Want to bet? Bears favored in 7 of 17 games — including 1 on the road.
Sports Friday, May 16, 2025 | | |
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Good morning, Chicago. Caleb Williams wanted nothing to do with the Bears as last year’s NFL draft approached, and the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner and his father looked into how they could have a hand in which team selected him, according to a book to be published in September. In “American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback,” author and ESPN
reporter Seth Wickersham describes how Williams and his father, Carl Williams, asked attorneys to find a workaround to the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement, explored signing with the United Football League and considered publicly ripping Chicago and the Bears to create an untenable situation for the team. “Chicago is the place quarterbacks go to die,” Carl Williams said ahead of the draft, according to the book. But Williams resigned himself to being drafted by the Bears, and after a pre-draft visit
to the team facility, he believed he could help lead a turnaround. “I can do it for this team,” Caleb told his dad, according to the book. “I’m going to go to the Bears.” Stay connected with us all day: Sign up for our newsletters to get the latest news in your inbox. And you can follow us on social media: X, Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Not a Tribune subscriber? Here's our latest offer. | | | | Cubs players Chris Flexen, Nicky Lopez and Brad Keller are looking forward to experiencing the other side of the City Series rivalry with the White Sox. | | | | | The full NFL schedule is out, and so are very early betting odds. The Chicago Bears were installed as the favorite in 7 of 17 games. | | | | | From Minecraft to Mario Kart, plenty of NFL teams had younger fans in mind while revealing schedules in the growing tradition of videos on social media. | | | | | The Chicago Sky’s Tyler Marsh doesn’t want to hear any caveats or excuses in his first year as a WNBA head coach. But he also knows winning can’t be rushed. | | | | | Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 16, according to the Tribune’s archives. | | | | | Kasparas Jakučionis hopes to sell NBA teams on the one thing he promises to provide any team that calls his name on draft night: “All-out effort.” | | | | | The Chicago White Sox gave up three home runs Thursday in a 7-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds, falling short of a sweep. Here are three takeaways from the series. | | | | | Northwestern junior Madison Taylor broke the NCAA, Big Ten and school single-season scoring records as the Wildcats beat Penn 17-12 in the quarterfinals. | | < | |
