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Khalil Mack makes powerful case: He’s Chicago’s newest MVP candidate

May 31, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

Move over, Javier Baez. Another professional athlete in Chicago looks worthy of making a run at being his league’s most valuable player. Not only has Khalil Mack established that the...

Addison Russell hits his third double of the day in the 8th inning against the Giants. The Cubs won 8-6.

Cubs know what they don’t know concerning Addison Russell the person

May 31, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

Sometimes saying nothing says everything. Cubs President Theo Epstein sat in a conference room Friday at Guaranteed Rate Field — oddly at the same ballpark his team addressed its last...

Bears linebacker Leonard Floyd recovers a fumble by Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, left, in the fourth quarter at Soldier Field on Sept. 17, 2018.

A dominant defense and a quarterback who makes you groan. Sound familiar, Bears fans?

May 31, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

Brian Urlacher’s former Bears teammates mobbed the Hall of Fame linebacker Monday in the middle of Soldier Field, just like the good ol’ days. Mike Brown came from California, Adewale...

Cubs need an unlikely leader to emerge from their battered bullpen

May 31, 2019 at 4:14 p.m.

For context on the quandary that is the Cubs bullpen, consider that the defending World Series champion Astros closed out their two most important games last season without a pitcher...

Rush to judge Mitch Trubisky is understandable — but unwise

May 31, 2019 at 4:28 p.m.

Mitch Trubisky is the watched pot Chicago suddenly fears never will boil, the franchise quarterback in a Bears town that struggles to recognize one, a work in progress for an...

Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky dives for a touchdown in the first quarter.

After Aaron Rodgers happens to the Bears again, Matt Nagy’s real work begins

May 31, 2019 at 4:31 p.m.

Something happened to Bears coach Matt Nagy on his way to becoming the darling of the NFL and a phenomenon in a football city. Aaron Rodgers happened. Every Bears coach...

Hope and curiosity outweigh contempt as Bears open 2018 vs. Packers

May 31, 2019 at 4:31 p.m.

Sunday night’s Bears-Packers game captures Chicago’s imagination, like an unopened present sitting for weeks, the anticipation of the unveiling as consuming as its arrival. ’Tis the season, the 99th in...

Khalil Mack trade should make Mitch Trubisky sleep easier than any other Bear

May 10, 2019 at 2:47 p.m.

Jeanne Trubisky abruptly awoke her son at his house with news that made him think he still was dreaming. “ ‘You guys got Kahlil Mack!’ ’’ Mitch Trubisky recalled his...

Trading for Khalil Mack changes context of everything about 2018 Bears

May 31, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

In the literal and figurative sense, as they used to say in the journalistic days of copy boys and fedoras, get me rewrite. Everything written about the 2018 Bears before...

Matt Nagy works enthusiastically as Bears fans wait impatiently

May 31, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

Not that preseason seemed to last forever, but didn’t Matt Nagy have hair when the Bears reported to training camp? Yet after Thursday’s final public exhibition against the Bills, Nagy...

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