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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 Bulls’ dilemma about guard Coby White is real. First, White still is trying to play catch-up in terms of conditioning. He played in both games of a back-to-back for the first time this season Friday and Saturday after a …

More than 5,000 Americans died waiting for a kidney transplant in 2025. About a dozen a day. One of them was my first cousin Harrison Roberts. He was a rambunctious little boy. My earliest memories of Harry are him bouncing …

PARIS — Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist and far-right supporter, has died. She was 91. Bardot died Sunday at …

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The illness that ravaged the Bears locker room this week claimed receiver Olamide Zaccheaus, who was added to the injury report Sunday afternoon and made inactive hours before kickoff against the 49ers. Tackle Darnell Wright and …

ORLANDO, Fla. — Kyle Whittingham brought plenty of energy on four hours’ sleep Sunday when he was introduced as Michigan’s football coach, saying it was one of five jobs that could bring him out of a short retirement and offering …

John Melone, a parishioner at St. Veronica’s in Flossmoor, stopped at Holy Name Cathedral on Sunday morning as part of an annual family tradition of spending time together in Downtown Chicago for the holidays. Walking through the main doors, Melone …

Three men were shot in Auburn Gresham on Sunday afternoon, police said. Around 4 p.m., a man shot the three men near the 1200 block of West 78th Place, police said. A 30-year-old man was struck in the shoulder and …

SANTA CLARA, Cailf — On the 49ers‘ first offensive play Sunday, cornerback Jaylon Johnson jumped a slant pass from quarterback Brock Purdy to receiver Jauan Jennings. The ball ricocheted off Johnson’s left shoulder pad and bounced into the arms of …

Good, better, best? Look, just get some rest. Call it a minor Christmas miracle that the Bears — most of them, anyway — even took the field Sunday night in Santa Clara, California, given the flu bug pinballing around the …

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Gymnast Simone Biles was credentialed as a photographer and shot Sunday night’s pregame activities as part of a league content assignment. Her NFL media vest was No. 36, the same as her husband, Bears safety Jonathan …

At least 28 people have been shot, six fatally, across Chicago since the start of the long holiday weekend Wednesday, according to Chicago police. Early Sunday a shooting in River North left one man dead and three others in critical …

Damaging winds, thunderstorms and snow showers are forecast to hit the Chicago area Sunday into early Monday. The National Weather Service predicts a “variety of hazardous weather conditions” starting Sunday night. A tornado warning was issued for Southeastern Iroquois County …

The Blackhawks have played four sets of back-to-back games this season, and the second halves of them have been nothing short of disastrous each time. A 7-3 loss Sunday to the Penguins added another data point to the sample. ‘‘It …

The lack of movement in the Super 25 this late in December is unprecedented. There were a few hundred games over the past week, but very little changed in the rankings. The top 11 teams all stayed the same. Five …

Lincoln-Way Central coach Brian Flaherty described the atmosphere at the Kankakee Holiday Tournament championship game quite well: “It’s a tough environment. Everyone is here to see Kankakee win. There wasn’t an open seat in the entire gym.” Kankakee star Lincoln …

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The Bears’ final game of the regular season will be Sunday at 3:25 p.m. against the Lions at Soldier Field, the NFL announced Sunday. After losing 42-38 to the 49ers on Sunday, the Bears need a …

What marks do the Bears get after their 42-38 loss against the 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.? QUARTERBACK — A-MINUS No last-play magic for Caleb Williams this time, though he flashed such quality throughout that he looked …

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — If this is what the playoffs are going to be like for the Bears with quarterback Caleb Williams, it’s going to be thrilling. It has felt for weeks like he’s on the brink of turning the …

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — When it comes to the playoffs, the Bears don’t know what they don’t know. After Sunday, though, we know more about them. A team with shockingly little playoff experience was neither overwhelmed nor overmatched Sunday night …