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MTA Hunts For $675 Million Worth Of Loose Change In Subway Seat Cushions
MTA Hunts For $675 Million Worth Of Loose Change In Subway Seat Cushions
Because the universe is nothing if not predictable, we’re back with yet another episode of “New York’s transit agency attempts first grade math.”
The MTA has once again found itself rummaging through the sofa cushions of the nation’s largest transit network, searching for spare millions, according to Bloomberg. If it feels like we’re constantly writing about their chronic cash-management drama, that’s because… we are.
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is now targeting $675 million in additional cuts over the next four years, aiming to trim anything that can reasonably be declared unnecessary. This comes from its latest budget presentation, which also outlines multiple cost-saving initiatives already in motion.
Bloomberg writes that the agency is finally phasing out the yellow MetroCard, swapping in OMNY as the full-time fare system to eliminate a slew of legacy maintenance costs. It’s also replacing older commuter-rail train cars and deploying artificial intelligence to streamline supply needs. Those efforts come alongside hopes for a rebound in real estate tax revenue, expected to return to roughly $1.1 billion annually by 2027 after dropping to $719 million in 2024.
All this belt-tightening is unfolding against the backdrop of fewer riders than before the pandemic, rising labor and supply expenses, and an estimated $1 billion annual hit from fare evasion. Despite that, MTA leadership insists they’re holding things together. As Janno Lieber said during a board meeting, “Figuring out how to do more with less has been the daily priority of the MTA these last few years. And I think we’re doing it pretty well.”
The agency estimates the combined cuts and revenue gains will narrow deficits by $418 million over the next three years. Officials now anticipate a $160 million gap in 2027 — under 1% of that year’s operating budget — before deficits climb again, to $243 million in 2028 and $306 million in 2029.
Much of the long-term savings are tied to the OMNY rollout, which eliminates MetroCard-related costs like machine upkeep and coin handling. New Long Island Rail Road cars should reduce maintenance needs, and improved scheduling technology is set to make train and crew deployment more efficient.
Still, even with additional state funding replacing expired federal pandemic aid, the MTA faces some significant uncertainties. Future budgets rely on fare and toll hikes planned for 2027 and 2029, assume $500 million in casino revenue that depends on yet-to-be-finalized developments, and hinge on a long-delayed $600 million FEMA reimbursement for pandemic cleaning expenses.
Lieber noted the holdup bluntly: “Money was promised under the first Trump administration to fund that, but it hasn’t yet come from Washington. That application’s been sitting for awhile.”
And so the MTA’s eternal budget circus continues…
Tyler Durden
Sun, 11/23/2025 – 21:00
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/mta-hunts-675-million-worth-loose-change-subway-seat-cushions
Repatrian a Guatemala cuerpo de migrante asesinada cuando se confundió de casa en Indiana
Por SONIA PÉREZ D.
CABRICAN, Guatemala (AP) — El cuerpo de María Florinda Ríos Pérez, la migrante guatemalteca que fue asesinada de un disparo en la cabeza cuando se confundió de casa en la que iba a trabajar en Indiana, Estados Unidos, llegó el domingo a Guatemala.
Su madre, Vilma Pérez, y otros familiares recibieron el cuerpo, el cual fue trasladado posteriormente desde la capital hasta su comunidad natal en el municipio de Cabrican, en Quetzaltenango, a unos 200 kilómetros al occidente de Ciudad de Guatemala.
En Cabricán las mujeres de la comunidad cocinaron para amigos y familiares que acudirán al velorio y el entierro. Sus restos serán velados en casa de sus padres, la cual fue adornada con flores de colores, telas blancas y carteles con la fotografía de la mujer y de su hijo de un año.
A unos kilómetros, el cementerio local ya tiene listo el mausoleo donde se enterrará el cuerpo.
Yeimy Paola Ríos Pérez, de 19 años y hermana de la fallecida, recordó a The Associated Press su última conversación que tuvo con su hermana.
“Lo último que hablé con ella fue días antes de que muriera, ella estaba muy contenta porque faltaba una semana para que cumpliera un año su hijo y estaba preparando todo para celebrar el cumpleaños del niño”.
