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Bulls

NBA-best Suns hang on to beat Bulls 127-124

DeMar DeRozan scored 38, coming off a season-high 45-point performance in Sunday’s loss to Philadelphia. Zach LaVine added 32 points after missing the previous two games because of back spasms.

Bulls

76ers beat Bulls 119-108, Embiid drops 40

The loss knocked the Bulls down a half-game behind first-place Miami and allowed the Sixers to pull within 1 1/2 games of the idle Heat.

College Sports

Frazier, No. 18 Illinois surge in 2nd half past Indiana

The senior guard finished with 23 points while leading the Fighting Illini to a 74-57 victory at Indiana.

Bulls

Bulls use late charge to put away Pacers 122-115

The Bulls finally seized control with a 10-0 run midway through the fourth, capped by Ayo Dosunmu's 3 with 4:52 left to make it 110-98 and the Pacers never got another chance to tie the score or take the lead.

Bulls

Siakam scores 25 points as Raptors beat Bulls 127-120 in OT

Toronto finished with 113 FG attempts, while the Bulls had 90. The Raptors also had 22 offensive rebounds, compared to 10 for Chicago. Chicago committed 17 turnovers, leading to 22 points for the Raptors.

Chicago Journal

Bears hire Vikings assistant Janocko as quarterbacks coach

The Bears also hired Tyke Tolbert as wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator and David Overstreet II as assistant defensive backs coach.

College Sports

Cockburn leads No. 18 Illinois past No. 11 Wisconsin, 80-67

The Illini find themselves alone atop the B1G standings as the season runs into February, winning three straight games after back-to-back losses to Purdue and Maryland.

Blackhawks

Minnesota beats Blackhawks 5-0, Talbot has 30 saves

The Blackhawks lost their third straight and are 1-5-2 in their last eight. The Wild head into the NHL’s All-Star break on a 9-0-1 roll.

Bears

Bears hire Colts' Alan Williams to be their defensive coordinator

Williams spent the past four seasons as the Colts' safeties coach while Eberflus was their defensive coordinator.

Chicago Journal

'21-'22 Week 10: Illinois High School Basketball Top 10 Poll

New Trier leaps to #2 while Oswego East continues its climb up 4A, three previously unranked teams join Top 10 in 3A and two unranked join in 2A, and 1A shuffled the deck.

Bulls

Bulls hold off Magic for 126-115 win

The Bulls have won four of their last five. The Magic have dropped four of their last six. DeRozan has scored 70 points in his last two games against the Magic.

Blackhawks

Canucks beat Blackhawks 3-1

Playing without captain Jonathan Toews, who missed his second straight game because of a concussion, Chicago lost for the sixth time in seven games. It dropped to 5-7-5 in its last 17 games overall.