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On Jan. 20, entering a difficult stretch of schedule heading into the All-Star break, interim coach Derek King knew the Blackhawks needed to make their push up the standings immediately.

“You always hate saying our playoffs start now, but we have to approach it as if that’s our goal,” he said then.

Eleven days later, the difficulty of this recent schedule has been evident, and the Hawks have not made any upward progress whatsoever.

A 3-1 loss Monday against the Canucks marked their fifth defeat in six games since Jan. 20, with just one more game — Wednesday against the Wild — left before the break.

Forget the playoffs — the gap between just the 14th-place Hawks and 13th place in the West looks increasingly insurmountable now.

“I really do believe we’re trying,” King said. “Sometimes they don’t try the right way. They work hard at times, and then sometimes, they don’t work smart.”

The Hawks mustered little energy and generated even fewer chances Monday, testing Jaroslav Halak with only 21 shots on goal and beating him only with a Connor Murphy slap shot with 6:59 left.

The ensuing comeback push, slight as it was, faded once the Hawks committed an inexcusable too-many-men penalty with 3:07 left. The Canucks finished with a 70-38 advantage in shot attempts and 24-17 edge in scoring chances.

“We were flat for most of the game, and it’s hard to score goals when you’re not moving much,” Alex DeBrincat said. “We’ve got to be way better.”

Advisors named

Three former Hawks players, all very familiar to fans — Eddie Olczyk, Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa — will headline an advisory committee for the Hawks’ general manager search.

“Marian, Eddie and Patrick are respected hockey minds who have great knowledge of the game,” CEO Danny Wirtz said in a Monday statement. “The perspective this group will provide is instrumental to this process and we are excited to have them assist the club with this important decision.”

Olczyk’s inclusion probably eliminates him as a possible candidate for the GM role. Although he’d been a popular name among fan speculation, he always seemed better-suited for a president-type role, which the Hawks aren’t (currently) creating and hiring for.

Interim GM Kyle Davidson remains the frontrunner to be named permanent GM, but the Hawks are clearly investing in and taking seriously the interview process, which begins this week.

Wirtz and his dad, chairman Rocky Wirtz, will likely provide more information during their public appearance Wednesday.

UC sportsbook planned

FanDuel announced Monday plans to “build out” from the United Center atrium a two-story “sportsbook lounge.”

Details on exactly where the lounge will be built — and when exactly it will be open — are scarce, and the project is still pending Illinois Gaming Board approval, but it’s expected to feature “state-of-the-art viewing and sports wagering technology, as well as a full-service team,” per a press release.

Sportsbooks inside or next to arenas have become increasingly common — Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena has a PointsBet bar, for example — but it’d be a notable addition in Chicago.

Toews at arena

Jonathan Toews remains out in concussion protocol, but he was around Fifth Third Arena before Hawks practice on both Saturday and Sunday — a good sign that he’s doing OK.

“It’s just a stage [of] step-by-step going through the protocol,” King said Sunday. “But he seemed like he was in good spirits, a good mood. He wasn’t moping around. That was nice to see him.”

Jujhar Khaira also remained out Monday with his lower back injury, which seems to fluctuate daily, while Seth Jones played after missing both practices for maintenance.

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Matt Eberflus’ introductory press conference as Bears coach Monday was as simple and unexciting as an office meeting. It was as though he was the new CEO brought in to boost a struggling operation and he’d called everyone into the conference room to lay out something that sounded more like a business plan than a game plan.

And Halas Hall was long overdue for this approach.

Eberflus made no effort to “win the press conference,” because he probably sees how little value there is in it. New general manager Ryan Poles didn’t do much of that either, aside from a line about wresting the NFC North from the Packers and never giving it back, which is a mostly harmless thing to say — anyone who took this job would set their sight on the same goal — other than the risk of it being thrown in back in his face if it doesn’t happen.

There are no championship trophies for winning people over in January. And this particular fan base is so jaded by Matt Nagy and other previous coaches that it’d be impossible for Eberflus to convince them on Day 1 anyway.

Rather than be consumed with popularity or delivering just the right sound bite, Eberflus gave a straightforward vision of how he intends to steer the Bears from the current state of disarray to a solid, consistent team. Adding to the corporate vibe he gave off, he conveyed his core philosophy in an acronym: H.I.T.S.