Recordó que su hermana contrató a un coyote hace dos años para que la ayudara a cruzar la frontera, tomó a sus dos hijas y se fue. “Fue mucho trabajo ir con las niñas” recordó. “En ese entonces le dijeron que había oportunidad de que los padres pasaran con niños y ella cruzó”. Se fue a Indiana porque allí tenía a cinco hermanos y a su papá, explicó.
La mayoría de los residentes de Cabrican son indígenas de la etnia Mam que viven de la agricultura y las construcciones —en su mayoría de dos niveles— reflejan la influencia de la economía migrante. La casa donde vivía Ríos Pérez está ubicada en un pequeño valle rodeado de pinos y calles de terracería.
Según lo que les ha contado el esposo de su hermana, ese día se dirigían a limpiar una casa. Al llegar, él iba a abrir la puerta, pero ella le quitó las llaves y fue directo a la puerta. Él se quedó viendo unas flores y al escuchar el impacto volteó y vió caer a su esposa.
Un juez fijó el viernes una fianza de 25.000 dólares para Curt Andersen, el hombre de 62 años que está acusado por la muerte de la mujer.
La fiscalía acusa a Andersen de homicidio voluntario, por disparar sin previa advertencia a Ríos Pérez el pasado 5 de noviembre.
Dos pases de anotación de Kirk Cousins ayudan a los Falcons a romper racha y vencer 24-10 a Saints
Por BRETT MARTEL
NUEVA ORLEANS (AP) — Kirk Cousins pasó para 199 yardas y dos touchdowns en su segunda titularidad esta temporada, y los Falcons de Atlanta rompieron una racha de cinco derrotas con una victoria de 24-10 sobre los Saints de Nueva Orleans el domingo.
Asumiendo el control debido a la lesión de rodilla que terminó la temporada de Michael Penix Jr., Cousins completó 16 de 23 pases, destacándose con su envío de anotación de 49 yardas por el centro profundo al exjugador destacado de Tulane, Darnell Mooney, en el último cuarto.
La jugada le dio a Atlanta (4-7) una ventaja de 24-10 con 11:04 por jugar — una cómoda delantera en un día en que los Falcons impidieron que los desafortunados Saints (2-9) anotaran un touchdown ofensivo.
La única anotación de Nueva Orleans vino con el regreso de intercepción de 49 yardas de Justin Reid en el segundo cuarto en un pase que fue desviado por Kool-Aid McKinstry. El primer TD de Reid desde su temporada de novato en 2018 acercó brevemente a los Saints a 10-7.
El novato de los Saints, Tyler Shough, en su tercera titularidad y primera en el Superdome, completó 30 de 43 pases para 243 yardas, pero a menudo estuvo bajo presión y fue capturado cinco veces. La única intercepción que lanzó en un pase profundo en los últimos segundos fue irrelevante, pero su entrega fallida a Alvin Kamara en el primer cuarto fue recuperada por Dee Alford y llevó a los primeros puntos del juego con el gol de campo de 56 yardas de Zane Gonzalez.
David Sills, un jugador de 29 años que ha pasado gran parte de su carrera en escuadras de práctica, anotó el primer touchdown en su carrera con un pase de nueve yardas de Cousins, dando a los Falcons una ventaja de 10-0 en el segundo cuarto.
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14-year-old killed in downtown shooting during Friday ‘teen takover’ identified, his death ruled a homicide
A 14-year-old boy who was killed in downtown Chicago during one of two Friday night shootings that also injured eight others has been identified, and his death ruled a homicide.
Armani Floyd died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 10:59 p.m. Friday.
“No parent wants to get that terrible, life-altering call,” Johnson said Saturday morning at an unrelated event on the West Side. “It is senseless violence like these shootings that makes us all feel unsafe, and it has left too many families in Chicago reeling.”
Floyd was one of two teenagers found with gunshot wounds lying in the street at 140 S. Dearborn St. after an earlier shooting. Video footage shows several large crowds roaming the street before abruptly scattering, according to a police report. Police recovered three 9-mm casings, one live round and a fired bullet from the area. An 18-year-old man had also been shot in the leg and was taken to the same hospital in serious condition, police said.
