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Walter Payton (34) leaves the field with QB Jim McMahon (9) after the Bears beat Tampa Bay at Soldier Field on Sept. 8, 1985, in the season opener. (Charles Cherney/Chicago Tribune)

1985 Chicago Bears team: Where are the players and coaches who won Super Bowl XX now?

February 5, 2026 at 3:01 p.m.

You can probably remember at least one thing about some of the Chicago Bears who played on the 1985 team – Walter Payton, Mike Singletary, Kevin Butler and William "Refrigerator"...

Harriet Tubman will join diverse group of women on world’s currency

June 9, 2018 at 2:24 a.m.

With abolitionist Harriet Tubman coming to the $20 bill, the women-on-currency issue deserves some context. Though men are featured on bank notes far more than women, the Tribune tracked down...

From left, Christopher Saale, 34, his fiance Elvis Garcia, 38, and their wedding planner Nichole Johnston, 27, tour the exterior of the McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum where their wedding is scheduled to take place in July.

Same-sex marriage licenses could hit 10,000 in Cook County this summer

June 11, 2018 at 7:00 a.m.

Elvis Garcia didn't think much about marriage until he met Christopher Saale.Garcia's mother never married, and marriage wasn’t an option for same-sex couples until recently."In the back of my mind,...

Riccardo Muti conducts pianist Kirill Gerstein and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a program of Beethoven, Sergei Prokofiev and Alexander Scriabin at Symphony Center on Thursday.

Is the maestro missing? Riccardo Muti’s track record with the CSO

June 11, 2018 at 7:22 a.m.

Riccardo Muti throws himself into his work with such energy and concentration when he is with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra that it’s easy to forget that the Italian maestro (who...

From Illinois Mr. Basketball to NCAA Final Four

June 1, 2019 at 2:01 a.m.

The reigning Illinois Mr. Basketball is the final player from the state still standing in the NCAA men's tournament. Stevenson High School grad Jalen Brunson, who has gone from the...

A woman stands with a member of security after a small drone being flown by an Indians player crashed into the new video board before the second game of the first homestand on April 9, 2016.

In video board space race, Cubs near bottom, White Sox near top (compare all 30 teams)

May 20, 2019 at 8:25 p.m.

Hot dogs, beer and a video board larger than The Bean: just a few makings of the modern version of America's pastime. As high definition becomes the norm for indoor...

No Illinois team in NCAA tournament? No problem, root for these Illinois players

June 9, 2018 at 4:45 a.m.

It's a big weekend for college basketball in Illinois, but decidedly not a big weekend for Illinois college basketball. The United Center will host Sweet 16 action starting Friday, but...

Chicago’s snowfall only seems small this year

May 25, 2019 at 5:33 p.m.

If it seems like it hasn't snowed much this winter you'd be right ... and wrong.As of Feb. 23, 25.8 inches of snow have fallen in Chicago, as measured at...

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