Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football

By Rich Cohen

Categories: Sports & Outdoors

Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football (2013) is a book by Rich Cohen. A lifelong Bears fan, Cohen tells the story of the team that went 15-1 and won Super Bowl XX. He profiles figures such as coach Mike Ditka, defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan, Walter Payton and Jim McMahon, while reflecting on fandom, Chicago and the violence at the heart of football. The book was a New York Times bestseller.

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