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Earl Bennet has been making some big plays lately to help the Bears in their climb to the top of the NFC. The improved performance from the Bears' receiver don't just stop at Bennett, the coaches are calling the right plays for him.
First, a restatement of a long-held opinion: NFL football games should all be played in domes or retractable-roof stadiums on an artificial or hybrid surface.
Last Sunday, after the Bears upended Philly, I was eating crow. Seven days later, after watching them struggle to beat the better-but-still-bad Lions, I was about ready to cough it back up.
With the NFL facing a lockout in the 2011 season, there's a lot of concern for the economic impact. The NFL is doing their own studies on the impact such a move would make on the local economies and doesn't feel it's as bad as people make it out to be. On the other hand, some people are arguing that these studies don't take into account the affect on local businesses.
There has been a change in the way that people are viewing the Bears after their four straight wins in the month of November. However, the Bears don't seem themselves any differently.
The Bears are finally giving Jay Cutler some protection after changing up the rotation several times due to player performance and injuries. They finally have the right mix.
After a big victory over the Eagles and winning four straight, the Bears are finally getting respect. Can they win it all? Jay Cutler thinks so.
Illinois football coach Ron Zook says he's talked with junior tailback Mikel Leshoure about the possibility of leaving for the NFL a year early.
Leading up to the Bears-Eagles game, all the talk was surrounding Michael Vick and the Eagles' offense. The Bears defense knew it would be a challenge and the players rose to the occasion.
Coming out of the bye week, the Bears' focus was on improving each week. In the four games since they have done just that, and picked up a win each week.
Two players for the Philadelphia Eagles, Juqua Parker and Asante Samuel, are inactive against the Bears. Chicago's Desmond Clark is also inactive for the fifth straight game.
Chicago Bears' DE Julius Peppers has been named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week. This is the fourth time Peppers has received the award, the first in a Bears uniform.
Michael Vick steals most of the headlines when it comes to the Eagles' offense, but he's not the only playmaker the team has. The best way to slow down the Eagles' offense might just be the Bears' offense.
The Bears not only beat up the Dolphins but shut them down completely. A feat which has not been done in the Miami stadium since 2001. AUDIO HIGHLIGHTS - PHOTOS - TOM THAYER
The Vikings loss to the Bears made them 3-6, but the loss wasn't the only story. Brett Favre addressed the media after the game talking about his decision to come back this year. Did he regret his decision?
The Vikings are fighting to get back into the NFC North race while the Bears have a chance to tie the Packers for the lead. Both teams have a lot to gain from Sunday's game.
Several weeks ago all of the talk around the NFL revolved around the issue of hits to the head. The NFL took the stance that they would fine and suspend players for dangerous hits, now the NFL has released the 11-page document it gave to players months ago.
Hola from Toronto...wait that doesn't sound quite right. Anyway, the Bears find themselves in a must-win situation north of the border. The road to the playoffs becomes a lot more difficult if they leave Canada 4-4. Everyone at Halas Hall will feel vindicated in their off-week activities if the Bears can beat the winless Bills.
Walter Payton and Dick Butkus are two of the greatest Bears players of all time. But where do they rank in the recent list of top 100 players in NFL history?
Sunday's Bears and Bills game in Toronto has yet to officially sell out. However, based on European games, the NFL sees multiple international games as a possibility.
Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to go to every Superbowl? Larry Jacobson and his friends know that feeling. They have been to every single Superbowl over the past 44 years.
Off the momentum of several regular season games in Europe, the NFL could be considering a permanent team located overseas.
It's a strange feeling, knowing that I am more powerful than an NFL coach during the game. He is grimly pacing the sidelines, squinting at the controlled mayhem, feeling the weight of every decision he makes.
Ray Anderson, the NFL's executive in charge of watching over illegal hits, was pleased that there were no such penalties called on Sunday. The league made it a major issue to explain penalties and punishments over the course of last week.
Funding for federal immigration enforcement was one of the first topics the Democratic frontrunners for U.S. Senate in Illinois discussed at a debate Monday night.
A company that makes THC-infused drinks said they will soon be selling their carbonated beverages at the United Center.
It's Human Trafficking Month, and Metra is working to spread awareness.
Tuesday marks 40 years since throngs of Chicagoans braved subzero wind chills to welcome home the Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears.
