The Calm Before The Storm: Looking Forward to Bears Training Camp

It is almost upon us... The long summer months are almost over. The time where all we have to watch is: Baseball The NBA Draft Baseball The NBA Summer league Baseball Good Soccer (Confederations Cup) Baseball The WNBA Baseball Bad Soccer (MLS) But no longer, because on July 31, in that beautiful, delightful Friday afternoon, the Chicago Bears training camp begins at Bourbonnais on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University. After dealing with Manny and the steroids and the poor fate that Blake Griffin faces, the exciting, albeit brief, run by the Americans in the Confederations Cup and the WNB... er, I mean MLS...uh, GOLF...oh hell, nevermind. Finally, football is here. For diehards, this is where we dig in for the long haul. In the sweltering heat of summer, this is where rookies become men (both in football and fandom terms). This is where battles are lost and won. This is when the season can be decided. This isn't just what fans live for, but NFL writers as wel...