By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams won a matchup of dominant defenses, beating the Chicago Bears 24-10. Josh Reynolds and Gerald Everett caught touchdown passes from Jared Goff, and

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Peyton Ramsey threw for 212 yards in his Northwestern debut, Drake Anderson ran for 103 and the Wildcats gave coach Pat Fitzgerald his 100th victory, pounding Maryland

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Graham Mertz threw five touchdown passes to match the Wisconsin record in his first career start and the No. 14 Badgers beat Illinois 45-7 on Friday night

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer The Chicago Bears head into a Monday night matchup with Jared Goff and the Los Angeles Rams with a 5-1 record and the NFC North lead. The Bears are off to

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan has selected 23 as the car number for his new NASCAR team in 2021. Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 champion Denny Hamlin had already announced they are forming a NASCAR team

By The Associated Press undefined No. 14 Wisconsin opens this pandemic-delayed season by seeking some revenge. Illinois was a 30 1/2-point underdog last year when it stunned Wisconsin 24-23 in one of the season’s biggest upsets. Wisconsin

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears signed former Notre Dame star linebacker Manti Teo to their practice squad on Tuesday. A 2012 Heisman Trophy finalist also known for his internet relationship with a person falsely

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Nick Foles threw for one touchdown and ran for another, Chicago’s defense forced three turnovers and sacked Teddy Bridgewater four times and the Bears held on to

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer The Chicago Bears are off to their best start in eight years. They’re just not racking up style points to go with those victories. There is plenty of room to improve,

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels have granted the Chicago White Sox permission to interview Hall of Famer Tony La Russa for their managing job. That’s according to a person

By GENE CHAMBERLAIN Associated Press LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — From injuries, to a positive practice squad COVID-19 test to struggles in the running game, the Chicago Bears’ offensive line is running into plenty of problems considering

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to one-year contracts with Mattias Janmark and Lucas Wallmark, adding a pair of forwards to help make up for the loss of Brandon Saad. Janmark’s contract carries a salary-cap

CHICAGO (AP) — New Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan shook up his staff, letting assistants Karen Stack Umlauf, Dean Cooper, Nate Loenser and Roy Rogers go on. A standout player for Northwestern in the early 1980s, Umlauf

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox and manager Rick Renteria have agreed to split following a disappointing finish to a breakout season in which the team made the playoffs for

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Tom Brady fell to Nick Foles again and appeared to lose count of downs on his final play, and the Chicago Bears beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20-19

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks will not re-sign goaltender Corey Crawford in free agency, potentially signaling a more extensive rebuild for one of the NHL’s marquee franchises. General manager Stan

By The Associated Press undefined The Mid-American Conference will begin its six-game regular season with every team in the conference scheduled to play Wednesday, Nov. 4. The MAC will play all weeknight games the first three weeks

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Fans looking for options other than Joe Buck and Troy Aikman calling the “Thursday Night Football” package will be in luck as Amazon begins its fourth season of streaming games when

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympic organizers estimate they have found savings of about $280 million by simplifying and cutting some frills from next year’s postponed games. What organizers call “savings” represents

By The Associated Press Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers eye their fourth straight win when they visit the Chicago Bears. Brady became the NFL’s all-time regular-season victories leader (222), regardless of position, last week against

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing a class-action lawsuit to proceed from minor league baseball players who allege they are being paid less than minimum wage. The lawsuit involves minor league players in Arizona, California

By TERESA M. WALKER and BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writers NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is warning the league’s 32 teams of penalties including potential forfeits of games for violations of COVID-19 protocols that force changes in

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Theo Epstein appears to be gearing up for one more go-round as the Chicago Cubs’ president of baseball operations. Epstein said Monday his expectation is the “status quo”

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Philip Rivers threw an early touchdown pass and the Indianapolis Colts shut down Nick Foles and the Chicago Bears in a 19-11 victory. Rivers hit Mo Alie-Cox with

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, the dominating St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who won seven consecutive World Series starts and set a modern standard for excellence when he finished the 1968 season

  By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Garrett Cooper homered against Yu Darvish in a two-run seventh, hard-throwing rookie Sixto Sánchez dominated for five innings and the Miami Marlins won their first playoff series

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics finally advanced in a playoff round to erase two decades of little postseason success, riding a go-ahead two-run single by Chad Pinder in the

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Marcus Semien and Khris Davis homered early and the Oakland Athletics held off José Abreu and the Chicago White Sox in the late innings for a 5-3

By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Corey Dickerson hit a three-run homer off a fading Kyle Hendricks in the seventh inning, and the Miami Marlins beat the Chicago Cubs 5-1 in Game 1 of

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Lucas Giolito dazzled in his postseason debut, stymieing the Oakland Athletics through six perfect innings and sending the Chicago White Sox to a 4-1 victory in the

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have suspended in-person activities through Friday after the NFL says three Titans players and five other personnel tested positive for the coronavirus.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired Brandon Pirri in a trade with the Vegas Golden Knights, reuniting the forward with his first NHL team. The Blackhawks sent Dylan Sikura to Vegas for the 29-year-old Pirri,

By The Associated Press undefined LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy has confirmed Nick Foles will start at quarterback Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts. Nagy on Monday made the announcement after hedging Sunday