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Yale offensive lineman Kiran Amegadjie speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Saturday, March 2, 2024.

Bears

Bears draft local product Yale OT Kiran Amegadjie with 'starter potential' in 3rd round

Amegadjie played for Hinsdale Central High School before heading to Yale.

By Jason Lieser

Bears

Bears fans embrace rare feeling of euphoria as Caleb Williams arrives

White Sox

Morale? Not a problem, White Sox GM Chris Getz says as worst season ever continues

Bears

'Why duck?' New Bears QB Caleb Williams elevates expectations rather than tempering them

Bears

Ryan Poles on Bears' QB history: 'Those days are over'

From our columnists

Bears

Bears fans embrace rare feeling of euphoria as Caleb Williams arrives

Have the years of quarterback frustration been worth this moment? We’re about to find out.

By Scoop Jackson

White Sox

Morale? Not a problem, White Sox GM Chris Getz says as worst season ever continues

So the Sox have that going for them, which is, you know, something.

By Steve Greenberg

Bears

Caleb Williams: Right guy, right place, right time

The Bears have been here before in their search for a quarterback — Jay Cutler, Mitch Trubisky, Justin Fields — and have found only disappointment. But Williams not only is a cut above as a prospect, the Bears are set up for him to succeed where others failed.

By Mark Potash

Bears

A chance to wipe out 75 years of Bears quarterback futility with one simple announcement

If presumed No. 1 pick Caleb Williams is as good as advertised, Chicago won’t know what to do with itself.

By Rick Morrissey

Bears

Caleb Williams sure looks to be Bears’ guy – a true talent available at just the right time

It would be beyond shocking to this city if the Bears’ future had any other path than following Williams as a trailblazer.

By Rick Telander

Renderings of the proposed new Bears stadium

Columnists

Bears have designs on the lakefront, as Mayor Johnson plays the wrong position of cheerleader-in-chief

The city is willing to put private interests ahead of public benefit and cheer on a wrongheaded effort to build a massive domed stadium — that would be perfect for Arlington Heights — on Chicago’s lakefront.

By Lee Bey

Columnists

Bears, White Sox want stadium deals, so how about a cut of the action?

In exchange for billions of dollars in public money, the public deserves an ownership stake in the franchises.

By David Roeder

Rendering of a proposed new White Sox ballpark at The 78.

Sports

Chicago stadiums, arenas and real estate make for a playground for the wealthy

We all love sports teams, but regular people don’t own the buildings or the land they frolic upon. We just pay homage to the teams — and to the power-laden who own them.

By Rick Telander

Cubs

Former Cub Don Kessinger watching with pride as grandson Grae arrives with Astros at Wrigley Field

“We’re kind of living through Grae right now,” Kessinger told the Sun-Times. “I’m more excited and nervous watching him play than I was when I broke in.”

By Steve Greenberg

White Sox

Tim Anderson on his rise and fall with the White Sox and trying to 'get back to the player I used to be'

Anderson talked smack, flipped bats and became the coolest thing about a Sox team seemingly headed for great things. Then it all went “poof.” In town with the Marlins, he discussed it on Thursday.

By Steve Greenberg

Cubs

Cubs' Adbert Alzolay out of closer role for now but vows to get it back; 'I was built for it,' he says

Asked before Sunday’s series finale against the Marlins if Alzolay is his closer, Cubs manager Craig Counsell said, “I don’t think today he would be.”

By Steve Greenberg

Bulls

Bulls prove they're not worthy of your belief

The season ended the exact same way it did last season. The glaring difference this time: This season was over before the first half ended. Last year, at least they fought until the two-minute mark of the fourth quarter.

By Scoop Jackson

Kamilla Cardoso wears a T-shirt and ballcap that both read "National Champions" as she stands on a ladder next to a basketball net and holds a piece cut from it.

Chicago Sky and WNBA

Sky earn a B- for draft: They got big names, but they're big projects

Kamilla Cardoso and Angel Reese will fill seats, but their games need further development.

By Annie Costabile

A crowd of pedestrians react as they watch the Jumbotron television screen in New York's Times Square, Oct. 3, 1995, and the news that O.J. Simpson was found not guilty of killing Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

Columnists

O.J. Simpson is gone, but the division his life reflected remains

The legacy Orenthal James Simpson leaves behind is painful, a study of what truly drives American culture.

By Scoop Jackson

White Sox

Morale? Not a problem, White Sox GM Chris Getz says as worst season ever continues

So the Sox have that going for them, which is, you know, something.

By Steve Greenberg

Top sports headlines

Chris Flexen deals as White Sox snap seven-game losing streak

How Cubs' Shota Imanaga helped steady a rotation tested by injuries

Player development falls at the feet of White Sox manager Pedro Grifol

Bears stadium costs? Add another $1.2 billion

Why did Harry Caray always say ‘Holy Cow?’ It could be linked to a 1930s flying bovine. No bull!

