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Veteran catcher gets $4.25 million, one-year deal

As Fields prepares to try to beat the rival Packers for the first time in his career Sunday afternoon at Lambeau Field, his teammates have lobbied for him to be considered the Bears’ quarterback of the future.

The Cubs announced they’d claimed catcher Brian Serven off waivers Friday, making him the first player the team has acquired this offseason on a major-league deal.

A coalition of real estate and development groups filed suit Friday seeking to knock the binding referendum off the ballot, calling it an example of “log-rolling,” a legislative tactic of combining a politically unpopular proposal with popular one so voters will swallow the bitter pill.

Even as he seems poised and prepared, nothing could have readied even the greatest sports GM for what the Bears general manager is about to enter.

Eberflus has been gaining momentum to come back for a third season as Bears coach.

Mooney will miss his second consecutive game because of a concussion he suffered against the Cardinals. He finished his disappointing 2023 season with 31 receptions for 414 yards and one touchdown.

An average of 34 city residents are hospitalized with the virus daily, and COVID-19-related hospitalizations are up nearly 14% over the last week, according to city data.

It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash, according to police.

There are minimal consequences for failing to register, and whether the law is even enforced depends heavily on where you live and how authorities discover an unregistered gun.

‘I couldn’t care less what people think about me,’ LaVine said after Friday shootaround.