The 2021 Chicago Bears season will include Matt Nagy as head coach and Ryan Pace as general manager. It won’t include Chuck Pagano as defensive coordinator, according to a Chicago Tribune report. According to league sources on Tuesday the ownership McCaskey family decided to continue on with both Nagy and Pace. The team has made…Continue Reading
The Bears will play the Packers focused only on their game Sunday at Soldier Field. Coach Matt Nagy wants the scoreboards shut down with out-of-town scores for the regular-season finale to keep thoughts from straying to the Arizona Cardinals-Los Angeles Rams game.The Bears would make the playoffs with a Cardinals loss to the injury-riddled Rams, but…Continue Reading
LaVar Ball is easily the most famous father in the NBA. Or rather, the most notorious. Whether it is hyping up his kids or creating a new apparel brand, he is far from the usual NBA dad. And this time he is in the news for advising Stan Van Gundy on how to coach his…Continue Reading
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who ran for office on a platform of police reform and racial justice, said Friday that the city’s attempt to prevent a local TV station from airing police video of a botched raid was “a mistake.”Her announcement came as the city formally withdrew a motion to prevent the CBS affiliate in…Continue Reading
Dozens of activists who protested in Chicago over George Floyd’s death and the killing by police of other Blacks across the U.S. have filed a lawsuit alleging they were attacked by police and falsely arrestedBy DON BABWIN Associated PressNovember 19, 2020, 11:05 PM• 3 min readCHICAGO — Activists who protested in Chicago over George Floyd’s…Continue Reading
Less than a week after missing out on the Major League Soccer playoffs, the Chicago Fire acquired Nigerian striker Chinonso Offor from Latvian club FK Rigas Futbola Skola. The Fire on Friday announced the signing of the 20-year-old attacker, who is under contract through 2023 with a team option for 2024. “We are very pleased…Continue Reading
The Chicago Bears are back home in Week 8, hosting the New Orleans Saints at Soldier Field. 1st quarter: Santos makes a 44-yard FG Bears kicker Cairo Santos made a 44-yard field goal to tie the game against the Saints at 3-3 with 1:13 to play in the first quarter. The Bears’ first drive of…Continue Reading
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is good drama, but I have to wonder at some of the choices writer/director Aaron Sorkin made. The movie is based on a true story but it gets an awful lot of the facts wrong. It plays with the timeline, it assigns certain actions to individuals who didn’t do…Continue Reading
The Zanies Comedy Club in Chicago will cancel shows beginning Friday due to new Illinois regulations, according to an announcement from the club late Tuesday. The comedy club on Wells Street will join the location in Rosemont, which announced Monday it was closing for the time being. Both comedy clubs had been open for business,…Continue Reading
The suburban Chicago cop who shot a Black couple in a car — killing one of them — has been fired, according to reports.The killing of Marcellis Stinnette, 19, and wounding of Tafara Williams, 20, during a traffic stop in Wakuegan late Tuesday has prompted protests.In announcing the firing Friday night, Waukegan Police Chief Wayne Walles…Continue Reading
Last Thursday, the art world zoomed in on Judy Chicago. The feminist, activist, educator, and artist was the honoree of 2020’s MAD Ball, the Museum of Arts and Design’s annual event which unfolded virtually for the first time ever.“Hello everyone, everywhere,” came a voice as the event began. “Zoomers and YouTubers, I’m MX Justin Vivian…Continue Reading
