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Week 17 Chicago vs. San Francisco: Keys to a Bears victory
It’s late December and the Chicago Bears are playoff-bound. With two games remaining, there is still all-important seeding to play for. The Bears have a (remote) chance at the No. 1 seed and no matter how remote, we know coach Ben Johnson is going to go for it. The San Francisco 49ers have the No. […]
Breaking down what happened on the Bears’ OT touchdown
In the last article, we briefly covered the events leading up to the final Chicago Bears touchdown in regulation and broke down the details of that final play that tied the game. Ultimately, the Bears knocked off the Green Bay Packers 22-16 in overtime on the back of a deep shot from Caleb Williams to […]
Maxx Crosby’s Future With the Raiders is Now in Question (HELLO, BEARS!?)
The Chicago Bears have two regular-season games left on their schedule and their first postseason appearance since 2020 on the horizon. However, that will not stop me from cranking up the NFL hot stove in the wake of the Maxx Crosby news. In case you missed it, NFL on FOX insider Jay Glazer reported that Crosby left the Las Vegas Raiders’ team facility after a disagreement regarding his playing status for the team’s final two regular season games against the New York Giants and Kansa...
Cubs position player pitchers: Chris Gimenez
The Cubs had struggled early in 2018, but a 16-7 run from May 27 to June 20 had put them into a first-place tie with the Brewers at 42-29. Then they went on a disastrous road trip to Cincinnati and Los Angeles where they lost six of eight. The third of those games was against […]
Anton Frondell Scores First Goal of World Junior Championship, Named Sweden’s Best Player
The World Junior Championship tournament got started on Friday in Minnesota. Blackhawks prospect Anton Frondell and Sweden were on the ice in the first game in the entire tournament, and they skated away with an impressive 3-2 win over a gritty Slovakian squad. Frondell scored the first goal of the entire tournament in the middle of the second period. GOAL: Anton Frondell (#16) with a filthy one-timer to open the scoring for Team Sweden pic.twitter.com/O5HpkyzvZL — BHF (@Blackh...
Scoreboard Watching: Games that Matter for the Chicago Bears in Week 17
With the schedule down to two regular-season games remaining and the Bears having clinched a playoff berth last week, the list of games of importance for Bears fans to watch is shrinking. However, with a shot at clinching the NFC North this week on the table and a path to the NFC’s top seed and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs in sight, there are a few games of interest this week. Baltimore Ravens at Green Bay Packers — Saturday, 7:00 PM CT (Peacock) With some help from t...
Looking Forward to Another Year of Chicago Cubs Pitching Prospect Jaxon Wiggins
As we await some more signings to go down, and specifically await a couple key postings from Japan to resolve, I got to thinking about Chicago Cubs starting pitching prospect Jaxon Wiggins. If all goes well for him in the first half of 2026, there’s a very good chance he could impact the big league team in the second half, much like Cade Horton did in 2025 ( I’ll be realistic and not dream on THAT much impact, but still – doesn’t even have to be that much to be significant! ). And that’s all r...
Bears vs 49ers Injury Report: Luther Burden III returns, Rome Odunze is out
Sunday Night Football is getting a gem this week as the 11-win Chicago Bears and the 11-win San Fransicso 49ers meet up with playoff seeding scenarios on the line. The Bears just dropped the injury report for the game, and they only list two players as out: wide receiver Rome Odunze and cornerback Nick McCloud. […]
The second day of Cubsmas: A $2 scorecard
On the first day of Cubsmas My true love gave to me An Anthony Rizzo retirement for the ages, On the second day of CubsmasMy true love gave to meA $2 scorecardAnd an Anthony Rizzo retirement for the ages Like everything in society, the cost of going to a baseball game to enjoy America’s pastime […]
Coby Trade Chatter, Ayo Talks Health, Giddey vs Trae, and Other Bulls Bullets
The 14-15 Chicago Bulls’ 2025-26 season has been full of peaks and valleys already, and it’s still just December! They kicked off the year with a five-game win streak, but a seven-game losing streak brought rabid fans back down to earth earlier this month. Lately, though, the Bulls have been trending up again. The team claimed its fourth straight victory, a 126-123 road defeat of the Atlanta Hawks, on Tuesday. $100 million man Josh Giddey notched a 19-point, 15-assist, 11-rebound triple-d...
The 5 worst Cubs games of 2025
There are a couple of massive bullpen meltdowns in this group of losses. There are also a couple of games in which the opposition would simply not stop hitting home runs. I promise you there will be a “5 best Cubs games of 2025” article coming up next week, but I thought we’d start this […]
CelticsBlog Roundtable: goodbye 2025, hello playoff seeding
Over the next six games, the team heads west for a five-game road trip against sub-.500 teams (Pacers, Trail Blazers, Jazz, Kings, and Clippers) and come home to host the Bulls. The first place Pistons have a similar stretch (Jazz, Clippers, Lakers, Heat, and Cavaliers) and the Knicks take on some playoff contenders (Hawks twice, […]
Chicago Bears @ San Francisco 49ers: 4 Most Important Players
The NFL season is an evolving state of affairs, and week 17 finds your Chicago Bears firmly atop the NFC North and as the #2 seed in the NFC with an 11-4 record after yet another come-from-behind victory, their 6th this season, against the Green Bay Packers. This week, Chicago travels to the Bay Area […]
Bears vs. 49ers Preview: Chicago Heads West Chasing a Crown
This article is brought to you by Feldco , Chicago's Home Renewal Experts. Family owned since 1976, Feldco helps homeowners transform their homes with quality windows, siding, doors and roofing. Call 866-4FELDCO today! With a playoff berth secured and Chicago still vibrating from Caleb Williams’ overtime dagger against the Packers, the Bears head to Santa Clara this weekend carrying something they haven’t possessed in decades: legitimate January (and possibly Februa...