He’s blissfully unaware how vulnerable that leaves him to people sticking an extra S at the front if things go sour, but here’s what the letters represent:

The H is for hustle, which he will demand in every snap of practice; I is for intensity, as in having a powerful style of play; T is for turnovers, meaning to create them and not commit them; S is for smart, aimed mostly at eliminating the Bears’ persistent penalty problem.

“We have ways to measure them and be very detailed with those,” Eberflus said.

It’s easy to get lost in the droning dryness of canned explanations like that, but he made clear it was substantive and enforceable. And that’s better than the opposite: Big talk about culture change like imploring players to metaphorically “sweep the sheds,” but continually tolerating sloppiness.

You could see Eberflus presenting H.I.T.S. on PowerPoint once he holds his first meeting with players. And you could see it resonating as an adult-to-adult way of working with players. He’s old school, but not out of touch.

If he made one mistake Monday, it was saying he planned to drive home his principles to players by showing them “the why” and explaining how it’s, “all about the why.” A groan rumbled throughout the Chicago area when he used that term. But even then, at least Eberflus implied that he already had “the whys” and wasn’t adrift in an endless search for them.

Eberflus’ overview of how he’ll proceed was comfortingly practical — no promises, no getting ahead of himself, nothing that sounded weird or unrealistic. He sounded capable and qualified, and he plans to apply that CEO-style thinking to his role as head coach.

“To be the head football coach and be efficient at that, you are exactly the head football coach,” he said. “So I can be involved in all aspects of the game. The defensive coordinator we hire will call the defensive plays. I will not do that.”

That fact that he’d say that without even knowing who the defensive coordinator gives significant insight into how he operates — plus it’s refreshing after the shell game of who was calling plays the last two seasons. Even as a defensive-minded coach, Eberflus wouldn’t hire a coordinator unless he trusted him to truly run the defense.

He did clarify, though, that he and the new coordinator will shift the Bears from a 3-4 to a 4-3 defense. That change is likely to be embraced by star pass rushers Khalil Mack and Robert Quinn.

Likewise, he’s not detaching himself from the offense. Many NFL coaches stick to their area of expertise and give the coordinator on the opposite side of the ball autonomy. Eberflus hired Packers quarterbacks coach Luke Getsy as his offensive coordinator, but he’s still going to be involved.

He should be. His job depends on it.

Offense is the bigger problem of the two for the Bears right now, and the development of quarterback Justin Fields will be the biggest determinant in whether Eberflus flourishes or gets fired in a few years. He’s got 30 years of experience coaching defense exclusively, but he’s going to be accountable for the Bears’ offense at every turn.

“I’m excited about that,” Eberflus said of the new responsibility.

It’s only going to be exciting if he and Getsy can engineer an offense that scores more than 18 points per game.

Ultimately, that’s the bridge between his ho-hum press conference and the thrill of a playoff run.

Eberflus doesn’t need to be compelling. He needs to be prudent.

He doesn’t need to be style points. He needs actual points.

He doesn’t need to be a dynamic talker. He needs to be a winner.

If Eberflus does that, there won’t be anything boring about it.

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Quarterback Justin Fields made it clear without saying it outright: The Bears’ coaching change was what he needed.

His rookie season in former coach Matt Nagy’s offense, accompanied by former general manager Ryan Pace’s personnel, was rife with snags that made it difficult for him to move toward becoming a franchise quarterback.

With new coach Matt Eberflus committed to ”building this offense around him and his strengths,” the hiring of offensive coordinator Luke Getsy and new GM Ryan Poles adamant about providing him a sturdy offensive line, Fields gets a welcomed and necessary reset.

”It’s a clean start and fresh start,” he said Monday. ”They have a great plan in place, and I’m ready to follow it.”

Everyone could see Pace and Nagy did not, in fact, have a great plan. It was ill-conceived from the jump. They promised free-agent signee Andy Dalton the starting job, only to trade up to draft Fields the next month. Nagy immediately laid out a plan for Fields to sit on the bench all season and ruled out an actual quarterback competition.

And after working as the second-stringer, Fields had little chemistry with the starters when he took over when Dalton got hurt in Week 2. He made his starting debut in Week 3, and it was so clear that Nagy didn’t know how to play to Fields’ strengths that he gave up play-calling days later. And Fields constantly was navigating personnel shortcomings around him.

