The sacrifices have been many for the Bulls, as the league pauses for All-Star Weekend. Don’t expect the asking price for winning to change after the break, either. Coach Billy Donovan won’t allow it, and veteran DeMar DeRozan won’t stand for it. There’s a reason Billy Donovan felt compelled to use words like “grateful’’ and “appreciative’’ when describing his feelings about … [Read more...] about Bulls prepared to continue the winning push after the All-Star break
U.S. women’s Olympics hockey team settles for silver after 3-2 loss to Canada
Canada goalkeeper Ann-Renee Desbiens raises her fist as the team receives their gold medals. | Matt Slocum/AP Canada won gold for the fifth time in seven chances. BEIJING — Canada’s Captain Clutch, Marie-Philip Poulin, delivered at the Olympics again. Poulin scored twice, including her third gold-medal clinching goal, and Canada reclaimed its place atop the women’s … [Read more...] about U.S. women’s Olympics hockey team settles for silver after 3-2 loss to Canada
Steve Cunneen, who ran Cunneen’s tavern for almost half a century, dead at 86
Steve Cunneen ran Cunneen’s bar at 1424 W. Devon Ave. for nearly half a century. | Carly Behm / The Phoenix ‘He never wanted it to be a sports bar, people yelling at the television,’ his wife said of the Devon Avenue bar. ‘He just wanted a place people could talk.’ When she was 20 and he was 42, Belinda Plemons was working as a bartender for Steve Cunneen, a no-nonsense … [Read more...] about Steve Cunneen, who ran Cunneen’s tavern for almost half a century, dead at 86
Man charged with stalking Lightfoot after allegedly firing weapon while being trailed by cops
A 37-year-old man has been charged with stalking Mayor Lori Lightfoot. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file Joseph Igartua first came on the police department’s radar on Sunday when he tried to deliver a “rambling” letter to the mayor’s home while he was armed with a handgun, a source said. A man accused of stalking Mayor Lori Lightfoot was arrested Wednesday after allegedly … [Read more...] about Man charged with stalking Lightfoot after allegedly firing weapon while being trailed by cops
‘Downfall’: Chilling documentary makes a case that Boeing’s greed cost hundreds of lives
The cause of two fatal crashes of the 737 Max jet (pictured during a test flight in 2020) is explained in the documentary “Downfall: The Case Against Boeing.” | Elaine Thompson/AP The facts about the 737 Max are gripping enough in a Netflix film that’s far from flashy. Before the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster of 1986, the vast majority of us had never heard of … [Read more...] about ‘Downfall’: Chilling documentary makes a case that Boeing’s greed cost hundreds of lives