The shooting happened less than an hour after an unidentified suspect fired into a crowd of teenagers, wounding seven of them, outside the Chicago Theatre on the 100 block of North State Street shortly before 10 p.m. Friday, according to Chicago police. Officers on patrol heard the gunshots and saw a large group running. Police later recovered three 9-mm casings from the scene of the shooting.
The victims of the first shooting ranged in age from 13 to 17 and came from all over the Chicago area. They were transported to local hospitals in good and fair conditions. Some had graze wounds on their stomach and hips, while others had gunshot wounds on their legs.
Sources said both Friday night shootings were connected to a “teen takeover” that had made the rounds on social media over the previous days. Police reports indicate that teens from as far away as Dolton and Evanston traveled downtown for the gathering after the annual tree-lighting ceremony at Chicago’s Millennium Park. Some social media videos warned people to avoid the Loop due to the possible takeover.
No suspects were in custody in either shooting as of Sunday evening.
The Chicago Tribune’s Caroline Kubzansky, Jake Sheridan and Rebecca Johnson contributed.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/23/chicago-teen-killed-downtown/
Backup LBs D’Marco Jackson and Amen Ogbongbemiga help Chicago Bears defense keep rolling with the punches
Chicago Bears linebackers D’Marco Jackson and Amen Ogbongbemiga each had their demons to wrestle with before tackling player after player during Sunday’s 31-28 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers at Soldier Field.
For Jackson, it was wife Carley who saw him practicing defensive calls in the mirror, his face bearing the weight of stepping into a big role with the Bears missing their top three linebackers in Tremaine Edmunds, T.J. Edwards and Noah Sewell.
“She could tell I was anxious a little bit, just (making my) first start,” he said
For Ogbongbemiga, it was the sting of not getting the starting nod despite those absences.
“I didn’t get reps going into this week,” he said. “I’m a competitor, so I was expecting to play. And when I was told I wasn’t going to be with the first group, especially with all the guys (that were hurt), I stayed down, stayed with my process and just kept going.”
Both had to step up in a big way, especially after Sunday’s other starting linebacker, rookie Ruben Hyppolite II, went down in the first quarter with a shoulder injury.
Jackson had a career-best and game-high 15 tackles, including five solo stops. Ogbongbemiga followed closely behind with 14.
The Bears were managing so many injuries, they had to lean heavily on nickel and dime packages.
Counting it all up, they had four of their top defenders on injured reserve (Edmunds, defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo, cornerback Jaylon Johnson and nickel corner Kyler Gordon), ruled out another two Friday (Edwards and Sewell) and had four hurt during the game (cornerback Tyrique Stevenson, hip; defensive end Dominique Robinson, concussion; Hyppolite; and Ogbongbemiga, though he returned).
Ogbongbemiga and Jackson were the prime examples of how the Bears defense kept taking hits but kept punching back.
Cornerback Nahshon Wright, once considered a backup himself, set the tone for the defense by intercepting Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph when Rudolph tested him with his first pass — a deep shot to DK Metcalf along the left sideline.
It was Wright’s fifth pick of the season, placing him in a tie for the NFL lead with teammate Kevin Byard III.
“Happy for him,” Byard said. “He’s getting on my nerves a little bit because we got a little bet going. … This guy has been playing big-time ball.”
Byard said Wright talked a little smack to him on the sideline: “He said, ‘I’m catching up.’ We’re tied right now, so we’re in a battle.”
Week 12 photos: Chicago Bears 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 28
Montez Sweat had two sacks, his first game with at least two since Week 15 of the 2023 season, a 20-17 loss to the Cleveland Browns.
“Just taking advantage of my opportunities,” he said. “Earlier in the season, I felt like I was playing good ball, but the stats are starting to come through for me.”
On the second sack, he stripped Rudolph and recovered the fumble himself at the Bears 46-yard line. The offense capitalized on the takeaway with Kyle Monangai’s 2-yard touchdown run to go up 31-21.
“(I saw) the tight end (Darnell Washington), gave him a move, came around, sacked the quarterback,” Sweat said. “I (saw) the ball was out. I think a couple of people tried to pick it up and run. I (saw) it on the ground and just covered it up.”
Bears defensive end Montez Sweat (98) recovers a fumble after sacking Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph in the third quarter Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, at Soldier Field. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Sweat almost had a third sack, but Rudolph slipped from his grasp as he tried to wrap up.
