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Prep talk: Contreras assistant coach Carlos Trujillo completes his 11th marathon

After Contreras’ offensive coordinator, Carlos Trujillo, did his work on Friday night during his team’s 39-14 win over Hollywood, he was picked up by car and whisked off to Los Angeles International Airport to take a red-eye flight to Chicago so he could complete the 11th marathon of his life.
“I will never be crazy enough to do one,” Contreras head coach Manuel Guevara said.
Running 26.2 miles is pretty challenging, but Trujillo has found something he enjoys, and players admire his commitment.
“The entire varsity [team] wished him good luck,” Guevara said. “It teaches the kids that coaches challenge themselves in different ways.”
He’ll be back for practice on Tuesday as Contreras (4-3, 2-0) prepares for a key Central League game against Bernstein on Thursday night.
Trujillo, 43, said he started running marathons when he was head coach at North Hollywood. He has run marathons in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas and New York besides Chicago.
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Olympian Simone Biles shares 3-word reaction to husband’s Bears’ dramatic comeback victory over Commanders

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American gymnastics star Simone Biles loved every bit of the Chicago Bears’ thrilling comeback win over the Washington Commanders on Monday night, when they won, 25-24, on a game-winning field goal at Northwest Stadium.
Biles, 28, who is married to Bears safety Jonathan Owens, filmed her reaction to kicker Jake Moody’s field goal and posted it on social media.
The 11-time Olympic medalist was in a private suite with Bears linebacker Tremaine Edmunds’ fiancée. Biles’ post showed the pair jumping up and down after seeing the kick go through the uprights. Biles delivered a three-word message on her Instagram Story captioning the video, “What. a. game.”
Gymnast Simone Biles greets her husband, Bears defensive back Jonathan Owens, before the Seattle Seahawks game at Soldier Field in Chicago on Dec. 26, 2024. (Daniel Bartel/Imagn Images)
The Bears were down eight in the fourth quarter and rallied to win behind the strong play of running back D’Andre Swift and a clutch forced turnover.
Just over a minute after the Commanders went up 24-16, Bears quarterback Caleb Williams completed a pass to Swift on the sideline, who made a defender miss and scored a 55-yard touchdown to make it 24-22.
The Bears opted to go for the two-point conversion to tie the game but did not convert, so they trailed 24-22 with just over 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter.
The Commanders were forced to punt on the ensuing possession after the touchdown, and the Bears got the ball back but went three-and-out, giving it right back to the Commanders.
JAKE MOODY KICKS GAME-WINNING FIELD GOAL IN FIRST APPEARANCE WITH BEARS

Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens pose on the ESPYs red carpet at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on July 16, 2025. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)
The Commanders looked like they were going to march down the field and seal the game. They converted a crucial third-and-13 to keep the drive alive at about midfield with around four minutes left.
They faced another third down, this time third-and-1 with just over three minutes left, when Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels fumbled the snap and turned the ball over as the Bears recovered.
Swift then took over, running for 32 yards to put the Bears in field-goal range. Moody drilled the 38-yard field goal as time expired to complete the comeback.

Jonathan Owens of the Bears before the Dallas Cowboys game at Soldier Field in Chicago on Sept. 21, 2025. (Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images)
Swift had 14 carries for 108 yards and two catches for 67 yards and a touchdown in the win.
Throughout the game, Biles posted photos of herself in the suite along with pictures and videos of fireworks going off during the national anthem. Owens had three total tackles in the team’s win.
Biles will be cheering for Owens’ Bears (3-2) when they take on the New Orleans Saints (1-5) on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.
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Jake Moody kicks game-winning field goal in first appearance with Bears

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A wet and wild Monday night game between the Chicago Bears and Washington Commanders turned into a thriller between two of the NFL’s oldest franchises.
Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels fumbled a handoff late in the fourth quarter and allowed the Bears’ defense to recover. Caleb Williams and D’Andre Swift led the offense down the field to set up a Jake Moody field goal attempt. It was Moody’s first day on the roster as the team signed him to replace an injured Cairo Santos.
Chicago Bears kicker Jake Moody (16) celebrates the game-winning field goal with punter Tory Taylor (19) after an NFL football game against the Washington Commanders, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Landover, Maryland. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Moody, with three seconds left and a steady mist coming down, nailed a 38-yard field goal to give the Bears the 25-24 win. Chicago improved to 3-2 with the win and the Commanders fell to 3-3.
The Bears jumped out to an early 13-0 lead in the first half. Moody was seemingly in good form. He nailed two field goals and Caleb Williams ran for a touchdown to start the second quarter.
The Commanders cut into the Bears’ lead when Daniels threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Chris Moore. Washington got more points on the board after an eight-play, 25-yard drive in the third quarter, which ended with a Matt Gay field goal.
After Moody hit his third field goal of the night, the Bears’ offense went quiet.
Daniels led back-to-back scoring drives at the end of the third quarter and to start the fourth. He found Luke McCaffrey for a 33-yard touchdown pass and then fired a 6-yard touchdown to Zach Ertz.
Williams and the Bears didn’t stay down too long. The second-year quarterback hit Swift on a short pass. Swift made a few Commanders defenders miss and scampered for a 55-yard touchdown. Chicago missed out on a 2-point conversion and was down two points.

