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Bears linebacker Danny Trevathan tackles Packers wide receiver Davante Adams in the fourth quarter.

Chicago Bears local TV ratings were down 2% this season compared with 2019

January 4, 2021 at 2:13 p.m.

This season's Chicago Bears are 8-8 and headed into an expanded NFL playoffs. There was no postseason for the 2019 Bears, who also went 8-8. Yet the team's Chicago-area TV...

Leila Rahimi is now Dan Bernstein’s full-time co-host weekdays on The Score: ‘It’s a hard road for women in sports media in general and in radio even more so’

January 4, 2021 at 2:28 p.m.

It wasn't a well-kept secret — some of the WSCR-AM 670 station promos teasing a Monday announcement had included snippets of her voice. But now it's official: Leila Rahimi is...

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers rubs grass on his hands while warming up for the Week 17 game at Soldier Field.

Winners and losers from the Chicago Bears’ Week 17 loss, including a baffling Green Bay Packers’ play clock and Terry Bradshaw’s encouraging words for Mitch Trubisky

January 4, 2021 at 6:05 a.m.

Not sure if you caught it. There were only five or six mentions of it on Fox's broadcast Sunday. The Chicago Bears' 35-16 loss to the Green Bay Packers was...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks to the media prior to Super Bowl LIV on Jan. 29, 2020, in Miami, Fla.

NFL is targeting youngsters with a playoff game on Nickelodeon — and it will be Sunday’s Chicago Bears-New Orleans Saints game

January 4, 2021 at 2:42 p.m.

You sort of knew that if the NFL was cool with fake crowd noise and superimposing video-game-like fans in the stands, it was only a matter of time before we...

The Marquee Sports Network booth during a Chicago Cubs game Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, at Wrigley Field.

10 things the Chicago Cubs’ Marquee Sports Network should do in 2021, such as not worrying about hiring a ‘name’ to replace Len Kasper and ditching guest game analysts

January 3, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.

This started out as a Chicago sports media to-do list for 2021. It wound up being a compilation of things we hope to see from Marquee Sports Network. The joint...

ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit.

ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit tests positive for COVID-19 and will call Friday’s Ohio State-Clemson College Football Playoff semifinal from home

December 30, 2020 at 9:10 a.m.

ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit said Tuesday night he has tested positive for COVID-19, and on New Year's Day he will contribute to the network's "College GameDay" and call the Ohio State-Clemson...

WGN-TV producer Jack Rosenberg, right, with baiduhai columnist Mike Royko, left, and Steve Stone in the Wrigley Field broadcast booth on April 8, 1987. Rosenberg was responsible for coordinating the string of guest announcers — including Royko — who filled in for Haray Caray after Caray's stroke.

Jack Rosenberg, WGN’s unseen hand in Chicago Cubs broadcasts, dies at 94: ‘His typewriter softly clicking behind Jack Brickhouse was the soundtrack of summer for generations’

December 28, 2020 at 5:59 p.m.

As people complimented Chicago Cubs announcer Jack Brickhouse on his Baseball Hall of Fame speech for winning the 1983 Ford Frick Award, he always redirected the praise to the WGN-TV...

Bears running back David Montgomery dives for yardage while being tackled by Jaguars cornerback Greg Mabin during the second half.

Chicago Bears’ Week 16 rout averages a 24.0 household rating — that’s nearly 1 in 4 homes — in their TV market

December 28, 2020 at 7:37 p.m.

Nearly one in four homes in the Chicago Bears' home TV market were tuned to their 41-17 rout Sunday of the Jacksonville Jaguars. The victory on CBS-2, keeping the Bears'...

Chicago Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky throws a pass during the first half against the Jaguars.

Winners and losers from the Chicago Bears’ Week 16 win, including mixed Mitch Trubisky reviews, Olin Kreutz’s O-line assessment and George Kittle’s true colors

December 28, 2020 at 10:40 a.m.

Even on what would have to be considered a good day overall for Chicago Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky, his decision-making was compared to that of an inexperienced teenager. So, you...

Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton talks his players at practice at Fifth Third Arena on July 13, 2020.

Chicago Blackhawks to begin the abbreviated 2021 season on the road vs. the Stanley Cup champs and then host the Detroit Red Wings in their home opener

December 23, 2020 at 4:18 p.m.

With a reduced schedule pitting them against teams in a temporarily realigned division, the Chicago Blackhawks are set to open the 2021 season on the road Jan. 13 against the...

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