For some inside Halas Hall, Monday's divulgence that Bill Polian had been in the shadows helping George McCaskey and Ted Phillips perform a necessary evaluation of the Chicago Bears’ failures was both surprising and bothersome.
Recently fired Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores was a big name to pop up in a lengthy list of candidates the Chicago Bears have contacted about interviews.
The NBA's rescheduling has placed a burden on the Chicago Bulls with 22 games in the five weeks before the All-Star break. But coach Billy Donovan isn’t ready to commit to resting his players.
With Seth Jones and Jake McCabe entering COVID-19 protocols, the Chicago Blackhawks' “leftover” defensemen came up big, contributing to three goals in a 4-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
No. 25 Illinois held off struggling Nebraska for a hard-earned 81-71 victory. The Illini have won five straight games and 10 of 11 and are out to their best start in Big Ten play since 2005.
Major League Baseball and the players’ association are scheduled to meet Thursday, ending a 42-day break in negotiations that began when management started a lockout in the sport’s first work stoppage since 1995.
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Chicago Bears Chairman George McCaskey was combative, condescending and constantly "Bears-splaining," speaking to a skeptical audience to explain the firings of GM Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy.
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Bears
Recently fired Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores was a big name to pop up in a lengthy list of candidates the Chicago Bears have contacted about interviews.
- For some inside Halas Hall, Monday's divulgence that Bill Polian had been in the shadows helping George McCaskey and Ted Phillips perform a necessary evaluation of the Chicago Bears’ failures was both surprising and bothersome.
- Hours after informing Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy they had been fired, Chicago Bears Chairman George McCaskey promised the search to replace them “will result in the best possible selections to lead the Bears to success.”
- Chicago Bears Chairman George McCaskey was combative, condescending and constantly "Bears-splaining," speaking to a skeptical audience to explain the firings of GM Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy.
- While the move to fire Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy was expected as the losses piled up in his fourth season, GM Ryan Pace’s fate after seven years in his role seemed less clear over the last month.
- Photos from the Illinois-Maryland game on Jan. 6, 2022, at the State Farm Center in Champaign. The Illini retired former star Ayo Dosunmu's jersey at halftime of the game, which they won 76-64.
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Bulls and Blackhawks
The NBA's rescheduling has placed a burden on the Chicago Bulls with 22 games in the five weeks before the All-Star break. But coach Billy Donovan isn’t ready to commit to resting his players.
- With Seth Jones and Jake McCabe entering COVID-19 protocols, the Chicago Blackhawks' “leftover” defensemen came up big, contributing to three goals in a 4-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.
- The Chicago Blackhawks added four members of the team to the COVID-19 protocols Tuesday: defensemen Seth Jones and Jake McCabe, head trainer Mike Gapski and head equipment manager Troy Parchman.
- The Chicago Bulls lost for the first time in the new year Sunday against the Dallas Mavericks, snapping their winning streak at nine games. And the schedule doesn't get any easier before the All-Star break.
- It wasn’t going to last forever. The Chicago Bulls knew that long before the Dallas Mavericks snapped their nine-game winning streak with a 113-99 victory Sunday at the American Airlines Center.
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