Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren is spearheading the TV talks. The conference’s chancellors and presidents hired him hoping he can replicate his business success in the NFL. | Joe Robbins/Getty Images Its contracts with Fox/BTN, ESPN/ABC and CBS expire after the 2022-23 seasons. Once its exclusive negotiating window with ESPN ends, the action will heat up. To describe … [Read more...] about Big Ten positioned for big pay day — as in a billion per year — in next TV deals
Epic kindness is born amid epic tragedy in ‘Come From Away’
The ensemble cast of “Come From Away” delivers a powerful message of hope in the songs of the Tony Award-winning musical. | Matthew Murphy We all remember exactly where we were and exactly what we were doing during moments of collective tragedy, and that moment when our daily tasks suddenly seem inadequate and meaningless under the looming shadow of history. Based on a … [Read more...] about Epic kindness is born amid epic tragedy in ‘Come From Away’
Friday’s IHSA state basketball playoff schedule
Tinley Park’s Amarion Johnson (24) works against an Ag. Science’s player to get a rebound. | Allen Cunningham/For the Sun-Times All the regional final games around the area. Friday, February 25, 2022 IHSA STATE TOURNAMENT - 4A (Regional-Championship) PROVISO WEST SECTIONAL Young Young vs. Downers Grove North, 7:00 Riverside-Brookfield Riverside-Brookfield vs. Oak … [Read more...] about Friday’s IHSA state basketball playoff schedule
Ukrainians in Chicago protest Russian invasion: ‘Pray For Peace. Pray for Ukraine’
Demonstrators Thursday morning at the Harlem Avenue overpass of the Kennedy Expressway. | Mitch Dudek/Sun-Times “I don’t know what’s worse, being over there and being in danger or being here and knowing that we can’t do anything, really,” said Oleksiy Vynnytskyy, 28, an urgent care nurse from Wheeling. Waving flags of blue and yellow, about 100 Ukrainians gathered on … [Read more...] about Ukrainians in Chicago protest Russian invasion: ‘Pray For Peace. Pray for Ukraine’
Emerson String Quartet — ‘the finest in the world’ — playing Chicago one last time
The Emerson String Quartet — Paul Watkins (from left), Lawrence Dutton, Philip Setzer and Eugene Drucker. | Jürgen Frank The quartet is undertaking a kind of farewell tour, which includes what is billed as its final stop in Chicago. No objective, scientific tool exists to measure musical greatness, but many critics and audiences have concurred for several decades that … [Read more...] about Emerson String Quartet — ‘the finest in the world’ — playing Chicago one last time