“Yeah, I’ve got to finish that,” Sweat said. “That’s the difference between good and great. Would’ve been my first hat trick.”
Safety Jaquan Brisker sealed the win, tipping Rudolph’s pass to Metcalf on fourth-and-6 from the Bears 47. The Bears entered the week with a league-high 22 takeaways.
“It was great sealing the deal, finish the game, especially against Pittsburgh, where I’m from,” Brisker said. “This group is resilient. We make a lot of plays, we trust each other. Chemistry is growing.”
That chemistry showed with how Jackson managed the game, wearing the green dot as the player relaying communications from defensive coordinator Dennis Allen to his teammates. He believes he wore it only one other time with the New Orleans Saints, for whom he played for three seasons before joining the Bears.
He said it was a focus all week: “After practice I’m talking to the D-line, the DBs, like, ‘Hey, (are) y’all good on the calls? Y’all good with my vocalness?”
“Kudos to D-Jack, Hyppolite … and Amen, all the guys who stepped up,” Sweat said. “They did a great job just running around. They did a great job getting us the calls too.”
Bears linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga celebrates after a tackle in the second quarter against the Steelers on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, at Soldier Field. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Obongbemiga was soft-spoken and emotional after the game.
“I’ve had a lot of injuries that I’ve never dealt with before,” he said.
He was placed on IR with a knee injury in August and was activated Nov. 6. He played in the previous two games.
“I missed the whole spring, got knocked out early in the preseason, missed a whole bunch of games there, and that was hard on me,” said Obongbemiga, who called it a “humbling” experience.
When asked about his 14 tackles, Obongbemiga said: “I was playing with passion and determination and wasn’t really worried about the number. I was just trying to help the team win.
“These guys supported me. These guys stuck by me the whole time. I’m just blessed.”
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Like his linebacking mate, Jackson said he felt the support from teammates and coaches.
“With the injuries, I had an idea that (there was the) potential for more playing time,” he said. “But really, working with the coaches, working with players, putting in extra work all together — with Ruben, Amen, Noah, T.J., Tremaine, Carl (Jones Jr.), the new guy, JRM (Jalen Reeves-Maybin) — it’s special just because every single guy, it wasn’t no jealousy or anything like that. It was just like everyone just wanted to get that win, that 1-0 feeling.”
Jackson also said his wife supported him while he was focused on the biggest opportunity of his career.
“We got a 6-month-old, and for her just to say, ‘Hey, I got the baby at night,’” said Jackson, who was carrying his daughter in the Soldier Field tunnel after the game. “She’s starting to grow teeth, and you can only imagine what that is.
“So she’s waking up every hour with my daughter, Drew, and just the support that she had and belief she had to take care of things at home because she knew I was going to be stepping up to a bigger task at work. … Just the support from her, it was huge for me out there.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/23/chicago-bears-defense-dmarco-jackson-amen-ogbongbemiga/
Shedeur Sanders gana su primer inicio en la NFL al imponerse los Browns 24-10 sobre Raiders
Por MARK ANDERSON
LAS VEGAS (AP) — El novato de los Browns, Shedeur Sanders, pasó para 209 yardas y un touchdown en su debut como titular en la NFL, y Myles Garrett tuvo tres de las diez capturas de Cleveland en una victoria de 24-10 sobre los Raiders el domingo, la quinta derrota consecutiva para Las Vegas.
Los Browns (3-8) terminaron una racha de tres derrotas mientras comenzaban con su 42do quarterback desde el regreso de la franquicia en 1999. Sanders reemplazó a su compañero novato Dillon Gabriel, quien está en el protocolo de conmociones cerebrales, y puso fin a una racha de 17 derrotas consecutivas de los mariscales de campo de Cleveland en su primer inicio.
Sanders puede agradecer al feroz frente defensivo de los Browns, que no tuvo rival contra la porosa línea ofensiva de los Raiders. Las Vegas ha permitido 20 capturas en las últimas tres semanas.
Garrett ahora tiene 18 capturas esta temporada, rompiendo su récord de franquicia de 16, establecido dos veces. Con seis juegos restantes, necesita cinco capturas para romper el récord de la NFL de 22,5 establecido por Michael Strahan en 2001 y T.J. Watt en 2021.
