In particular, Andy Dalton and Justin Fields appear to have a good relationship with the veteran and former Bengal serving as a great mentor for the first-round rookie. “I’ve learned a lot of things [from Dalton],” Fields said, per ESPN’s Jeff Dickerson. “I mean, he’s talked to me a lot. I actually went to dinner with him and his wife. I mean, Andy and Nick [Foles], they’ve been awesome, probably bigger than you guys even know....

Trubisky endured a torrid outing — completing 24 of his 43 passes for just 190 yards, with one touchdown and one interception — in the 17-7 loss. The quarterback was benched late in the game, allowing Chase Daniel to take to the field, and the Bears posted on Twitter their starter was dealing with a hip problem. MORE NFL WEEK 12: Updated playoff picture | Power rankings Nagy expanded on the issue Monday, claiming it was evident Trubisky was suffering from a hip problem picked up in a sack late in the first half....

“Mr. Jennings’ DUI case was completely dismissed today due to a lack of evidence to proceed on the DUI,” Jennings’ lawyer Corey E. Yager told WSB in a statement. “The dismissal was provided in the interest of justice and was not a factor in the negotiated plea entered by Mr. Jennings. MORE: NFL players arrested in 2015 | Jets’ Richardson charged in Missouri incident “Mr. Jennings (pleaded) guilty to reckless driving due to his high speed....

An up-and-down 2020 season for Chicago culminated in a playoff spot, but unfortunately for Bears fans, it was another year left wondering what this team has to do to figure out the quarterback position. Mitchell Trubisky and Nick Foles split snaps in 2020, with neither guy jumping ahead to solidify the starting job. With head coach Matt Nagy and GM Ryan Pace getting, probably, their last chance together in the 2021 season, the Bears have to either find a passer of the future or find the wins in the immediate to give the coach and front office some more leeway....

Bears coach Matt Nagy confirmed Tuesday morning that three-time Pro Bowl quarterback Andy Dalton will start Week 1 for the team’s season-opening matchup against the Rams on Sept. 12 instead of this year’s eighth overall pick Justin Fields from Ohio State. Dalton is 13-for-21 with 164 yards and a touchdown and interception apiece so far in two games this preseason. MORE: Justin Fields defends Andy Dalton after boos The Texas Christian grad comandeered a fairly lifeless Bears offense which only put up six points in the first half and got outscored 34-6 in the half in a game where Chicago got routed 41-15 by the Bills....

Bennett had been the favorite target of quarterback Jay Cutler, who has thrown Bennett’s way a team-high 80 times this season. One of the most-targeted tight ends in the NFL, Bennett has 53 receptions for 439 yards and three touchdowns. MORE: Week 14 NFL power rankings | Five reasons why Cowboys can win NFC East Bennett has been dealing with sore ribs but suffered cracked ribs in the third quarter of Sunday’s 26-20 overtime loss to the 49ers....

Quarterback Mitchell Trubisky again looked like a bust, and he was benched late in the fourth quarter in favor of Chase Daniel because of a sore hip. The running game was nowhere near good enough to pick up the offensive slack, averaging 3.1 yards per carry. Kicker Eddy Pineiro missed two more field-goal attempts. The Bears have been held under 20 points in three of their past four contests. The Rams have held opponents below 20 points in four consecutive games....

Two months have passed since the 2020 presidential election and Trump has still not conceded. Biden secured 306 Electoral College votes, surpassing the 270 needed to win, but the president, with 232 Electoral College votes, has repeatedly claimed that widespread voter fraud caused his defeat. Judges have slapped down virtually all of the dozens of lawsuits filed by Trump’s campaign in disputed states seeking to reverse his election loss....

Now it’s all coming back to bite the SEC in the shorts. If winning truly does bread winning; if competition feeds competition, the SEC will have no one to blame but itself when it’s shut out of the final BCS Championship Game after no team makes it unscathed through the conference gauntlet. That’s right, even big, bad Alabama. “Every week, you’re in somebody’s sights in this league,” says Florida coach Will Muschamp....

