Devin Hester Ends Shortest Holdout in NFL History, Reports to Bears Training Camp

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Offseason Offtable: 7.24.08
Published 7/24/2008 by Hardwood Paroxysm (noreply@blogger.com) at Hardwood Paroxysm
... . Now, this morning he relented and got his happy ass to camp. But when I read the story yesterday, I had a different reaction than I may have previously had. ...

PM Roundup: Come On, 5 O’Clock….
Published 7/25/2008 by Cousins of Ron Mexico at The Big Lead
... The pitcher from the minor league brawl is currently in county. You know what they make you do in county? (Dayton Daily News) The top jerks in sports. (CBS Sportsline) Kid’s a narc if you ask me. (TambaBay.com) Everything is killing us! (How Stuff Works) Imig loves typos. That’s why he works here. (Joe Sports Fan) That was fast - the Bears’ only weapon reports on time. (FanHouse) Sleepy wide receivers. I may have misunderstood. (The ...

AOL Fanhouse's Michael David Smith continues to write stupid crap
Published 7/26/2008 by BigBlueShoe at Stampede Blue
... Kree was right to bash Hester, and Smith was silly to defend Hester. The whole Hester wanting money thing is a farce that concluded, somewhat, yesterday when Hester showed up to camp on time after threatening all off-season to hold out. ...

The Top 10 players most vital to the Chicago Bears’ success in 2008 - #5 Devin Hester
Published 7/26/2008 by Shea at Blog Down, Chicago Bears
... The fact is, Devin Hester is a very dangerous man. And as his role on offense increases, so does the prospect for the big play. He’s ended his two-day holdout, returned to camp, and is certain to get a new, ...

Bears Could Be Interested in One of Buccaneers' Five Quarterbacks
Published 7/26/2008 at FanHouse
... has ended the shortest holdout in NFL history, the Bears can focus on finding the last piece to the Super Bowl puzzle: that's right, this team is a quarterback away from ... well, still winning four or five games. ...

Bears Give Devin Hester Four-Year Extension, Virtually Everybody Thinks It's a Good Move
Published 7/27/2008 at FanHouse
Filed under: Bears, NFC North, NFL Fans For those of you holding out hope for the Bears to trade Devin Hester (at last count, we were up to one person), well, it ain't happenin'. Instead, the team, which had been in negotiations with the Pro Bowl returner before he abruptly staged a two-day holdout, announced he wouldn't play for $445,000, and promptly returned to practice and tweaked his hammy, signed Hester to a new contract a few hours ago. No word on the how much the team forked over to keep ...