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Kyle Thele

@thele.bsky.social

SB Nation, Vox Media Union. Formerly Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Bears

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Rotating view from the top of the Shedd Aquarium where Chicago meets Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2026-02-23 03:36:03 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: fox32chicago.com // Current Temp in Chicago: 21 F | -6 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: NNW at 16 mph | 26 kph // Humidity: 73%

Rotating view from the top of the Shedd Aquarium where Chicago meets Lake Michigan. // Image captured at: 2026-02-23 03:36:03 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: fox32chicago.com // Current Temp in Chicago: 21 F | -6 C // Precip: overcast clouds // Wind: NNW at 16 mph | 26 kph // Humidity: 73%

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23.02.2026 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

This is why Indiana can’t get the Bears.

22.02.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Illinois remains a completely fraudulent program.

22.02.2026 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

FRAAAAAUUUUUUDDSSS

22.02.2026 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The search function on Bluesky remains awful.

22.02.2026 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dusty May would make refs review if the sun rose each day.

22.02.2026 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This feels like a psychology experiment that will get roundly criticized for being inhumane in 15 years.

21.02.2026 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
20.02.2026 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think the mistake they made was assuming the fanbase was going to side with the team. They aren't getting the benefit of the doubt.

20.02.2026 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Bears moving to Indiana would be a soulless betrayal of a city that loves them The Indiana Bears just aren’t right.

I'm still confident this is just a leverage play from Kevin Warren and the Bears. But man, they are going to screw up their best PR in decades by even teasing out the Indiana garbage. www.sbnation.com/nfl/1104255/... @sbnation.bsky.social

20.02.2026 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A group of Englewood Girl Scouts are on a mission to sell 2,100 boxes of cookies to keep their troop active. blockclubchi.co/40i9r2f

19.02.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 7

Would the shoe be "better" if he wasn't dead-pan selling it like Will Smith before he shoots the blinking pen thing in MIB? Like this is a concept that needs a character and levity.

20.02.2026 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is amazing! He literally threw himself into a deadly body of water to save a baby nearly killing himself in the process AND he can't swim. Hero shit

20.02.2026 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Low man wins

20.02.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As has repeatedly been said on @strictscrutiny.bsky.social this ruling isn't a slapping down of Trump. It's doing him a favor when he's in a bad political spot with the added benefit to the court of making it look like they are fair an neutral.

20.02.2026 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It has no precedent in ancient British history either, as far as I can think of.

20.02.2026 02:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It blows my mind they don't already have a team. What are we doing?

19.02.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hockey is so much fun. It is probably the best sport to be a casual for. Absolutely amazing.

19.02.2026 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There isn't a Team USA Knight sweater for sale and I'm angry

19.02.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the most Dusty May/Michigan shit ever. Asks for a ruling on some technocratic bs and when looking at a freeze frame he gets the call his way. Yes, I'm absolutely a hater.

18.02.2026 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Treats his own players like dirt and reporters like children. I don't know who has his back there, but there can't be many supporters left.

18.02.2026 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mick Cronin crashed out in interview, ejected his own player after UCLA meltdown Mick Cronin needs to grow up.

Mick Cronin's clown-ass needs to go. I've never heard a player come to his defense, and he's certainly not putting UCLA in a good position. @rickyodonn.bsky.social nails it here. @sbnation.bsky.social www.sbnation.com/college-bask...

18.02.2026 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

The leader of the lollipop guild.

18.02.2026 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mick Cronin sucks. He put his team in an awful position by having a press on down 25, then makes a show of sending his kid to the locker room after a hard foul. Thats what a bad coach looks like.

18.02.2026 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Whatever happened to the plane in that movie?

17.02.2026 04:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apple has done some truly shitty things of late. But whatever programmer developed the rotating background pictures for iPhones needs a promotions. It genuinely makes me smile every hour when I see the new picture.

15.02.2026 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This was a worse loss than the one to Minnesota. They just got out hustled and out worked.

14.02.2026 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Emergency Notice on Blazer’s Edge Night Time is almost done and requests are unfulfilled.

. @blazersedge.bsky.social night is one of the coolest things anyone at SBN has ever done. If you have the means and can donate a ticket to help a kid see their first NBA game, you can do so here. Even just $20 can give a kid a lifelong memory:
www.blazersedge.com/trail-blazer...

12.02.2026 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 9

David Hasselhoff

12.02.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love Jase Richardson, but he wasn't the best dunker on his college team. He probably wasn't the second best either. What are we doing here?

10.02.2026 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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