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The Chicago Bears were hoping to end the 2025 regular season with some momentum, but following their loss to the Detroit Lions, they seemingly ended the season with more concerns than reasons to feel optimistic about the playoffs. The game was certainly a much closer affair than the 31 point loss the Bears suffered to […]
The Chicago Bears could be adding a difference-maker for their upcoming playoff game against the Green Bay Packers. We are on Kyler Gordon watch after Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson shared what I would consider to be a bit of optimism when asked if the talented cornerback would return to practice this week: Bears coach Ben Johnson said "that's the hope" when asked if cornerback Kyler Gordon would be back at practice this week. — Sean Hammond ( @seanhammond.bsky.social ) January 5...
Adrian Hill’s crew will be calling the game against the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears on Saturday night, the league has announced. According to NFL Penalties, Hill and company have thrown the second-most flags per game of any crew in the NFL this year, at 17.9 per game. Despite only calling 14 games, the […]
On the first day of CubsmasMy true love gave to meAn Anthony Rizzo retirement for the ages, On the second day of CubsmasMy true love gave to meA $2 scorecard On the third day of CubsmasMy true love gave to meThree Schwarbombs in the first All-Star Game Home Run Swing-Off On the fourth day of […]
The Bears close out the regular season with a 19-16 loss to the Lions at Soldier Field , but still lock up the No. 2 seed in the NFC, and the crew takes a step back to reflect on everything that got them here on the Bleacher Nation Bears Podcast, presented by Obvious Shirts . Hosts Patrick Flowers, Matt Rooney, and Luis Medina open by processing how they feel about the Bears after one of the most memorable regular seasons in franchise history. Despite the loss to Detroit, the focus quic...
After splitting four home games last week, the 17-18 Chicago Bulls are hitting the road. Over the next four days, Chicago will square off against three of the Eastern Conference’s top seven teams. On paper, their Saturday bout against the 13-23 Dallas Mavericks might look easy, but the Mavs’ greatest offensive strength is the Bulls’ biggest weakness: an oversized, athletic frontcourt. Chicago was absolutely rattled by midgame injuries on two separate occasions last week. When Co...
Herald Jaylen Brown, ‘best two-way player in the world,’ playing like MVP candidate for Celtics Globe Jaylen Brown feels he’s one of basketball’s best—and he’s right Bulls at Celtics: Boston opens homestand seeking fourth straight win The Celtics are 10 games over .500. It’s time to change the expectations for this team. CelticsBlog Why Jaylen […]
The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears have the most storied rivalry in the sport, even if it has been extremely lopsided since 2009, when the Packers began a run of 29 wins over the Bears in 35 games. It’s the most-played game in NFL history, with Green Bay being up 109-97-6 all-time in the […]
they haven't fallen apart, hooray?
Taylor Davis had become a folk hero to Cubs fans when he hit a game-tying grand slam against the Cardinals in a game in May 2019. That’s always fun to re-watch, so here it is [VIDEO]. Your browser does not support the video tag. Davis played in just 20 games over parts of three seasons […]
It’s a huge bummer that things simply did not work out for Caleb Kilian with the Chicago Cubs. He was a modest prospect at the time he was acquired in the 2021 Kris Bryant trade, but pretty quickly saw his stuff take a step forward. He blew up in the Arizona Fall League, and made it to the big leagues the following year. He dominated for a little bit of one game, the hopes got very high, and then it all kinda fell apart. Over the next few years, Kilian made it back to the big leagues a co...
Scared, Bears fans? Don’t be. We’ve known it was coming. Somehow, some way. Even when the Chicago Bears couldn’t seal the deal against the Detroit Lions, the Eagles made sure fate didn’t cheat us of what we deserve. Bears vs. Packers. Round 3. Win or go home. We’ve seen that movie twice before in recent […]
Week 18 came and went, which means the NFL playoffs are right around the corner. Over the last four seasons, the final week of the season has meant one of two things for Chicago Bears’ fans. This year, things are finally different. The last few weeks have been hectic. The Bears both clinched a playoff […]
I probably fall somewhere in the middle on the Cynical Scale when it comes to “Team X is interested in Play A” rumors, knowing that there is typically a minimal measure of truth to them, but also that there is almost always an agenda behind (1) the rumor getting out and (2) how the rumor is framed by the originating source. For that reason, I try to walk myself – and you – through a report in a way that contemplates a number of layers, without simply buying or dismissing it whole cloth. ...
