This is almost verbatim what Matt Eberflus said after that Bears freeze-up in Detroit last year.

Connor Bedard repeatedly telling the Ducks bench to "shut the fuck up" after his empty-netter gave him a four-point night.

I love this article with all of my heart. If only the writer had known about the Bears STH who lives literal steps from Lindala Lane... (You get all kinds, eh?) www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...

My bedroom window is not completely locked, therefore wind can howl in. I could fix it but it probably requires loud noises and light, and my wife is asleep. Pray for me.

Another chance to hype my intensive character study "Deeper Impact".

For years, my family's go-to side dish on Thanksgiving was not cranberry sauce, but the family jello: Black cherry, with halved cherries, sliced green olives, and (depending on allergies) chopped walnuts, served on a slice of lettuce.

The 2026 ZiPS projections for the Chicago White Sox are now up at @fangraphs.com blogs.fangraphs.com/2026-zips-pr...

Wake Forest wins on the Bryce Drew play to knock off Memphis. COLLEGE HOOPS!!!

Sports on the radio may have been on the way out until it took 46 different subscriptions to watch games. I have a bigger audience for UNH football on radio because FloSports is expensive and low quality

This is wild. They blitzed *two-thirds of the time*. I know that's Flores' thing, but wow.

'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'

EPCOT's Coral Reef restaurant might be getting ride of lunch service after January 3, 2026 based on dining reservation availability: touringplans.com/blog/is-cora...

"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."

What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck? It's the Pope in 1982.

NEW: @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office says 3 masked ICE agents stopped & questioned an IL Department of Transportation employee working in Park Ridge about his immigration status & whether he had traveled to New York and his awareness of NYC Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social before leaving.

Writing is an art. AI could never.

20 years ago tonight. Has it really been that long?

Driving to the Montrose Bird Sanctuary and then to Honey Bear Cafe in Rogers Park this morning, something jarring was seeing no soccer games happening. Usually, on Sundays, every park was filled with games played by Latino men in their 20s and 30s. They would go until there was snow on the ground.

This reminds me: back in 2008, I somehow got NFL Head Coach 09 for PS3 from our local WalMart for 5 bucks. Brand new game. Maybe they messed up the tag? They had a stack of them. FUN FACT- one of the QBs in the initial draft class was a stand-in for Josh Johnson, *who is still in the league today*.

20 years ago tonight, the LORD blessed the White Sox.

Peacock Morning TV update: The "Miele" morons have overtaken "Dinge" as the worst commercial on the air. It was close, but they did it.

Follow-up: It was great to see the unfurling Peacock fanfare come back in an updated style last night. That was always the part that really got me excited for the game in the 90s. It was like the breaking news sounder, the "Oh Shit, here we go" of sports.

Ok we're all reliving the glorious John Tesh "Roundball Rock" theme today (and the glorious Red Rocks performance, and the glorious SNL sketch). But does anyone know the history of the 'fanfare' that preceded it? The music under the unfurling Peacock? Like here: youtube.com/shorts/5CUJJ...

That was one of the worst roughing-the-passer calls I can remember.

I've felt for 20 years that we would never again see a pitching performance like the White Sox in the '05 ALCS, with 4 straight complete games. But the Dodgets allowing *3 runs* in an entire series...I mean, wow.

Happy 20th Anniversary to the most authoritative home run ever hit. youtu.be/lsEuTYbDRwE?... (With the greatest call ever: youtu.be/0jMGO-rsIkU?...)

"Chicago" is mentioned once, because Wes Unseld Jr. is on the staff.

I'm in the center field batters eye and this looked like it was headed for Sheffield. Landed a row into the bleachers. Hard to judge distance from here but he sure hit it hard.

One cool thing about being in the auxiliary press box at Wrigley Field: You see things you normally don't. Like two guys working to assemble four pieces of the 100-yard long American Flag to be unfurled before the Anthem!

Can't wait to see Statcast on that Judge homer because I think its EV broke the sound barrier.

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.

If Trump's deportation machine were an army, it would be the 13th largest on earth, ahead of Poland, Canada, Iran. The funding increase kicked in Oct 1, as federal agents unleash violence on the Chicago area, raiding communities and brutalizing protesters. By me & Lindsay Koshgarian, 📷 Steel Brooks.

For your Sunday morning reading: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/05/p... It's been two decades since I signed off from WSIU, and I know at least 3 of the people quoted in here. Pillars of the community, whacked at for no reason other than 'the angry people told us to'.

Mac Jones looks like he's going to flip a coin to decide whether Robin lives or dies.

Frankly, I see it as "Jesus Christ. *another* ad?" Every other commercial these guys get is for a betting site.

Is it just me, or does that math not math right? There have only been 16 of these series.

Nick Foligno is at the Cubs game, so he's just fine, @scottpowers.bsky.social (Nazar and Bedard are here too).

Patrick Williams left practice today. Billy Donovan said it looks like an ankle sprain, severity is uncertain.

Ghost Baby Clifford is here to announce that it is officially spooky season. Let the festivities commence.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

Matt Boyd is your #Cubs Game 1 starter.

The bunting is out of storage here at Beautiful Wrigley Field.

Had it all the way. #bearsky

Man, what an unfair, tough blow for Cade Horton and the Cubs.

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

The Sky are hosting a ceremony to celebrate the “enclosure” of the training facility this morning. Here’s what the project in Bedford Park looks like this morning.

Hi team. If you’re not masking, consider masking up. I’ve had three athletes pop positive in the last week. All of a sudden they stopped training well, they complained of fatigue, their heart rate variability tanked. No symptoms, other than fatigue or fatigue plus headache.

I understand the world has a lot of problems right now. But there is no more pressing issue than the immediate removal, from all forms of media, of the Tide commercial wherein a male actor says his shirt is full of "dinge". THAT IS NOT A WORD. Stop trying to ruin our children, Tide!