Bears icon Steve McMichael celebrated at Chicago fundraising party

CHICAGO -- Football, friendship, and fundraising—that is how organizers described a watch party Monday night that raised money for Bears legend Steve 'Mongo' McMichael.The Hall-of-Famer has been battling ALS. The fundraiser Monday night is also intended to raise awareness about the disease.

'Giving saves lives, and it helps individuals live whatever life they have left to its fullest,' said former Chicago Bear and McMichael teammate Bruce Herron. Each one has featured a different past or present Bears player, and raised money for a different charity.The events Monday night at Joe's on Weed Street, 940 W.



Weed St., featured a live broadcast of Monday Night Football game as the Baltimore Ravens took on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.McMichael played for the Bears from 1981 until 1993.

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