Julio Cruz, the second baseman who crossed home plate with the run that clinched the White Sox’ 1983 AL West Division championship, died Tuesday. He was 67. | Chicago White Sox “Igniter, catalyst, caring teammate” scored winning run in division clincher at Comiskey Park. Julio Cruz, the second baseman who crossed home plate with the run that clinched the White Sox’ 1983 … [Read more...] about Julio Cruz, second baseman on White Sox’ 1983 division champion, dies at 67
While Rome burns, Rob Manfred and MLB owners play their fiddles
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred answers questions during an owners’ meeting earlier this month in Orlando. | Julio Aguilar/Getty Images With baseball nosediving, now they draw a line in the sand? It’s not a good thing for a sport when, at the mere thought of Major League Baseball, its commissioner, his offspring, team owners, their progeny and wing-tipped … [Read more...] about While Rome burns, Rob Manfred and MLB owners play their fiddles
What Stephen Colbert learned in a Ukrainian Village barber’s chair
Stephen Colbert told his “Late Show” audience that he got a lesson in geopolitics while living in Ukrainian Village in 1991. | CBS Comedian knows Putin is wrong because of the haircutter who ‘did to my head what Russia wants to do to Ukraine.’ Stephen Colbert, whose been joking a lot lately about the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, revealed Tuesday on his “Late … [Read more...] about What Stephen Colbert learned in a Ukrainian Village barber’s chair
Church building damaged in extra-alarm fire in Albany Park, third fire in the neighborhood this week
A fire broke out at a church in Albany Park Feb. 23, 2022. | Chicago Fire Department No injuries were reported as fire crews continued to search the site. Firefighters battled an extra-alarm blaze at a church Wednesday afternoon in Albany Park — the third fire within a blocks of each other this week. The fire broke out around 1:30 p.m. at House on the Rock Church in … [Read more...] about Church building damaged in extra-alarm fire in Albany Park, third fire in the neighborhood this week
Reckless homicide charges filed in Lower Wacker hit-and-run crash that killed 70-year-old woman in 2020
The Leighton Criminal Courthouse | Sun-Times file photo Marcel Windham, 21, was arrested Tuesday after he was identified as driver who struck Christine Campbell’s car and continued without stopping, police said. A man has been charged with reckless homicide for a hit-and-run crash that killed a 70-year-old woman on Lower Wacker Drive in 2020. Marcel Windham, 21, was … [Read more...] about Reckless homicide charges filed in Lower Wacker hit-and-run crash that killed 70-year-old woman in 2020