The Chicago Bears will play at least three prime-time games in the first season under new coach Ben Johnson, including an opening NFC North clash with the Minnesota Vikings on “Monday Night Football” on Sept. 8 at Soldier Field. The Bears also will face the Washington Commanders on “Monday Night Football” in Week 6 and…
There’s a new interactive exhibit opening on Thursday at the California Science Center across the street from the Coliseum that will provide Disneyland-like sports entertainment for all ages, and it’s free. Using censors, cameras and 21st century technology, “Game On!” takes up 17,000 square feet formally occupied by the Space Shuttle Endeavor exhibit. It allows…
North Carolina: Help is on the way. In response to the never-ending headlines surrounding the drama of Bill Belichick and his girlfriend Jordon Hudson, UNC is reportedly going to beef up its public relations department. The university is close to officially hiring former Chicago Bears PR chief Brandon Faber to help UNC navigate all the…
Video evidence of the Chicago-born pope, Robert Prevost, at 2005 World Series games certifies the claim his brother, John, made that Pope Leo XIV is indeed a White Sox fan. If we take it as gospel that the pope roots for the South Siders, the next step is to find out what exactly kind of…
Before the Chargers put diamonds in any Super Bowl rings, Jim Harbaugh is looking for diamonds on the practice field. “Rare gems, they don’t just hop out of the ground and into your pocket,” the Chargers coach said as the team began rookie minicamp Friday. “You gotta dig.” The Chargers are searching for their hidden…
Ben Christman, a college football offensive lineman who had transferred from Kentucky to UNLV, was found dead in his off-campus apartment back in February at the age of 21, one day before his birthday. Christman reportedly felt chest pains the day before he died while practicing and underwent an EKG at a team facility. Well, the Clark County…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chicago White Sox first baseman Miguel Vargas went to field Kyle Isbel’s fifth-inning grounder. A piece of Isbel’s bat was also headed in Vargas’ direction near first base. Vargas was struck by the debris in the right ankle and fell to the grass. He still had the mindset to pick up…
MIAMI — Most of Tuesday’s game went according to plan for the Dodgers. Tony Gonsolin produced a solid five-inning start in his second start back from Tommy John surgery, giving up just two runs. Shohei Ohtani posted another monster stat line at LoanDepot Park, hitting a tying home run in the sixth and a tying double in…
Gerrit Cole still pitches every night before he goes to bed, at least in his mind. That is as close as the Yankees’ former AL Cy Young winner will get to a game this season. But with Tuesday marking eight weeks since he underwent Tommy John surgery on his prized right elbow, Cole has made…
Change happens in the offseason. Like every other NHL team, the Chicago Blackhawks will add draft picks and sign free agents this summer. But for current players such as Connor Bedard, Frank Nazar and Alex Vlasic, their games won’t advance at puck drop of the 2025-26 season opener. The work has to start in the…
