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Robinson leads the team, by far, in targets, catches and yards receiving. | AP Photos

After missing practice all week, Robinson is cleared and will play vs. the Saints.

Sean Connery stars as James Bond in the 1983 film “Never Say Never Again.” The Oscar-winning actor has died at the age of 90. | AP

Connery would star as 007 in seven films: “Dr. No,” “From Russia with Love,” “Goldfinger,” “Thunderball,” “You Only Live Twice,” “Diamonds are Forever” and “Never Say Never Again.”

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Contact tracers like Kakoz who are able to connect with people mark a rare success in a contact tracing effort that has largely been a failure nationwide.

Actor Sean Connery holds a rose in his hand as he talks about his new movie “The Name of the Rose” at a news conference in London in 1987. | AP

For many a movie fan and for Chicagoans in particular, when we think of Sean Connery, we think of the savvy and world-weary Irish cop Jimmy Malone in the “The Untouchables,” telling Kevin Costner’s Eliot Ness how to get Al Capone.

Sen. Dick Durbin, left, speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this month; Former Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran Jr., right, addresses the Sun-Times Editorial Board in February. | Susan Walsh/AP file; Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times file.

Durbin, the Senate’s No. 2 Democratic leader, entered the home stretch of a mostly virtual campaign season with weeks of national exposure as one of the loudest voices against the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. 

Any chance it’s time for Aaron Rodgers and the Packers to lose one … or two? | Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images

Whether or not the Bears can finagle their way to a sixth win, might the Packers — who play twice, against the Vikings on Sunday and the 49ers on Thursday — suddenly falter? Reveal a soft underbelly? Get in touch with their inner pretenders?

Morgan Park’s Adam Miller, white jersey, dunks and draws a foul from Tinley Park’s AaReyon Munir-Jones, Chicago, Illinois, March 6, 2020. | Allen Cunningham/ for Sun-Times

Do you support the IHSA’s announcement that the basketball season can start on time, which contradicts guidelines outlined by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the state’s Department of Public Health?

Members of the Chicago Sky huddle on the court before a WNBA basketball first round playoff game against the Connecticut Sun, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Bradenton, Fla. | AP

Players not only stayed safe and increased fan interest during pandemic, their activism got new support from league

Samantha Mewis #5 of North Carolina Courage attempts to drive past Danielle Colaprico #24 of Chicago Red Stars during a game on day 5 of the NWSL Challenge Cup at Zions Bank Stadium on July 5, 2020 in Herriman, Utah. | Alex Goodlett/Getty Images

Colaprico’s camp will feature 50 players ages 14-18 who will be showcasing their skills in front of coaches from NAIA, junior college, Division II and Division III programs.

A 17-year-old boy was shot Oct. 31, 2020, in the 3800 block of West Augusta Boulevard. | Adobe Stock Photo

About 12:50 a.m., he was sitting in a parked car in the 3800 block of West Augusta Boulevard, when two males approached and fired shots.

Four people, including two girls, were injured in a car crash Oct. 30, 2020, in the 1800 block of West 59th Street. | Sun-Times file photo

Two girls from the crash, 5 and 6, were taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in fair condition.

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Four people were shot, one fatally, in Morgan Park Friday night. | Sun-Times file photo

Police sources said the shooting is drug-related.

A teenage boy was shot Oct. 30, 2020, in Archer Heights. | Sun-Times file photo

The boy, 16, got into an argument with a person he knew about 8:05 p.m. in the 4900 block of South Tripp Avenue, Chicago police said.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker urges people to vote for a major piece of his 2018 campaign platform — a move to a graduated income tax. | Screenshot

The Zoom “rally” featured a who’s-who of Illinois politics, including Pritzker, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County State’s Attorney, Kim Foxx.

A man was shot Oct. 30, 2020, on I-57 near 111th Street. | Adobe Stock Photo

The man was shot multiple times about 3:45 p.m. in the southbound lanes near 111th Street, according to Illinois State Police.

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Here’s what we learned Friday about the continuing spread of coronavirus and its ripple effects in Chicago and Illinois.

Deputy Chief Ernest Cato speaks to reporters, during a press conference about arrests related to the uptick in paintball attacks at the 10th District Police Station, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A man lost his eye after one of the shootings, according to Deputy Chief Ernest Cato.