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ABC7 will present a Chicago Bears pregame special, "Monday Night Monsters," before the Minnesota Vikings game.

NBC Sports Chicago’s Pat Boyle took great interest in how ESPN covered Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s on-field cardiac arrest. “I do put myself [in their place]: ‘How would I have done this?’ ” he said.

“STACEY KING’S GIMME THE HOT SAUCE,” sprots and lifestyle podcast, now on Audacy with guest Dan Patrick of the Dan Patrick show on Peacock

The league will have the option to flex games into ESPN’s “Monday Night Football,” and the road team’s conference affiliation no longer will determine whether a game airs on CBS or Fox.

This is simply an observation with no broader meaning: I find it funny that among the top-3 finishers in either conference this regular season, Boston was

DeRozan was never meant to carry this large of a workload in the first place. That job is for Zach LaVine.

Darvin Ham replaces Frank Vogel as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. LeBron James approves of the move.

Schanowski worked at ABC 7 from 1990 to ’98 before moving to NBC 5 and NBC Sports Chicago, where he hosted Bulls pre- and postgame shows.

Detroit, Orlando, Cleveland, and now … Chicago. Woohoo.  •  With a 121-105 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers last night, the Bulls have become the 4th-worst team in the Eastern Conference. The dismal performance came only two nights after picking up a promising win over Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, making the all-around lackluster effort that much more puzzling. All season long this team has played mind games. The moment it looks like they found that element of desperation they need, the...

It’s simple: Get Patrick Williams the ball more. Over the last two games, the Chicago Bulls No. 4-overall pick has taken a combined seven shot attempts, his fewest in any two-game span this season. Likewise, he has failed to record at least one assist in two-straight games for the first time since the beginning of the season (December 31st and January 1st). No, Williams isn’t (and isn’t expected to be) some kind of consistent playmaker, but it’s another number that helps emphasize just ...