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The Cleveland Cavaliers are hitting new lows every week. It’s time to be brutally honest about the team right now, after they lost to the Chicago Bulls 127-111. LOSER – Everyone, the whole dang team Alright, let’s just do this. With apologies to Jaylon Tyson and Thomas Bryant, who played their hearts out and did […]
There couldn’t have been a better way to kick off my first-ever Chicago Bulls post-game breakdown on Bleacher Nation. A night of good coaching, a synergistic team performance, record-setting stats, and a Josh Giddey revenge arc against the team that put him in an ankle brace. What more could you ask for? I can already hear the keyboards clicking about how a win like this keeps the Bulls in NBA purgatory. But a performance this dominant and connected, against a decent Cleveland Cavaliers t...
The Cleveland Cavaliers suffered another crushing loss as the Chicago Bulls defeated them 127-111. All grades are based on our usual expectations for each player. Donovan Mitchell 32 points, 5 assists, 1 rebound At some point, the Cavs will have to win games even when Mitchell doesn’t outright carry them. I guess they aren’t ready […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. The Cleveland Cavaliers started strong, let go of the rope at the end of the first quarter, allowed their opponent to go on an extended run in the second half, and needed Donovan Mitchell to lead a comeback victory. Except this time, Cleveland’s lack of defense in the […]
The Green Bay Packers (9-4-1) meet a familiar opponent (and best bets are available) when they visit the Chicago Bears (10-4) on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at Soldier Field in an NFC North battle. Sign up for Fubo to watch the NFL, live sports and entertainment without cable! Best Over/Under Bet O/U Pick: Over (46.5) Out of 14 games so far, the Packers have had seven with over 46.5 points scored, the point total for this week’s contest. This year, seven of the Bears’ 14 games have...
Kevin Warren sent a shot across the bows of the forces the team sees as delaying and opposing the Chicago Bears stadium project proposed for Arlington Heights: the Bears can build in Northwest Indiana if they can’t get something done in Illinois. In an open letter to fans, posted both on the Chicago Bears website […]
The Chicago Bears stadium mess has found a new way to jump the shark. It began with a stadium project on the Arlington Park property feeling like a certainty. But then came flirtation with other municipalities around the Chicagoland suburbs. That was followed by a brief dalliance with a lakefront stadium in downtown Chicago located on Museum Campus. However, that plan never came to fruition. Hence, focus return to Arlington Park. But in a year where shovels were supposed to be in the grou...
home and home matchup
The Chicago Bulls will look to curb their recent nosedive on Wednesday night at the United Center, where they’ll host a banged-up Cleveland Cavaliers team that, so far, has been struggling to replicate its 64-18 run in 2024-25. Cleveland will be missing reigning Defensive Player of the Year power forward/center Evan Mobley, plus key wings Max Strus (a former Bulls castoff) and Sam Merrill. But they’ll still have the best three players on the floor in All-Stars Donovan Mitchell, Darius Gar...
The Chicago Bears’ passing game could be running a bit thin when the Packers come to town on Saturday night. Wednesday’s injury report unfortunately features two key Bears receivers who are trending toward being out this weekend: Rome Odunze (foot) and Luther Burden III (ankle). Neither player practiced on either Tuesday or Wednesday ahead of […]
Last week, we learned that Nico Hoerner’s name had popped up in trade conversations this offseason, though it was non-specific and certainly not a situation where it had the feel of Hoerner being shopped or anything like that. More likely, we figured, the Cubs were having conversations with LOTS of teams about LOTS of topics, and given how hot the second base trade market is (and the lack of shortstops out there), it would make sense for a team or three to ask the Cubs about Hoerner. He’s...
Although the Bulls have enjoyed an extended break since Sunday, the NBA at large has already been busy this week. Beyond Tuesday’s Emirates NBA Cup Finals — during which the New York Knicks finally won something, beating the San Antonio Spurs — buzz has been building about the hapless Clippers, the struggling Bucks are looking for help, and some All-Stars could return from lingering injuries. Let’s dive in to some more general league chatter. Clippers Punishment Incoming? O...
Green Bay Packers starting safety Evan Williams, who has been a non-participant in Tuesday’s walkthrough and Wednesday’s practice this week, revealed today that he sprained his MCL against the Denver Broncos on the same play that Micah Parsons tore his ACL, per ESPN’s Rob Demovsky. Williams didn’t return to the field after the injury and […]
Thursday will feature an NHL outing between the home favorite Montreal Canadiens (17-12-4, -195 on the moneyline to win) and the Chicago Blackhawks (13-14-6, +163 moneyline odds) at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+. Tune in to ESPN+ to see the Canadiens and the Blackhawks meet. Canadiens vs. Blackhawks Game Info & Odds When: Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET TV Channel: ESPN+ Live Stream: Fubo Live Stream: ESPN+ Where: Bell Centre in Montréal, Quebec Favorite: Canadiens (-195) Und...
