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Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser preview Sunday’s game against the Vikings. New episodes of “Halas Intrigue” will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on the podcast’s hub page. You can also listen to “Halas Intrigue” wherever you get your podcasts, …

Coordinator Thomas Brown gathered his offense Monday, less than 24 hours after the Bears’ gut-punch loss to the Packers, and delivered a message in his signature direct style. “There are no attaboys in this game,” he said. “We play the …

The sophomore trio of Kenwood’s Devin Cleveland, Bolingbrook’s Davion Thompson and Warren’s Jaxson Davis took the state by storm last season. The three guards turned in historically impressive freshman seasons, leading their teams to a combined 82-18 record. “It was …

Bears special-teams coordinator Richard Hightower said poor protection technique — and not kicker Cairo Santos’ low trajectory or the hash mark or the distance — was the root of the breakdown that led to Santos’ 46-yard field goal getting blocked …

Brandon Spano knew his roster of daily digital sports shows was gaining traction. In 2021, his ALLCITY Network had expanded into Phoenix after launching in Denver two years before, and the programming had viewers engaging for 25 to 30 minutes …

A man fatally shot Wednesday morning while driving a 6-month-old boy, who was grazed in the shooting, has been identified. Leonardo Martinez, 35, and the boy were northbound in the 2400 block of South Oakley Avenue around 10:45 a.m. Wednesday …

Martin Miller was enjoying the slow-tempo trap beat of Don Trip and Street Symphony’s “Say Less” when he heard a loud boom, and he was launched from his bus seat. “It happened so fast,” Miller, 41, told the Chicago Sun-Times …

Bears defensive end Montez Sweat went into this season with high hopes for something new. He envisioned himself making the leap from good to All-Pro, and with it, playing on a winning team for the first time in his seven-year …

Police oversight officials released video footage this week of an embattled Chicago cop shooting and paralyzing a man just months before the officer fatally shot another man during a foot chase that could cost him his job. Videos released by …

A stalled project to renovate the children’s garden at the Garfield Park Conservatory is expected to break ground Friday morning. The new Elizabeth Morse Genius Children’s Garden, first announced in 2021, will cost $10 million to complete. The Garfield Park …

November is National Family Caregivers Month, when we celebrate these unsung heroes. It is also a time to elevate the voices of America’s 53 million family caregivers, who contribute a staggering $600 billion in unpaid labor to the U.S. economy …

Here’s a look at the the area’s top 50 boys high school basketball players. For the past few years I’ve left out incoming freshmen as a policy. They have plenty of seasons ahead of them to prove it on the …

Two weeks after becoming a first-time father, veteran big-league outfielder Austin Slater has found a new home with the White Sox. For a guy who was traded twice in July — from the Giants, after 10 years in that organization, …

WASHINGTON-He’s not done. U.S. Ambassador to Japan and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is in the mix for Democratic National Committee chair — and if there are vacancies — governor and senator. He told the Sun-Times he is weighing his …

The Chicago Park District is seeking to raise some of its fees next year to cover rising operating expenses and avoid raising its property tax levy. The park district said the updated fees would remain below pre-pandemic levels. The fee …

Best Bet  BRONCOS at RAIDERS Time: 3:05 p.m., CBS 2. Line: Broncos by 6. Total: 41. Records (overall/ATS): Broncos 6-5/8-3; Raiders 2-8/4-6. Jayden Daniels has been a solid favorite for the Rookie of the Year Award since he outplayed Joe Burrow …

Despite a number of protests from community groups and residents, the Chicago Plan Commission approved plans on Thursday to rezone more than 400 acres of land at the former U.S. Steel South Works facility, which will become a new quantum …

When Danny Solis finally stepped into the well of a federal courtroom Thursday, he made a sharp turn toward the jury box and then another toward the witness stand that had been waiting for him for more than eight years. …

The FBI secured permission to record the phone calls of former Hillary Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle in October 2014, in the early stages of what turned out to be a massive corruption investigation in which Solis Doyle was …

One person was shot and wounded Thursday evening at a shopping center in Vernon Hills. The shooting happened just before 6:50 p.m. at the Hawthorn Hills Square Shopping Center, 700 N. Milwaukee Ave., in the north suburb, according to Vernon …