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Collectible card stores and sports memorabilia dealers are cashing in on the Chicago Bears’ success on the field this year. At Elite Sports Cards and Comics, the inventory of available Bears player cards, autographs, jerseys and other products has decreased …

The Bears likely will wait at least another week — and perhaps two — to get top wide receiver Rome Odunze back on the field. Odunze missed practice again Wednesday because of a foot injury, increasing the likelihood that he’ll …

Bears quarterback Caleb Williams’ 46-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver DJ Moore to beat the Packers in overtime on Saturday certainly was the best and biggest play of the Bears’ season. But it also might prove to be the best in …

Pat Finn, a comedic actor who grew up in Wilmette and honed his sense of humor with close friend Chris Farley at Marquette University, died Monday after a three-year battle with bladder cancer in Los Angeles. He was 60. Mr. …

Jack Tosh Holiday Tournament at York, Dec. 26-Dec. 31. Trying to sort out the massive, one-of-a-kind holiday tournament at York is no small task. It runs Friday through New Year’s Eve. With 32 teams it’s unique. And with 17 teams …

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit, after two years of subdued celebrations because …

Police are warning the public after an attempted sexual assault was reported in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. The man shoved the woman into her vehicle in the 4600 block of West North Avenue at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Chicago police said …

La Corte Suprema de EE.UU. decidió el martes en contra del presidente Donald Trump y se negó a levantar una suspensión sobre la implementación de la Guardia Nacional en el estado de Illinois, determinando que Trump invocó una ley que …

COWBOYS at COMMANDERS Time: Noon, Netflix. Line: Cowboys by 6½. Total: 50½. Records (overall/ATS): Cowboys 6-8-1/7-8; -Commanders 4-11/5-10. Outlook: The Cowboys have won nine of the last 12 in Landover, Maryland. QB Dak Prescott just hit 4,000 passing yards for …

Moon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Pisces. It’s a lovely day! Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day This is a pleasant day, and you make an excellent impression on …

Few people alive today have seen the exterior of the House of Tomorrow when it was a futuristic attraction at Chicago’s 1933 World’s Fair. Designed by architect George Fred Keck, the 12-sided modernist exhibition home was America’s first glass house …

I have never really thought of myself as a reporter. That probably sounds odd (and no jokes, please) coming from someone who has spent 30 years doing just that work. I’m a storyteller — first published in 1975, when I …

Just two weeks into the job, President Donald Trump threatened to fire or push out scores of Environmental Protection Agency employees in Chicago, and by August he terminated their union, a move still being challenged in court. In that same …

Nearly four decades ago, Francis Young, chief administrative law judge at the Drug Enforcement Administration, concluded that marijuana did not belong in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, the law’s most restrictive category. Although Young was ultimately overruled by …

DEAR ABBY: While attending a friend’s family barbecue, “Willa,” a young mother of four, drank too much and became ill. Drugs may have been involved. Understandably, the three older children became very concerned about their mom’s condition. Willa’s partner, “Ian,” …

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 …