He picked up the first sack of his career on Sunday, recorded the first interception of his career, too, and earlier today, the league announced that Chicago Bears linebacker D’Marco Jackson was honored with his first NFC Defensive Player of the Week award. Head coach Ben Johnson gave Jackson a game ball following their big […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is going to look very familiar, as it just ran last month as part of my “walkoff heroes” series. I’m running it again because, well, John Baker was one of the Cubs position player pitchers in the divisional play era, and he does have a singular distinction: In that era, of […]
With the playoffs within reach and the Green Bay Packers rolling into Soldier Field for a primetime showdown, Caleb Williams sounds like a quarterback settling into both the stage and the stakes. The Bears have evolved around him since the bye week , their identity sharpening, their run game humming, the details of Ben Johnson’s offense crystallizing. And Williams, for all the outside noise, sees the same evolution unfolding within himself. “I would say us getting our run game going ...
About 12 years ago, the Chicago Cubs, under the new stewardship of Theo Epstein and his lieutenant, Jed Hoyer, were trying to kick off an organizational rebuild with a bang. Knowing that building inroads in Japan were going to be critical for years to come, and knowing that youthful stars become available in free agency only so often, the Cubs pushed hard to sign Masahiro Tanaka that offseason. The Cubs actually made it into the final two, according to many reports, ultimately losing out ...
D’Marco Jackson got a game ball from Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson on Sunday after the team’s 31-3 rout of the Cleveland Browns. Now he’s getting some national recognition after being named the NFC’s Defensive Player of the Week today. Bears LB D'Marco Jackson has been named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week. It's a first-time honor for Jackson, who becomes the fourth Bears player this season to win the honor. pic.twitter.com/ggj9lbKFS3 — Patrick K. Flowers (@PatrickKFlo...
In the continued search for bullpen help, the Phillies have reportedly settled on Brad Keller as the best option to provide reinforcement. Once a starter in the Royals’ system, Keller went to the relief role last year with the Cubs where he flourished. He saw jumps in all of the good stats one wants to […]
Just a few housekeeping notes on the recent Cubs transactions. First, the Hoby Milner signing is officially official. He’s been incredibly durable the last four seasons, but he’ll be 35 next year, so the post-agreement physical was not a TOTAL zero entry. All seems to have gone well, so he’s inked at a reported $3.75 million for 2026. Second, the Caleb Thielbar deal ( discussed some more this morning ) now has a dollar figure attached: Caleb Thielbar’s one-year deal contract wit...
Chicago Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson has his offense humming entering the team’s Week 16 showdown against the Green Bay Packers. And let the record show that the lede sentence in this post isn’t solely a reflection of recency bias with the Bears offense putting up 31 points against Myles Garrett and the Cleveland Browns defense. The offensive side of the ball in Chicago has been playing well for a while now. And nothing captures that fact like this nugget shared by teammate Patrick Flower...
The New York Knicks became NBA Champions* last night (NBA Cup Champions). Congrats Knicks fans! Enjoy raising that banner. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get back to regularly scheduled programming, the Chicago Bulls play tonight! Let’s talk Bulls basketball. My favorite topic over the last three days has been the Bulls’ questionable shot-making from their loss against the New Orleans Pelicans, and it has truly been the gift that keeps on giving. Yesterday, during the Bulls’...
That was a bad loss. Sometimes the simplest answer is the most correct one, and that seems to apply to whatever the hell it was that transpired in Toronto on Tuesday night, as the Blackhawks turned a 2-0 lead into a 3-2 loss to a Maple Leafs team that seemed ready for an implosion at the end of 40 minutes. It’s a bad loss, and the hours following it have found me in desparate attempts to avoid what’s probably my biggest pet peeve with sports media in 2025, which is how short-sighted ...
I made a deal with my nail tech and her husband that, if the Bears make the playoffs, I’ll color my nails at my next appointment. So … how did you spend your Tuesday night? Also: What color should I get? If you think you’ve found yourself glued to the TV for Bears games more this season than in previous ones, jsut know you are not alone. Chicago’s football team is among the biggest NFL local ratings gainers. The Bears have seen an increase in local viewership of 12 percent. If you think...