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The Sun-Times’ Bears experts make their picks for the prime-time game Sunday in San Francisco (7:20 p.m., NBC 5): Patrick Finley Bears, 31-30: The Bears have more than a 48-hour rest advantage over the 49ers after the latter played Monday …

The 49ers’ offense had gone so off the rails last year that general manager John Lynch had to shoot down any notion that he’d trade his own head coach. Two days before they hosted the Bears for Thomas Brown’s first …

The adjectives were flying around the locker room after the comeback win in Atlanta on Tuesday. The trash talk was flying around the court all night before that. Whether it was Josh Giddey telling Hawks All-Star Trae Young he’s “(bleeping) …

Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Schedule provided by Jack Gleason. Send schedule updates to hsbballjg@gmail.com. Friday, December 26, 2025 BARRETO BOYS & GIRLS CLUB Air Force vs. Chicago Richards, 3:00 Ogden vs. Holy Trinity, 4:30 BLOOMINGTON / NORMAL …

1. Monster Chicago walleye Besides being a monster, Leo Garza’s 14.3-pound walleye, caught Nov. 23 off downtown Chicago, represents the potential of the fishery. That’s not the biggest walleye swimming in southern Lake Michigan. I, like others, think the Illinois-record …

The Bears have played the Ravens without Lamar Jackson, the Bengals without Joe Burrow and the Steelers without Aaron Rodgers. They knocked Packers quarterback Jordan Love out of Saturday’s game and hurt his backup, too, when Montez Sweat sacked Malik …

A sizable portion of the Blackhawks‘ fan base has become seriously impatient with and disgruntled about the slow progress of the rebuild. That was evident in the responses to the Sun-Times’ story Wednesday about general manager Kyle Davidson’s next steps, …

More than 150 Cook County jail detainees spent Christmas morning singing, clapping and cheering as faith leaders offered religious messages of positivity. The services kicked off with messages from Cardinal Blase Cupich that emphasized hope, unity and community. Jesus “is …

Who’s afraid of the big, bad… Seahawks? Packers? Eagles? Not really. As the Bears head toward the playoffs, the field is wide open. There is no juggernaut. Any opponent like the Chiefs’ dynasty teams, the Eagles’ recent loaded rosters or …

Hundreds of volunteers spent part of their Christmas Day at St. Sabina Church packing holiday meals, sorting gifts for kids and loading boxes into waiting vans that fanned out to deliver the goodies across the South Side. The church bought …

Moon Alert Avoid shopping (except food or gas) or important decisions after 11 p.m. PST today. The moon is in Pisces. Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day Keep an eye on your money and possessions today because something unexpected …

Movies up for awards in 2025 have proven that some films get overshadowed by aggressive media campaigns to win coveted hardware. Before you get wrapped up in this year’s race for supremacy, there are films from last year worth revisiting …

How to handle severely mentally ill people who are unfit to stand trial in a system lacking the state psychiatric hospital beds to restore them to health? That’s the question a state-mandated task force of lawmakers, court officials and mental …

The holiday break is a cue for film buffs to catch up on what they missed this year. We asked Chicago filmmakers and critics for recommendations of films they caught in 2025 that audiences overlooked. We curate 10 here, alphabetically …

Fiery and bold, the late jazz trumpeter jaimie branch was never afraid to speak her mind. She was comfortable challenging the political beliefs of anyone, from a single person to an entire audience. That passion was on full display at …

DEAR ABBY: My son died of cancer at 33. It was heartbreaking. My daughter-in-law, “Belinda,” had grown distant before his death, and although they had a son through artificial insemination, I have almost never seen him. I helped with the …

My 1990s are feeling like a lie. I watched the recent Netflix documentary “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” about the hip-hop music mogul who has tweaked his image over and over with new names and new business ventures. What stays the …

Donald Trump’s administration paints a picture of undocumented immigrants as freeloaders or depraved criminals. The Department of Homeland Security’s recent news releases trumpet a steady stream of headlines about deporting the worst offenders. In reality, only 5% of those detained …

As families across America prepare to gather around the dinner table in celebration of the end-of-year holidays, millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants do so with the looming fear that they could soon lose access to this critical lifeline. …

Sam Shepard’s “Buried Child” — the 1978 Pulitzer Prize–winning play by the Illinois-born writer — ran in Tokyo from Oct. 3-19, presented by Theatre Company Subaru. The setting is a farmhouse in Illinois where an elderly couple lives with their …