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...least the Chicago Bears know what has technically been wrong with Jim McMahon, the most erudite of their four quarterbacks, who has written one book and read several others. He has a slight tear in the rotator cuff of his right shoulder. McMahon said, "I knew something was in there," though two arthroscopic examinations were required to find it. Missing him for six of eleven games, Coach Mike Ditka had frankly grown dubious. "Can you hear that?" whispered the quarterback, jiggling his bad handle. "It sounds like somebody's walking around in wet shoes...
...have watered down their stomp a little this year, skirting the likes of Detroit (13-7), Philadelphia (13-10) and Atlanta (13-10), winning all the same. They have not only beaten but joined the media. A Bear without his own radio show has become an object of pity. McMahon, Ditka, Linebacker Mike Singletary -- everyone but William ("the Refrigerator") Perry, it seems -- have penned monographs to last season's glory. Perry is thinking about a cookbook...
...quarterback from Boston College, whose Heisman Trophy two years ago appeared to have been sculpted to scale. After settling his seven-figure account with the dormant U.S. Football League, Flutie signed just a few weeks ago to back up Mike Tomczak, who backs up Steve Fuller, who backs up McMahon. General Manager Jerry Vainisi describes Flutie's Chicago earnings as "less than Fuller, more than Tomczak," who lately has done most of the playing. Two weeks ago, Flutie was hurried into the fray at Tampa Bay for a series of mishaps that prompted him to hurl himself on the ground...
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