The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring the Bears-Packers rivalry. Matt LaFleur finally has a worthy adversary in Ben Johnson. trib.al/DztmKJO

BREAKING: Bears looking beyond Arlington Heights as stadium focus shifts once again, by @patfinley.bsky.social and @mitchtrout.bsky.social. trib.al/YVpZeQ5

AREA COLLEGE 🏀 TV/AUDIO TODAY NORTHERN IOWA at UIC, 4 pm CT Marquee Sports Network/ESPN+: Sam Brief, Keno Davis Flames Network: Jonathan Hood LOYOLA at SAN FRANCISCO, 9 pm ESPN+: Barry Tompkins, Dan Belluomini Rambler Sports Network: Scott Sudikoff, Christian Thomas

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring Bears guard Joe Thuney, who's GM Ryan Poles' biggest addition to accelerate the rebuild. trib.al/THCAbyI

AREA COLLEGE 🏀 ON TV TONIGHT DEPAUL at #22 ST. JOHN'S, 6 pm CT Peacock: John Fanta, Tarik Turner VALPARAISO at NORTHWESTERN, 7 pm Peacock: George Savaricas, Tre Demps *-radio broadcast moves to ESPN 1000 because of Blackhawks game on WGN 720

Playoff-clinching scenarios for Packers-Bears game:

National broadcast crews for Packers-Bears on Saturday night: Fox: Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi Westwood One: Nate Gatter, Ryan Leaf

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring the Bears, who have 10 wins for the first time since 2018. trib.al/YkkGfoY

The Sun-Times Sports Sunday cover, featuring Chicago native Donovan McNabb, who offered advice to Caleb Williams, by @slgreenberg.bsky.social. trib.al/de9eRg3

AREA COLLEGE 🏀 ON TV TODAY DEPAUL at WICHITA ST., 11a ESPNU: Derek Jones, John Williams JACKSON ST. at NORTHWESTERN, 1p BTN: Mike Hall, Rapheal Davis NEBRASKA at ILLINOIS, 3p Peacock/NBCSN: Paul Burmeister, Brendan Haywood UIC at BELMONT, 3p ESPN+: Steve Layman, Greg Sage

Connor Bedard injured in Blackhawks' loss to Blues: 'It's a freak accident' trib.al/BswIkQ0

NEWSPAPER VIEW

Fox Sports' KEVIN KUGLER makes broadcasting look, sound easy. He'll call the Browns-Bears game Sunday. trib.al/XDGfcKH

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring Caleb Williams, who invoked Michael Jordan after his costly interception vs. Packers, by @patfinley.bsky.social. trib.al/YOhQLfr

BEARS LOCAL TV RATINGS: The Packers game on Fox 32 drew a season-high 27.0 household rating (~987K HHs), peaking at 29.1 (~1.06M) in the 6:15p quarter-hour. Monster numbers!

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring the White Sox, who feel like this is "our time" after winning draft lottery. trib.al/zCHvAGr

Bears playoff ticket information

John Fanta and Brendan Haywood will call Illinois-Ohio State at 6:30 pm CT tonight for Peacock. The game will simulcast on NBC Sports Network, so a Peacock subscription is not required.

Kevin Kugler & Daryl “Moose” Johnston will call Browns-Bears  at noon CT Sunday for Fox.

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring the Bears, who went from Black Friday high to Pack Sunday low, by @slgreenberg.bsky.social. trib.al/pU9dYN7

On The Score today, Cubs business president Crane Kenney said the club renewed Marquee studio host Cole Wright’s contract and Jon Sciambi, Jim Deshaies, Taylor McGregor and Elise Menaker are under contract.

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring Rome Odunze, who won't play Sunday against the Packers, by Jason Lieser. trib.al/obFniU0

AREA CBB ON TV SAT. OHIO ST. at NORTHWESTERN, 1 BTN: Chris Vosters, Jordan Taylor PRINCETON at LOYOLA, 1:30 USA: Steve Burkowski, Tim McCormick #14 ILLINOIS vs. #13 TENNESSEE, 7 ESPN: Karl Ravech, Jimmy Dykes ARK.-PINE BLUFF at DEPAUL, 8 truTV: Brandin Gaudin, Ronny Thompson

NEWSPAPER VIEW

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring David Kaplan and Ryan McGuffey, whose YouTube channel has taken off, by @jeffagrest.bsky.social. trib.al/RGBBmXb