Ben Johnson arrived in Chicago declaring how much he enjoyed beating Packers Head Coach Matt LaFleur twice a year. And while he will get his chance to pull off that feat on Saturday when the Bears and Packers square off in a wild-card round playoff game, the first order of business is fixing an offense that spent far too many snaps looking lifeless and inefficient in Sunday’s Week 18 loss to the Detroit Lions. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE BN BEARS PODCAST: Apple | Spotify | YouTube ...
On January 5th in 2011, Viktor Stalberg of the Chicago Blackhawks collected a hat trick of iron ringing the puck off both posts and the crossbar on a failed penalty shot attempt against Kari Lehtonen in the second period of a 2-2 match, extending his scoreless streak to 19 games. In response to the miss the Swede remarked "it's hard to imagine that happening" whilst the Finn backstop conceded "I
Of course Colston Loveland earned the best Bears player grade in Week 18. You saw that performance, right? Loveland was a pass-catching machine in Week 18. He hauled in 10 of 13 targets, came up with 91 receiving yards, and scored a touchdown that help set up the tying two-point conversion. His efforts came in a loss to the Detroit Lions, but there is no denying that the University of Michigan product was balling out in the regular-season finale. MORE BEARS COVERAGE: Week 18 Hi...
How about these Chicago Blackhawks? After a brutal stretch of games in which they went 1-8-0 that began with the game against the Blues in which Connor Bedard got hurt, the increasingly young Blackhawks have flipped the script. They’re 4-1-1 in their last six — a stretch that includes two wins against the Dallas Stars and Sunday night’s win against the Vegas Golden Knights. Those three wins against teams viewed as Western Conference powerhouses have been impressive in many ways. The fact ...
The Detroit Lions squeaked by the Chicago Bears, washing a bit of the bad taste out of their mouths after a tumultuous three-game collapse to close the season. Kelvin Sheppard’s defense blanked Chicago through three quarters, while the Lions offense moved the ball reasonably well before repeatedly ramming its head into the brick wall that […]
Today, we stand 80 days away from the Cubs’ Opening Day game March 26 against the Nationals at Wrigley Field. That’s 11 and a half weeks, which is plenty of time for the Cubs to sign or trade for new players, and I am reasonably certain they will add one or more such players, even […]
It wasn’t the season anyone was hoping for, but the Detroit Lions at least finished the season by handing an NFL North rival a loss. After a 19-16 victory against the Chicago Bears on Sunday, the Detroit Lions finished the 2025 with a winning record of 9-8. Here’s a final look at some of the […]
Welcome back, Bulls fans. We’re back at it tonight, the first stop on a quick two-game road trip. Tonight’s challengers, the team with the third-best record in the NBA, playing without their franchise superstar, the Boston Celtics. A good old-fashioned rivalry game. Although, considering the fact that over the last decade they’ve doubled our wins head-to-head , I’m not sure rivalry still fits. Anyhoo… Let’s talk Bulls basketball. Before we get out our blow torch at the expense of a...
Welcome to the Game Day Thread for the games in the week of 1/5. Well that was some week, eh? Congratulations to Steven Stamkos on number 600! The Predators won the week winning 3 out of 4 games. Another four game week ahead – but hey no late ones! Games this week are: Tuesday 1/6 at Edmonton Oilers 8pm Central on FanDuel and ESPN Thursday 1/8 vs New York Islanders 7pm Central on ESPN+/Hulu Saturday 1/10 vs Chicago Blackhawks 7pm Central on FanDuel and ESPN ...
Some say Pope Leo XIV blessed the White Sox with a miracle when Japanese phenom Munetaka Murakami signed with Chicago, but this underperforming team needs more than a miracle to crawl back to a winning record. Murakami’s standout power and accolades bring hope to a team that struggled to put the ball over the fence […]
The Detroit Lions showed some pride and grit on Sunday evening, walking off Soldier Field with a well-earned 19-16 victory over the playoff-bound Chicago Bears. It wasn’t the end we were hoping for, but it was a small beacon of light in an otherwise dark season. The game was a reminder of just how good […]