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New Bears President Kevin Warren says Poles has complete control of football operations – but there will be collaboration.
Warren said the team is not considering any options to stay at Soldier Field.
Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren will become the next president and CEO of the Chicago Bears. Warren will replace Ted Phillips, who is retiring next month after nearly 40 years with the team. Warren will begin his new position in the spring.
Warren will replace Ted Phillips, who is retiring after nearly 40 years with the team.
The Bears finished with a 3-14 record and the first overall pick in the NFL draft.
CBS 2's Jackie Kostek checked in with the team a day after finishing the 2022 season with a league-worst 3-14 record and the top pick in the draft.
For the first time since 1947, the Chicago Bears have the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft.
Chicago will pick No. 1 for the first time since 1947 after it lost 29-13 to the Minnesota Vikings in its season finale on Sunday.
Bears fans Sunday showed their support for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field Monday night. They said they are wishing Hamlin and his family the best, and it does not matter which team he is on. We also spotted some Vikings and Packers fans who expressed the very same thoughts.
It's unclear how much this would cost taxpayers because there was no financial plan behind this Hail Mary from the city.
It's unclear how much this would cost taxpayers because there was no financial plan behind this hail Mary from the city.
The Bears (3-14), who held out star Justin Fields, set a franchise record with their 14th loss and extended one by dropping their 10th game in a row.
Mrs. McCaskey is the eldest child of "Papa Bear" George Halas Sr., who founded the Bears.
Bears season comes to a close and they could be in a win-win situation depending on what happens Sunday at Soldier Field less than three hours away in Indianapolis. The Bears host the 12-4 Vikings for their regular season finale. CBS 2's Marshall Harris has three things to watch.
Bears season comes to a close and they could be in a win-win situation depending on what happens Sunday at Soldier Field less than three hours away in Indianapolis.
The Chicago Bears are ready to put a wrap on the season after one last home game with the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. CBS 2’s Matt Zahn caught up with the team.
Nathan Peterman will make his first start since 2018 as Fields is out with a hip strain.
It was an emotional day inside Halas Hall, with the Chicago Bears coaches and players still coming to grips with what they saw happen on the field Monday night, to a fellow player, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who is improving but remains in critical condition in a Cincinnati hospital.
Matt Eberflus said the team is providing mental health resources for the players as they navigate this difficult week.
Bears coach Matt Eberflus said the injury is not a long-term issue. Nathan Peterman will start in Fields' place on Sunday.
Hamlin had just made a tackle and stood up before collapsing on the field.
Justin Fields needs 64 yards to set the single-season rushing record for a quarterback after a 132-yard rushing day in last Sunday's loss.
The Justin Fields-led Bears (3-13) took two leads in the opening quarter before collapsing and losing a franchise-record ninth straight game.
Warren's resume includes multiple stops in the NFL and the Bears are searching for a president to replace the retiring Ted Phillips.
Eight is enough. It's not just a 70's sitcom. It's got to be how the Bears are feeling heading into Sunday's road game in Detroit.
Four Black-owned construction firms joined forces with a fifth company to create a model never seen before in the industry and oversee the construction of the newly opened Obama Presidential Center.
Illinois drivers might soon have to pay more to drive on the state's tollways.
A Chicago area couple who recently moved to Mexico and has been missing for nearly a month has been found dead, family friends said.
Matt Vierling and Kerry Carpenter hit home runs to lift the Detroit Tigers past the Chicago White Sox 4-3.
The Chicago Hounds will try to cap off their magical season with a Major League Rugby championship Sunday.
The Altoids were a callback to a viral moment between former first lady Michelle Obama and former President George W. Bush.
A senior Justice Department official called a judge's demand for a declaration on the status of the "anti-weaponization" fund "unnecessary."
Trump has appeared during the Iran war to lose patience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who may now find himself "stuck."
Cuban lawmakers Thursday adopted nearly 200 historic free-market reforms aimed at rescuing the communist island from a severe crisis aggravated by a U.S. oil blockade.
President Trump's efforts to spruce up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool faced a snag this week, with algae turning the water green while rips appeared in an "American Flag Blue" surface picked by the president.
An Illinois law banning "swipe fees" on taxes and tips — already delayed twice by lawmakers — appears to be on life support after a federal judge that once permitted it issued a permanent injunction against it this week.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects bill could have on the county's property tax base and overall fiscal health.
