The Big Ten has fielded conference championships in all of its 28 sports except women’s volleyball, which crowned only a regular-season champion.
But that will change in the upcoming season as the conference looks to capitalize on and promote the growth of the sport.
With the Bears picking toward the end of the first round — No. 25 — for the first time in years, the scenarios are numerous. Since taking over as GM in 2022, Ryan Poles has held firmly to his draft board.
That was coach Ben Johnson's biggest takeaway from their first draft together a year ago.
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The Bengals, Packers, Jaguars, Falcons, Colts and Broncos don’t have a first-round pick while the Giants, Jets, Dolphins, Cowboys, Browns and Chiefs each have two.
Here are 5 teams that could be active during Thursday's first round of the NFL draft.
Billy Donovan is stepping down as coach of the Bulls, leaving another key vacancy after the dismissal of their top basketball executives.
The 6 years in Chicago mark the 1st losing stretch of Donovan’s decorated career. His Bulls teams went 226-256 and advanced to only one playoff series.
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The Bears have not selected 25th since 1963.
Here are the four players they’ve selected at No. 25 over the years:
1963: Bob Jencks, TE, Miami (Ohio)
1957: Jim Swink, RB, TCU
1942: Joe Boratyn, RB, Holy Cross
1938: Gary Famiglietti, FB, Boston University
3 things we learned from Chicago Bears, including confidence in options at No. 25 and a T.J. Edwards update
3 things we heard from the Bears at Halas Hall:
- Coby Bryant shares more than a few similarities with his famous namesake
- New center Garrett Bradbury said QB Caleb Williams is "as advertised"
- Cole Kmet said it’s time to "rip it back down"
The Minnesota Vikings own nine picks in the NFL draft this year, including four top-100 selections, after missing the playoffs last season.
Why did the Chicago Sky trade their next 2 1st-round picks — and a possible shot at JuJu Watkins or Sarah Strong?
GM Jeff Pagliocca explains.
“We’re going to remain in win-now mode as long as I’m here,” GM Jeff Pagliocca said.
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Shortly after the NFL draft, the Bears will need to share the latest developments with the stadium committee, a natural step in the process.
Any move — whether to Arlington Heights or Hammond — would have to be approved by the league before it could be put into motion.
Bears TE Colston Loveland and LB T.J. Edwards are the recipients of the team’s annual Brian Piccolo award.
The award goes to one rookie and one veteran who best exemplifies the courage, loyalty, teamwork, dedication and sense of humor of the late Piccolo.
This was probably the most important article I wrote this season. Definitely the thing I'm most proud of writing.
Billy Donovan's tenure in Chicago didn't feature nearly half as much winning as he would have preferred, but he was always direct and sincere and incredibly gracious with his time.
In the last three months, Caleb Williams hung out with Pete Crow-Armstrong at Bulls and Blackhawks games, appeared in a rap video and was spotted at Coachella with the Jenner sisters.
But the reality is he doesn’t seem to have ever stopped thinking about football.
BREAKING: The Bulls will move forward without Billy Donovan.
The coach decided to step away from the team after six seasons following a meeting with Bulls ownership. Donovan immediately becomes a top candidate for openings around the league as the NBA kicks off the whirlwind coaching carousel.
Billy Donovan is leaving Chicago after six seasons with the Bulls.
The Reinsdorfs anchored their decision-making on the hopes the coach would stay.
Now, they face two crucial hiring processes on their own.
The Bears will need a wide menu when they choose near the back end of Round 1 in the NFL draft at No. 25.
Which direction will they go? Brad Biggs’ NFL mock draft 3.0.
Cubs reliever Jacob Webb has embraced being another multi-inning option out of the bullpen plus injury updates on Hunter Harvey, Daniel Palencia and Ethan Roberts: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/20/c...
Dansby Swanson is seeing encouraging early production with his attention shifted away from the nitty-gritty within his mechanics to a more macro approach to harnessing his athleticism while hitting.
“That was a big swing, that was absolutely a big swing tonight,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said.
