Articles filed under Football
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Bears’ Johnson can call plays and talk a good gameJan 12, 2026 8:22 pm - What is Bears coach Ben Johnson’s greatest talent -- calling plays or motivational speaking? It’s a close call.
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Notre Dame’s Freeman won’t face charges for incident at son’s wrestling tournamentJan 12, 2026 7:17 pm - St. Joseph County (Ind.) prosecutors won’t file charges against Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman following an altercation at a high school wrestling meet on Jan. 3. O...
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Inside the Numbers: How Indiana and Miami stack up going into CFP national championship gameJan 11, 2026 7:11 pm - MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza originally planned on going to Yale, which pulled out all the stops during his recruiting visit five years ago....
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Three and out: How the Bears rallied to stun the PackersJan 10, 2026 11:43 pm - The Bears hosted Green Bay in a wild-card weekend playoff game Saturday night at Soldier Field. The Bears trailed most of the game, but like they have done numerous times this season, they rallied and won 31-27 for their seventh fourth-quarter comeback win of the season. Here are three moments that mattered, what worked and what didn’t.
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Caleb Williams rallies Bears from 18 points down for 31-27 playoff win over rival PackersJan 10, 2026 11:28 pm - Caleb Williams came through in his playoff debut, throwing a go-ahead, 25-yard touchdown pass to DJ Moore with 1:43 remaining, and the Chicago Bears rallied from an 18-po...
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Bears and Rams advance to divisional round with comeback wins to open NFL playoffsJan 10, 2026 11:04 pm - Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears are heading to the NFC divisional round following another comeback victory. All-Pros Matthew Stafford and Puka Nacua helped the Los A...
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This Bears-Packers coaching rivalry could be specialJan 10, 2026 10:58 pm - Bears coach Ben Johnson started out slowly in his rivalry game against Green Bay’s Matt LaFleur, but managed to get the last handshake.
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Stafford’s late TD pass to Parkinson lifts the Rams past the Panthers 34-31 in the wild-card roundJan 10, 2026 8:52 pm - Puka Nacua stepped into the huddle with the Los Angeles Rams trailing by four with 2:38 left, the home crowd roaring and his team's season on the line. He never thought twice about losing.
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The Hoosiers’ dominant CFP run could put them in the mix for best of all time … pending a titleJan 10, 2026 5:47 pm - Undefeated Indiana did more than just justify its place as the top seed in the College Football Playoff with its lopsided 56-22 rout of Oregon in the Peach Bowl semifinal.
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Can Caleb Williams continue to change the script in Bears-Packers rivalry?Jan 10, 2026 3:32 pm - Kids these days believe everything is scripted. They talk conspiratorially of “scriptwriters” plotting out everything they see on their phones, tablets and TVs. Who can blame them? Reality stars are real celebrities, and social media is our window to the world.