In Part 1 of ChicagoBears.com's 5-part series on Steve McMichael ahead of his Hall of Fame induction in August, senior writer Larry Mayer chronicles McMichael's decades-long friendship with longtime ...

Bears Hall of Fame defensive lineman Dan Hampton shares a similar perspective ... "I was forewarned about the character Steve McMichael, and that's the player and the Sunday guy that I came to have an ...

Which brings us to Steve McMichael. Never a finalist or semifinalist ... the Bears now have four starters from that defense in Canton: Dan Hampton. Mike Singeltary. Richard Dent.