Garrett ha logrado 14 capturas en los últimos cinco juegos, la mayor cantidad en un lapso de cinco juegos desde que las capturas se convirtieron en una estadística oficial en 1982. También tuvo dos balones sueltos forzados, cuatro tacleadas para pérdida y seis golpes al mariscal de campo el domingo.
El corredor Quinshon Judkins anotó dos touchdowns en el primer cuarto para Cleveland con jugadas directas desde la formación wildcat.
Las Vegas (2-9), que ha perdido nueve de diez, despejó el balón ocho veces, lo perdió en downs dos veces y perdió un balón suelto. La ofensiva de los Raiders fue abucheada frecuentemente por la multitud del Allegiant Stadium.
Geno Smith pasó para 285 yardas y un touchdown, aunque muchas de esas yardas llegaron tarde con los Browns jugando una defensa suave. Maxx Crosby tuvo un récord personal de cinco tacleadas para pérdida.
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US State Department Designates “DEI” As A Violation Of Human Rights
US State Department Designates “DEI” As A Violation Of Human Rights
There is no way for a government to enforce Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies without also discriminating against certain groups of people. DEI, by its very nature, is anti-merit, anti-success and pro-privilege. Of course, the groups that are most commonly discriminated against under DEI quotas are mostly white, male and straight. The assumption being that white dudes are widely considered “fair game” by the rest of society.
This dynamic creates a never-ending cycle of people clamoring for oppression status rather than personal integrity and accomplishment. To win in life, you must figure out a way to catch the government’s favor and attain that coveted prize; to rise to the top of the diversity totem pole.
This ideology has infected societies throughout most first world countries and even some developing nations. Woke activism seems rampant in the US, but that’s because DEI faces American opposition. The color revolution is louder because their power is failing. For the rest of the west, however, DEI in government is an absolute. This is a problem because it requires Americans to reconsider which countries they view as “allies.”
The Trump Administration is adjusting to this ideological conflict quickly, and part of this change requires that the US starts openly calling out far-left governments for their destructive behaviors.
Countries enforcing DEI policies will now be at risk of the Trump Administration deeming them as human rights abusers, which upends the status quo when it comes to diplomatic relations. The State Department is issuing new rules to all US embassies and consulates involved in compiling its annual report on global human rights violations.
Other policies by foreign governments which US embassies will be told to categorize as human rights infringements include:
Subsidising abortions, “as well as the total estimated number of annual abortions”
Gender-transition surgery for children, defined by the state department as “operations involving chemical or surgical mutilation… to modify their sex.”
Facilitating mass or illegal migration “across a country’s territory into other countries.”
Arrests or “official investigations or warnings for speech” – a reference to the Trump administration’s opposition to internet safety laws adopted by some European countries to deter online “hate speech” (any speech which is critical of woke ideology no matter rational).
A senior State Department official says, rather blatantly, that the new rules are “a tool to change the behavior of governments”. That is to say, the sooner foreign governments abandon woke cultism, the easier it will be for them to engage with the US in terms of relations and trade.
State Department deputy spokesperson Tommy Pigott said the new instructions are intended to stop “new destructive ideologies [that] have given safe harbor to human rights violations”.
“The Trump administration will not allow these human rights violations, such as the mutilation of children, laws that infringe on free speech, and racially discriminatory employment practices, to go unchecked.”
Leftist officials are calling the new policy an “attack on marginalized groups” and a “new low for Trump.” But once again, there is a substantial disconnect between what leftists see as a human right versus what normal people see as a human right.
The rights that the Trump Administration is referring to include the right to free speech, the right to secure borders, the right to cultural integrity without fear of engineered cultural replacement, the protection of children from manufactured consent, the right to equal opportunities (not equal outcomes), the right to life, etc. Many of these ideals are taken for granted in the US as the norm, but the Biden Administration revealed how fragile such standards can be.
Leftists see human rights as contingent on identity. In other words, some people have more rights than others depending on their genetic history and gender orientation. Bureaucrats and progressive gatekeepers have conveniently made themselves the decision makers for which groups deserve the most rights.
