Halas Intrigue Bears podcast: It's training camp report day!

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<p>Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser break down the state of the Bears on training camp report day — and share what GM Ryan Poles and coach Ben Johnson had to say about their roster.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="HtmlModule"><a class="AnchorLink" id="html-embed-module-f30000" name="html-embed-module-f30000"></a><iframe src="https://wbez-rss.streamguys1.com/player/player260728144545-1978-53.html" frameBorder="0" scrolling="no" width="740" height="210" style="max-width:100%;"> </iframe> </div> </div><p></p><p></p><p><i>New episodes of “Halas Intrigue” will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on&nbsp;</i><a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/halas-intrigue" target="_blank" ><i><u>the podcast’s hub page</u></i></a><i>. 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