Billy Corgan reboots an old favorite, the National Wrestling Alliance
Billy Corgan has a plan to resurrect an old favorite, a project tinged with nostalgia, yet firmly with an eye on sparking a new generation of fans. Ah, yes, reuniting the classic Smashing Pumpkins...
View ArticleMan shot, critically wounded in East Garfield Park
A man was shot and critically wounded Saturday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, authorities said. About 2:45 p.m., officers were called to the 3900 block of West Van Buren Street on the West...
View ArticleIn Vietnam, Trump blasts critics on Russia as 'haters,' appears to call N....
President Donald Trump on Sunday ridiculed North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as "short and fat," and he lashed out at critics of his relationship with Russia's leader, saying they are "haters and...
View ArticleRoy Moore's refusal to exit Alabama Senate race reflects diminished power of...
Roy Moore's refusal to bow out of Alabama's special election for a Senate seat is the latest demonstration of the diminished power of congressional leaders and other, once-powerful institutions in...
View ArticleGeorge Takei, Richard Dreyfuss respond to allegations of sexual misconduct
George Takei took to Twitter on Saturday to deny groping a male model and Richard Dreyfuss said he never exposed himself to a female writer helping him with a TV script, both back in the 1980s. Takei,...
View ArticleNotre Dame's playoff hopes blown away by Hurricanes
Suffice to say, the pregame atmosphere for this renewal of the "Catholics vs. Convicts" rivalry was one Knute Rockne would not have recognized. During warmups, Miami players bounced to hip-hop music...
View ArticleMan arrested in South Loop following nearby road rage incident
A 38-year-old man got out of his car to confront another driver in the South Side's Bronzeville neighborhood when he saw the motorist flash a handgun Friday morning, Chicago police said. The...
View ArticleEmbarrassing loss to the Packers certainly should clinch John Fox's firing
The Bears’ final regular-season game will be played Dec. 31, which means John Fox’s “Black Monday’’ should be Jan. 1. So, yeah, an early happy new year, Bears fans. If the Bears really wanted to do...
View Article5 teens arrested in Markham after alleged Hammond carjacking
Five teens were arrested in Markham Saturday after allegedly crashing a vehicle stolen from a Lyft ride-sharing driver in Hammond, police said. The incident started in Hammond, when four of the teens...
View ArticleCubs have appealing young position players to offer in trade
The need for pitching — particularly starting pitching — is too obvious for the Cubs to ignore, even though to obtain it they realize they will need to sacrifice one of their prized young players. For...
View ArticleTrump's agenda at stake as misconduct allegations against Roy Moore turn...
Three days after allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls hit Alabama’s Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, the race has become a toss-up that threatens President Trump’s agenda in...
View ArticleFired-up Fox Valley veterans burn Bears, Packers jerseys in protest
Neither rain nor sleet nor a storied football rivalry could keep an angry group of local patriots from turning out on a dank Sunday afternoon during the Bears/Packers game to burn their football...
View ArticleEx-Illinois star Brandon Paul savors opportunity with Spurs as 26-year-old...
At last month’s Bulls home opener, Brandon Paul saw familiarity wherever he looked. From his spot on the Spurs bench, he watched an opponent he cheered for while growing up in the north suburbs and...
View ArticleTrump's chief of staff: 'I do not follow the tweets'
Hours after President Trump taunted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Twitter, suggesting he is "short and fat," the White House chief of staff insisted he doesn’t carefully follow Trump's comments...
View ArticleSeven ways Wisconsin's playoff chances got a boost (Ohio State's, too)
Four things we learned after a weekend that had to leave Big Ten boss Jim Delany delirious with delight: 1. Notre Dame did the Big Ten a solid by losing. Heading into the weekend, a potentially 13-0...
View ArticleLiz Smith, gossip columnist who dished on the boldfaced-name set, dies at 94
Liz Smith started her gossip career in the early 1950s writing about Shelley Winters for a pulp movie magazine and ended it nearly seven decades later tweeting about actor Ryan Gosling. In between,...
View ArticleTexas town holds 1st Sunday service since church attack
Hundreds of mourners crowded into the tiny town of Sutherland Springs for the first Sunday service since a gunman stormed the First Baptist Church a week earlier, killing more than two dozen people in...
View ArticleLoss to Packers likely point of no return for John Fox
As defenses go, the one Bears coach John Fox offered Sunday at Soldier Field after the Bears' 23-16 loss was as flimsy as the one he saw flailing all day against the Packers. "In nine games, two of...
View ArticleBears' outlook gloomy after dispiriting 23-16 home loss to shorthanded Packers
An air of familiarity swept across Soldier Field on Sunday afternoon, the mood matching Chicago's mid-November weather. Gloomy and gray with no break in the clouds. This wasn't what the Bears...
View ArticleBear fact: A good defense wouldn’t get put away by Brett Hundley
So much for the idea that the Bears would have the upper hand on the Packers without Aaron Rodgers. We can dismiss that thought immediately, and this is probably a good point to push back any...
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