A win for the Bears will go a long way to silence the critics for a week. A loss would be unbearable.

The National Hockey League has started canceling pre-season games through September 30th. For the Blackhawks that wipes out four of the team’s six pre-season games.  

Many people have owned and operated both the Cubs and White Sox but one family has had some of the biggest influences on both these teams — the Veecks.

Chicago sports writer Joe Mooshil died last week at the age of 85. Cheryl Raye-Stout has this remembrance of Mooshil, and the other sports reporters that mentored her when she was coming up. 

After a few days glowing after a win, now the Bears have days to sulk over after a 23-10 loss to their divisional rivals the Green Bay Packers.

There is a lot at stake in this match-up — for both teams. But here are some of the positives of playing the Packers this early in the season.

Now we have an idea of what this Bears offense can do, after quarterback Jay Cutler and company beat the Indianapolis Colts 41-24 on Sunday.