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Instead of using it for a new stadium complex, how about we give that lakefront land to citizens to enjoy?
For those who followed Boo Buie’s remarkable career with the Wildcats, it might be a bit surprising to see him on the NBA’s pay-no-mind list so soon after it ended — and in his own backyard, no less.
The Guardians have no business being 10 games over .500 and leading a surprisingly decent-looking American League Central, but here they are. Boy, the White Sox could learn a thing or two.
NBA
Too many injuries and too much interference from the refs hurt what should be the highlight of basketball season — the playoffs.
Standard Media Group will invest in the network and help get it distributed. The content will come from Stadium, which is expected to keep its name when it converts to an RSN this fall.
ABC, ESPN+ series documents the joys, pressures of three stars during historic era for women’s college basketball.
None of the national experts has even talked with Underwood yet, he says, so their “way-too-early” rankings aren’t worrying him. Besides, the demands of a nonstop job create enough stress as it is.
NFL
As a Netflix roast proves, there’s no such thing as too much fame for the former NFL star.
The weather made the Big Ten championship game anticlimactic, but goal-scoring machine Izzy Scane and the Wildcats won it anyway. That’s just what they do — and an NCAA title defense comes next.
The cicadas are coming, and these glorious insects fill me with wonder.
The Sun-Times’ Bears experts — Patrick Finley, Jason Lieser and Mark Potash — break down the team’s dynamic offseason to this point.
Joe Cowley’s first draft forecast looks at lottery winners and losers, and whom the Bulls should take at No. 11.
In the NBA Draft Lottery, the Bulls came into Sunday with a 77.6% chance to stay at No. 11, and that’s exactly how the balls bounced. The Atlanta Hawks will have the top pick.
Scane scored her 359th career goal in 81 games in the first period against Denver for the top spot. Next up for NU is the NCAA quarterfinals on Thursday.
“In that aspect, I’m happy with what our catchers are doing with our pitching staff and the job Drew Butera and [pitching coach] Ethan Katz and [bullpen coach] Matt Wise are doing in preparing for a game,” manager Pedro Grifol said.
The Sox have won four in a row for the first time this season and for the first time since a seven-game run last June.
The Sky will likely decide between signing guard Kysre Gondrezick and rookie Brynna Maxwell after guard Chennedy Carter’s strong training camp.
Before the game Saturday against the Guardians, manager Pedro Grifol wasn’t ready to commit to keeping Ramos in Chicago.
Cubs lefty Justin Steele struggled and MLB’s top pitching prospect, Paul Skenes, made his debut in the Pirates’ 10-9 victory.
Benedet has a long way to go, but the Bears are optimistic he can climb from undrafted rookie to part of their future.
Tucker, who worked at the Sun-Times for 28 years, left two impressive legacies.
The biggest responsibility veteran receivers DJ Moore and Keenan Allen might have is to aid the development of first-round pick Odunze.
In a corresponding move, the Cubs recalled reliever Jose Cuas from Triple-A Iowa.
“It was like watching Tiger Woods when he makes a great shot on the golf course with the fist pump he’s got,” Iowa special-teams coach LeVar Woods said.
One of the three men who helped craft the NFL’s new kickoff-return rule thinks his returner will benefit from it.
In this week’s Polling Place, we also asked about the White Sox and the Sky.
In his first year at Halas Hall, it will be Shane Waldron’s job to ensure that Williams has more highlights than grind-it-out moments in his rookie season. Both are starting in a good place.
Odunze will miss Saturday’s practice with hamstring tightness.