Articles filed under Football
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At Super Bowl, Sheryl Lee Ralph seeks to 'Lift Every Voice'Feb 09, 2023 12:00 am - PHOENIX - Sheryl Lee Ralph is living a career dream: The "Abbott Elementary" star won her first Emmy last year and will lend her powerful vocals as a Super Bowl pregame ...
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Bears legend Hester misses out on Hall of Fame againFeb 09, 2023 12:00 am - The wait will continue for Bears legend Devin Hester. Hester was among 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2023, but the longtime Bears return specia...
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Elgin native Huxtable lands 1st NFL jobFeb 07, 2023 12:00 am - Elgin native and 1975 Larkin High School graduate Dave Huxtable, a career college football coach, has landed his first NFL job. The Atlanta Falcons announced earlier thi...
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2022 report card: Bears need more big plays from linebackersFeb 07, 2023 12:00 am - The Bears completely altered the fabric of their linebacker group when they traded Roquan Smith to the Baltimore Ravens on Halloween, just one day before the trade deadl...
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Northwestern football returns to Wrigley in NovemberFeb 07, 2023 12:00 am - Wrigley Field will host a college football game for the third time since 2010 when Northwestern plays Iowa next season. Northwestern and the Cubs announced Tuesday that ...
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Bears help promote NFL in trip to SpainFeb 07, 2023 12:00 am - MADRID - The Bears have finished five days of clinics with kids in Barcelona and Madrid to help promote the NFL in Spain. The last day of the clinics was Tuesday in Madr...
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Bears 2022 report card: Defensive end: League worst in sacks deserves an FFeb 06, 2023 5:00 am - The Bears finished the 2022 season dead last in the NFL with 20 sacks. The Eagles, by comparison, led the league with 70. The defense's inability to create pressure up f...
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Super Bowl opening night returns with circus atmosphereFeb 06, 2023 12:00 am - PHOENIX - Nick Sirianni answered questions about Rocky, Santa Claus and even which of his players on the Philadelphia Eagles he'd want to date his 5-year-old daughter wh...
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Lincicome: Silly Super Bowl pregame hoopla all part of the week's sideshowFeb 05, 2023 4:30 am - I missed covering the first two Super Bowls, but I caught up with the thing before Roman numerals did. The game was not given the same stature as world wars until No. IV...
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Offense now king in NFL - here's why Bears GM Poles should take noteFeb 04, 2023 12:00 am - Defense wins championships. Or so they say. In the NFL, it seems this is an adage from a bygone age. You know, the one where the Steelers dominated in the 1970s, the Bea...