Holocaust memorial officials and historians say a proliferation of "entirely fabricated" digital content is distorting the Nazi's wartime horrors.
Funding for federal immigration enforcement was one of the first topics the Democratic frontrunners for U.S. Senate in Illinois discussed at a debate Monday night.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is facing internal scrutiny after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, multiple sources told CBS News, but she is expected to keep her job.
Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to soon leave the Minneapolis area, three sources tell CBS News.
"When we gaslight and contradict what the public can plainly see with their own eyes, we lose all credibility," one DHS official said.
Sens. Chris Murphy and Alex Padilla have spent the past two days calling colleagues to whip opposition to the DHS funding bill, according to a source familiar with the process.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
Roughly 1.4 million fewer Americans have signed up for an Affordable Care Act plan as expiring tax breaks drive up premiums.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
Does the Chicago Bears' dramatic improvement this season, culminating in their first playoff run in five years, change the discussion about where they will build a new stadium?
In a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal, Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, revealed that the right frontal lobe of his brain was injured in a car accident 25 years ago.
Sales of tickets to NHL games jumped more than 20% after the hit HBO show debuted in the fall, according to ticket vendor.
Among the names missing when the 98th Academy Award nominations were announced were Ariana Grande, George Clooney, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, and anyone associated with "Wicked: For Good."
The nominees for the 98th annual Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and though "One Battle After Another," "Marty Supreme," "Frankenstein" and "Hamnet" were all nominated for plenty, it was "Sinners" that broke through with a record-smashing 16 nominations.
Prince Harry struck a combative tone as he testified in his lawsuit against the Daily Mail's publisher.
A company that makes THC-infused drinks said they will soon be selling their carbonated beverages at the United Cneter.
The U.S. Senate’s 53 Republicans need the help of seven Democrats or independents to keep the government open.
Digital travel marketing has become a big business and social media feeds are full of travel influencers, but does any of that actually translate to sales and reservations?
Get a sweet treat with Jackie Kostek at Moo Joe's in Evanston.
"One Battle After Another" got one more nomination than "Sinners" --14 compared to 13 -- in the 2026 BAFTA nominations while "Hamnet" and "Marty Supreme" each garnered 11 nods.
A 29-year-old man accused of shooting the victims remains in custody. No charges were filed as of Monday.
Police pursued suspects wanted in an armed 7-Eleven robbery in Cicero, Illinois, on Tuesday morning.
The deadly shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis has reignited questions about the federal use of force in Chicago in recent months.
Funding for federal immigration enforcement was one of the first topics the Democratic frontrunners for U.S. Senate in Illinois discussed at a debate Monday night.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is facing internal scrutiny after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, multiple sources told CBS News, but she is expected to keep her job.
As temperatures fell below zero in Chicago on Friday, tenants of a public housing complex in the East Garfield Park neighborhood said they were freezing inside their own homes due to insufficient heat.
Chicago is marking 30 years since it started its first citywide recycling program, which began with a problematic kickoff, and continues to lag behind other major cities in terms of performance.
More than a year before identical twin brothers stopped teaching at the Thornton Fractional School District, administrators were aware of allegations that one of them had been sexually assaulting a student.
Chicago relies on the CTA to get around, but there's some resistance to that reliance with safety concerns continuing to plague the mass transit system.
The Joliet Police Department is facing a federal civil rights lawsuit for patting down a 12-year-old girl who was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over for not having lights on.
Tuesday marks 40 years since throngs of Chicagoans braved subzero wind chills to welcome home the Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears.
The Bulls closed the first half with a 7-0 spurt, trimming the Lakers' lead to 69-56.
Jay Vine was knocked from his bike when two large kangaroos bounced onto the road on a high speed section.
The teams generated only a handful of chances through the first and second periods, and neither pressured with a territorial edge.
Coby White scored 22 points and hit five of Chicago's 21 3s, helping the Bulls win their fourth straight.
Chicago police issued a warning over the weekend about burglars targeting homes on Chicago's South Side.
A woman was charged with attempted murder this past weekend, nearly a year after investigators said she shot another woman on Chicago's Northwest Side.
Two men were hospitalized early Monday after they were shot while driving in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood.
A man was shot early Sunday when he confronted two people trying to break into a car in the north suburban Morton Grove.
A 36-year-old woman and a 4-year-old boy were killed in a homicide in Joliet, Illinois, on Sunday morning, according to police.