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) runs away from Washington Commanders nose tackle Daron Payne (94) during the second half of an NFL football game Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Landover, Maryland. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Moody was on point with his field-goal tries, despite one getting blocked.
He was cut by the San Francisco 49ers only a few weeks into the 2025 season, despite having a place in the record books during Super Bowl LVIII.
Moody turned around and etched his name into the Bears’ record books, making the most field goals in a Bears debut with four, according to ESPN.

Washington Commanders wide receiver Chris Moore (19) celebrates his touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Landover, Maryland. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
“It’s always good to have a fresh start. I always believed in myself, believed in my teammates. Shoutout to (long snapper Scott Daly) and (holder Tory Taylor). They made the operation really easy on me. The same with the (offensive) line up front, protecting great on that last one. You can’t draw it up any better,” he told ESPN’s Lisa Salters.
Williams was 17-of-29 with 252 passing yards and a touchdown pass. He completed passes to eight different receivers. Swift led the team with two catches for 67 yards. Luther Burden III had four catches for 51 yards.
Swift had 14 carries for 108 yards as well.

Washington Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu (4) tackles Chicago Bears running back D’Andre Swift (4) during the first half of an NFL football game Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Landover, Maryland. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) throws a pass in front of Chicago Bears defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo (55) during the first half of an NFL football game Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Landover, Maryland. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Daniels finished 19-of-26 with 211 passing yards, three touchdown passes and an interception. The Bears’ defense had three takeaways.
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Commentary: Dodgers’ Game 1 NLCS win shows financial might can make things right

MILWAUKEE — The disparity in the payrolls was the focus of the series before the first pitch ever delivered, the handiwork of the manager of the small-market franchise that won more regular season games than any team in baseball.
“I’m sure that most Dodgers players can’t name eight guys on our roster,” joked Pat Murphy of the Milwaukee Brewers.
If the preceding six months were a testament to how a team can win without superstars, the Dodgers’ 2-1 victory in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series was a display of the firepower that can be purchased for $400 million.
The Dodgers won a game in which a confusing play at the center-field wall resulted in an inning-ending double play that cost them a run — and very likely more.
They won a game in which they stranded 11 runners.
They won a game in which the Brewers emptied their top-flight bullpen to secure as many favorable matchups as possible.
The Dodgers won because they had a $162-million first baseman in Freddie Freeman, whose sixth-inning solo home run pushed them in front. The Dodgers won because they had a $182-million starting pitcher in Blake Snell, who pitched eight scoreless innings.
Talent wins.
The Dodgers can buy as much of it as they want.
The visions of the Brewers’ small-ball offense overcoming the absence of a Freeman or a Shohei Ohtani or a Mookie Betts?
In retrospect, how cute.
The thinking of how the Brewers’ pitching depth could triumph over the Dodgers’ individual superiority?
In retrospect, how delusional.
The Dodgers absorbed the Brewers’ best collective shot, and they emerged with a victory that won them control of the best-of-seven series.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for the Dodgers in Game 2 on Tuesday. Ohtani and Tyler Glasnow will start Games 3 and 4 at Dodger Stadium, in some order.
How can the Brewers match that?
Bring on the Seattle Mariners.
Bring on the World Series.
The Brewers’ futile effort to stop the Dodgers on Monday night consisted of them deploying six pitchers in a so-called bullpen game. The assembly line of arms was solid. Snell was exceptional.
Snell yielded only one baserunner over eighth innings — Caleb Durbin, who singled to lead off the third inning.
Snell picked him off.
Only when the Dodgers turned to their bullpen in the ninth inning did the game become close.
So the bullpen remains a problem. So the form of Ohtani remains a question mark, as the Brewers refused to pitch to him.
But neither problem is severe enough to sink the Dodgers, not against this opponent.
Entering this series, much of the conversation centered on Ohtani, who was one for 18 with nine strikeouts in the previous round against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Between the NLDS and NLCS, manager Dave Roberts publicly called on Ohtani to improve the quality of his at-bats, in particular to not swing at inside pitches off the plate.
“We’re not gonna win the World Series with that sort of performance,” Roberts said.
President of baseball operations Andrew Friedman offered a more charitable assessment of Ohtani’s NLDS. The rhetoric bordered on hyperbolic, with Friedman describing the performance of the Phillies’ pitchers in historic terms.
“I think it was the most impressive execution against a hitter I’ve ever seen,” Friedman said.
Friedman explained: “Look, if a pitcher who has really good stuff executes at an A-plus level, hitters aren’t going to hit. Hitting is way too difficult. It’s about hitting mistakes more than not, and they executed it on him at an elite rate.”
Perhaps not wanting to create any bulletin-board material for Ohtani, Murphy also described the mini-slump as a reflection of the excellence of Phillies pitchers Cristopher Sánchez, Jesús Luzardo and Ranger Suarez.
“Those guys are really, really good,” Murphy said. “So I don’t consider Ohtani struggling. I don’t. It’s baseball.”
However, Murphy sounded as if he had designs of replicating the Phillies’ plan as closely as possible.
“I want to throw lefties against him whenever we can,” Murphy said. “It’s always harder for a lot of those lefties to face lefties that are throwing 95 [mph] and above and sinkers into them.”
The Brewers deployed left-hander Aaron Ashby as an opener. Ohtani led off the game by drawing a walk against him. Ohtani was walked twice more, both times intentionally. He was hitless in his two other plate appearances, but the Dodgers managed that.
Ohtani wasn’t the only premium player they could afford.
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