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It all reminds me as a kid learning about things like the Salem witchcraft trials and the Holocaust. You thought to yourself: ”That’s crazy that those things could happen back then.”

The basketball Hall of Famer had surgery Sunday “with no complications.”

Eberflus joked last week he’d compensate for the injury to edge rusher Yannick Ngakoue thusly: “blitz every snap.” He didn’t do that Sunday, but he did blitz on the most important play of the 20-17 loss.

A closer look at the film from a game in which Fields completed 19 of 40 passes for 166 yards in a 20-17 loss.

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GM Ryan Poles won’t be using the Browns game as a reason to give Fields a contract extension. It seems unlikely he gives Fields an extension at all. The Bears offense — with plays called by Luke Getsy, quarterbacked by Fields and overseen by coach Matt Eberflus — isn’t working.

A Manhattan jury found Majors, 34, guilty of assault and harassment after an incident that began in a car in New York City this year.

The case against the former Chicago alderperson has been pending for nearly five years.

The Bears aren’t blaming Darnell Mooney for their loss Sunday, even though the quarterback had a chance to make an amazing catch on a tipped Hail Mary as time expired.

The Cubs cited a lack of fan interest in the two panels. New this year will be sessions with members from the storied 1984 and 2016 Cubs teams.

Soderblom’s .872 save percentage this season is the second-worst in the league, but the organization has given no thought to sending him back to Rockford and isn’t worried about his confidence level.