Articles filed under Football
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Is the Chicago Bears defense ready for the playoffs? Here’s what the numbers say.Dec 30, 2025 3:53 pm - The Bears are elite at forcing turnovers and lead the league with 32 through 17 games. But when the Bears don’t get takeaways, some of their warts are revealed.
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Rested or rusty? Top four playoff seeds eager to show they are ready as CFP quarterfinals arriveDec 30, 2025 3:29 pm - Last year was the first for the expanded 12-team playoff, and the top four seeds with first-round byes — Oregon, Georgia, Bosie State and Arizona State — all lost in the quarterfinals. This year’s top seeds — Indiana, Ohio State, Georgia and Texas Tech — want to prove last year was a fluke.
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O’Donnell: ‘Review of Media ‘25’ bumps up against Bears, Bears, BearsDec 30, 2025 10:00 am - SPORTS RELEVANCE IS IN THE PSYCHE OF THE CONSUMER, most frequently further defined by geography. That's why, on the threshold of New Year's Day 2026, the convenient thing...
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Robinson runs for 195 yards as Falcons recover to upset Rams 27-24 on 51-yard field goal by GonzalezDec 29, 2025 10:43 pm - Bijan Robinson rushed for 195 yards, including a 93-yard touchdown, Zane Gonzalez kicked a 51-yard field goal with 21 seconds remaining and the Atlanta Falcons recovered after blowing two 21-point leads to upset the playoff-bound Los Angeles Rams 27-24 on Monday night.
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‘We’ve taken the training wheels off’: Despite defeat, Bears’ belief in Williams continues to growDec 29, 2025 5:58 pm - Sunday night’s 42-38 loss to the 49ers was a mixed bag for the Bears. Quarterback Caleb Williams proved that he can keep the Bears toe to toe with one of the best offenses in the NFL. But the Bears defense struggled to keep up and showed major issues a couple weeks before Chicago starts its playoff run.
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Indiana football’s rise to national title contender rewards fans who endured decades of losingDec 29, 2025 12:32 pm - Bill Murphy has been an Indiana football season-ticket holder for 66 years. He says he has rarely missed a game even though 55 of them have been losing seasons in a historic stretch of bowl-less holidays.
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Tennessee and Illinois set for Music City Bowl with each team missing startersDec 29, 2025 10:32 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Playing the Music City Bowl isn't exactly what the Tennessee Volunteers once targeted in a season that featured four losses to teams inside the top 15 ...
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Bears’ heartbreaking loss to 49ers costs them chance at top seed in NFC playoffsDec 28, 2025 11:08 pm - Brock Purdy threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Jauan Jennings with 2:15 left, and the San Francisco 49ers forced an incomplete pass on the final play from the 2 to beat the Chicago Bears 42-38 on Sunday night and set up a Week 18 showdown for the top seed in the NFC.
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Eagles hang on to beat Bills 13-12 when Josh Allen misses an open Khalil Shakir on 2-point tryDec 28, 2025 9:01 pm - ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — As Jalen Carter and his Philadelphia teammates celebrated in the end zone after making one last crucial stop, Buffalo’s Josh Allen removed his helmet...
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Kyle Whittingham confident his style will be a familiar fit as Michigan's football coachDec 28, 2025 6:45 pm - Kyle Whittingham brought plenty of energy on four hours' sleep Sunday when he was introduced as Michigan's football coach, saying it was one of five jobs that could bring him out of a short retirement and offering no hesitation about joining a program in the midst of cultural chaos.