THE LEGAL WAVES BASHING UP on The Enchanted Lakefront are approaching storm surge. Northwestern University is under growing siege as reports of systemic hazing aimed at former student-athletes mount. Its athletic department is on the cusp of multige...

Northwestern has fired baseball coach Jim Foster, according to several reports. University president Michael Schill and athletic director Derrick Gragg informed the team Thursday. On Monday, The Score afternoon co-host Danny Parkins reported on his ...

The second "signature" event of Cantigny's fun-packed 65th summer is "Voyage en France," set for Sunday, July 16. Fans of French culture will find lots to love at Voyage, a celebration of the sights, sounds and flavors of France, from 10 a.m. to 4 p...

Northwestern fired coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday amid a hazing scandal that called into question his leadership of the program and damaged the university's reputation in light of its response to the allegations. And Northwestern baseball coach Jim ...

Chicago police are investigating sexual misconduct allegations against officers involving a migrant who was living in a police station after arriving in the city, Chicago's police oversight agency said Friday. The Chicago Police Department said in a...

Not sure how many people remember the movie, "Oliver!," the musical based on the Charles Dickens novel "Oliver Twist." Toward the end of the 1968 film, Fagin, leader of the orphan pickpocket gang, tries to escape authorities with a box of jewels, bu...

IMAGINE TAYLOR SWIFT, DRAKE AND BEYONCE suddenly combining summer tours for a one-off at a Chicago-area sports venue in two weeks. That pop cultural energy might equal what went on the day Secretariat came to Arlington Park. The date was Saturday, J...

You could make the case that the Oakland A's are truly America's team. They have already planted stakes in three time zones, with stops in Philadelphia, Kansas City and, for the time being, Oakland. Soon, this peripatetic team will land in Las Vegas...

Part 1 of 2 In my early days of watching baseball, I nurtured a passion for baseball statistics. Other than the multiplication table, it was the only area of math where I could claim a modicum of proficiency. My dad would bring home a newspaper that...

On Sunday, July 2, the talented Mark Olen and his Stars and Stripes Orchestra will present a festive evening of "What's More American Than Broadway" during a free concert at Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley. The concert will begin ...