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After an ugly loss to the Brooklyn Nets where the Minnesota Timberwolves lacked energy for much of the game and dropped one to a team that has been playing well in the month of December. This marked their second straight loss after the thriller late on Christmas Day. This game kicks off a four-game road […]
I turned on the game tonight expecting either a tough win or a big loss — nothing in between. But losing Josh Giddey and Coby White was not the kind of collateral I expected the Bulls to take on. The only silver lining to a blowout loss is that it lets me get this article out a little faster. First Half: Coby White OUT! Not the prettiest of starts for either the Bulls or the Timberwolves. It felt like there was a lid on the rim. Chicago opened just 1-for-10 on their first 10 shots an...
Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. It’s good to see you back. We hope you had a wonderful holiday break. Please come on in out of the cold. We can check your coat for you. Don’t lose that ticket. There are […]
The Bears have already clinched the NFC North, and they’ve secured home-field advantage in at least the first round of the upcoming playoffs. That said, it was still unfortunate that their dreams of securing the No. 1 seed in the NFC came to an end with their 42-38 loss to the 49ers. You could probably […]
There’s a slight part of me that doesn’t want the Atlanta Falcons to beat the Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night Football. It would mean that the Seattle Seahawks were literally a few yards away from clinching the NFC West title through the Rams and San Francisco 49ers losing, but the Chicago Bears couldn’t seal […]
The 15-16 Chicago Bulls find themselves in the midst of a 1-1 homestand so far, with four games left on their United Center slate this week before they hit the road again. On Monday night, the trick-or-treat Bulls will look to return to a .500 record as they host one of the West’s best, the 20-12 Minnesota Timberwolves. Josh Giddey , now clearly Chicago’s best player, will look to build on his campaign for his first All-Star bid this season with another big night. Fresh off inking a ...
That game didn’t go as hoped, but I, along with many others, came away feeling pretty good about the Chicago Bears. They fell a play short against the San Francisco 49ers, but rookies Colston Loveland (21 years old) and Luther Burden III (22) combined for 14 catches, 233 yards, and two touchdowns. Caleb Williams (24) […]
If you were hoping if Ben Johnson would play his starters in Week 18 against the Detroit Lions, then I think you might be pleased with what the Bears head coach had to say on Monday: Ben Johnson on the Bears' intentions to play for the No. 2 seed: "We're playing to win this week." — Chris Emma (@CEmma670) December 29, 2025 “We’re playing to win this week” isn’t as direct of an answer as I’d like, but it is one that clues us in on the team’s plans heading into the Chicago Bears’...
Of course Luther Burden III earned the best Bears player grade in Week 17. Heck, Pro Football Focus had Luther Burden with the best initial grade of any player who suited up in that game. So with all due respect to quarterbacks Caleb Williams and Brock Purdy, the Sunday Night Football shootout between the Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers was a Burden coming out party. The rookie wide receiver saw a season-high nine targets and turned it into a season-best line of eight catches, 138 r...
After giving up over 300 rushing yards to the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday, the Green Bay Packers claimed defensive tackle Jonathan Ford off waivers on Monday. Ford was originally drafted by the Packers in 2022 in the seventh round. He spent three years with the team, but never played in a regular-season game for Green […]
History is staring Caleb Williams in the face as the Chicago Bears head into Week 18. With one game left on the regular-season schedule, Williams is on the doorstep of rewriting a franchise passing record book that has stood largely untouched for decades. He needs 109 passing yards to break Erik Kramer’s single-season passing yardage record (3,838 in 1995) and 270 yards to become the first 4,000-yard passer in Bears history. On top of that, Williams sits at 25 passing touchdowns, four shy...
You can’t win them all, but the Chicago Bears certainly gave the San Francisco 49ers a scare on Sunday night in Santa Clara, California. In one of the toughest games on their 2025 schedule, the Bears came out with tons of firepower but ultimately fell just two yards (and a few seconds) short in a […]
Any Eagles fan who watched the San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears go up and down the field in a wildly entertaining game on Sunday Night Football this week, won by the Niners 42-38, had to wonder if they were watching a different sport. There was 936 yards of total offense. The teams combined for […]
We haven't heard his name much at all on the rumor mill this year, but with the Chicago Blackhawks ' recent tumble to the bottom of the standings, Tyler Bertuzzi is now starting to make the rounds. Insider Elliotte Friedman suggested on The Fan Hockey Show on Monday that the Hawks could look to solidify themselves in the running for a top draft pick in 2026, by trading off a high-producing veteran. Chicago has lost six of their seven games since Connor Bedard went down to injury (and the...
