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And now, the payoffWednesday, Jan 2 There's a good reason 1990s R&B hit "Return of the Mack" (probably) has been stuck in Bears fans' heads for four months. Khalil Mack has helped rocket the team from 5-11 disaster to 12-4 Super Bowl hopeful. Dan Wiederer details the star linebacker's journey month by month, all as a playoff game against the Eagles looms Sunday. Ahead of that showdown, Philadelphia coach Doug Pederson praised Mitch Trubisky, part of our weekly report on the Bears quarterback. Pederson's even more familiar with Bears coach Matt Nagy: The two were colleagues in Philadelphia and even had ice cream together. On a less tasty note, kicker Cody Parkey's idea of cold comfort these days is continuing to practice at Soldier Field. Meanwhile, safety Eddie Jackson didn't practice at all Wednesday, though the entire receiving corps did, as did offensive lineman Kyle Long. That should take care of most of your Bears questions, and Brad Biggs has the rest covered in his weekly mailbag. Last but not least, here's what the numbers say about the Bears-Eagles matchup. | | |
| Coach Jim Boylen has spent a good deal of time lately answering questions about the Bulls' sputtering offense. As a not-so-fun twist Wednesday, it was the defense that failed spectacularly in a blowout loss to the Magic at the United Center. |
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| If you can't wait for baseball season to start, sadly you're still going to have to wait. But while you're doing so, you can match your calendar to Paul Sullivan's, which circles crucial dates for the Cubs and White Sox. |
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| Can't start better than 1-0Loyola, the defending Missouri Valley Conference champion, throttled Indiana State to open league play Wednesday. Northwestern and DePaul, however, would just as soon forget what happened last night. |
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| Chicago's Big Ten bench coachThe Cubs have a new bench coach: Mark Loretta, a two-time All-Star second baseman who starred at Northwestern. He must really want the job to be lured away from San Diego's fantastic weather. |
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