Articles filed under Football
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How the Bears’ stadium timeline compares to other recent NFL projectsJan 19, 2025 11:54 am - The Bears stadium situation took a while to come up when Bears chairman George McCaskey and team president and CEO Kevin Warren met with reporters at Halas Hall on Jan. 7...
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Jim O’Donnell: Attainable answer to Bears’ scramble is Kliff Kingsbury 2.0Jan 19, 2025 6:00 am - A FLAWED INTERVIEWING PROCESS by a flawed NFL franchise continues to play out in Lake Forest as the Bears' biff-Zoom-biff search for a new head coach plods on. Eventually...
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Jayden Daniels and the Commanders stun the top-seeded Lions 45-31 to reach NFC title gameJan 18, 2025 10:39 pm - Jayden Daniels threw for two touchdowns in a flawless performance by Washington's dazzling rookie, and the Commanders stunned the Detroit Lions 45-31 to reach the NFC championship game for the first time since winning the Super Bowl 33 years ago.
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Mahomes and Kelce help Chiefs to a 23-14 win over Texans and another AFC title game tripJan 18, 2025 8:13 pm - Patrick Mahomes threw for 177 yards and a touchdown, Travis Kelce caught seven passes for 117 yards and the score and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Houston Texans 23-14 to advance to the AFC championship game for the seventh straight season.
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Report says Bears were interested in Tomlin, but Tomlin wasn’t interested in leaving PittsburghJan 18, 2025 4:06 pm - According to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday, the Bears called the Pittsburgh Steelers to inquire about the possibility of trading for Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. The Steelers quickly declined the Bears' inquiry, according to Schefter. Tomlin signed a three-year extension with Pittsburgh last year, which keeps him under contract through the 2027 season.
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Only one coach beat Notre Dame this season. Let him tell you about it.Jan 18, 2025 10:00 am - The wonderland of this long college football season sits just off Interstate 88 way west of Chicago and just down a boulevard named for Annie Glidden, the famed farmer who lived from 1865 to 1965 while coaxing the soil into wonders. It’s a wonderland that went 8-5 but a wonderland no less, dammit, because of the storybook day it gave itself and the country Sept. 7.
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Notre Dame vs. Ohio State is so big, it’s worth singing aboutJan 18, 2025 10:00 am - If college football could have scripted a Big Game finish to its season, and it has been trying mightily to do so forever, it would have the Big Game it has, Notre Dame a...
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Assistant GM Cunningham seems likely to remain with Bears and help pick new coachJan 17, 2025 5:09 pm - Bears assistant general manager Ian Cunningham was a finalist for the Titans GM job that reportedly went to Mike Borgonzi. Cunningham conducted a second interview with the Titans in person on Wednesday.
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Super Bowl-contending Lions lifting the spirits of fans who endured much misery in the Motor CityJan 17, 2025 3:34 pm - Rob "Lion Eyes" Gonzales stood on a swath of the turf from Pontiac Silverdome in his basement, sporting his signature shades with blue frames and leaping lions on silver lenses that obstruct his view. He says that used to be a good thing. No one is laughing at the Detroit Lions anymore.
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Notre Dame prepares for powerful Ohio State defense in national championship gameJan 17, 2025 3:23 pm - Quarterback Riley Leonard and the Notre Dame offense have faced a fierce gauntlet of defenses in their path to the College Football Playoff title game.