Fields also missed five games because of injuries and the coronavirus. It all added up to a disjointed rookie season.

But that’s behind him. Fields is now the unquestioned starter, and all at Halas Hall are on the same page.

”Last year was kind of weird,” Fields said. ”It was kind of a weird leadership role; me and Andy would kind of switch off. But now that I am starting off the season as a starting quarterback, I think I’ll be more comfortable playing that leader role. There’s no more, ‘Oh, he’s a rookie, this and that.’ It’s time now.”

While he just met Eberflus, there already seems to be a connection. This seems much more like a partnership than it did under Nagy.

”Just his demeanor,” Fields said of Eberflus. ”He’s confident when he talks. He knows what he wants to do. He has a plan set in stone, and I’m just ready to lead with him.”

Poles and Eberflus would have been unwise to pursue these jobs if they didn’t believe in Fields because he’ll be the biggest factor in whether they succeed. The same goes for Getsy, who most recently served as Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ position coach. Fields was unfamiliar with him, but he’s eager to learn his philosophy and playbook.

”Everyone around here knows that I’m willing to do whatever to win, willing to put in however much work is needed,” he said.

Fields was the No. 11 pick last year and has three seasons left on his rookie contract. Everything rides on his development.

Poles was optimistic, despite acknowledging the variety of hindrances this season ”does cloud all of that,” as he tries to assess Fields.

”I want to see what ceiling he has,” he told the Sun-Times. ”It’s our job to put him in that position to succeed. We’ll find out. It’d be really cool if he ends up being a real dude. We can win some championships that way.

”We look for flashes of him putting it together. . . . There’s something there. If we can get him to repeat that over and over and put him in a position where he’s comfortable, we might have something.”

It’s a measured reaction after Fields started 10 games and finished with 1,870 yards passing, 58.9% completions, seven touchdowns, 10 interceptions and a 73.2 passer rating. He also ran for 420 yards and two touchdowns but fumbled 12 times.

Poles and Eberflus must sort out what elements of Fields’ struggles were his own deficiencies and what parts can be cured by fixing the surrounding dysfunction.

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It was all teddy bears and blue skies Monday at Halas Hall.

The new regime walked in, and away we went — on to the Super Bowl!

New general manager Ryan Poles wept a bit as he thanked people for making his journey from failed pro offensive lineman to Bears personnel boss a reality.

And new head coach Matt Eberflus looked so smiley and puppy-dog-eager that you half expected him to break out the whistle and start tooting drills right on the dais.

Wise and wizened NFL guru Bill Polian had been brought in some time back to find the new on-field leadership for the McCaskey Bears. And he seemingly had done just that — with aces.

So it goes every time the Bears start over.

The clouds disappear, the sun beams and visions of lollipops dance through our heads.

Phil Emery, Marc Trestman, John Fox, Ryan Pace, Matt Nagy — they all looked like winners when they first were trotted out. I remember Dave Wannstedt, the defensive pride of the NFL champion Cowboys, being a great catch by the Bears. Everybody wanted Wanny. Yes, they did.

Wanny’s six-year record with the Bears was 40-56.

Each new man anointed by the Bears’ changeless core management– i.e., multiple McCaskeys and temporary-accountant-turned-president Ted Phillips — makes even the most rational fan think: Hey, maybe this is the guy!

Almost always, it isn’t.

We will give this new pair a try, and, of course, any judgment can’t come for a couple of years, maybe longer. Everything has to be built from the bottom up, you know.

As Poles said: ”I’m excited to help build this organization and help build this roster to get to where it should be, which is a championship-level team.”

Indeed. Such is newly hired GM-speak. Always.

Being a bit of a wiseacre, I often have fantasized about a fresh leader coming in and saying: ”Guess what, folks? Average works for me!”

But forget frivolity.

Gung-ho is how the new guys come in. And we always forget the future: once-celebrated GM and/or coach fired, packing charts and schemes into cardboard boxes, slinking into the darkness.

That neither Poles nor Eberflus has held a GM or head-coaching job before might seem to be a big negative. In our eternal optimism, however, we can call it a big plus.

Are these guys going to make novice mistakes as they learn their trades, or are they going to blaze new and innovative trails that will dazzle us with brilliance? Hmm.

Why, I even remember Mark ”The Hat” Hatley, the vice president of personnel and de facto GM almost a quarter-century ago. He was going to lead the Bears to the promised land.