Could There Be Extra Value for the Chicago Cubs in Signing Both Tatsuya Imai and Kazuma Okamoto Right Now?
With postings for righty Tatsuya Imai and corner infielder Kazuma Okamoto coming just after the calendar flips to 2026, and with the Chicago Cubs still popping up in what thin rumors and speculation we see on these two guys, I said something off the cuff for fun. Get ’em both: Maybe the math won't work in the end, but it'd sure be fun as heck if the Cubs landed both Tatsuya Imai and Kazuma Okamoto. — Brett Taylor (@Brett_A_Taylor) December 23, 2025 I hadn’t really put any ...
The Blackhawks Week That Was and Will Be, 12/26: Here We Go Again
I thought we were done with this. Sitting down on the couch on any given evening of Blackhawks hockey, taking in the first few minutes of the game with those little twinkles of optimism that something good might happen during the next two or three hours and then having the realization — or, perhaps the reminder — settle in that this is Blackhawks lineup is simply not as good as the one on the opposite bench and that it’s going to take some rather special circumstances for the game to rema...
Bears Injury Report, Down Go the Lions, Future Christmas Schedules, What’s Next? And Other Friday Bullets
A peaceful Christmas featuring a walk back from church, a trip to my pops (where I think he enjoyed the batch of peanut butter blossom cookies I made him), and a night watching Return of the Jedi (dueling red and green lightsabers makes it a Christmas movie to me!) really hit the mark. Plus, I didn’t have to argue with anyone about the Bears or quarterback Caleb Williams. I hope your day was as wonderful as mine. Happy Friday, friends. I got a hearty chuckle reading Brett’s BN Cubs Bull...
Christmas College Hoops Chicago Bulls Fans Should Watch This Week
A lot has changed since the last time I wrote one of these. The Chicago Bulls haven’t lost a game, and they suddenly look like a team climbing instead of sliding backward. Meanwhile, the NBA is floating ideas to discourage tanking, which only gives the Bulls more reason to keep pushing for wins. For us, that means we need to rethink our trade targets, not just guys projected late in the lottery , but maybe players outside of it altogether. On the Bull’s Eye: College Hoops the Chicago Bu...
Good Morning San Diego: Padres quiet for a day, but should make noise before 2026
The offseason has been relatively slow for the San Diego Padres. They re-signed pitcher Michael King and signed free agent Sung-Mun Song, but there has been little else to speak of since the 2025 season ended against the Chicago Cubs in the Windy City. If the months since have been slow for San Diego, the […]
Soderstrom’s Christmas Deal, Considering Cubs Extensions, and Other Cubs Bullets
Dreamt I was taking batting practice at Wrigley Field, which would’ve been the best Christmas gift ever. I kept peppering the center field wall, frustrated that I was making really good contact but couldn’t get one out of the park. So I remembered that I needed to get out in front and try to pull the ball to achieve my best power. Did it, and finally yanked one out, just barely. In other words, I literally dream about players needing to pull the ball in the air more frequently if they wan...
Sixers look to get back on track, begin road trip visiting Bulls
Update, Dec. 26, 1:45 p.m. ET: VJ Edgecombe, Dominick Barlow and Quentin Grimes have all be upgraded to probable (illness). Joel Embiid (right knee injury management) remains questionable. Hopefully two days off was enough time for the Philadelphia 76ers to flush the memory of their last performance. The Sixers are back in action on Friday […]
Chicago Bears Question of the Day: Who do you want the Bears to play first in the playoffs?
The Chicago Bears are officially in the playoffs for the first time since 2020. As it currently stands, they are in line to host their first home playoff game since 2018. Furthermore, they are one game out from getting a first-round bye since 2010. The only thing that we know is that the Bears are […]
6 takeaways from Lions’ frustrating loss to the Vikings
Welp, the season is over. Although there is still a game next week against the Chicago Bears, the Detroit Lions have nothing to play for but a winning record. Heading into the Christmas Day showdown against the Minnesota Vikings, the Lions still had the possibility of making the playoffs. What they needed was to win […]
Today in White Sox History: December 26
1890 Harry Grabiner, first and longest general manager of the White Sox, was born in Chicago. He was a 40-year employee of the team, rising literally from peanut vendor to vice president. Grabiner served under three Comiskey owners: Charles, J. Louis, and Grace. At the time, “general manager” wasn’t really a stand-alone position, so Grabiner […]
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