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As we say hello to the final week of the NFL regular season, the playoff picture in the NFC North is almost set in stone — and it’s the Chicago Bears sitting comfortably at the top. Chicago has already clinched the division crown, while the Lions and Vikings have been eliminated from postseason contention. The Green Bay Packers, meanwhile, are locked into the No. 7 seed, leaving very little mystery about who is getting in — only where everyone will land. EPISODE NO. 15 OF THE BN BEARS POD...
Tuesday’s NHL schedule includes a contest between the favored New York Islanders (21-14-4, -147 on the moneyline to win on the road) and the Chicago Blackhawks (14-18-6, +123 moneyline odds) at 8:30 p.m. ET on NHL Network. NHL Network will air this Islanders versus Blackhawks matchup. Islanders vs. Blackhawks Game Info & Odds When: Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. ET TV Channel: NHL Network Live Stream: Fubo Where: United Center in Chicago, Illinois Favorite: Islanders (...
The Bears fall 42-38 to the 49ers in a nationally televised instant classic , and the crew breaks it all down on the Bleacher Nation Bears Podcast, presented by Obvious Shirts . Hosts Patrick Flowers, Matt Rooney, and Luis Medina react to a game that felt like a full-blown track meet — one that ended with the ball in Caleb Williams’ hands at the 2-yard line, one play deciding everything. It’s the exact scenario Bears fans have imagined for decades, and even in defeat, it felt like a defi...
Caleb Williams almost pulled another rabbit out of his hat in Week 17. And while it could be easy to point fingers or play the woulda, coulda, shoulda game with the final play of the Week 17 thriller between the Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers on Sunday Night Football, it was Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson who pointed the finger inward when discussing what happened on that fateful play. “We didn’t quite get aligned in the formation we wanted to,” Johnson said via the Bears’ official w...
It was fitting that, in a season defined by the 49ers’ ability to overcome injury adversity, they were forced to produce one of their best offensive performances of the season in a must-win game without two of their most important players on that side of the ball. On paper, losing Trent Williams to a hamstring […]
Even though the Blackhawks played back-to-back days coming out of the Christmas break, they still practices on Monday. And… there was a lot going on. Some good news right out of the gate: Connor Bedard was on the ice before the rest of his teammates. He did not shoot the puck, but was skating and doing some puck handling stuff. Blackhawks head coach Jeff Blashill said there is no change to Bedard’s timeline; he’ll still be evaluated after the calendar flips to 2026. But he was on the ice ...
A report out of Japan indicates that Japanese infielder Kazuma Okamoto is now in the United States ahead of the January 4 expiration of his posting period for MLB teams. He is reportedly meeting with his agent, Scott Boras, and visiting interested teams. This sounds like what we heard over the weekend about Tatsuya Imai, whose posting expires two days earlier. I suppose that means we need to be on the lookout for clandestine meetings at Wrigley Field this week. The Cubs should just h...
The final score wasn’t exactly what we hoped for, but the Bears and 49ers played one heck of a football game. No, Ben Johnson’s team wasn’t able to pull off its seventh come-from-behind victory with less than two minutes left this season, but what they did do is establish that they can hang with anyone they’ll come across in the playoffs on a given day. That doesn’t mean the Bears aren’t flawed. They are. The defense thrives on taking the ball away and struggles mightily when it doesn’t. ...
If you’re wondering whether the Detroit Lions are going to play all of their starter in a “meaningless” Week 18 game against the Chicago Bears, coach Dan Campbell gave a resounding… maybe? Unsurprisingly, Campbell mentioned that the game can say a lot about a team’s set of players, and it’s the standard in Detroit to […]
In one of the most entertaining games of the year, the Chicago Bears fell short in the final seconds to lose to the San Francisco 49ers 38-42. Here are my notes from the wild shootout. Offense: Defense: Special Teams: