On Monday, the NHL named Blackhawks superstar center Connor Bedard the Second Star of the Week for the week of Nov. 3-9.
From the NHL’s release:
Bedard placed second with 3-7—10 in four appearances to lift the Blackhawks (8-5-3, 19 points) into third place in the Central Division via a trio of wins. He assisted on Chicago’s lone goal in a 3-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken Nov. 3. Bedard then registered 1-1—2 in a 5-2 triumph against his hometown team, the Vancouver Canucks, Nov. ...
Coming off last night’s Fall Stars Game, it’s a great time to check back in with the Cubs Boys of Autumn playing for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League. The home run derby and the Fall Stars Game meant it was a short week for the Solar Sox with only four games […]
Caleb Williams is well on his way to rewriting the Chicago Bears record books.
While the Bears are currently the only NFL team without a 4,000-yard passer in its history, Williams is on pace to change the narrative and erase it from the annual preseason storylines that come up each year. Chicago’s QB1 has thrown for 2,136 yards in his first nine games this season. At this pace, Williams projects to throw for 4,035 yards. Not only would that number be a franchise-best that knocks Erik Kram...
The Chicago Bears might be winning games, but they aren’t doing their fans any favors by how close they keep cutting it these last-minute wins. For the second straight week, the offense had to win the game in the final two minutes of the game. Unlike last weekend’s team effort, Sunday’s win was all about […]
From penalties to poor play, the 2025 Chicago Bears have found ways to win despite certain players or entire units playing well below expectations. Sunday against the New York Giants was no different, but in the end, Caleb Williams and Co. clawed back and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, and the Bears improve […]
Happy Victory Monday, Bears fans! Let’s go play in the snow (after reading BN Bears Bullets, of course!)
It wasn’t pretty, but the Chicago Bears did what they needed to do on Sunday against the New York Giants. They keep winning games they feel destined to lose. It is a 180-degree turnaround from what I am used to as a fan. I’ve never been more thankful that style points don’t matter in the NFL. This team still has work to do in all phases. But so long as it keeps on pulling out dubs at...
It was expected, but now we know it’s officially happening: 27-year-old Japanese ace Tatsuya Imai will be posted by the Seibu Lions this offseason for MLB teams to make offers. He will be one of the most highly sought-after starting pitchers on the market, and the Cubs have been speculatively listed among the possible suitors.
The posting process lasts up to 45 days, and historically, top Japanese players have been posted around the end of November, allowing negotiations to take place up ...
As you’ll recall, Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were placed on administrative leave by Major League Baseball last July while the league investigated charges that the two had rigged pitches as part of a gambling scheme. In fact, Ortiz was pulled from a planned start against the Cubs at Wrigley Field July […]
The Blackhawks are off to their best start through 16 games (8-5-3) since 2016. No, I’m not going to sugarcoat the first 16 games to say this team is a Stanley Cup contender like they were in 2016. But the fact that their record is what it is at this point is far better than most even optimistic analysts thought it would be entering the second full week in November.
I love this quote from Blackhawks head coach Jeff Blashill after the game because it’s both self aware and blunt. And it spe...
