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NFL on FOX – Week 7 New Orleans Saints (1-5) at Chicago Bears (3-2) The New Orleans Saints travel to Chicago looking to get their first road win of the season. The storylines are abundant in this game. Dennis Allen looking to get the best of the team that fired him a season ago. The same team […]
The Chicago Bears and the New Orleans Saints face off today, and the Bears aim to extend their winning streak to four games, while the Saints seek their second win of the season. The full injury report for the game can be found here. Please note that all our open threads are rated WCG-MA, so […]
The Washington Commanders visit the Dallas Cowboys later this afternoon, so we’ve got a few games to watch early Sunday afternoon. Fox has three games and most of the country will be watching the Philadelphia Eagles visiting the Minnesota Vikings with Carson Wentz starting. There’s also an NFC game between the Saints and Bears, and […]
1909 Hugh Duffy took over as the fifth White Sox manager of all time, after Billy Sullivan had a disappointing 78-74 year in his one year at the player-manager helm. Just as Sullivan’s defensive genius didn’t serve him particularly well as a skipper, Duffy was a Hall of Fame player who ended up a lousy […]
Week 7 is here, and the New Orleans Saints (1-5) are on the road in the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (3-2) at Solider Field. With kickoff just minutes away, let’s take a look at today’s inactives. New Orleans Saints: OL Torricelli Simpkins III OL Xavier Truss S Ugo Amadi CB Rejzohn Wright […]
The Chicago Bears (3-2) and the New Orleans Saints (1-5) will kick off at Noon (CT) from Soldier Field, and each team has just announced their inactive players for the game. CHICAGO INACTIVES DT – Grady Jarrett – Early reports were that he’d play; however, the rainy conditions changed their plans. K – Cairo Santos […]
You might not think there are enough clues in this photo to narrow down the date, but not only do I have the date, I can tell you exactly when this photo was taken. First, let’s look at the photo again (click to enlarge): So this is clearly old-style Wrigley Field — no lights, small […]
Welcome to Saints Gameday! Today: New Orleans Saints (1-5) at Chicago Bears (3-2) The Saints face the Chicago Bears today in the Windy City. Dennis Allen and the Saints face each other for the first time since the coach’s firing a season ago. Hopefully the Saints get the best of DA in this one. Here are […]
Good morning, Bears fans. Welcome to only the second noon kickoff of the season. The Chicago Bears come in on a three-game winning streak and before they take on Spencer Rattler and the one-win New Orleans Saints, the WCG Sunday Livestream would love to talk about how the Bears got here in some interesting, interesting […]
The Chicago Bears are favored for Sunday’s game against the New Orleans Saints. That’s something that really hasn’t happened too often in the last several years, and when it has, it seems like the Bears found a way to Bear it up. But that was before Ben Johnson. We’ve already seen his team do some […]
The NFL trade deadline is on Tuesday, November 4, at 3:00 p.m. CT, and earlier this week, we asked Chicago Bears fans if they want the Bears to buy, sell, or stand pat. Chicago’s three games before the deadline are the (1-5) New Orleans Saints this Sunday, the (1-5) Baltimore Ravens, and the (3-4) Cincinnati […]
In case you missed it, the Chicago Bears released defensive end Tanoh Kpassagnon yesterday, presumably clearing the way for second-year pro Austin Booker to be activated to the 53-man roster. So today, it was a bit of a surprise to fans when the Bears did not activate Booker. Instead, running back Travis Homer was activated […]
The Chicago Blackhawks took care of some internal business on Saturday as they team announced they have waived forward Joey Anderson. If Anderson clears Sunday at 2pm, he'll be assigned to the American Hockey League's Rockford IceHogs. Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman was first to report the waiver wire on Saturday. The 27-year-old Anderson missed the start of this season as he's been recovering from a lower-body injury that he suffered during training camp. While he's been ramping up to return, ...
The NFL season is an evolving state of affairs, and week 7 against the Saints presents a new challenge for the Chicago Bears. They will be entering this week’s contest as rare favorites for the first time all season. How will they respond under Ben Johnson as favorites? In this weekly series, I’ll be featuring […]
Since it’s the offseason, it’s time to resume my photo/video historical sleuthing series. Before I begin, this is a call for you to send me photos or videos you’ve found that you think I could sleuth for you. Hopefully these are finds that I haven’t previously sleuthed. Or maybe you have personal photos from Wrigley […]
It’s Week 7 and the New Orleans Saints (1-5) are on the road in the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (3-2). Last week, we saw the Saints fall at home to the New England Patriots in another well fought game that while they made their mistakes, was lost by just one score. […]
The New Orleans Saints are sitting at 1-5 on the season. While they have clawed and fought their way through the season, they have fallen just short on multiple occasions. Now the black and gold will travel to Chicago and face the Bears as heavy underdogs. If New Orleans wants to come out and make […]
We cover the coverage like PCA covers center field. Keegan Thompson won’t be back, several sources say. El Jaguar had sports hernia surgery and is expected to be able to play in the spring.. The various options for Shōta Imanaga and Kyle Tucker are surely being explored, as are the possibilities of extending a few […]
Canal Street Chronicles: Saints vs. Bears Bold Predictions Check out what the Canal Street Chronicles writers believe (or hope) could happen on Sunday against Chicago. Top Draft Needs of Every NFL Team Before 2025 Trade Deadline Deals Surprisingly, edge rusher is listed as a top need, so what could the other three be? Windy City […]
1912 The White Sox capped the most amazing City Series ever, having rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win the final four and take the crown. And on this day, in front of a Comiskey Park crowd of 14,985, the South Siders walloped the Cubs, 16-0. The rout would stand as the biggest win and […]
Who ya gonna believe, me or your own eyes? It’s appropriate to begin by considering what Chico said to Margaret Dumont in Duck Soup, because being a fan of the White Sox is a lot like watching a Marx Brothers movie — only without quite as many laughs. The line is especially appropriate when defense […]
For the last couple of years, the Cubs have acquired former Houston Astros relievers, notably Hector Neris and Ryan Pressly. As you know, neither one of those worked out for the Cubs and both were unconditionally released by the team mid-season. Now, the Astros are going to try the reverse signing move by acquiring a […]
preseason presenting a best case scenario for this season
We’ve talked a lot about Kyle Tucker’s free agency here over the last few days. The Cubs have eight other players who will officially be free agents after the World Series is over, plus four other players with various types of options. So let’s have a look at all of them and discuss whether the […]
1912 Once down 3-0 in the City Series, the White Sox rallied late for a third straight win, 8-5, to force a deciding game in a Series the Cubs had all but sewed up. The Good Guys had rallied for three runs in the sixth inning to snag a 4-3 lead on the home team, […]