I am a proud member of the Pinch and Poke club. I am using Mounjaro to tackle my diabetes and, fingers crossed, shed a few pounds along the way.  

Watching the news while making my morning coffee has left me with a sad, half-brewed cup of cold sludge sitting abandoned on my Keurig and a mood thoroughly trashed.

One of my New Year’s resolutions is to be more truthful. It’s not like I’m some huge liar, but I do act excited for things I don’t want to go to and sometimes I’ll agree with people just to end conversations. Maybe my resolution isn’t to be more truthful per se, maybe it’s to be more like th…

The DePaul basketball team, under brand-new first-year coach Chris Holt man, is showing that the foundation to this rebuild is solid and “the walls” are going up quickly.

It’s hard for me to figure out. I am an optimistic, generally happy-go-lucky guy by nature, who as a kid used to absolutely love the Christmas season. So, why now does the beginning of another holiday season hit me with equal parts fear, trepidation, anxiousness and malaise, with a slight do…

While soaking up the season's wonderful holiday spirit, I recently received an email blast listing a suggestion for a holiday gift

Dear Candid Candace: I have a holiday dinner cooking quandary for you. Our family always hosts a big Christmas dinner. I am always amazed at the amount of cooking, shopping, preparation and planning—not to mention time and effort it takes to put it all together—for the rela­tives and other f…

I am going to go all “adults only” on you with this next comment, so make sure no little kiddies are peering over your shoulder as you read this.

For the first time ever, the college football playoffs will include 12 teams.  The pairings and brackets have finally been set—and now off we go.

We are just entering the oft-muddled plethora of feel good, sentimental, slightly sappy holiday movies, which seem to come at us this time of year like a herd of army ants marching toward a piece of fallen hamburger. 

It will not go down as a literary classic, or any kind of movie-making “Magnificat,” but  the now streaming “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story” is worth a watch and worth a two thumbs up for just being a feel- good pleasant story—when we needed it the most!

To painfully recall, the Bears have a chance to tie the game and complete a great second-half comeback against the Detroit Lions, but as Caleb Williams drops back to pass with 37 seconds on the clock, he gets sacked!  Problem. Now we are out of field goal range.

I have always wondered about the allure of regular fishing (although peace, quiet, and nature while drinking a cold one is not a bad look

It has been many years since the Detroit Lions have been a feared team in the National Football League. They have ranged in recent years from mediocre to really bad, correspondingly ruining many Thanksgiving Day dinners in Detroit and its surrounding suburbs 

One of my favorite writers, Michael Sneed at the Sun-Times, writes a gratitude column every year around Thanksgiving. It's touched me so much that I found myself clipping and saving her articles.

The best female golfer in the world right now, America’s very own Nelly Korda, just recently ripped her fellow LPGA players for their slow play in tournaments.

The best holiday of all is almost upon us! Thanksgiving!This All-American holiday is all about family, friends, food, football, and other wonderful traditions while, thankfully, staying away from some of the overt commercialization of other holidays.

Beaten, bruised and mostly humiliated, the football gang known as  “America’s Team” is currently about as divided and disheveled as...well, America is!  (Apologies in advance for sneaky political vent.)

I am just over halfway through season three of the Netflix show “The Lincoln Lawyer,” and so far, it is getting a solid thumbs up from this particular observer.

Just when you thought the season would be lost, the Miami Dolphins pulled out a crucial victory over the Los Angeles Rams, and they did it under the brightest of lights, on Monday Night Football.

That was not just a slight loss of balance and slip—oh no. That was more like an all-out free fall, like barreling down a steep staircase, hitting each step along the way and feeling the pain of each bounce before arriving at a not-so-soft landing on the bottom floor.

It may not be what our city is most famous for when it comes to food selections, but still, Chicago has a pretty awesome array of places to go when you are in the mood for some delicious fried chicken.

By Doug Rapp Veterans Day is Monday, Nov. 11, and whether you mistakenly spell it with an apostrophe or not, there are several ways to thank Chicago-area veterans. Officials with the Illinois Department of Veteran Affairs (IDVA) say there is no single way to thank a veteran. “There is no bes…

We have heard it for so long now: ”Six months ’til the election”, “Only three months ’til election day,” “Hang on, we are only a month away,” “Two weeks ’til election day,”  “Just seven days now,”, “48 hours folks, make sure you vote,” and well, you get the idea.

Reaction to comedian Hinchcliffe’s anti-Puerto Rico joke at Madison Square Garden rally; topics that would have been easier.

A look at end of Bears-Commanders game and why Bears lost it

Search for help for “illness” on losing endurance at social events.

Every year, injuries occur and are obviously part of the landscape of college and professional football. Fans, players, coaches all know it is part of the game.

Are Halloween decorations getting too scary? Explore the shift from friendly trick-or-treat fun to eerie yard displays with skeletons, witches, and spooky pumpkins, raising concerns about frightening young kids.

Might our beloved Chicago Bears football team actually have a professional offense? That feels good just to put into words! Just typing that sentence was some nice, positive therapy.

Explore how empty nesters can overcome the challenges of letting go, rediscover relationships, and build new communities through meaningful activities, travel, and friendships.

OK folks, if you want to take your mind off Hurricane Milton, the Ukraine/Russia war, the Middle East conflict and the upcoming election–you’ve come to the right place!

Parents love watching their kids compete in sports, but it can at times be a harrowing experience. 

It’s always dangerous to stir the anger of large men who carry weapons…but I will break that particular code and, “What the hey,” throw a little caution to the wind. Here is my take on the sport of hunting as we enter what I believe to be prime hunting season.

Okay, we all know at this point, that our beloved South Side Chicago baseball team, the White Sox, has reached sports infamy in the worst possible way.

“All hail to the old Orange and Blue.” Don’t bring out the celebratory balloons and the “We Are Back" stickers just yet, but clearly one of the big surprises of the college football season thus far is located just a few hours away from Chicago in beautiful Champaign, Ill. 

As fall settles into the Midwest, Chicagoans like me begin craving a peaceful escape from the city. Luckily, just a short drive away, La Crosse and Beloit, Wisconsin, offer the perfect mix of natural beauty and small-town charm.

I tried to think of a proper name for the fierce and menacing group of men that patrol the defensive backfield for our Chicago Bears.

One of my favorite mascots of all time–Sky Guy, the longtime Chicago Sky WNBA team’s iconic figure, who brilliantly entertained fans for almost 20 years–is about to be no more.