers
By MADDIE TOPLIFF There’s sad, and then there’s the feeling I got after watching the Chicago Bears lose their season opener to the Green Bay Packers f…
This week in Fantasy Football
By ANDY ORTON Start: Jimmy Garoppolo vs. DET Garoppolo had a predictably bad week against the Minnesota Vikings defense. He threw for 261 yards, one t…
Rundown on Drake intramurals
Advice and wisdom from two juniors on the ins and outs of Drake intramurals By: JD Pelegrino Now that we are a week and a half into the 2018 academic …