Articles filed under Football
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O’Donnell: ‘Blessed’ Jiggetts traced path from Bears to radio to grandfather beaming with prideJun 14, 2025 4:37 pm - Former Bear and WSCR sports personality Dan Jiggetts — on a life cycle built for two with wife Karen — has masted the art of being a successful family man.The result is two daughters, two sons-in-law and four grandsons who make Father's Day at any of the family households a celebration of unfettered love, gratitude and happiness.
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Silvy: The 10 best moves of the Bears’ offseasonJun 12, 2025 9:16 am - The Bears have had a very productive offseason. Here are their 10 best moves.
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The Big Ten’s 10 biggest offseason moves, from Penn State returnees to key QB additionsJun 11, 2025 5:13 pm - Having 18 teams means the Big Ten’s offseasons are bigger, too. This was a quiet year for coaching changes, as Purdue (Barry Odom) is the only Big Ten program with a new ...
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Retired NFL star Anderson recalls ‘a great period of my life’ in BataviaJun 11, 2025 11:20 am - Back in Illinois for a state hall of fame honor, retired NFL quarterback Ken Anderson reflects on growing up in Batavia.
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Deion Sanders absent from football camps in Boulder, Colorado. No reason specified by schoolJun 10, 2025 7:08 pm - BOULDER, Colo. — Deion Sanders has not attended football camps in Boulder, Colorado, this spring. The University of Colorado said it couldn't comment on a reason for his ...
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A $2.8 billion settlement will change college sports forever. Here’s howJun 07, 2025 11:29 am - A federal judge has approved terms of a sprawling $2.8 billion antitrust settlement that will upend the way college sports have been run for more than a century. In short, schools can now directly pay players through licensing deals — a concept that goes against the foundation of amateurism that college sports was built upon. There are many questions about how this monumental change will impact college athletics.
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Schwarz: Unlike other Chicago pro team owners, Mansueto looks inward for money to build a stadiumJun 06, 2025 5:30 pm - Chicago Fire FC owner Joe Mansueto announced this week he will build his club a new stadium with his own money, while the Bears and White Sox seek taxpayer funding.
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New Bears coaching staff giving controversial cornerback Stevenson a clean slate this seasonJun 06, 2025 10:58 am - Neither Bears cornerback Tyrique Stevenson nor new coach Ben Johnson’s coaching staff felt the need to talk about what happened against the Commanders last year. What’s in the past is in the past, and they were more concerned about the future.
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Bears wide receiver Rome Odunze feeling more confident the second time aroundJun 05, 2025 6:37 pm - Life in the NFL has started to slow down for Rome Odunze. It can sometimes feel like a blur, especially for a rookie like Odunze whom the Bears selected in the first roun...
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Silvy: Bears need to get their new stadium right, even if it means taking their timeJun 05, 2025 6:00 am - We’ve discussed the “if” part of a new Bears stadium for a few years and I’m not sure we’re any closer to it becoming a reality. To recap, the Bears purchased Arlington Park back in 2021 when Ted Phillips was the team president, Ryan Pace was the GM, and Matt Nagy was the head coach.