Kenesaw Mountain Landis takes office as baseball’s commissioner. 1947 — Carl Hubbell, Frank Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, and Lefty Grove are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 15, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

Star players are a good thing. Draft capital is a good thing. Or maybe not. Y’see, the Chicago Bears had plenty of both ...

Instead of an expansive search, the Bears should take the opposite approach — focus on the big names (Pete Carroll, Mike ...

Hiring a head coach in the NFL is hard enough. Projecting how an assistant will do as a head coach is even harder. Yet that’s ...

George McCaskey was named the Chairman of the ... missed the playoffs, and famously fired Lovie Smith. The second time the team finished with a winning season was in 2018 when they went 12-4 ...

I said it," Punk said in reference to the family that inherited ownership of the Bears from team founder George Halas several ... I’ve been there. Oh, Lovie Smith is going to change the Bears.

The 2025 New Year’s numerals are displayed in New York’s Times Square on Dec. 18. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP) Viewed in a bemused spirit, 2024 provided (in Mark Twain’s words) “not merely ...

Prince George took part in a key royal moment for the very first time. The eldest son of the Prince and Princess of Wales had his taste of royal football tradition as he joined his father ...

Oh, Lovie Smith is going to change the Bears ... with 101-year-old Virginia Halas McCaskey serving as the principal owner and George H. McCaskey installed as the chairman. Losing franchises ...

Like, I've been there, ‘Oh Lovie Smith's gonna change the Bears ... they intend to part ways with the franchise. Team founder George Halas' daughter Virginia Halas McCaskey, who will turn ...

Carter George has a one-song soundtrack playing in his head. Over and over. The tune could be country, rap, rock or something entirely different — the goaltender doesn't discriminate.