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291 Chris Cobbs of the Los Angeles Times: Chris Cobbs, “‘The Refrigerator’ Falls on Packers, 23–7,” Los Angeles Times, October 22, 1985.
291 “Can McPerry be far behind?”: “Executives Going After Bears for Endorsements,” Los Angeles Times, December 15, 1985.
291 Far from trying to make a fashion: Kevin Cook, “Playboy Interview: Jim McMahon,” Playboy, October 1, 1986.
294 “This team has not reached”: “Bears Roll On, 36-0, Over Falcons,” The Washington Post, November 25, 1985.
294 “We aren’t satisfied yet”: Verdi, “ ‘We Aren’t Satisfied Yet,’ ” Chicago Tribune, November 25, 1985.
294 “We are going to kick the Bears’ butts”: Delsohn, Da Bears!, 162.
295 “Every time we had a game in Florida”: Steve McMichael with Phil Arvia, Steve McMichael’s Tales from the Chicago Bears Sideline (Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC, 2004), 98.
295 A Miami radio station came up: John Mullin, The Rise and Self-Destruction of the Greatest Football Team in History (Chicago, Triumph Books, 2005), 104–105.
295 “Reporters fell from the sky like a seven-inch snow”: Mike Singletary with Armen Keteyian, Calling the Shots (Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1986), 175.
295 “It was like they were trying to put the voodoo on us”: Delsohn, Da Bears!, 165.
295 Back at the University of Pittsburgh, Marino had roomed: Ibid., 169–171.
296 Early in the fourth quarter, with the score 38–24: Ibid., 172–173.
298 “Willie Gault? When he was traded”: Fred Mitchell, “Bears Forget Gault Already,” Chicago Tribune, September 14, 1988.
298 “We told them we weren’t coming”: Jon Greenberg, “Shuffling down memory lane,” ESPN.com, January 15, 2010.
299 The “Shuffle” went on to become a smash hit: Delsohn, Da Bears!, 180.
299 “The guy had the balls to come back”: Ibid., 181.
300 “Dealing with the media has been”: Pierson, “AP Honors Singletary,” Chicago Tribune, January 1, 1986.
301 Payton desired more acclaim: Ken McKee, “Bears’ Walter Payton admits he needs acclaim,” Toronto Sun, January 5, 1986.
302 “For me, the Super Bowl would”: Ed Sherman, “Payton Running Out of Time,” Chicago Tribune, January 9, 1986.
303 As was tradition, the Bears spent: Sherman, “Payton’s Day Finally Arrives,” Chicago Tribune, January 13, 1986.
303 With 4:26 remaining in the first quarter: Pierson, “Superb Bears in Super Bowl,” Chicago Tribune, January 13, 1986.
303 Over the past decade, he had attended: Jim Proudfoot, “Only Super Bowls for Payton were as a spectator,” The Toronto Star, January 24, 1986.
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305 Weeks before kickoff, NFL Films: Roberts, “Bears Favored to Shuffle Past Patriots Today,” Los Angeles Times, January 26, 1986.
305 Some 175 journalists from across: Ira Berkow, “Secrecy at Bears’ Workout,” The New York Times, January 17, 1986.
306 “We got on the buses from the airport”: Delsohn, Da Bears!, 201.
313 “I ain’t no damned monkey on a string”: McGrane, Sweetness, 12.
315 “When they called the play for Perry”: Verdi, “No-TD Payton Admits he was ‘Upset,’ ” Chicago Tribune, January 30, 1986.
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316 He was asked to attend: Larry Black, “Reagan joshes ‘Kid’ Mulroney at dazzling White House bash,” The Canadian Press, March 19, 1986.
316 As always, he appeared at the annual: John Holland, “There’ll be Enough Bears to Field a Team, and Others,” Chicago Tribune, February 9, 1986.
316 Both the Cubs and White Sox: Skip Myslenski and Linda Kay, “Popular Guy,” Chicago Tribune, March 21, 1986.
316 He participated in Hands Across America: Charles Krauthammer, “Celebrities in Politics,” Time, April 21, 1986.
316 And was saluted by Jackson, Mississippi: David Beard, “Walter Payton Day,” Associated Press, May 12, 1986.
316–17 Bob Richards, Brice Jenner, Mary Lou Retton and Pete Rose: “Wheaties puts Payton on cover,” USA Today, May 6, 1986.
317 “To be on the box”: William C. Trott, “Wheaties Cover Boy,” United Press International, May 7, 1986.
317 Take two football stars: “News,” PR Newswire, February 7, 1986.
318 “He’s a scholar”: Pierson, “Bears Tab Anderson of Florida,