To detect patterns of brain activity, a subject must agree to lie still in a neuroimaging device such as a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) tube, but in an age when many jurisdictions compel not only convicts but also suspects to provide a DNA sample, that isn’t difficult to imagine. Now, neither is the prospect of reading thoughts by decoding brain-activity patterns. Just a year ago, neuroscientists couldn’t do much better than distinguish thoughts of faces from thoughts of places (the brain has distinct regions that process images of each)....

In the island’s offseason, 63% of its homes, whose median value is $1.35 million, are vacant. Former President Barack Obama’s property alone reportedly has 10 bedrooms. As of this writing, Airbnb offers 355 vacancies. Nevertheless, not one of the Vineyard’s residents, nearly 80% of whom voted for Joe Biden, is on record having offered an extra bedroom, guest cottage, pool house, basement, unclaimed rental, gazebo, or tent to accommodate the migrants, who slept in a church hall....

International aid, emergency workers and medical personnel are heading to the capital from countries such as France, Jordan, Egypt, the Czech Republic and others. Charities such as Save the Children and the Union of Relief and Development Associations are also providing aid in the form of assistance on the ground and donations. Located on the city’s northern Mediterranean coast, the Port of Beirut is one of the largest and busiest ports in the Eastern Mediterranean....

The explosion—which killed at least 200, injured another 6,000 and left some 300,000 people homeless—was caused by a store of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate, an explosive product used as a fertilizer and an industrial explosive, and ignited by a nearby fire. The dangerous material was stored at the port for six years despite repeated warnings of what might happen if it was not removed. The explosion came as Lebanon battled some of its worst crises for years, struggling with an economic collapse, political deadlock and the coronavirus pandemic....

Konopelko, who won his entry into the Barcelona flagship event via a $530 satellite, placed seventh in the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe for over $136,000. When asked about his Day 3 performance, the Belarusian simply said, “some luck, some good play, some bluff.” MORE: Negreanu back to No. 2 on GPI World Rankings | Poker players go all-in in ALS Ice Bucket Challenge | WSOP November Nine set...

“I acted in a lawful way, protecting people in line with international rules,” Lukashenko said before lawmakers and top officials Wednesday. No bomb was found on the flight last Sunday, but Raman Pratasevich, a 26-year-old journalist and activist, and his Russian girlfriend were detained. Lukashenko said the plane was flying near a nuclear power plant and he ordered air defenses on high alert. “I had to protect people, I was thinking about the country’s security,” he added....

Local human rights group Viasna 96 said up to 5,000 students had marched to Minsk’s Independence Square on Tuesday to oppose the disputed election victory of strongman ruler Alexander Lukashenko. Officers arrested a number of people as they marched towards the Education Ministry building in the capital. University students had previously walked out of class on the first day of term in protest. Social media videos verified by Euronews show students breaking through police cordons as officers tried to change the crowd’s route....

Michy Batshuayi scored the only goal between all four Group F teams in their opening round of World Cup fixtures, but Belgium were far from their free-flowing best. Viewers will be hoping the action hots up this weekend, as the Red Devils aim to put one foot in the last 16. MORE: World Cup Group F table, standings 2022: Updated results and fixtures for Canada, Belgium, Morocco and Croatia...

Carroll’s reason for Seattle spreading the field to pass with three wide receivers at the 1-yard line rather than opting for another power run by Marshawn Lynch was to get a favorable matchup against New England’s goal-line defensive personnel. Turns out, Belichick and his staff sensed exactly what the Seahawks were going to do — twice — leading to Malcolm Butler’s Super Bowl-clinching interception of Russell Wilson. Appearing on Boston radio station WEEI on Tuesday, the Patriots coach said the Seahawks played the desired hand so Lynch couldn’t finish after his 4-yard first-down run....