CHICAGO — Signing shortstop Andrelton Simmons to bolster the middle infield defense was an understandable approach for the Chicago Cubs’ roster construction. Between the injury histories of shortstop Nico Hoerner and second baseman Nick Madrigal and a …
Illinois brothers sentenced to probation, home detention in US Capitol breach
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday sentenced two Chicago-area brothers to six months of probation, including 60 days on home detention, for illegally entering the U.S. Capitol during the attack on Jan. 6, 2021. In rejecting jail time, U.S….
Paul Sullivan: Mission impossible? With season on the line, Chicago Bulls may have to rely on reserves to save the day.
The Chicago Bulls never have come back from a 3-1 deficit to win a best-of-seven playoff series, so the odds of them taking the next three games from the Milwaukee Bucks already were slim before Zach LaVine entered health and safety protocols for COVID…
Patrick Kane thinks Blackhawks can succeed sooner than expected: ‘You can win and still be in a rebuild’
CHICAGO — Clearly Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane doesn’t like the word “rebuild.” “I mean, I guess it’s all noise, right?” he said. “You could talk about ‘rebuild’ — it seems like that word is brought up a lot — but as a player it’s more about…
Zach LaVine could miss Game 5 after Bulls star enters health and safety protocols for 3rd time in last year
CHICAGO — Facing elimination in their first-round series with the Milwaukee Bucks, the Chicago Bulls were dealt another blow Tuesday when Zach LaVine entered health and safety protocols. LaVine will likely be out for Game 5 of the series, which tips of…
‘Gaslit’ review: Julia Roberts humanizes Watergate in new Starz series co-starring Sean Penn
Behind every great political scandal, there are players whose stories get shoved to the side by the first, second and even third drafts of history. “Gaslit,” overpacked but compelling, shoves back — though not quite hard enough. The actors traverse a w…
As cost of groceries rises, food pantries see increased demand. ‘It has just not stopped’
On a blustery afternoon on Chicago’s West Side, Beverly Harris waited in line outside Harmony Community Church for her turn to select from bags of apples and cartons of eggs, romaine lettuce andpuff pastries from the food pantry in the church’s basemen…
Should GM Ryan Poles trade up? Which WR can the Chicago Bears select? 4 questions heading into the NFL draft.
The NFL draft begins Thursday night and, boy, do the Chicago Bears have a rebuilding job ahead of them. But without any first-round picks and only six selections to work with, new general manager Ryan Poles will have his work cut out for him. As the dr…
Chicago White Sox are struggling at the plate — and it shows: ‘The mental part of the game is beating us down’
MINNEAPOLIS — It’s tough to win when you don’t score many runs. That has been the case for the Chicago White Sox, who recently had a stretch of nine straight games in which they scored three runs or less. That streak came to an end Sunday, but the Sox …
Alex Caruso is in concussion protocol and is questionable to play for the Chicago Bulls in Wednesday’s Game 5
Alex Caruso could miss Game 5 of the Chicago Bulls’ first-round playoff series after being placed in concussion protocol. Caruso took an inadvertent blow to the face from Milwaukee Bucks guard Jevon Carter in the second quarter of Sunday’s Game 4 loss….