The teddy bear emerged out of a presidency. In November 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt was on a bear hunting excursion in Mississippi at the invitation of its governor, Andrew Longino. Roosevelt, ...

The Chicago Bears' coaching staff under new head coach ... to report that Chicago is retaining special teams coordinator Richard Hightower. Hightower is the first -- and perhaps only -- coach ...

where plush toymaker Margarete Steiff peddled bears, elephants, and other animals. Her nephew, Richard, reportedly sketched a stuffed bear as early as 1894.) Michtom soon formed the Ideal Toy Company.

They designed and made rag dolls of all colours and a whole menagerie of stuffed animals. Last but not least, they made the first ever socialist teddy bears. German toymaker Richard Steiff had ...

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produced a stuffed bear from Richard Steiff's designs. They exhibited the toy at the Leipzig Toy Fair in March 1903. Both the bears had jointed limbs and button eyes. Once they came to the public ...

With Ben Johnson officially being introduced as the Chicago Bears' new head coach ... Instead, Chicago is expected to retain Richard Hightower, who's served as the team's special teams coordinator ...

Richard Roeper, a Sun-Times contributor since 1987 and a Chicago native, is the author of seven books and the former co-host of “Ebert & Roeper and the Movies.” He is the film critic for ABC-7 ...