The team went 19-45 in four seasons under his direction, and ”The Hat” summarily was doffed.

So it goes. And, in truth, there is a reason for the constant uncertainty, the ups and downs for the Bears and all teams. (Mostly downs, in the Bears’ case.)

The reason is that the NFL is actually a single entity. The 32 teams are really one big restaurant, with multiple windows, all serving the same food. The league is rigged so no team can stay horrible for very long and no team can stay at the top for very long, either.

The worst team gets the best draft picks, there’s a salary cap, etc. Each team, no matter how lousy, gets $275 million from the NFL’s business deals every year, guaranteed. And that figure goes up constantly.

So it’s only the details that matter. Oh, and lucking into a Hall of Fame quarterback, a la Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers and the soon-to-be-retired Tom Brady.

The Super Bowl-bound Bengals are proof that being bad and being good are a mere coin toss apart. The Bengals were 6-25-1 in the two seasons before this one. Now it seems young Joe Burrow is the superstar quarterback they’ve craved.

And how did they get Burrow? Because of their wretchedness, they got the first pick in the 2020 draft. Even a fool would have taken LSU national champion and Heisman Trophy winner Burrow. And the Bengals did.

But enough of that.

Everything’s new with the Bears’ football management. Poles says his team’s identity will be ”tough and violent.” Of course, we love that. Hello, Dick Butkus!

Eberflus says his direction for coaching the team will be ”intense” and ”smart.” It will be hands-on and detailed.

”We’ll have a plan for every player, what he needs to do,” he said.

Poles and Eberflus are undefeated, folks.

Now the blender begins.

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Statues of Ron Santo and Billy Williams were removed from their homes outside Wrigley Field on Monday to make room for a sports betting site at the corner of Addison and Sheffield.

Construction of the betting site will begin this winter and is slated for completion in 2023, Cubs spokesman Julian Green said.

The statues of Williams and Santo will be refurbished before heading to their new home outside the ballpark in an area known as Gallagher Way.

The new site of the statues will be known as “Statue Row” and feature likenesses of former Cubs greats, Green said.

The relocated and refurbished statues will be on display this spring, Green said.

The occasion will be marked by the unveiling of a new statue depicting Hall of Fame hurler Fergie Jenkins.

The Ernie Banks statue that’s currently beneath Wrigley’s iconic marquee will eventually be moved to Statue Row, too, Green said.

The statue of Harry Caray at Sheffield and Waveland will remain where it is.

“Harry is looking good out there,” Green said.

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A week before he gave a news conference explaining his decision to hire general manager Ryan Poles, Bears chairman George McCaskey pulled into the daily lot at O’Hare International Airport.

He drove around Level 1, which is labeled the Cubs floor to help travelers remember where they parked. Level 2 is the Bears floor. McCaskey didn’t park there, either.

He settled on Level 3.

”Parked in the White Sox level,” he said Monday. ”Three bucks to the city.”

He went to baggage claim to pick up Poles, who had flown in from Kansas City.

”I wanted to show him that we care,” McCaskey said. ”I wanted he and I to have the opportunity to speak one-on-one. And I wanted him to have the opportunity to see Halas Hall if he wanted, which he did.”

McCaskey drove Poles to Lake Forest.

”I still can’t get over the fact that you met me at baggage claim and gave me a ride to the facility to get to know me at a deeper level,” Poles said Monday, addressing his new boss. ”As you know now, I value people and relationships, and that told me everything I need to know about you and this franchise.”

The story was vintage McCaskey. His supporters find it charming, while his detractors call it small-time: What, the Bears couldn’t have sprung for a limo?

But it proved to be effective. The Bears hired Poles less than 18 hours after McCaskey picked him up, keeping him from returning to the airport to fly to Minneapolis to interview as a finalist for the Vikings’ GM job. Poles hasn’t been home since and still is living out of the bag he packed a week ago.

Publicly, McCaskey rarely tries to be someone he’s not, even though a bit of bluster probably would help his image. That frustrates fans. Exactly three weeks ago, McCaskey said he was a fan, not a football expert, then proceeded to say he would be making the GM hire and have that person report directly to him.