As thousands of Chicagoans wrap up road trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, gas prices in the city have reached the highest levels seen in four years.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Illinois is among the top 13 states seeing a rise in alpha-gal syndrome cases, with residents living in southern Illinois at the highest risk, according to a 2025 study.
After Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia, his wife Emma Heming Willis found a new purpose as a health advocate.
The North Shore suburb of Wilmette this week became the latest Chicago-area municipality to discover mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus this year.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
Daley's Restaurant, known as Chicago's oldest, has served Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood for more than 130 years.
Walgreens is set to close in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on Thursday, and there's growing concern about where families will get their medications.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
James Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television, including every episode of the original "Will & Grace."
In a full circle moment, actor Gary Cole returns to the very same local stage where he began his professional acting career.
Tom Dreesen, a pioneering actor and comedian and Chicago-area native, died Wednesday.
Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from the "Star Wars" sequel "The Empire Strikes Back" is expected to sell for at least $1 million at an upcoming auction.
Rio de Janeiro's Military Fire Department said one of the helicopters crashed in the parking lot of a car dealership, where several electric vehicles were parked, igniting a fire.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest First Alert Weather forecast.
Four Black-owned construction firms joined forces along with a fifth company to create a model never seen before in the industry and oversee construction of the newly opened Obama Presidential Center.
Illinois drivers might soon have to pay more to drive on the state's tollways. The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority has proposed an increase in tolls in 2027. If approved by the board, it would be the state's first toll hike since 2012.
A Chicago area couple who recently moved to Mexico and has been missing for nearly a month has been found dead, family friends said.
A man died after he jumped into Lake Michigan at Montrose Harbor on Friday afternoon and didn't come back up.
Illinois drivers might soon have to pay more to drive on the state's tollways.
A Chicago area couple who recently moved to Mexico and has been missing for nearly a month has been found dead, family friends said.
After a star-studded, high profile opening ceremony, the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago is now open to the public Friday.
Newly released video of a police shooting in Country Club Hills appears to contradict what a federal agent claims happened during an undercover gun trafficking sting operation.
Four Black-owned construction firms joined forces with a fifth company to create a model never seen before in the industry and oversee the construction of the newly opened Obama Presidential Center.
Newly released cell phone video of a police shooting in south suburban Country Club Hills appears to contradict what a federal agent claims happened during an undercover gun trafficking sting operation last week.
"A house of horrors." That's how one former Chicago foster child described Aunt Martha's Integrated Care Center, a facility that's been at the center of a years-long CBS News Chicago investigation.
Kindbody entered into an agreement with a cryogenic storage facility in Massachusetts, but not all patients received the email.
A Chicago woman says a life insurance policy she paid into for 25 years was cancelled over a $112 shortfall that she never knew existed, and now, at 82 years old, she's uninsurable.
The Crisis Alternative Response Evanston, or CARE, team responds to calls that, before July 2024, would have been lumped into police calls.
Matt Vierling and Kerry Carpenter hit home runs to lift the Detroit Tigers past the Chicago White Sox 4-3.
The Chicago Hounds will try to cap off their magical season with a Major League Rugby championship Sunday.
Carson Kelly hit his second career grand slam in Chicago's seven-run first inning and finished with a career-high six RBIs as the Cubs routed the Toronto Blue Jays 16-2.
Jonathan Toews, who helped lead the Chicago Blackhawks to three Stanley Cup titles in six years, announced on Friday that he is retiring from the NHL after 16 seasons.
The Chicago White Sox ended a nine-game losing streak at Yankee Stadium with a 5-1 victory over New York on Thursday.
A shooting on the Eisenhower Expressway forced several lanes to close in Chicago's Garfield Park neighborhood early Friday morning.
A federal judge ruled ICE failed to show enough evidence to justify holding Salah Sarsour, a legal permanent resident detained for 80 days after speaking out in support of Palestinian rights.
A sport-utility vehicle rammed into a Shell gas station mini mart in what was believed to be an attempted crash-and-grab burglary in Chicago's East Pilsen neighborhood.
Luigi Mangione's lawyers will argue that he was suffering from an extreme emotional disturbance when he allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Rex Heuermann was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the series of murders known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings.
