This afternoon, I said the following : “It’s pretty wild that we sit here on December 2, and the Cubs still have yet to make a single waiver claim or sign a player to a minor league deal. That’s their bread and butter, and I don’t even mean that as an insult!”
The Cubs were listening, clearly:
Cubs announce they signed INF Scott Kingery to a minor league contract with an invite to major league camp. — Maddie Lee (@maddie_m_lee) December 2, 2025
I guess beggars can’t be cho...
The Bears’ Week 16 matchup against the Packers has been set for prime time on Saturday night, the league announced on Tuesday, and the game will kick off at 7:20 pm CST on Saturday, Dec. 20, at Soldier Field, live on FOX. The matchup figures to be a key battle in the NFC North divisional […]
The Chicago Bears don’t get too many chances to host the Green Bay Packers under the bright lights of Soldier Field.
But in a year that feels so different for Bears fans, it makes sense that the most storied rivalry in NFL history gets the primetime treatment in Week 16:
Our Week 16 matchup vs. the Packers is set 📍 Soldier Field 🗓️ Saturday, Dec. 20 ⏰ 7:20pm CT — Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) December 2, 2025
Bears-Packers Week 16 game officially gets a 7:20 p.m. CT kickof...
While the Green Bay Packers’ game against the Chicago Bears this week will remain as a 3:25 p.m. CT kickoff, you might need to change your plans for Week 16’s rematch. Originally scheduled as a “TBD” game for Saturday, December 20th, the game will now officially kick off at 7:20 p.m. CT at Soldier Field, […]
Modern football is all about big plays and as a companion piece to the STEP Differential, I’m tracking the Bears big plays all year in this Infogram: Chicago Bears 2025 STEP Differential TrackerInfogram Last year’s tracker is on the second page. Remember that you can click into the tabs on the lower left to see […]
We’re so far removed from the Thanksgiving win over the Detroit Lions that I’m ready to lock into the Green Bay Packers’ next opponent: the Chicago Bears. Usually, we wait until later in the week to give you a preview of what’s coming this weekend, but let’s go ahead and take a deep dive into […]
Save for Lovie Smith, Chicago Bears head coaches have often danced around Packers Week and treated it as if it were just another game.
But Ben Johnson isn’t like other Bears coaches:
"It's a big week. We know how big of a rivalry this is." – #Bears HC Ben Johnson on this week vs. Green Bay. — Zack Pearson (@Zack_Pearson) December 1, 2025
Ben Johnson isn’t dancing around his first Packers Week as Bears head coach
Patrick nailed it in his Week 13 “Good, Better, Best” po...
The Tampa Bay Rays 2026 draft is starting to take shape with the announcement of the Competitive Balance picks (below) and the upcoming draft lottery to be conducted on Dec 9. Here’s where the Rays odds stand today, per mlb.com: White Sox (.370) — 27.73%Twins (.432) — 22.18%Pirates (.438) — 16.81%Orioles (.463) — 9.24%A’s (.469) […]
Throughout the 2025 NFL season, SB Nation’s Doug Farrar writes about the game’s Secret Superstars — those players whose performances might slip under the radar for whatever reasons. In this installment, we focus on Chicago Bears rookie running back Kyle Monangai, the seventh-round surprise who has been a bellcow back at times, and always a force multiplier in Ben […]
The holiday season is officially upon us as the calendar flips to December and the Hawks are taking a trip out west for the next week, kicking off a stretch of four road games in six days on Tuesday night when they face the Vegas Golden Knights.
VGK enters this game sitting third in Pacific Division with 30 points (11-6-8) from 25 games, well within striking distance of Anaheim (16-9-1). The trends have been more down than up in VGK of late, with the team crashing back to Earth after goin...
The Blackhawks begin a busy month of December with a western road trip beginning tonight in Vegas — against a goaltender who hasn’t appeared in an NHL game in 22 months. Carter Hart will be between the pipes for the Golden Knights when the puck drops against the Hawks tonight.
Connor Bedard will look to carry his electric November performance into the new calendar month and lead the Blackhawks to a big road win. Get your coffee on, because it’s a late start — and it’s only streaming tonig...
MLB Rumors — A few days ago, free agent reliever (and rumored Cubs offseason target) Ryan Helsley signed a two-year, $28M deal with the Baltimore Orioles. Last night, Devin Williams followed suit, signing a meaty, three-year, ~$50 million deal with the Mets . We knew Helsley was a Cubs free agent target from various reports across the industry, but I can also tell you that Devil Williams was, too.
I’m not sure if the Cubs were one of the “five other offers from teams with glaring needs at...
