Dear MCarrie Goldmanon November 2, 2020 at 11:26 am
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Serena Isioma has an antidote for election anxietyLeor Galilon November 2, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Chicago bedroom-pop songwriter Serena Isioma can give your brain a 15-minute vacation with the Sensitive EP.
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Chicago Bears: 5 options to replace Matt NagyPatrick Sheldonon November 2, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Who could replace Matt Nagy as Chicago Bears head coach if the team moves on after this year? The Chicago Bears are 5-3 and somehow fans are having legitimate conversations about whether the team should fire the head coach and general manager at the end of the season. It’s wild to think about, but completely […]
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Halftime: Bears get some offensive fireworks to take 13-10 lead on SaintsJason Lieseron November 1, 2020 at 10:51 pm
Nick Foles had a clean pocket on his 24-yard touchdown pass to Allen Robinson. | AP Photos
It hasn’t been perfect, but the Bears have certainly been more interesting offensively than they’d been in a while. Quarterback Nick Foles went into the half with a 112.5 passer rating.
The Bears went into halftime leading the Saints 13-10 after the offense finally broke out with some big plays.
They caught a break when Saints kicker Will Lutz doinked a 27-yard field goal off the right upright and responded with arguably of their most impressive drive of the season. Nick Foles hit Darnell Mooney for 50 yards on a ball deep down the middle, then two plays later found Allen Robinson for a 24-yard touchdown and a 10-3 lead.
Defensively, the Bears have contained the Saints offense despite struggling to keep tabs on running back Alvin Kamara.
Kamara put up 121 yards from scrimmage in the first half, including a short pass that he took 47 yards at the end of the first quarter to put the Saints on the edge of scoring range before Lutz’ miss.
Foles finished the half 9 of 14 for 111 yards and a 112.5 passer rating.
The Saints snuck in a touchdown with :03 left in the half with a 68-yard drive in 1:36, capped by Drew Brees’ 16-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jared Cook.
It was an eventful first half for the Bears beyond that.
Perhaps inspired by the Saints’ use of wildcat quarterback Taysom Hill, Bears coach Matt Nagy debuted former starting quarterback Mitch Trubisky in that role late in the first quarter. Trubisky picked up three yards on first-and-10 from the Saints’ 35.
He did so behind an offensive line that took another big hit. Already missing left guard James Daniels (season-ending pectoral injury) and center Cody Whitehair (calf), the Bears lost right tackle Bobby Massie to a left knee injury in the first quarter. He was replaced by Jason Spriggs.
Spriggs then went down with an injury late in the second quarter. The Bears shifted left guard Rashaad Coward to his spot and sent in Alex Bars at left guard.
The Bears will get the ball to begin the second half.
40 displaced after fire rips through apartment building in Lake ViewSun-Times Wireon November 1, 2020 at 3:26 pm
40 people were displaced, Oct. 31, 2020, due to a fire at an apartment complex Sunday. | Adobe Stock Photo
The fire was reported about 4 a.m. at an apartment complex in the 800 block of West Bradley Avenue.
A fire broke out early Sunday an apartment complex in Lake View, displacing at least 40 people.
Firefighters were called at 4 a.m. to the blaze at a three-story apartment building in the 800 block of West Bradley Avenue, according to Chicago Fire Dept. Deputy District Chief Curtis Hudson.
The fire — which was extinguished in a half hour — was limited to the second and third floors, and destroyed at least two apartments, Hudson said. The building, however, was not a total loss, he said.
Forty people were displaced, and no injuries were reported, Chicago police said in a media notification.
Several of the displaced people sought refuge in the lobby of a nearby bank, Hudson said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
