# Chicago's new era arrives all at once > A 40-40 center fielder, a quarterback with Super Bowl buzz and a 20-year-old captain have the whole city looking up at the same time. - Title: Chicago's new era arrives all at once · Chicago Sun-Times - Summary: A 40-40 center fielder, a quarterback with Super Bowl buzz and a 20-year-old captain have the whole city looking up at the same time. Chicago's four teams… - Keywords: chicago sports, cubs, bears, pete crow-armstrong, caleb williams, news, local, Chicago's, era, arrives, all, once - Source: Chicago Sun-Times — https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/09/15/cubs-bears-pete-crow-armstrong-mvp-caleb-williams-blackhawks-connor-bedard-shelby-miller-injury-bullpen-dansby-swanson - Published: 2026-09-15T23:17:40.042+00:00 - Read time: 2 min - Topics: chicago sports, cubs, bears, pete crow-armstrong, caleb williams, news, local ## Chicago is buzzing again The Bears opened wild enough to start Super Bowl talk, the Blackhawks have a new captain, and the Cubs are chasing a World Series. All in one week. > And that's this week. ## A wild season opener Caleb Williams and the Bears turned their opener into something the whole area is still talking about, with fans already making Super Bowl plans. ## Bedard gets the C Connor Bedard is the new Blackhawks captain, and the city is already imagining the day he lifts the Stanley Cup. ## Three bags from history Pete Crow-Armstrong started Tuesday three stolen bases short of a 40-40 season, something only six players have ever done. ## The MVP favorite With the regular season winding down, Crow-Armstrong is the favorite for MVP. His focus is on what the Cubs can do in October. ## October stacks up The same month Crow-Armstrong chases a title, Williams will be playing Sundays and Bedard's Blackhawks will open their season. ## Four sports, one window Crow-Armstrong points out how rare the overlap is. Most cities never get all four major sports mattering at once like this. > Not every city gets to look forward to all four major sports in such a small window like we get to here. ## He watches too Crow-Armstrong stays in the clubhouse as long as he can before games so he can catch Sunday football. > I'm staying in here as long as possible pregame while Sunday football is going on. ## Williams in the stands Last month Williams came to a Cubs game with Bulls stars Matas Buzelis and Caleb Wilson, and watched Crow-Armstrong homer from behind the dugout. ## The friendship goes both ways Crow-Armstrong has shown up on the sideline at Soldier Field, and the two took in a Blackhawks game together earlier this year. ## Building it on purpose The two stars have talked about what they want Chicago sports to become. It starts with respecting how each other works. > It's agreed upon by all of us that we want to give people something to look forward to. ## Miller shut down The Cubs ended reliever Shelby Miller's season. He was rehabbing from elbow surgery and had been floated as bullpen help down the stretch. ## The math didn't work Miller posted a 7.59 ERA over 13 rehab appearances, a long way from the 2.74 he put up last season with Arizona and Milwaukee. ## Counsell picks patience The manager said pushing Miller into a pennant race was not worth it. He reports to spring training healthy instead. > At this point, the risk outweighs what reward there would be from keeping him going. ## Swanson's rehab rained out A Tuesday rainout kept Dansby Swanson from starting his rehab games at Triple-A Iowa. The Cubs had hoped to have him back Friday. ## Key takeaway Chicago's four teams are peaking in the same window, and the young stars driving it are friends who say they're building something together on purpose.