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The wait is over. The preparations have been made. The Cubs’ table is ready. It’s time to play ball. “It’s here,” third baseman Alex Bregman said. It’s going to be an Opening Day that will get the juices flowing for Bregman, 32, who signed a five-year, $175 million contract as a free agent in the of
PHILADELPHIA — Guard Jaden Ivey’s runway for a return this season is down to about a sidewalk. Bulls coach Billy Donovan gave the latest update on Ivey, and it wasn’t great Wednesday. Acquired from the Pistons in the Kevin Huerter trade, Ivey was back practicing last week after a monthlong knee-stre
West Suburban Medical Center's president and CEO said the hospital's faulty records and billing system caused a drop in revenue. But problems have been mounting for years, sources told Block Club Chicago.
A 65-year-old man was hospitalized after being shot in North Lawndale Wednesday night, according to Chicago police. The man was in the 1300 block of South Kedzie Avenue at 5:54 p.m. when he was shot in the neck, police said in a statement. He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in serious condition, pol
A powerful cold front could bring severe thunderstorms to northern Illinois after temperatures reach into the 70s Thursday morning, forecasters say. Scattered storms are expected hit the Chicago area around 4 or 5 p.m., according to National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Ratzer. Blustery winds
Northwestern hired former UConn star and Princeton coach Carla Berube as its women's basketball coach on Wednesday. Berube replaces the retired Joe McKeown and will be tasked with turning around a program that hasn't won more than nine games in a season since 2021-22. Berube, who helped UConn win it
MILWAUKEE — Chris Getz inherited an organizational dumpster fire when he was named the White Sox’ general manager late in the 2023 season. He oversaw the worst season in modern MLB history while tearing it down to the studs in 2024, and a promising wave of new talent wasn’t enough to avoid a third c
PHILADELPHIA — Bulls coach Billy Donovan was never looking for legacy. He hasn’t chased down notoriety, the Hall of Fame or a payday. But he made it clear Wednesday that he’ll be searching for answers when the season ends. And while Donovan never quite said it, the answers he hears from ownership an
The Big Ten has six teams in the Sweet 16 of the men’s NCAA Tournament. That’s a lot, even for an 18-team conference. Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska are still alive in the South Region, along with Purdue in the West, Michigan in the Midwest and Michigan State in the East. An all-Big Ten Final Four, any
A Chicago teen has been charged in an armed sexual assault last November in Albany Park, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. Gerson Castillo Flores, 17, is charged as an adult and faces aggravated criminal sexual assault with firearm and kidnapping while armed with a firearm, acc
Murals and memorials of César Chavez are continuing to come down across Chicago after allegations emerged last week that the Latino civil rights activist groomed and sexually assaulted girls and women. The allegations were revealed in a New York Times investigation published March 18. Some artworks
U.S. Route 66 is a cultural landmark that holds the rich history of America’s automotive and commercial boom, and the memories of countless family road trips. The storied highway, which spans 2,400 miles between Chicago to California, is celebrating its centennial this year. Chicago honored the land
West Suburban Medical Center is temporarily shutting its doors and furloughing "many" employees as it struggles to pay staff, according to the Oak Park hospital's owner, Manoj Prasad. Prasad, the CEO of Resilience Healthcare, said in an email Wednesday to the Sun-Times that the hospital's emergency
Artifacts tied to Honest Abe hit the auction block Thursday, with some bearing a striking resemblance to items from a vast collection that a private foundation once acquired for display at the state-run Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The sale at the Chicago-based Freeman’s auction
Theater The Tony Award-winning musical “The Wiz,” William F. Brown and Charlie Smalls’ twist on “The Wizard of Oz,” re-imagines Dorothy’s journey with soul, gospel, rock and ’70s funk. Dana Cimone stars; Schele Williams directs. From March 31-April 5 at Nederlander Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St. Ticket
It’s the time of year in college basketball when everything gets kicked up a notch or five, including fans’ complaints. The refs are against us. The gods are against us. Even the announcers are against us. And if you’re rooting for Illinois, there’s a pretty good chance the location for its NCAA Tou
On Wednesday, Mayor Brandon Johnson overturned last week's City Council's vote that would have paused an increase in the minimum wage restaurants must pay tipped workers.
State lawmakers are taking steps to, in the future, keep immigration detention centers out of communities. Under a bill that moved out of an Illinois House committee Wednesday, new immigration detention centers would be prohibited within 1,500 feet of schools, churches, day care centers, cemeteries,
One of my favorite ways to discover a local artist is to study the liner notes of a thrift-store LP. I always grab albums by local folk legend Bob Gibson when they turn up at the nearby Salvation Army. His 1980 record The Perfect High, recorded live at Charlotte’s Web in Rockford and the Earl […] Th
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