Bears back the bid

If the star power of President Obama or Oprah Winfrey isn't enough to sway the Olympics to Chicago, perhaps Bears quarterback Jay Cutler could help.

Earlier this week, Cutler said he would love to see the Olympics come to Chicago.

"Absolutely," Cutler said. "I think it’d be good for the city, it’d be good for the country. I know everyone on our side of the ball is trying to get the Olympics here, [including] the president. We’ll see what happens."

Which Olympic sport would Cutler want to watch?

"I don’t know," Cutler said with a laugh. "I don’t even know if I’ll be here for that. Traffic’s bad enough right now."

Bears tight end Greg Olsen also backed the bid.

"If they could bring it here to Chicago, I think we have a lot of work that we’d need to do, but I think it’d be great for the city," Olsen said. "I think the people of Chicago would love it. I know we all would."

But actions speak louder than words. That's why the Bears' gold medal for civic duty goes to 6-foot-tall, 310-pound defensive tackle Anthony Adams.

"I’m going to do everything on my end to make sure that we do," Adams vowed. "I’ve been doing extra tumbles and things on the horse, the pommel horse and rings. I’m doing everything within my power to get the bid here.

"So maybe [Chicago will get it]," Adams said. "If that’s extra work on the rings or something – maybe we can have you guys come and see what I do to try to get the Olympic bid here. I mean, I’ve been working hard. So hopefully we can get this thing."

UPDATE: Adams can put away his unitard. Chicago was the first city eliminated from the International Olympic Committee's voting just before 10:30 a.m. today.

-Tom Musick