Bears head coach Ben Johnson grew up playing the ‘‘Madden’’ video-game series. He had no favorite teams, but he had a favorite circumstance. ‘‘I always liked taking the bad teams, putting them into franchise mode and building them up from …
How the Bears are ‘reaping the rewards’ from quarterback Caleb Williams’ preparation Read MoreEach day at the Green Era Campus in Auburn Gresham, trucks drive into a cavernous industrial facility to unload withered vegetables, fruit and other inedible food into a giant metal pit. The waste is sifted then funneled to an enormous …
Green Era’s food waste processor creates compost and renewable energy in Auburn Gresham Read MoreDEAR ABBY: I am 40 and single, with no children and no girlfriend. For many years, it has become increasingly difficult to get my parents to come to my home for dinner. They live only 45 minutes away. Both are …
Dear Abby: Parents seem to put other family members ahead of single son Read MoreReflecting on gratitude for this holiday, I want to highlight something that can be shared with the wider world. Last year at this time, I focused on reasons to be thankful despite Donald Trump’s reelection: Trump ran on promises he …
Thankful to be free of back pain Read MoreAfter years of uncertainty over Chicago’s intercity bus station, the city’s plan to buy and renovate it is good news. Advocates have called for a publicly owned station for years. We have public facilities for people who travel by air …
Publicly owned intercity bus station offers dignity for travelers on tight budgets Read MoreAutumn marks the arrival of pumpkin season. For many families, a homemade pumpkin pie is the crown jewel dessert on the Thanksgiving buffet. Unless you’re a Black American family. In that case, sweet potato pies will grace the table. While …
American as sweet potato — or pumpkin — pie Read MoreThe Colorado River is in crisis. The seven basin states just blew through a heavily anticipated deadline to announce a new deal on how they would divide up a dwindling resource. Meanwhile, Lake Mead and Lake Powell are teetering on …
We need courage to change course on the Colorado River (Opinion) Read MoreDear Eric: I have an 18-year-old daughter who just moved four hours away to college. Her father and I have been separated for almost three years. Prior to moving to college, she visited him only during court-ordered visitation. She felt …
Asking Eric: Conflict between daughter and father traps mother in the middle Read MoreJustin Jefferson has been an absolute revelation for the Vikings since he was drafted in 2020. Everyone remembers the Philadelphia Eagles selecting Jalen Reagor the pick before the Vikings pounced on Jefferson. That Philadelphian draft blunder is paying off in …
Justin Jefferson Closing In On History (Again) Read MoreThe Cleveland Browns will start their third different quarterback of the 2025 campaign this weekend, as Shedeur Sanders is QB1 for the team’s road contest against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 12. Backing Sanders up is fourth-year veteran Bailey …
Browns Make Major Announcement on Rookie QB Dillon Gabriel Read MoreThe Toronto Maple Leafs have been without their captain, Auston Matthews, for the last couple of games. Matthews went down in a game against the Boston Bruins a few days ago following a cheap shot from defenseman Nikita Zadorov. Matthews …
Maple Leafs Captain Not Close to Returning Per Medical Expert Read MoreThe Vikings have received a couple pieces of good news about their Week 12 matchup with the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. It’s not just that Ryan Kelly will likely be back. Nor the fact that this would be the …
Vikings Can’t Stop Getting Good News Ahead of Week 12 Read MoreJudy Garland’s daughter, Lorna Luft, has been having her say on the monumental success of “Wicked.” The sequel to the 2024 musical fantasy movie, “Wicked: For Good,” is currently in theaters, and Luft, 73, had an exclusive chat with E! …
Judy Garland’s Daughter Lorna Luft Has Her Say on the Success of ‘Wicked’ Read MoreWhen Chicago Urban Leauge President and CEO Karen Freeman-Wilson’s colleague told her the organization should respond to Walmart’s request for proposals to redevelop its Chatham site, Freeman-Wilson remembers balking at the idea. “I’m like, ‘That big superstore?’” Freeman-Wilson said. But …
Chicago Urban League opens entrepreneurship and workforce center at former Chatham Walmart Read MoreAn Indiana hospital fired a doctor and a nurse after the hospital discharged a pregnant woman who minutes later gave birth in her car, the hospital’s president and CEO confirmed. A video of the incident on social media shows Mercedes …
Doctor, nurse fired after Indiana hospital turned Dolton women away minutes before she gives birth Read MoreThe story on Aaron Rodgers and the Bears, an all-time epic in football’s library, was written and finished late in 2022 when he walked out of Soldier Field as a Packer for the last time. Anything after that would be …
If he plays vs. Bears, Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers has enough left to make Sunday a compelling drama Read MoreFormer President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the Rev. Jesse Jackson at a downtown Chicago hospital Friday, days after he was moved out of the intensive care unit. The longtime civil rights activist and founder …
Bill and Hillary Clinton visit Rev. Jesse Jackson in Chicago hospital Read MoreNew details about the case involving an alleged $10,000 bounty on the head of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino have been revealed in a freshly unsealed court document, including text messages the feds say show a street gang’s response …
New details about alleged bounty on Bovino’s head revealed in unsealed court records Read MoreThe Cubs tendered contracts to half their arbitration-eligible players before the deadline Friday, promising deals to left-hander Justin Steele and right-hander Javier Assad for 2026. They non-tendered catcher Reese McGuire and reliever Eli Morgan, making them free agents. All four …
Cubs tender contracts to Justin Steele and Javier Assad, non-tender Reese McGuire and Eli Morgan Read MoreAfter more than a century of teaching brewers from around the world, the Siebel Institute of Technology announced Thursday it’s leaving Chicago for Montreal. The school said in a news release the move aligns “with the changing dynamics of the …
Siebel Institute announces last call in Chicago — one that ‘hurts,’ says Chicago brewer Read More