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The holidays are a good inflection point of the MLB offseason. Most deals are done before Christmas, and free-agent activity is relatively quiet as front offices take time to be with their family. Surprisingly, the White Sox ($57.1) have outspent …

The city of Chicago is collecting submissions for its fourth annual “You Name a Snowplow” contest. People are encouraged to submit their best snow-related puns by Jan. 10 at Chicagoshovels.org. Six winning names will be attached to plows in each …

Philadelphia artist Kristin Scholz has one public mural in Chicago, which can be found in a Lincoln Square alley on her best friend’s garage door. “She just wanted color on her house,” says Scholz, who also painted her friend’s back …

The last we saw of the Bears — literally, their most recent play — it was the high point of the year in Chicago sports. Go on, rack your brain if you must for a better moment than Caleb Williams’ …

Construction workers at the Obama Presidential Center have begun installing 5-foot letters from a speech the former president delivered in 2015 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights marches. The concrete letters — quoting …

Bears wide receiver Luther Burden will play Sunday against the 49ers. Burden sprained his ankle against the Browns and didn’t play against the Packers but returned to practice this week. He was a full participant for the first time Friday. …

A 25-year-old woman was shot and killed late Friday in the West Chatham neighborhood, according to Chicago police. The woman was walking in an alley near the 8000 block of South Harvard Avenue around 5:20 p.m. when she heard a …

Center Nikola Vucevic, who last week played in his 1,000th career NBA game, is one of the Bulls’ few veterans — a voice of reason who’s often measured in the way he assesses the team’s performance. At 35, he has …

The Bears have gone from having the worst coach in the NFL to, perhaps, the best. That’s quite a swing, but so is their improvement from 14-32 under Matt Eberflus to 11-4 and streaking toward the playoffs in Ben Johnson’s …

After a four-month delay due to prolonged technical issues, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office is taking “emergency steps” to distribute $2.3 billion in property tax revenue to local governments, she announced Friday. Pappas blamed Texas-based Tyler Technologies, which contracted …

Labor negotiations in the WNBA have now dragged on for more than a year and still feature docuseries-level drama. Last week, the players’ union voted toauthorize a strike “if necessary,” though WNBPA president Nneka Ogwumike emphasized that players still hope …

DETROIT — Preston Stone threw three touchdown passes, and Northwestern turned four turnovers into touchdowns and beat Central Michigan 34-7 in the GameAbove Sports Bowl at Ford Field on Friday. The Wildcats (7-6) extended their bowl game winning streak to …

Tight end George Kittle will have until Sunday night to decide whether he can face the Bears on a sprained ankle, 49ers GM John Lynch told KNBR-AM on Friday. “It was a low ankle sprain, and George is recovering really …

La administración de Donald Trump pinta un cuadro sobre los inmigrantes indocumentados como parásitos o criminales depravados. Los comunicados recientes del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) hacen eco de un constante flujo de titulares de noticias sobre la deportación de …

I don’t hate the Bears. Far from it. I don’t root against them or want them to lose. I’m genuinely happy for them. But Bears fans are making it very, very difficult to wrap arms around what’s happening as they …

Moon Alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) or major decisions from 1 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. After that, the moon moves from Pisces into Aries. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Today the moon is in your sign, …

At least 12 people have been shot, three fatally, across Chicago since the start of the long holiday weekend Wednesday, police said. On Wednesday, police said, four men were shot about 12:04 a.m. in the 7000 block of South Halsted …

The football gods have been good to the Bears this season. Against the Cowboys, when the Bears were 0-2, CeeDee Lamb played just seven snaps because of an injury. The Bears played the Ravens without Lamar Jackson. The Bengals without …

Center Jalen Smith caught the ball in the left corner. The center is known for his three-point shooting, not for putting the ball on the floor. But with the Bulls down three in the fourth quarter, Smith drove baseline past …

Downers Grove South’s Adam Flowers has posted big scoring numbers this season and cracked the 1,000-point mark for his career last month and the senior was ready to put on a show this week at York’s Jack Tosh Holiday Classic. …