Chicago sports teams put up $1 million to fight city's gun violence

Chicago's five major professional sports teams announced Wednesday that they will donate a combined $1 million to help reduce the rampant gun violence here.

The owners of the Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs and White Sox partnered with the University of Chicago Crime Lab, which evaluates crime-reduction strategies.

The $1 million donation will be spent three ways: the youth-therapy program Choose 2 Change; analyst training for technology centers in Chicago Police stations; and the U of C crime lab.

Choose 2 Change teaches young people to avoid situations where violence is likely. Since 2015, about 400 kids have gone through the five-month program in Englewood.

"We are all deeply saddened every day when we read a new headline about shootings and violence in Chicago," Jerry Reinsdorf, chairman of the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bulls, said in a prepared statement.

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