Blackhawks star Connor Bedard has been named the NHL’s No. 3 Star of the Month for November! Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon and Dallas’ Jason Robertson were named the top two stars, giving the Central Division a clean sweep for the month.
From the NHL’s release:
Bedard finished third in the League with 10-13—23 in 14 games to lift the Blackhawks (11-9-5, 27 points) within one point of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference via a 6-5-3 November. Only one other Chica...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Once again, I am doing a repost here, largely because this walkoff home run by Willson Contreras came very, very close to me in the left-field bleachers on what was a very, very cold, rainy and long afternoon (four hours, 56 minutes of game time in a 15-inning contest). Lightly edited, here is […]
Caleb Williams’ box score wasn’t pretty in Philly, but there is a much bigger picture here that we need to consider.
This season, Williams is throwing with anticipation, but the accuracy hasn’t been there at times. However, many times when it has been there, the receiving corps has failed him. It’s a shared problem that Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson acknowledged this week when speaking to reporters on Monday .
“The primary receiver, when he’s open, we’ve got to make sure we hit him,” ...
This is such a fun game to rehash. The Chicago Bears went on the road and absolutely bullied the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. The biggest win for the Bears in years was so satisfying. The haters are having a hard time responding. It’s going to be really hard to find three down this […]
The Patriots remain atop the AFC, while the Bears took over the top spot in the NFC in a wild Week 13, setting up a pivotal Week 14 around the league with playoff implications aplenty.
That, and more, in this week’s NFL playoff picture check-in.
NFL Playoff Picture
AFC Playoff Picture: Patriots Stay on Top, Colts Freefall Continues
Note: Division leaders are bolded, playoff probabilities courtesy of the NFL’s official website .
1. New England Patriots (11-2) (99%) —
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It may be stupid that the Packers are just now playing the Bears for the first time this season, but at least the game is going to matter. I’m firmly of the opinion that things are better when Packers/Bears games matter, and for too long, they haven’t. The Bears are the Packers’ oldest rival, and […]
The oddsmakers really fancy the Vegas Golden Knights to beat the Chicago Blackhawks in their clash on Tuesday, Dec. 2, with the Golden Knights given moneyline odds of -291 at home, and the Blackhawks at +233.
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Golden Knights vs. Blackhawks Favorite, Moneyline, Total
Favorite: Golden Knights (-291)
Underdog: Blackhawks (+233)
Total: 6
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Date: Tuesday, December 2,...
Happy hot dog day, Bears fans! Please bundle up. It’s cold outside.
ICYMI: Ben Johnson’s shirtless escapades after the Bears’ Black Friday win against the Eagles resulted in fans getting free hot dogs on Tuesday at The Wiener’s Circle. This is what the Bears head coach had to say about it (and with a bonus locker room angle I hadn’t seen before):
"I think any time you get a chance to feed a city, you want to do it." Ben Johnson, man of the people 🫡🌭 Tune into The Big Pro Football...
1937 It was a deal met with outrage from Detroit fans, as the Tigers sent outfielder Gee Walker, catcher Mike Tresh and third baseman Marv Owen to the White Sox for starting pitcher Vern Kennedy, outfielder Dixie Walker and third baseman Tony Piet. Dixie was still a promising youngster, but put up just 2.8 total […]
Here is another Twins right-hander (in addition to Joe Ryan, who I profiled in this series last week) who could help the Cubs. It seems clear that the Twins are in rebuild mode and would likely be happy to trade Pablo López. There are caveats with López. He missed quite a bit of time in […]
Major changes are coming for Marquee Sports Network, per a report in the Chicago Sun-Times . The Regional Sports Network co-owned by the Chicago Cubs and Sinclair Broadcast Group is the TV and streaming home of the team’s games and associated content, and, going forward, it seems like things are scaling back considerably.
The network’s GM, Diane Penny, is out, as are content director Tony Andracki and reporter Andy Martinez:
Cubs' Marquee Sports Network eliminates GM position among...
Yesterday I wrote about the degree to which Connor Bedard dominated the month of November . The Blackhawks had a nice month overall as a team, even with the five-game skid included. Here are a few other nuggets from the month that are noteworthy.
Noteworthy Blackhawks Team Stats
As a team, the Blackhawks finished the month ranked second in the NHL on the power play at 31.6 percent.
The Blackhawks averaged 3.14 goals per game, which ranked 10th in the NHL for the month of N...
The Washington Nationals made another coaching hire and like the previous ones, this hire is fascinating. Corey Ray was hired to be the team’s first base coach. At 31 years old, he continues the Nats trend of hiring young. Before this, Ray was the Cubs base running coordinator. However, this is not the most interesting […]