They see speech rights as conditional; it all depends on the ethnicity and sexual identity of the person who is talking.
They treat national borders and national identity as a social construct that needs to be torn down (if the country rooted in western civilization). They see the west as a global commons, an economic zone to be pillaged, not protected.
The view morality as relative, childhood as circumstantial and parental rights as an obstacle. The grooming of children is a political imperative for leftist survival. Questions of right and wrong never enter their minds.
Millions of Americans united in solidarity against DEI and other mechanisms of progressive authoritarianism, turning back from the edge of utter disaster. It makes little sense, then, to reward woke foreign governments with alliances and economic benefits after spending years struggling to defeat those same cancerous notions in the US.
Tyler Durden
Sun, 11/23/2025 – 20:25
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-state-department-designates-dei-violation-human-rights
DJ Moore scores 2 touchdowns, Caleb Williams overcomes early miscues as Chicago Bears beat the Steelers
Did DJ Moore deserve the taunting penalty after tossing the football at Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback James Pierre and sharing some words?
“I plead the fifth,” Moore said after Sunday’s game at Soldier Field.
The Chicago Bears receiver appeared to take exception to something after Pierre forced Moore to the sideline on a play midway through the third quarter. Moore threw the ball with a little underhanded toss right into Pierre’s chest. The penalty moved the Bears back 15 yards.
For some teams, a 15-yard penalty like that would be a drive killer. For these Chicago Bears, it was nothing of the sort.
One play later, Moore found himself wide open in the end zone for a 25-yard touchdown to take the lead, which the Bears would not relent the rest of the way during Sunday’s 31-28 win over the Steelers. The Bears moved to 8-3 and remain atop the NFC North division.
“They all feel great, no matter what happened the play before or anything,” Moore said of the touchdown.
Bears wide receiver DJ Moore celebrates after a touchdown reception in the third quarter against the Steelers on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, at Soldier Field. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Moore scored two touchdowns Sunday and led the Bears with five receptions for 64 yards. It marked his first touchdown receptions since Week 3 and his first game with multiple receiving touchdowns since Oct. 6, 2024, against the Carolina Panthers.
Moore’s second touchdown, moments after the taunting penalty, came after a Steelers defender jumped offsides and Bears center Drew Dalman immediately snapped the football. Recognizing he had a free play because of the penalty, quarterback Caleb Williams took a shot downfield and saw Moore all alone.
The Steelers have a tenacious pass rush that is spearheaded by their speed off the edge. Coming into the game, Bears coach Ben Johnson thought Pittsburgh’s quick trigger might be something the Bears could take advantage of.
“It’s such a good pass-rushing group,” Johnson said. “We were trying to find ways to slow them down a little bit and that was an opportunity for us to work our cadence, and I thought the execution of it was really well done. Something we’ve been working on since the springtime, through training camp. Everybody on the offense has slowly gotten better at that.”
Four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers has traditionally been one of the best quarterbacks at taking advantage of those situations when there’s an offsides penalty and the offense has a free play. On Sunday, Rodgers was forced to watch from the sideline as Williams and the Bears did it to his team. Rodgers missed the game due to a fractured left wrist and backup Mason Rudolph started in his place.
Moore said those free plays are all about recognizing the situation and about the chemistry between the quarterback and the receiver.
It helps, too, when the defense leaves a target unguarded.
“I was wide open,” Moore said. “So I didn’t know what to do. Caleb said he threw the ball before I turned and I was like, ‘Damn right you did, because I seen it more than halfway already coming to me.’”
Week 12 photos: Chicago Bears 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 28
As they have all season, the Bears took advantage of the opportunity presented to them. That’s been a theme with Johnson’s resilient bunch, who are now 6-1 in one-possession games and haven’t lost a one-score game since Week 1.
Even so, the offense was unhappy with the way it finished the game. Leading by three points in the fourth quarter, the Bears had two opportunities to potentially put the game away — but both possessions ended with three-and-outs and punts.
“We could’ve done a better job, obviously, just ending the game when we could’ve,” said rookie tight end Colston Loveland, who also caught a touchdown pass.
“It’s nice when you get to learn from wins,” Williams said. “And you find ways when you have mess-ups, when you find ways to win, but also understand that we have so much left in the tank and we can be so much better.”
