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Opting in: Northwestern’s Braun believes bowl games still matterDec 25, 2025 12:00 pm - While preparing to face Central Michigan in the GameAbove Sports Bowl on Friday, Northwestern coach David Braun asked the college football world not to forget about bowl games.
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Greenberg: Are the White Sox and Munetaka Murakami a match made in desperation or potential?Dec 25, 2025 11:45 am - No one was expecting the White Sox to sign 25-year-old Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami to a two-year, $34 million deal this past weekend. After all, The Athletic’ s Tim Britton projected Murakami would earn an eight-year deal worth $158.5 million before free agency began, and he wasn’t alone among those predicting Murakami would sign a long-term deal that reached nine figures.
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Two College Football Playoff duds offer a golden opportunity to complainDec 25, 2025 11:13 am - What a favor Tulane and James Madison did for the nation Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening. By winding up overmatched at Mississippi and Oregon, they allowed the populous observers of college football to engage in the treasured national pastime of impulsive whining. What manna.
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Silvy: When it comes to celebrating this Bears team, don’t hold backDec 25, 2025 7:00 am - How many people did you hug last Saturday night? Joyous, glorious hugs even from strangers because of what we witnessed. Whether it was at Soldier Field or at a bar, you embraced someone that you never met before and may never see again.
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Hawaii stuns Cal in 35-31 in Hawaii Bowl on backup QB Drew Weaver’s last-minute TD passDec 24, 2025 11:42 pm - Backup quarterback Drew Weaver threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Nick Cenacle with 10 seconds left, and Hawaii rallied for a 35-31 victory over California in a thrilling Hawaii Bowl on Wednesday night.
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Flipping our fortunes: Chicago fans can find some hope beneath sports treeDec 24, 2025 5:50 pm - Is Chicago sports on an upswing? Well, there was nowhere to go but up after a dismal 2024, and there are enough young stars to provide hope.
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Sorry, NFL fans, the NBA has better Christmas games this yearDec 24, 2025 4:02 pm - The NBA finally caught a break in its annual Christmas battle with the NFL: Thursday’s holiday slate of football is marred by losing teams, while basketball’s quintuple-header on ABC and ESPN features a deep batch of title contenders.
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Blackhawks continue to struggle as they navigate life without Connor Bedard, Frank NazarDec 24, 2025 3:37 pm - United Center will undoubtedly be packed in the coming weeks. People will be using the tickets they received as holiday gifts. Families will have planned months ahead wit...
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One wideout in, one wideout — not: Burden returns to practice while Odunze continues to restDec 24, 2025 3:14 pm - The Chicago Bears got some good injury news Wednesday as they practiced for Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers. Wide receiver Luther Burden III (ankle) returned to practice for the first time in over a week in limited fashion.
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Playing the elements: Bears proud of how they fared against the windDec 24, 2025 2:58 pm - The Bears are in an interesting spot with two weeks left in the regular season. They’ve found ways to win games in dramatic fashion in order to earn an 11-4 record and a playoff berth for the first time since 2020. But there are still plenty of things Chicago will need to improve on before the postseason starts.