On Monday, McCaskey seemed to avoid the gaffes that plagued him three weeks ago — and the previous time he spoke publicly before that, a full year ago — except for one head-scratching decision. Like he had done with former GM Ryan Pace and former coach Matt Nagy at the end-of-season news conference in January 2021, McCaskey refused to detail the length of the contracts he had given to Poles and new head coach Matt Eberflus.

”We talked about it and talked to Matt and Ryan about what their preference was,” he said. ”And their preference was that it not be disclosed, and we’re honoring that preference.”

In the past — before McCaskey refused to say whether Nagy and Pace were on the same timeline — the Bears didn’t have issues disclosing contract lengths. In the past, they had issued four-year deals with a fifth-year option. Now McCaskey won’t say.

”If the individual wishes to make it public, they’re welcome to,” he said. ”But I don’t think that’s the Bears’ place.”

Eberflus declined to say how long his contract was.

McCaskey and the rest of the Bears’ five-person interview group — which included consultant Bill Polian — interviewed 13 GM candidates and 10 head-coaching hopefuls. One noticeably missing name was Michigan coach and former Bears quarterback Jim Harbaugh, who met with the Vikings during the weekend. Under the terms of Harbaugh’s contract, the Bears would have had to inform Michigan of any formal interview.

Asked about Harbaugh, McCaskey said he was not going to ”engage in speculation about what other candidates could have been interviewed.”

McCaskey picked Poles after Polian recommended the Bears interview him. He said he let Poles pick the coach.

”It was kind of a whirlwind for us,” McCaskey said. ”Bill brought back two-a-days; I think one day we had three interviews in a day. That was a bit of a slog. But the important thing was to get as much information as possible as quickly as possible. Because once we saw the people we wanted, we had to move quickly.”

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Monday, January 31, 2022

WHITE NORTH

Northside at Lake View, 5:00

BLUE CENTRAL

Garcia at Gage Park, 5:00

BLUE NORTH

Marine at Alcott, 5:00

BLUE SOUTH

Hirsch at EPIC, 5:00

CHICAGO CATHOLIC CROSSOVER

St. Rita at Providence-St. Mel, ppd.

CHICAGO PREP

Holy Trinity at Ida Crown, 7:45

Northtown at Hope Academy, 6:30

DUPAGE VALLEY

DeKalb at Naperville North, 7:00

INTERSTATE EIGHT

Plano at Rochelle, 7:00

LAKE SHORE

Beacon at Roycemore, 5:30

Cruz at Waldorf, 6:30

METRO PREP

CPSA at Horizon-McKinley, 7:00

MID-SUBURBAN EAST

Hersey at Elk Grove, 7:00

NOBLE BLUE

Hansberry at Baker, 5:30

Mansueto at Golder, 5:30

Muchin at UIC Prep, 5:30

Noble Academy at Rauner, 5:30

Noble Street at Prtizker, 5:30

NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY

Grayslake North at Wauconda, 6:00

NONCONFERENCE

Hancock 40, Goode 29

Bowen at Clark, 5:00

British School at Intrinsic-Downtown, 6:30

Ellison at Little Village. 5:30

Englewood STEM at Perspectives-MSA, 5:00

Fenger at Schurz, 6:00

Harlan at Comer, 5:00

Horizon-SW at Disney, 5:00

Intrinsic-Belmont at Rowe-Clark, 6:30

Joliet Central at Lockport, 6:30

Kennedy at Crane, 6:15

Maine East at Addison Trail, 7:00

Morgan Park Academy at Mooseheart, 4:30

Payton at Northside, 5:00

Peotone at Bishop McNamara, 7:30

Phoenix at Clemente, 5:00

Providence at Evergreen Park, 6:00

U-High at New Trier, 7:00

Uplift at Steinmetz, 6:00

Westlake Christian at Elgin Academy, 6:00

LITTLE TEN TOURNAMENT

at Somonauk

Somonauk vs. DePue, 5:30

Serena vs. Earlville, 7:00

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CHICAGO — New Bears coach Matt Eberflus had a very simple answer to how he’ll handle second-year quarterback Justin Fields as the team begins installing a new system.

“Building the offense around him and his strengths,” Eberflus said Monday, after being introduced as the 17th head coach in franchise history. “What does that look like? I don’t know right now.

“We have to look at him. We have to evaluate him. We have to see where his skill set is. And then see his camera. How does he see the game? How fast does he process? How fast does he do things and how can we stretch him as we go?”

