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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — J.J. McCarthy ran for a touchdown before leaving with an injury to his right, throwing hand, and backup quarterback Max Brosmer helped the Minnesota Vikings win their third game in a row, beating the New York …

The owners of Bridgeport Records, a record shop dedicated to house and dance music, received a death threat Saturday night for selling diverse music. Owners Jerry Morrison and Vick Lavender were watching the Bears game at their shop with friends …

The announced crowd of 7,238 for the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s Takeover Tour game Sunday at Allstate Arena was the smallest so far of the tour. That doesn’t mean Chicago hurt itself in the race for an expansion team in …

ATLANTA — It was the best workout for Coby White. The Hawks entered the Sunday matinee fifth in pace; the Bulls were second. So White had to tighten up those laces and get ready to run; defense was optional. This …

Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Schedule provided by Jack Gleason. Send schedule updates to hsbballjg@gmail.com. Monday, December 22, 2025 NON CONFERENCE Air Force vs. Holy Trinity, 5:00 Bradley-Bourbonnais at DePaul, 1:30 Christ the King at Providence Cristo Rey …

DETROIT — The Pittsburgh Steelers pushed the Detroit Lions to the brink of elimination from the playoffs on Sunday, holding on for a 29-24 win when Jared Goff’s touchdown on the final play was negated by an offensive pass-interference penalty …

The Bears are in. At 11-4, they secured their playoff spot by beating the Packers 22-16 in overtime on Saturday and getting help from an old nemesis as Aaron Rodgers led the Steelers to a 29-24 win over the Lions …

DePaul Prep came close to winning a state championship in senior forward Grace Lee’s freshman season. The Rams were 25-7 that season before falling to Byron in the Class 2A supersectionals but didn’t come that close to going downstate in …

Moon alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) or big decisions from 8 to 10:15 a.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Capricorn into Aquarius. Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day When talking to friends or members …

Sun-Times photojournalist Anthony Vazquez covered many confrontations during the federal government’s “Operation Midway Blitz” after the immigration deportation campaign began in early September. In October, he spoke in an interview with WBEZ’s Melba Lara about his work. The following is …

I wasn’t nervous the first time I interviewed a professional athlete. Picture me: driving to the Sachs Recreation Center in Deerfield, where the Sky practice — and where I’d attended a birthday party in my youth. Ah, women’s sports, where …

Winter temperatures bring increased energy usage at a time when energy supply prices are on the rise. This combination is causing many families across the country and right here in northern Illinois to feel the strain. On Jan. 1, ComEd …

Disgraced ex-Ald. Edward M. Burke has been out of elected office since May 2023 and out of prison since summer after a conviction on corruption charges and hasn’t been actively raising campaign money. But his campaign coffers stand to grow …

One wouldn’t call Chicago’s latest spate of new restaurants thrilling. Opulent? Sure. Nostalgic, meat-centric and conceptually risk-averse? Remarkably. Every week of 2025 seemed to deliver a splashy new steakhouse or sleek sushi spot, bistro, pizza joint or trattoria. Some proffered …

The groundbreaking architect Bruce Goff has never achieved widespread name recognition, even though his projects were featured multiple times in Time and Vogue magazines and endorsed by high-profile peers Philip Johnson and Frank Lloyd Wright. It didn’t help that Goff …

DEAR ABBY: My son has completely given up on dating. Whether it’s blind dates, casual meetings with members from our church or dating events I pay for and make him go to, he still hasn’t found a wife. At 36, …

Evanston, Illinois, would hardly be the predicted setting for a constitutional confrontation over border authority. A leafy northern suburb of Chicago, more at home hosting Big Ten football games than social disruption, the town nonetheless has witnessed federal agents brandishing weapons at …

Chicago police have released photos of a vehicle that struck and killed two men in a hit-and-run crash early Sunday in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the South Side. The driver, who is not in custody, struck two men around …

Happy Holidays. I’ll be traveling all over the northern half of the state to cover high school basketball holiday tournaments for ten days, from Dec. 22 until Dec. 31. You can keep up with all of the coverage right here, …

The Bears clinched a playoff spot over the weekend by stunning the Packers in overtime and getting help from the Lions losing to the Steelers. It’ll be their first time in the postseason since backing into a spot at 8-8 …