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Anyone would have naturally bristled at what the Bears asked of running back D’Andre Swift going into this season: Change the running style that made you a star at every level and earned you a Pro Bowl nod and a …

Before Connor Bedard and Frank Nazar’s injuries, before his own injury, before the winning voodoo wore off and the Blackhawks fell out of a playoff race nobody legitimately expected them to be in, Hawks captain Nick Foligno swore this team …

Three Bears teams have won the NFC North since the franchise’s last Super Bowl squad did its thing in 2006. In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we wanted to know …

This is no time for Caleb Williams to slip. Confidence in the Bears’ second-year quarterback is at its peak, both within the organization and outside it. It’s imperative that he keeps it there in the regular-season finale Sunday against the …

Dealing with yet another calf issue this season, Bulls guard Coby White is trying to keep a positive face. Although he has been tested a lot, he said Friday he’s winning the inner battle. “It’s very frustrating, just because you …

Moon alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The full moon in Cancer peaks at 4:03 a.m. Chicago time. The moon is in Cancer. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Today your challenge is whether …

This week’s top photo comes from visual journalist Candace Dane Chambers. What makes this photo important? Happy New Year! We’re ringing it in with love. The Cook County Clerk’s Office does an annual lottery to select one lucky couple to …

Illinois holds its police officers to some of the highest professional standards in the country. Officers must be trained, certified and continually retrained. Supervisors must meet additional requirements. Specialized assignments demand advanced credentials and ongoing education. Yet the most powerful …

Over the past year, I’ve watched a steady stream of friends and professional colleagues lose their jobs. For a group long considered insulated, this moment feels unprecedented. Upper-middle-class professionals who assumed the economy would always work for us are now …

Editor’s Note: Last year, a new presidential administration stepped in with plans to disrupt the way companies do business through new policies, an effort to spur growth. To help gauge the administration’s impact, the Chicago Sun-Times reached out to 10 …

Have you ever had to transfer between the Ogilvie Transportation Center and the Green or Pink lines at Clinton? The walk down the escalator, out the door, up Clinton Street and up the stairs to the CTA provides plenty of …

DEAR ABBY: A co-worker, “Erin,” has been allowed to work from home since the COVID-19 pandemic, while the rest of us came back to the office. We function alongside each other much like a small family. We have no drama, …

Last weekend, seven young children, four of them just 10 years old, were charged in the viral attack on a mother and her 9-year-old son on the Far South Side, an assault that drew national outrage and calls for adult-level …

Bears coach Ben Johnson went back to Detroit in Week 2 and left with his team humiliated. In the span of 60 minutes that Johnson would later describe as a “kick in the teeth,” the Lions averaged almost 12 yards …

If we are unprejudiced in our honesty, there was no bigger story in all of U.S. sports in 2025 than the ascension of Nico Harrison simultaneously as the GOAT villain and most despised general manager in arguably the history of …

Coordinator Dennis Allen had no specific answers for why the 49ers were able to torch his Bears defense for six touchdowns last week. In fact, as is his custom, he wasn’t even taking questions about it. “We’re moving on to …

Illinois’ statewide 1% grocery tax will go away on Jan. 1, though many people will continue to pay it at the local level. Data compiled by the Illinois Municipal League shows that 656 municipalities — a little more than half …

Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Schedule provided by Jack Gleason. Send schedule updates to hsbballjg@gmail.com. Saturday, January 3, 2026 NONCONFERENCE Barrington at Hononegah, 3:00 Bulls Prep at Crystal Lake Central, 12:00 Dundee-Crown at Round Lake, 12:00 Evergreen Park …

The holiday tournaments are a treasure in Illinois for high school basketball fans and the communities that host them. With a long history and a spotlight shining, the stakes feel and are higher in these late December tournaments. Typically, drama …

Chicago police are grieving following the sudden off-duty death of Deputy Chief William Betancourt, who top cop Larry Snelling said “embodied what it meant to be a public servant and great leader.” Early Saturday after a medical emergency while he …