Once grounded, Bears WR Rome Odunze ready to soar with Caleb Williams

Bears QB Caleb Williams arrives at Halas Hall embracing enormous expectations

White Sox selecting contract of Tommy Pham

High school sports

Mount Carmel QB Jack Elliott changes direction after call from Vanderbilt

By Mike Clark

Bears

Bears get all A's for Caleb Williams-Rome Odunze draft

It remains to be seen if Williams and Odunze will be as good as advertised, but draft analysts were virtually unanimous about the Bears’ draft: They took advantage of a tremendous opportunity. “There was only one rational path for the Beasr to take, and they took it,”

By Mark Potash

Bears

New Bears QB Caleb Williams sets draft night sales record for Fanatics

Caleb Williams is No.1 in more ways than, well, one.

By Patrick Finley

Outdoors

Reaching into the art of Matt Mullady's outdoors experiences

Matt Mullady is known as a Kankakee River expert and former guide, but he has a very important artistic side, too.

By Dale Bowman

Bears

After drafting Caleb Williams, GM 'done talking about' Bears' spotty QB history

Hours after Williams said he asked the Bears for reasons why the team had a well-worn history of quarterback struggles, GM Ryan Poles said that “we’ve got to stop going back all the time.”

By Patrick Finley

Top draft prospects stand on stage during the first round of the NFL football draft.

NFL

2024 NFL Draft first-round results: Full list of top 32 selections

Here’s where all the year’s top rookies are heading for the upcoming NFL season.

By Sun-Times staff

Bears

Bears GM Ryan Poles corrects errors, fixes WR room with Rome Odunze pick at No. 9

The position has been a headache for Poles, but now he has stacked DJ Moore, Keenan Allen and Odunze for incoming quarterback Caleb Williams.

By Jason Lieser

NFL

J.J. McCarthy, former Nazareth QB, selected by Vikings in 1st round of 2024 NFL Draft

McCarthy, who went to Nazareth Academy in La Grange Park before starring at Michigan, will now play for the Bears’ rivals in Minnesota.

By Patrick Finley

Bears

Bears draft Washington WR Rome Odunze at No. 9 to pair with QB Caleb Williams

They’ll go into Williams’ rookie season with DJ Moore, Keenan Allen and Odunze at wide receiver.

By Jason Lieser

Bears

He's No. 1: Caleb Williams era to get started right away

The Bears tried an ill-fated apprenticeship plan with Mitch Trubisky in 2017 (behind Mike Glennon) and Justin Fields in 2021 (behind Andy Dalton). But the 2024 Bears are set up for Williams as the Week 1 starter.

By Mark Potash

Bears

Bears' Caleb Williams has one thing on his mind: Winning the Super Bowl

“My last goal is immortality,” Williams said two hours after the Bears made him their first-ever No. 1 overall pick at quarterback. “The only way to reach that is winning championships.’'

By Patrick Finley

Cubs

Cubs sweep Astros at Wrigley Field while battling injury bug

Manager Craig Counsell and pitching coach Tommy Hottovy provided injury updates for Seiya Suzuki, Justin Steele and Kyle Hendricks this week.

By Maddie Lee

Bears Stadium

Bears President Kevin Warren: 'I'm not going to think negatively' about stadium obstacles

The vision laid out by the Bears on Wednesday included detailed renderings of Museum Campus upgrades, including the conversion of Soldier Field to public parkland. But all that work would be paid for by taxpayers, not the team.

By Fran Spielman

Cubs

Cubs top prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong hits go-ahead home run vs. Astros for first major-league hit

Crow-Armstrong was recalled this week when center fielder Cody Bellinger landed on the IL.

By Maddie Lee

White Sox

White Sox’ Pedro Grifol knows the manager's seat is a hot one

Grifol’s Sox are reeling after their latest loss, as a winless road trip drops the team to 3-22.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

White Sox

White Sox complete 0-7 road trip with loss to Twins, fall to 3-22

The Twins hit five solo home runs to complete the four-game sweep.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

Blackhawks

Blackhawks sign Alex Vlasic to six-year contract, locking in defensive cornerstone

Vlasic, the Wilmette kid, will get to stay in Chicago long-term. His $4.6 million salary-cap hit could end up being a steal for the Hawks.

By Ben Pope

Jared Verse had nine sacks each of the last two seasons to complete his climb from FCS red-shirt to possible top-10 pick.

Bears

The day-of mock draft: Our picks for the Bears at No. 9

The Sun-Times’ experts pick whom they think the team will take with the No. 9 pick in Thursday night’s draft.

By Patrick Finley, Mark Potash, and 1 more

Outdoors

Go & Show: RFC's swap meet and NADCA's decoy & sporting collectibles show

Riverside Fishing Club’s Fishing Tackle & Outdoors Swap Meet on Saturday and the continuing North American Vintage Decoy & Sporting Collectibles Show are Go & Show this week.

By Dale Bowman

Cubs

Cubs' Kyle Hendricks is approaching IL stint with mind to turn around his season

“I need to get back to being myself,” the starting pitcher told the Sun-Times, “using my full arsenal and mixing it in and out.”

By Maddie Lee

Cubs

Cubs’ Cody Bellinger to IL with fractured ribs; Pete Crow-Armstrong recalled

Bellinger left Tuesday’s game early after crashing into the outfield wall at Wrigley Field.

By Maddie Lee