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Sports Wednesday, December 10, 2025 | | |
| | | | | Good morning, Chicago. Single-game tickets for potential Bears playoff games at Soldier Field will go on sale at 11 a.m. Thursday. Tickets for a possible NFC wild-card game Jan. 10-12 and the divisional round Jan. 17-18 can be purchased through Ticketmaster or at chicagobears.com/tickets. If the Bears don
't host a game in either round or don't make the playoffs, purchases will be fully refunded within 10 days of the scheduled date. The Bears (9-4) currently hold the seventh and final NFC playoff position. The Nos. 2-4 seeds will host wild-card games, and the top seed plus the highest-seeded team that advances from wild-card weekend will host divisional games. 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, TikTok and Threads. Not a Tribune subscriber? Here's our latest offer. | | | | Could Ben Johnson use an up-tempo attack to start the game to spark Caleb Williams? Brad Biggs answers your Chicago Bears questions weekly. | | | | | The Chicago White Sox won the lottery for the 2026 MLB draft and will select No. 1 for the first time since 1977 — when they chose Hall of Famer Harold Baines. | | | | | The White Sox will have the No. 1 pick in the 2026 MLB draft. The selection will join 11 other athletes who were selected at the top of their draft classes by Chicago teams since 1940. | | | | | Shota Imanaga and the Chicago Cubs have had a chance to take a step back and evaluate where things went awry within his delivery and arm action in 2025. | | | | | Athletic director Pete Bevacqua addressed Notre Dame’s omission from the College Football Playoff and his issues with the ACC’s “social media campaign.” | | | | | Silver Football winner Fernando Mendoza has been one of the key forces in helping Indiana revive its football program under second-year coach Curt Cignetti. | | | |