The rise of The REKAP, with David Kaplan and Ryan McGuffey — nearly a quarter of a million served. trib.al/abppJH1

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring Mount Carmel, which pulled off a four-peat by beating Oswego to win the Class 8A title, by @michaelsobrien.bsky.social. trib.al/8xJjyQw

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring Caleb Williams, who's the rare Bears QB to win at Lambeau Field, by @patfinley.bsky.social. trib.al/8e1dGsC

NBC will air a new segment of "MJ: Insights to Excellence" after the Knicks-Celtics game tonight. He'll discuss the famous “love for the game” clause that was in his NBA contract. The segment will run nearly five minutes, the longest of the series so far.

Cubs' Marquee Sports Network eliminates GM position among cuts. trib.al/6HxvSSS

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring the Bears, who now are the top team in the NFC, by @patfinley.bsky.social. trib.al/OaYOs2J

The Sun-Times Sports Sunday cover, featuring Ben Johnson, who brings success — and fun — back to Bears, by Jason Lieser. trib.al/zU4GWVi

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring the Bears, who gave the Eagles an old-fashioned grass-kicking, by @slgreenberg.bsky.social. trib.al/gSSaHY2

NEWSPAPER VIEW

CHICAGO SPORTS ON BLACK FRIDAY 🏈 Kent St. at Northern Illinois, 11 am, CBSSN 🏀 Illinois vs. UConn, 11:30 am, Fox 32 🏈 Bears at Eagles, 2 pm, Prime Video, Fox 32 🏀 DePaul vs. Georgia Tech, 6 pm, CBSSN 🏀 Bulls at Hornets, 6:30 pm, CHSN 🏒 Predators at Blackhawks, 7 pm, CHSN+

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring the Bears and Caleb Williams, whose misery from last Thanksgiving feels so long ago, by @patfinley.bsky.social. trib.al/BuNvCZp

Bears-Eagles is only part of Prime Video's Black Friday sports extravaganza. trib.al/KwS6gsF

The Sun-Times front page, featuring Albert Kunickis III, whose Northwestern football career is likely nearing an end, by @slgreenberg.bsky.social. trib.al/EZvdEhd

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring the Eagles' "Tush Push," which the Bears must contend with Friday, by @patfinley.bsky.social. trib.al/S9gh0xT

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring the Bears, who might not want to talk about the playoffs, but it's practically a reality, by @slgreenberg.bsky.social. trib.al/d3gDdje

The Sun-Times Sports Sunday cover, featuring the Buzelis brothers — the Bulls' Matas and South Dakota's Vince — who stick together, no matter the distance, by @slgreenberg.bsky.social. trib.al/hmpyVOj

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring Illinois and coach Bret Bielema, who head back up to Wisconsin and — whoa — how the tables have turned, by @slgreenberg.bsky.social. trib.al/56FzBmh

NEWSPAPER VIEW

HBO-NFL Films documentary takes Bears fans behind scenes for making of "The Super Bowl Shuffle." trib.al/BwVFNwK

NEW BEARS GAME TIME: NFL moves Bears-Packers in Week 14 from noon to 3:25 pm CT on FOX. Bengals-Bills moves to noon on FOX.

AREA CFB 🏈 ON TV SATURDAY MINNESOTA at NORTHWESTERN, 11a (at Wrigley Field) BTN: Jack Kizer, Matt Millen, Sydney Supple SYRACUSE at #9 NOTRE DAME, 2:30p NBC: Dan Hicks, Jason Garrett, Zora Stephenson #21 ILLINOIS at WISCONSIN, 6:30p BTN: Rhett Lewis, Anthony Herron, Dannie Rogers

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers, who doesn't want to be the Bears' villain anymore, by @patfinley.bsky.social. trib.al/KznLEU8

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring DePaul Prep, which opens the high school hoops season at No. 1 in our Super 25, by @michaelsobrien.bsky.social. trib.al/6Z6deSI

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring the Bears, who took another big step while kicking the Vikings to the curb in the NFC North, by @slgreenberg.bsky.social. trib.al/ImC4pTX

The Sun-Times Sports Sunday cover, featuring J.J. McCarthy and Caleb Williams, whose budding rivalry has yet to bloom, by @patfinley.bsky.social. trib.al/CAW1Ovg