Andrew Vaughn failed to continue Chicago’s superstar legacy at first base. Now, the White Sox must figure out what to do at first this offseason. The options are not very appealing, as general manager Chris Getz has made it clear that he is not interested in signing any free agents to long-term deals. So that […]
Ben Johnson didn’t have his best game as a play caller, and the game plan on both sides of the ball left something to be desired, but as they’ve done in four of their six wins this season, the Chicago Bears came back and won a game that they never would have under previous regimes. […]
1948 New White Sox GM Frank “Trader” Lane made his first deal, and it was a beauty. Lane traded backup catcher Aaron Robinson to the Tigers for a young, left-handed pitcher named Billy Pierce and $10,000. Pierce would become arguably the finest lefthander in White Sox history. He won 186 games in a Sox uniform with two 20-win seasons, seven All-Star selections […]
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RECAPS: Blackhawks 5, Red Wings 1 ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune )
Five Blackhawks not named Connor Bedard who shined on Chicago’s road trip ( The Athletic )
Breaking down seven important stats from the Blackhawks’ first 15 games ( Sun-Times )
Patrick Kane feels like he brlongs in Detroit know, even though Blackhawks’ progress has impressed him ( Sun-Times )
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Once again, the Chicago Bears came back in the fourth quarter, this time after being down by 10, and they pulled off a 24-20 win against the New York Giants. With this win, they advance to 6-3 on the season. While some of their games have been ugly and often too close for comfort, this […]
Hippo Vaughn re-ups and other stories. Happy birthday, Micah Bowie* and other former Cubs! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow the various narrative paths. “Maybe I called it wrong, but it’s official.” — Tom Connolly, HoF Umpire. Today […]
Welcome to the Morning Commute Today we’re talking about Luther Burden III. Because football is better in Chicago these days than in Columbia (unfortunately). It’s been a tough few weeks for the former Mizzou star in Chicago. He’s had a slow roll out under Ben Johnson and that was before a concussion knocked him out […]
Often mocked as perennial Play-In Tournament participants, perhaps no one in the league is more familiar with being a middling team hovering around .500 than the Chicago Bulls. Despite this, the Bulls have shown a strong start to the season, propelled by their young guard, Josh Giddey, who is listed as questionable after an ankle […]
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Our partners at FanDuel Sportsbook dropped some early Week 11 NFL odds, and they’re giving the Chicago Bears 2.5 points on the road against the division rival Minnesota Vikings. The point total over/under for the game is 45.5. These two teams met in the season opener, and the Vikes beat the Bears 27 to 24 after an […]
For most of Sunday afternoon, the story at Soldier Field wasn’t Caleb Williams or Jaxson Dart or even the Bears’ playoff chase. It was the weather. Light snow. Sideways wind. A stadium that felt more like a wind tunnel than a football field. And in the middle of all that, the Bears and Giants traded punches in a game that kept swinging from sloppy to dramatic to downright electric.
New York, losers of 10 straight road games, briefly broke through the malaise thanks to Dart’s playmaking. B...
Caleb Williams made magic happen at Soldier Field on Sunday.
So, of course he was going to get a game ball from Chicago Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson after the team’s come-from-behind win against the New York Giants. Cornerback Chauncey Gardner-Johnson got one, too. But let’s make no mistake about it — this was a signature game from QB1.
And as you might imagine, the postgame festivities inside the Bears locker room were absolutely lit:
Hits every time. pic.twitter.com/qgvNjbC1Nh...
The Blackhawks finished up their six game road trip with a 5-1 victory over Detroit on Sunday afternoon.
The Hawks got the scoring started on the power play a minute into the game when Connor Bedard picked his corner and lasered a wrister past John Gibson:
GOAL: Connor Bedard. Snipe. pic.twitter.com/jgPlrYvEXi — BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) November 9, 2025
The Red Wings tied the game at one just four minutes later when Dylan Larkin outmuscled Artyom Levshunov to pounce on a reb...
The Chicago Blackhawks just finished a six-game road trip with a bang! The 5-1 win over the Red Wings on Sunday afternoon gave them three straight wins to end the trip. They come home with a 3-2-1 mark on the trip.
When you consider the first game of the trip was the first — and, still, the only — bad loss the Blackhawks have suffered this season ( 6-3 in Winnipeg ), closing the trip the way they did is extremely impressive.
A couple noteworthy team stats:
The Blackhawks score...
Better pizza. Better skyline. Better when it mattered in the fourth quarter.
The Chicago Bears pulled off yet another miraculous late-game come-from-behind win thanks to quarterback Caleb Williams
FINAL: Chicago Bears 24, New York Giants 20 ( ESPN BOX SCORE )
Thoughts on the crazy Week 10 win
The box score isn’t going to show that Caleb Williams played a great game. But to heck with the box score. Chicago’s QB1 delivered victory from the jaws of defeat with this improbabl...
As the first snows of late fall hit the streets of Chicago there is still baseball out in the Arizona desert where it’s been mid-80s and sunny since I arrived on Thursday. Last night in addition to the perfect weather, visitors at the Cubs Spring Training home, Sloan Park, were also treated to quite the […]