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Sports Friday, February 6, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Good morning, Chicago. Artūras Karnišovas is finally ready for the Chicago Bulls to take risks again. The executive vice president of basketball operations made seven trades in six days this week, sending away eight players including longtime franchise staples Coby White, Nikola Vučević and Ayo Dosunmu. In exchange, the Bulls amassed a heap of second-round picks and a rag-tag group of mostly young players who might or might not return to the roster next season. Artūras Karnišovas, Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations, speaks during an end-of-season press conference
at the Advocate Center on April 17, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) The result is a haphazard vision for a future that the Bulls still haven’t fully fleshed out. “The play-in is not our goal. A championship is,” Karnišovas said in a video news conference shortly after Thursday’s 2 p.m. CT deadline. “We know where we are in the standings and we are not satisfied with being in the middle as an organization or for our fans.” Today’s eNewspaper edition | Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History | | | | The Chicago Bulls added seven players in a flurry of trades before the deadline Thursday. Here’s what to know about the newcomers. | | | | | How will executive vice president Artūras Karnišovas sell the Chicago Bulls’ trade-deadline overhaul to frustrated fans? | | | | | The Chicago Bears’ Joe Thuney was the inaugural winner of the NFL Protector of the Year award, while the Bears won Moment of the Year for their dramatic OT touchdown against the Packers. | | | | | Outfielder Austin Hays used the word “opportunity” to describe what made the Chicago White Sox an attractive option during free agency. | | | | | What can viewers expect from Bad Bunny’s highly anticipated Super Bowl halftime performance? | | | | | A week after rupturing the ACL in her left knee, Lindsey Vonn opened her chase for Olympic gold with an aggressive and successful training run. | | | |
