The Chicago Bears are the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoffs and will host the Green Bay Packers at 7 p.m. Saturday in the wild-card round. The game will be broadcast on Amazon’s Prime Video. In the Chicago area, the game also will be broadcast on Fox-32. It will be the first Bears playoff game since the 2020 season and the first playoff game at Soldier Field since the 2018 season, … [Read more...] about Date and time are set for Chicago Bears’ 1st-round playoff game vs. Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field
Rick Armstrong’s high school boys basketball rankings and player of the week for the Aurora-Elgin area
Oswego takes over top spot again, while East Aurora and Yorkville Christian enter the rankings. Top 10 With records through Sunday and previous rankings in parentheses. 1. Oswego East 11-3 (2) Layup by all-tournament pick Mason Lockett tops Niles North 72-71 for fifth at Hinsdale Central. 2. Kaneland 13-0 (3) Jeffrey Hassan comes up big as Knights win third straight Plano … [Read more...] about Rick Armstrong’s high school boys basketball rankings and player of the week for the Aurora-Elgin area
Chicago Bears ‘not pleased at all’ with offensive performance in Week 18 loss to the Detroit Lions
It didn’t matter that the Chicago Bears were already locked into a playoff spot. It didn’t matter that Sunday’s 19-16 loss against the Detroit Lions didn’t hurt their playoff seed. Ben Johnson was not happy with his offense. “We can’t dig ourselves in a hole like that,” Johnson said. “I was disappointed in the offense as a whole. I let those guys know that and we’ll be better … [Read more...] about Chicago Bears ‘not pleased at all’ with offensive performance in Week 18 loss to the Detroit Lions
‘We came off flat’: Chicago Bears defense shares blame in Sunday’s 19-16 loss to the Detroit Lions
The Chicago Bears defense continued a worrying trend heading into the playoffs, allowing an opponent more than 400 yards of offense for a second straight week during Sunday’s 19-16 loss to the Detroit Lions. The Lions put up 433 yards of offense a week after the Bears defense allowed 496 yards to the San Francisco 49ers in a 42-38 loss in Week 17. Unlike their game against the … [Read more...] about ‘We came off flat’: Chicago Bears defense shares blame in Sunday’s 19-16 loss to the Detroit Lions
Asking Eric: I’m not having him over again unless he apologizes
Dear Eric: My boyfriend of almost two years seems unable to break away from his former spouse’s family. The marriage lasted 15 years. There were no children, so he has virtually no contact with the wife. However, he seems unwilling to refuse any invitation from the family to have dinner, lunch and go on weekend trips to their bay house. Initially, I went along with him as I was … [Read more...] about Asking Eric: I’m not having him over again unless he apologizes