“I go to Mexican restaurants maybe once a year, whether I need to or not.” --Mike Ditka, on the eve of signing his coaching contract with the Chicago Bears On January 19th of 1982, Mike Ditka absolutely needed to go to a Mexican restaurant. Not because he wanted enchiladas, but because the legendary Bears tight end had been spotted by eagle-eyed reporters at Chicago’s Tavern Club eating dinner when he should have been home in Dallas resting after a brutal last minute playoff loss at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers (Ditka was an assistant coach for the Dallas Cowboys). If you’re a football junkie, you’ll know this moment as “The Catch”, Dwight Clark’s Elastic-Man-worthy reception from Joe Montana with 51 seconds left on the clock.
The Casa That Ike Built
The Casa That Ike Built
The Casa That Ike Built
“I go to Mexican restaurants maybe once a year, whether I need to or not.” --Mike Ditka, on the eve of signing his coaching contract with the Chicago Bears On January 19th of 1982, Mike Ditka absolutely needed to go to a Mexican restaurant. Not because he wanted enchiladas, but because the legendary Bears tight end had been spotted by eagle-eyed reporters at Chicago’s Tavern Club eating dinner when he should have been home in Dallas resting after a brutal last minute playoff loss at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers (Ditka was an assistant coach for the Dallas Cowboys). If you’re a football junkie, you’ll know this moment as “The Catch”, Dwight Clark’s Elastic-Man-worthy reception from Joe Montana with 51 seconds left on the clock.