The offense is high on the to-do list for Eberflus and new general manager Ryan Poles as they take over the Bears from Matt Nagy and Ryan Pace, respectively. Nagy inherited former quarterback Mitchell Trubisky — which ultimately didn’t work out. Now Eberflus and Poles are in the same situation, inheriting Fields, who was drafted last year and had a rocky rookie season. The Bears ranked 27th in scoring in 2021, averaging 18.3 points per game.

“I’m very excited,” Fields said Monday. “Having a defensive head coach, I feel like there are some positives to that. I feel like being on the offense, you kind of know what the defense is doing, but you don’t know what they’re fully doing. … When you have a defensive head coach, he’s able to explain to you what their jobs are, what their certain assignments are in a certain coverage, so I think that’s one plus on having a defensive head coach.”

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Eberflus was the defensive coordinator for the Indianapolis Colts before taking over in Chicago. The team hired former Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach Luke Getsy to run the offense, but he and Eberflus are also inheriting a roster largely devoid of playmakers — outside of Fields.

“Explosive athletic ability is one of the traits we are looking for,” Eberflus said. “That equals chunk plays on offense and it equals stopping chunk plays on defense. If you want to score points, you have to get chunk plays and big plays. That’s how you score.”

Poles is a former offensive lineman, so not surprisingly, he believes the “foundation” of the offensive unit starts there. The Bears already have the makings of a strong run game with holdovers David Montgomery and Khalil Herbert under contract. But it’ll be Fields who determines whether the new Bears regime is successful.

Eberflus was asked whether he considered the 22-year-old a franchise quarterback.

“Right now we’re looking at everybody through the same lens, meaning that we’re going to go back and we’re going to watch those guys with a fresh eye and we’re going to see where they are, in terms of what they need to develop,” Eberflus said.

Asked later where his mindset was with Fields, Eberflus clarified his position.

“We’re building the offense around the quarterback,” he said.

For his part, Fields plans on talking to the coaches about the new system, whatever it might be.

“It’s important for coaches to run plays that their players are good at running,” Fields said. “They already have a base idea what my strengths are, but me being able to communicate with them and tell them what my strengths are, we can get on the same page. But there’s going to be some new stuff that we didn’t run last year that works and I’ve never run before. … And by the time training camp comes around, I’ll know it.”

While the Bears’ fan base is expecting big things from the new coaching staff, patience will be a part of the process. That’s especially true with a new general manager, coach and offense and just a second-year quarterback.

“Then let’s grow and grow and grow,” Eberflus said. “What can we execute now? What can we execute down the road? And we have to be creative, you have to be creative on offense. We plan to be.”

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Online gaming company FanDuel Group and the United Center announced plans Monday to open a FanDuel Sportsbook lounge inside the arena.

The venture needs approval from the Illinois Gaming Board. It would bring sports wagering inside the home of the NBA’s Bulls and the NHL’s Blackhawks.

Plans for the FanDuel Sportsbook at the United Center include a two-story venue adjacent to the arena’s atrium. It would be equipped with state-of-the-art viewing and sports wagering technology, the announcement said.

“FanDuel has a proven track record of innovation and excellence making them the perfect partner in developing the sportsbook at the United Center,” said Howard Pizer, executive vice president and CEO of the joint venture. The lounge “is designed to give sports fans a brand new, fully immersive sportsbook lounge experience unlike any other.”

While awaiting approval of the sportsbook from the Illinois Gaming Board, the United Center and FanDuel will develop a non-wagering space adjacent to the United Center atrium that will have FanDuel branding and allow fans to watch live sports action while attending United Center events.

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First round

Wednesday, Feb. 2

Mather at Young

Prosser at Phillips

Marshall at Westinghouse

Dyett at Hyde Park

Hubbard at Kenwood

Lindblom at Farragut

Corliss at Brooks

Austin at Orr

Ag. Science at Simeon

Perspectives-Leadership at Lincoln Park

Bogan at Morgan Park

Taft at North Lawndale

Payton at Clark

Perspectives-MSA at Longwood

Schurz at Lane

Dunbar at Curie

Second round

Friday, Feb. 4

Quarterfinals

Tuesday, Feb. 8

Semifinals

Thursday, Feb. 10
at UIC

Championship

Saturday, Feb. 12
at UIC

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