Williams went 19-for-35 passing for 239 yards with three touchdown passes. But the second-year quarterback left some plays out there. As has happened from time to time this season, his accuracy wasn’t quite up to the standard that he set for himself.
Per NFL Next Gen Stats, 10 of Williams’ incompletions came on passes that were in the short or intermediate area of the field (fewer than 20 yards downfield).
“It starts with me and it falls down to everybody else,” Williams said. “Missing a few passes, a couple passes that recently I’ve been kind of just surgical with. Missed those passes today and it was frustrating, but trying to stay positive for the guys.”
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt (90) sacks Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) to cause a fumble resulting in a touchdown for the Pittsburgh Steelers during the second quarter at Soldier Field on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
The accuracy issues weren’t the worst of it, though. Williams lost the football in his own end zone on a strip sack from Steelers star pass rusher T.J. Watt in the first half. Steelers outside linebacker Nick Herbig jumped on the fumble for a touchdown. The score put the Steelers ahead 14-7 at the time. Bears running back D’Andre Swift fumbled on the next possession, too, but Williams and the offense regrouped and took care of the football from that point on.
As Williams noted, it feels a lot better to learn from a win than from a loss. The Bears have a quick turnaround and one of the NFC’s toughest challenges in the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday.
The Bears have been able to get away with some mistakes and miscues against the teams on their schedule thus far. Now, perhaps, comes the hardest part. Teams like the Eagles, the Green Bay Packers, the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions, who all remain on the schedule, don’t often let their opponents get away with mistakes.
“We’re an 8-3 team in the National Football League,” Williams said. “We feel good with where we’re at, but we do have to get better.”
Johnson is going to learn a lot about his team this week. He’s learned plenty already, particularly about the persistence of this group when they fall behind. Again on Sunday, they battled back from an early deficit.
If the Bears have shown anything through the last two months, it’s that they aren’t going away easily.
“Going for nine (wins) and just getting it any way we can,” Moore said. “We’re winning in every fashion.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/23/chicago-bears-pittsburgh-steelers-dj-moore/
Argentina: Boca Juniors y Estudiantes ganan sus partidos y pasan a cuartos de final
Por HERNÁN ALVAREZ
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Boca Juniors venció a Talleres por 2-0, mientras que Estudiantes superó como visitante a Rosario Central por 1-0 en los dos partidos del domingo por los octavos de final del torneo Clausura del fútbol argentino.
Miguel Ángel Merentiel a los 27 minutos y a los 45 anotó los dos goles del conjunto de Claudio Ubeda en La Bombonera.
Los boquenses abrieron el marcador con una pelota parada. Leandro Paredes lanzó un córner para el cabezazo de Lautaro Di Lollo. El balón tocó el travesaño, picó en la línea y Merentiel cabeceó a la red.
Los albiazules tuvieron una gran chance para empatar por el penal sancionado por mano de Exequiel Zeballos a los 43. Mateo Cáceres lanzó la pena máxima y el guardameta Agustín Marchesín despejó al tirarse a su izquierda.
En la primera jugada del segundo tiempo llegó el segundo tanto xeneize. Lautaro Blanco desbordó por izquierda y centró raso para el ingreso de Merentiel. El uruguayo definió de primera para el 2-0.
Boca se medirá con Argentinos Juniors en cuartos de final.
“La figura fue el arquero de nosotros, (Agustín) Marchesín, porque tuvo una tapada que sirvió mucho”, afirmó Merentiel después de la victoria. “Es partido a partido. Estamos contentos con el presente”.
“Estoy cumpliendo mi sueño de estar en Boca”, expresó Marchesín. Sobre el penal atajado, aseveró: “Trabajo día a día para seguir creciendo. Estoy con ganas de demostrar lo que ha sido mi carrera”.
En tanto, Estudiantes venció en el Gigante de Arroyito a Rosario Central por 1-0. El gol fue convertido por el colombiano Edwin Cetré a los 30.
En la entrada al campo de juego, el equipo rojiblanco le hizo el pasillo a los campeones, pero de espaldas en señal de protesta. Este ingreso especial se dio porque la AFA le otorgó un título controversial a los centralistas el jueves pasado por ser los mejores de la tabla anual. Esta medida fue avalada por Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, presidente de la entidad nacional, sin estar acordada previamente.
