CHICAGO (AP) — Robin Ventura was easing his way back into baseball with the Chicago White Sox. Hired as an adviser to player development director Buddy Bell in June, it afforded him just the right mix of work and time with his family.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has saluted the 1985 Chicago Bears, his hometown team, for winning the Super Bowl a quarter century ago.

They come in all shapes and sizes, those dynamic NFL players who can alter the course of a game with a single play.

NEW YORK (AP) — NBA owners, losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year, wanted an overhaul of the financial system to ensure themselves a chance to profit.

DETROIT (AP) — Pink will compete with Honolulu blue and silver at Ford Field during Monday night's football game between the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Back to the run, back to the win column for the Chicago Bears.

The Chicago Bears have a long way to go before they regain their Monsters of the Midway title, but they were good enough Sunday afternoon to defeat the Carolina Panthers 34-29 before 62,135 at Soldier Field.

NEW YORK (AP) — NBA owners and players failed again Tuesday to get close to a labor deal, and union president Derek Fisher says he anticipates the remainder of the preseason will be canceled.

CHICAGO (AP) — Devin Hester was performing somersaults. Matt Forte was running wild, too.

NEW YORK (AP) — Chicago Sky center Sylvia Fowles was selected the WNBA's defensive player of the year for the first time on Thursday.