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Sports Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Good morning, Chicago. The Bears have had three months to reset. They returned to work Monday at Halas Hall as veteran players began the voluntary offseason program. Among the players in the building was QB Caleb Williams, now looking toward his third NFL season and his second with Johnson as his coach. Williams took coach Ben Johnson’s January message to heart. What has he been up to for the last three months? He hung out at Bulls and Blackhawks games with Cubs star Pete Crow-Armstrong. He made a cameo appearance in a music video with rappers Yeat and EsDeeKid. And he was spotted at Coachella alongside the Jenner sisters. “Trying to stay out of trouble,” Williams joked Monday. Williams, 24, did his best to enjoy his three months off. But the reality is he doesn’t seem to have ever stopped thinking about football. Not really. “I’ve been itching to get back, honestly, since the (Rams) game,” he said. Today’s eNewspaper edition | Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History | | | | The Chicago Bears will need a wide menu Thursday night when they choose near the back end of Round 1 in the NFL draft at No. 25. | | | | | Dansby Swanson’s fifth home run of the year helped the Chicago Cubs put up four runs against Philadelphia Phillies starter Aaron Nola in the second inning. | | | | | The Chicago White Sox took two of three against the Athletics during the first leg of their six-game trip. Here are three takeaways from the first half of the trip. | | | | | Photos from the Chicago Sky training camp at UIC on Monday, April 20, 2026. | | | | | Chicago Bears safety Coby Bryant said he ascribes his NFL career to the “mamba mentality,” the late NBA great Kobe Bryant’s signature killer instinct. | | | | | After taking some time to get away from football the last three months, QB Caleb Williams said he was “itching to get back” as the Chicago Bears offseason program began. | | | |
