Bears rally for 24-22 win in Green Bay as Packers lose Love and Watson to injuries  —  Caleb Williams drove Chicago to Cairo Santos' 51-yard field goal as time expired and the Bears snapped a 10-game skid with a 24-22 victory over the playoff-bound Green Bay Packers, who lost quarterback Jordan Love …

Sources: Yankees Have Shown Trade Interest in Dodgers' Gavin Lux  —  The New York Yankees still have a hole in their infield and a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers could help fill this void.  —  The New York Yankees have done a solid job in their pivot plan after losing Juan Soto to the Mets …

The Latest N.F.L. Coaching Intel From Around the League  —  Happy 2025 to you and your family.  I'd like to officially (but “humbly") nominate myself for the coveted “MVP of Dragging the Christmas Tree All by Myself to the Curb Before New Year's Day” award.

Walker Buehler, poised for bounce-back year, adds veteran presence to Red Sox rotation  —  As the Red Sox sought to build out their rotation this winter, finding a top-of-the-rotation arm remained priority No. 1.  In trading for Garrett Crochet, they accomplished that objective.

5 free agent moves (on a budget) to help cost-conscious Cardinals ‘reset’ in new year  —  The Cardinals begin the New Year as they spent the final month of the previous one — talking trades and exploring offers for veterans that will help them trim salary.  —  They have not ruled out signing a free agent or two or a few.

Where will these 5 prominent free agents land?  —  When Juan Soto signed his record-breaking deal during the Winter Meetings, the expectations around the Majors were that the free-agent dam was about to break.  —  Soto's deal would theoretically set the market in motion …

After Astros talks with Bregman ‘stalled,’ 3 teams emerge as serious suitors  —  The Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays have emerged as three suitors with a “very, very real” possibility of landing Gold Glove third baseman Alex Bregman, a league source told KPRC 2.

One Year After Being Fired, He's the N.F.L.'s Most Coveted Coaching Candidate  —  NASHVILLE — The lighting inside The Corner Pub is dim enough that it feels like nighttime even when it's light outside.  There is cheap beer, a wide selection of whiskey and a frozen-drink machine churning …

Nets' Cam Johnson injures ankle on final play but appears to avoid worst-case scenario  —  MILWAUKEE — Cam Johnson, the Nets' most consistent player all season, got hurt on the second-to-last play of their 113-110 win in Milwaukee.  —  The forward turned his ankle and had X-rays Thursday night at Fiserv Forum.

MLB's top 10 starting rotations, New Year's edition  —  What a strange time it is for the art of starting pitching in Major League Baseball.  —  The narrative in recent years has been the loss of its primacy as a star attraction.  Fewer innings go to starters in general, and no starters carry the epic workloads of their forebears.