The Bears have grabbed the attention of the Chicagoland after pulling off another improbable comeback Saturday over the rival Packers. Trailing 21-3 at halftime, the hometown team scored 25 points in the fourth quarter to come from behind and win 31-27 in the wild-card round, ending Green Bay’s season.
The Bears now move on to the divisional round where they’ll play host yet again, this time to the Los Angeles Rams. Kickoff is Sunday at 5:30 p.m. at Soldier Field. Check out the forecast for the game and see if the Chicago cold could be enough to deter Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford. Plus, here’s who’s playing, who’s not and our reporters’ predictions.
But that’s not all on the Bears front this week. The success of the team has raised the stakes in the debate over where the Bears will play if they leave Chicago. Franchise officials and NFL leadership toured potential stadium sites, while Arlington Heights asked Illinois lawmakers to act on legislation that would sweeten the northwest suburb’s stadium proposal, and Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said he’s “working hard” to bring the Bears across state lines.
A week after the shooting death of Renee Good in Minneapolis, President Donald Trump is threatening to use the Insurrection Act to quash protests in the city. Local officials, meanwhile, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in federal court, calling Border Patrol and ICE “occupiers.” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has also come under increased scrutiny for her agency’s immigration enforcement tactics, with some House Democrats moving to impeach her from office.
Trump also continued his push this week for a complete U.S. takeover of Greenland, saying “anything less than that is unacceptable.” After meeting Wednesday with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, officials from Denmark, of which Greenland is a semiautonomous territory, said there was a “fundamental disagreement” between the two nations. Later in the week, European troops were mobilized to the Arctic island in a show of force, and Trump threatened tariffs for countries that don’t back U.S. control.
In other news, the Trump administration has backtracked on a plan to pull millions of dollars in grants for mental health and substance use disorder services from Illinois, Mayor Brandon Johnson said Chicago’s plan to legalize video gambling is still in flux and Illinois residents convicted of nonviolent offenses could have their state criminal records automatically sealed under a new law signed Friday by Gov. JB Pritzker.
And the Golden Globes were Sunday. Paul Thomas Anderson’s revolutionary action comedy “One Battle After Another” reigned supreme, winning the awards for best film, comedy, best supporting female actor, best director and best screenplay.
Those are the headlines! Without further ado, here’s the Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz, this time with excerpts and utterances from January 11 to 17.
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