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Bears great Steve McMichael improving from staph infection

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CHICAGO -- Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael is improving after contracting a staph infection at a suburban hospital and his family hopes he returns home early this week, his wife said Sunday in a statement.

The 66-year-old McMichael, who went public with an ALS diagnosis three years ago, has been hospitalized since Thursday. His family hopes to have him home on Tuesday, wife Misty McMichael said.

Steve McMichael was admitted into intensive care on Thursday -- a week after being voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame -- with a urinary tract infection.