Columns
-
Markkanen tells Finland site he's ready for fresh startAug 06, 2021 1:00 pm - Five days into NBA free-agency, the Bulls haven't done anything with restricted free agent Lauri Markkanen and cap space around the league is drying up. Markkanen confir...
-
Historic home unveiling: Geneva church to show off renovations to 1854 houseAug 06, 2021 6:00 am - You can tell David Walker is a project coordinator when he walks around the renovated Larrabee House on St. Mark's Church campus near downtown Geneva. “We need to get th...
-
Playing for a winner helps Kimbrel adjust to trade from Cubs to SoxAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - Craig Kimbrel has 12 saves pitching at Wrigley Field this season. They all came with the Cubs, and now the 33-year reliever will try to bag some more with the White Sox....
-
Final curtain can't come soon enough for Tokyo GamesAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - Testing one of the truisms of sports - that it is not over until the fat lady sings - I assume Tokyo 2020 will close with a 400-pound sumo wrestler belting out "Thanks f...
-
Feder: JUF rebrands Jewish Chicago magazineAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - Just in time for the upcoming Jewish New Year (for those keeping track, it will be 5782) Chicago's Jewish United Fund is introducing a new name and a new look to its 50-...
-
Life in blue genesAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - Last week, Simone Biles shocked the world by withdrawing from the first week of Olympic competition because the "mental" wasn't there. To a curious but largely supportiv...
-
Jim O'Donnell: Former Bears executive talks in realities about the team and Arlington ParkAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - JERRY VAINISI IS ONE OF THE MOST ill-starred responses on any possible “Chicago Sports Jeopardy!” board. The answer would play in the $1,600-$1,800 range and would speak...
-
American tech sector keeps blowing away the rest of the worldAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - Take a bow, America. It's official and irrefutable: The U.S. is blowing out the rest of the world in tech leadership. No other country in the world comes anywhere close ...
-
CW's 'Superman & Lois' has quietly evolved into an essential superhero seriesAug 05, 2021 11:00 am - While superhero fans have been consumed this year by “Zack Snyder's Justice League,” Marvel's Disney+ shows and the hype for this weekend's “The Suicide Squad,” The CW h...
-
Subversive 'The Suicide Squad' explodes with loopy mix of horror and sick humorAug 05, 2021 6:00 am - “The Suicide Squad” - ★ ★ ½ Here comes a subversive super-antihero action movie that revels in explosive nihilism and crazy genre anarchy, constantly shifting narr...