“I’ve always written more than people can keep up with. I write a lot of plays and I write a lot of lyrics. I just write all the time.”
Beau O’Reilly, 68, has been a fixture on Chicago’s fringe theater and music scenes for decades, most notably with the Curious Theatre Branch (coproducers of the annual Rhino Fest), Maestro Subgum & the Whole, and the Crooked Mouth.…Read More
This week Draft Dr. Phil and Shayne “The Smartest Man” Marsaw are joined by David Kaplan and former Bears DT Chris Zorich to talk about the 2021 schedule release and expectations for the 2021 season! PLUS, the guys discuss the golden rule of fall – not scheduling ANYTHING that takes away from Sunday football…that goes double for kids birthday parties.
Bears head coach Matt Nagy won’t coach the team’s rookie minicamp in person this weekend after being ruled a high-risk close contact for a family member who tested positive for the coronavirus. | Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
Bears head coach Matt Nagy won’t coach the team’s rookie minicamp in person this weekend after being ruled a high-risk close contact for a family member who tested positive for the coronavirus, sources confirmed.
Bears head coach Matt Nagy won’t coach the team’s rookie minicamp in person this weekend after being ruled a high-risk close contact for a family member who tested positive for the coronavirus, sources confirmed.
Nagy was in the process of becoming fully vaccinated.
Nagy is expected to participate in the practice via virtual technology. He’ll run meetings remotely, too, as all classroom work this offseason is being conducted via Zoom.
The Bears will begin their rookie minicamp Friday, with quarterback Justin Fields and second-round tackle Teven Jenkins making their debut on the practice fields of Halas Hall. The team will hold practices on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with voluntary organized team activities and mandatory minicamps to begin later this offseason.
Nagy appeared on NFL Network on Wednesday night as part of the league’s schedule release programming.
NFL teams continue to test players, coaches and staff members as a condition of their admission into their facilities.
The ChicagoBears‘ 2021 schedule was officially released on Wednesday night and many were quick to debate on when Bears’ first-round draft selection Justin Fields will make his debut as the starting quarterback for the team. Dating back to when the Bears signed veteran quarterback Andy Dalton to a one-year deal in March, the plan […]
The vaccination site at the American Airlines Conference Center at Gallagher Way next to Wrigley Field opened at 8 a.m. Thursday. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
“It’s like a light at the end of the tunnel,” said one 12-year-old boy as he waited in line Thursday morning with his mom at a vaccination site next to Wrigley Field, which opened at 8 a.m.
Hallelujah!
“It’s like a light at the end of the tunnel,” said Liam Samet, 12, as he walked into a vaccination site near Wrigley Field early Thursday — the first day kids in the 12-to-15-year-old age group were eligible for inoculation.
“COVID has been going on for a long while now, so it’s really exciting to get my vaccine. I’m looking forward to hanging out with my friends because I’ve talked to my them a lot online so it will be just really nice to be able to see them in person again,” said Liam, who lives downtown and attends Skinner North Elementary School.
Pat Nabong/Sun-TimesLiam Samet, 12, waits outside Wrigley Field on Thursday morning before getting his COVID-19 vaccination.
Zara Smejkal, also 12, said she was looking forward to more normalcy in playing hockey and baseball, eating out, hanging with pals and traveling.
“It’s kind of nice because I won’t have to worry about COVID as much any more once I get the vaccine,” said Zara, who also attends Skinner North.
Both kids arrived with their moms shortly after the vaccination site in the American Airlines Conference Center at Gallagher Way, run by Advocate Aurora Health, opened Thursday morning. The building is next to Wrigley Field.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization of the Pfizer vaccine for kids 12 to 15 on Tuesday and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on the plan Wednesday.
The vaccine is available through pharmacies, private providers and at vaccination sites run by the city.
The F.D.A. declared the Pfizer vaccine safe, saying it offers strong protection for younger adolescents based on testing of more than 2,000 U.S. volunteers, ages 12 to 15.
The study found no cases of COVID-19 among fully vaccinated adolescents compared to 18 among kids given dummy shots. More intriguing, researchers found the kids developed higher levels of virus-fighting antibodies than earlier studies measured in young adults.
The younger teens received the same vaccine dosage as adults and had the same side effects, mostly sore arms and flu-like fever, chills or aches that signal a revved-up immune system, especially after the second dose.
Former Minnesota Vikings coach Jerry Burns, the colorful character who took over as head coach in a time of turmoil and led the team to three playoff berths, has died. He was 94. | Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune via AP
Burns had a 55-46 record, including 3-3 in the playoffs, before retiring after the 1991 season. Many Vikings coaches and players over the years lauded Burns for his creativity on the field and for his sense of humor off the field.
MINNEAPOLIS — Jerry Burns, the colorful character who took over as the Minnesota Vikings’ head coach in a time of turmoil and led the team to three playoff berths in six seasons, has died. He was 94.
The team announced Burns’ death. Vikings spokesman Bob Hagan said Burns’ son-in-law informed him of Burns’ death Wednesday morning.
Burns helped the Green Bay Packers win the first two Super Bowls as the defensive backs coach for Vince Lombardi. Then he joined the staff of another future Hall of Fame coach when Bud Grant hired him as Minnesota’s offensive coordinator in 1968. Burns held the position until 1985 and became head coach in 1986, following Les Steckel’s 3-13 season in 1984 and Grant’s 7-9 campaign in 1985 when he was coaxed out of retirement.
“I met Burnsie at Iowa when he picked me up from the airport when I was visiting down there, and from that point on, we started talking football and never stopped,” Grant said in a statement released by the team. “We were on the same page a lot. When I went to Winnipeg, I’d have him come up as a guest coach. Our friendship grew over the years, and we became very close friends and so did our families.”
The 93-year-old Grant said Burns was a “very astute football mind” who “could see things on the field immediately.”
A Detroit native, Burns played quarterback at the University of Michigan from 1947 to 1950. He caught on as an assistant coach at Iowa in 1954 and took over as head coach in 1961, going 16-27-2 over five years before departing for the NFL.
Burns had a 55-46 record, including 3-3 in the playoffs, before retiring after the 1991 season. His 1987 team came on strong at the finish before losing to Washington for the NFC championship. He led the Vikings to regular-season records of 11-5 and 10-6 the next two years, both ending in postseason losses to San Francisco.
Many Vikings coaches and players over the years lauded Burns for his creativity on the field and for his sense of humor off the field.
“So many good memories with this man,” former Vikings quarterback Tommy Kramer tweeted. “He was the funniest, kindest guy you will ever meet, and an amazing coach. He invented the West Coast Offense. RIP Burnsie, you were the best.”
Another former Vikings quarterback, Fran Tarkenton, said through the team that his Hall of Fame career would not have unfolded so successfully without Burns.
“He made everybody smile,” Tarkenton said. “He was one of the most unique characters we’ve ever known, but it didn’t hide his brilliance. I spent the last seven years of my career with Burnsie, and he saved my life,”
With the release of the 2021 NFL schedule, every football fan is now more ready than ever for the summer to come and go — especially ChicagoBears fans. How could Bears fans get any more excited at this point? The Bears have gone from a team that looked to be getting far worse just […]
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