Ángel Di María levantó el trofeo que fue motivo de críticas por lo arbitrario e imprevisto.
Sobre el campeonato otorgado, Di María comentó post partido: “A nosotros nos llamaron para ir”. “Estaban todos los dirigentes. Aprobaron. No es culpa nuestra. Ninguno dijo nada. Para nosotros era como ser campeón”.
En relación al pasillo de espaldas, expresó: “Eso es cosa de ellos. El pasillo lo hicieron igual. Nosotros entramos como teníamos que entrar. Queda ahí”.
Este es uno de muchos hechos en donde se advierte parcialidad para equipos como Central, Barracas (la entidad de Tapia), Deportivo Riestra, Central Córdoba y Deportivo Madryn (disputa la final por el ascenso a primera división).
La primera parte en Arroyito fue pareja. En esa paridad, el conjunto visitante logró el desnivel. Edwin Cetré disparó cruzado de derecha desde fuera del área al segundo palo del arco centralista para el 1-0 pincharrata.
El complemento fue totalmente dominado por los canallas frente al repliegue de Estudiantes. Central tuvo ocasiones para marcar. La más clara fue un cabezazo de Alejo Véliz a un palo a los 91. Segundos antes, Mikel Amondarain (Estudiantes) vio la roja.
Sobre el partido, “Fideo” Di María puntualizó: “Sabemos que el mata-mata es así. Hicieron un lindo gol ellos, intentamos de cualquier manera, pero no se dio”.
Los pincharratas se medirán con Central Córdoba por los cuartos.
Los octavos de final comenzaron el sábado con dos partidos. Argentinos batió como visitante por 2-0 a Vélez Sarsfield. Hernán López Muñoz anotó los dos tantos de los bichitos colorados. Agustín Bouzat fue expulsado en los locales.
Central Córdoba superó por 2-1 a San Lorenzo, en el estadio Madre de Ciudades. Facundo Gulli abrió la cuenta para los azulgranas. Lucas Varaldo, de penal, y José Florentín revirtieron el marcador para el conjunto ferroviario. Los sanlorencistas Jhohan Romagna y Nery Domínguez vieron la tarjeta roja.
El encuentro más atractivo de esta fase será el que sostendrán Racing Club y River Plate el lunes. También jugarán el mismo día Deportivo Riestra ante Barracas Central y Unión ante Gimnasia de La Plata.
Esta instancia se completará con el cotejo entre Lanús y Tigre, programado para el miércoles. El club granate consiguió la Copa Sudamericana al vencer por penales a Atlético Mineiro en Asunción el sábado pasado.
Los Cowboys remontan 21 puntos y vencen 24-21 a los Eagles con gol de campo final de Aubrey
Por SCHUYLER DIXON
ARLINGTON, Texas, EE.UU. (AP) — Brandon Aubrey pateó un gol de campo de 42 yardas cuando el tiempo expiró después de que Dak Prescott remontara a Dallas de un déficit de 21 puntos y los Cowboys vencieran 24-21 a los Eagles de Filadelfia en un emocionante partido lleno de errores el domingo.
Los Cowboys (5-5-1) convirtieron en su tercera oportunidad de desempate del cuarto período para extender la racha ganadora de Prescott en casa contra oponentes de la División Este de la NFC a 19 en su primer juego en el AT&T Stadium desde la muerte del ala defensiva Marshawn Kneeland.
Los Eagles (8-3) todavía están en buena posición para ser los primeros ganadores consecutivos en la NFC Este desde que ganaron cuatro títulos divisionales seguidos de 2001 a 2004, pero la ofensiva volvió a la forma que ha frustrado a A.J. Brown después de que el receptor estrella tuviera un papel importante en la ventaja de 21-0 al inicio del segundo cuarto.
Filadelfia perdió con una ventaja de al menos 21 puntos por primera vez desde 1999, cuando Arizona venció a los Eagles 25-24. Fue la primera victoria para Dallas cuando iba perdiendo por tres touchdowns desde que los Cowboys vencieron a los Rams 34-31 en 2014.
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