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Bears

Once the Bears land Caleb Williams, the real work — and pressure — begins

Matt Eberflus is under more pressure to win than your average coach with the No. 1 overall pick. That’s saying something.

By Patrick Finley

White Sox and Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and the logos for SportsVision and Stadium.

Sports Media

With Stadium, Jerry Reinsdorf can create something he couldn’t 40 years ago

Cubs

Cubs reliever Mark Leiter Jr.'s family makes history, while he starts season strong in pivotal role

Bulls

Bulls get chance for revenge against Heat in Miami

Blackhawks

Connor Bedard assesses rookie season with Blackhawks: 'I was OK'

From our columnists

White Sox

Tim Anderson on his rise and fall with the White Sox and trying to 'get back to the player I used to be'

Anderson talked smack, flipped bats and became the coolest thing about a Sox team seemingly headed for great things. Then it all went “poof.” In town with the Marlins, he discussed it on Thursday.

By Steve Greenberg

Kamilla Cardoso wears a T-shirt and ballcap that both read "National Champions" as she stands on a ladder next to a basketball net and holds a piece cut from it.

Chicago Sky and WNBA

Sky earn a B- for draft: They got big names, but they're big projects

Kamilla Cardoso and Angel Reese will fill seats, but their games need further development.

By Annie Costabile

Bulls

One question about the Bulls and Hawks meeting in a play-in game: Do they have to?

The very concept that a Bulls team frozen in borderline irrelevance, let alone a Hawks squad that’s even worse, could eventually give the top-seeded Celtics any sort of difficulty in a best-of-seven series is farcical.

By Steve Greenberg

Rendering of a proposed new White Sox ballpark at The 78.

Sports

Chicago stadiums, arenas and real estate make for a playground for the wealthy

We all love sports teams, but regular people don’t own the buildings or the land they frolic upon. We just pay homage to the teams — and to the power-laden who own them.

By Rick Telander

White Sox

If only the White Sox had what the Reds have, instead of having … nothing

Not to tell new Sox general manager Chris Getz how to do his job, but he probably should go out and find at least one superstar talent who actually can stay on the field. You know, just a thought.

By Steve Greenberg

College Sports

DePaul's Chris Holtmann got off the mat and went back to work — like never before

After being fired for the first time in his career, Holtmann wanted to unplug from basketball. Instead, he plugged back in.

By Steve Greenberg

A crowd of pedestrians react as they watch the Jumbotron television screen in New York's Times Square, Oct. 3, 1995, and the news that O.J. Simpson was found not guilty of killing Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

Columnists

O.J. Simpson is gone, but the division his life reflected remains

The legacy Orenthal James Simpson leaves behind is painful, a study of what truly drives American culture.

By Scoop Jackson

Columnists

The varied memories of O.J. Simpson come busting through

Has there ever been an athlete — I could almost say, has there ever been a man? — who rose to such a peak in life and then descended into such a valley?

By Rick Telander

Sports Media

What are the top 5 streaming sports add-ons for Chicago fans?

The Cubs and White Sox return to Apple TV+ this month, but fans might not get the bang for their buck. However, a few other streamers that air our teams are worth the money.

By Jeff Agrest

White Sox

There's nothing surprising about the White Sox' awful start — not the losses, not the injuries

Bad players and an owner who doesn’t care are a recipe for disaster.

By Rick Morrissey

College Sports

2005 Illini head our list of Big Ten's best men's basketball teams since Michigan State won it all in 2000

The Big Ten’s national-title drought is nearing the quarter-century mark, but the conference has seen lots of elite teams since young Tom Izzo led the Spartans to the mountaintop. Here are the top 10.

By Steve Greenberg

College Sports

Caitlin Clark scored more than everyone, but context is needed

Records come, records go. Clark is deserving of plaudits, but an explanation of the scoring record requires a deeper dive.

By Rick Telander

NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament - National Championship

College Sports

In the year of the favorite, South Carolina beats Iowa, Caitlin Clark for a national title

Women’s and men’s tournaments come down to the best teams.

By Rick Morrissey

College Sports

Final Four brings women's basketball to one defining moment

Not since Magic vs. Bird has the sport been so redefined.

By Scoop Jackson

Top sports headlines

Chicago No Limits Fishing opens fishing and boating for people with disabilities

Blackhawks rally, then crumble, in season-ending loss to Kings

With ACL recovery on track, Blackhawks’ Taylor Hall used lost season to ‘refresh mentally’

You can put it on the board ... no! Numbers don't look so good for White Sox

Opening game of Marlins-Cubs series postponed; split doubleheader scheduled for Saturday

NHL approves Coyotes' move from Arizona to Salt Lake City

Simone Biles thought 'world is going to hate me' after she left team final at Tokyo Games

Simone Biles: 'Nothing foul' about comments made by her husband, new Bear Jonathan Owens

High school sports

Homewood-Flossmoor's Bryce Heard (2) lines up a three during the Vikings' IHSA Class 4A state championship victory.

Highlights and observations from RecruitLook, the first major high school basketball event of the spring

By Joe Henricksen

Diamond DeShields models the Chicago Sky's rebel jersey.

Chicago Sky and WNBA

Sky release new Rebel edition uniform

The new uniform features light-blue coloring, silver piping and a white gradient throughout, meant to exemplify “infinite possibilities.”

By Annie Costabile

Outdoors

Go & Show: Decoys and sporting collectibles show and a film festival are things to see

The North American Decoys & Sporting Collectibles Show opens Tuesday and runs through April 27 while the One Earth Film Festival is going at varied sites through Tuesday, April 23.

By Dale Bowman

Bulls

Bulls dominate Hawks to advance in play-in tournament

Coby White led with a career-high 42 points, and the Bulls will face the Heat on Friday for the No. 8 seed in the East.

By Joe Cowley

Sports Media

Jerry Reinsdorf’s timing for new RSN isn’t great, but it shouldn’t stop him: expert

“It may be the best option available,” Marc Ganis, the co-founder and CEO of Chicago-based Sportscorp Ltd., said Wednesday. “Sometimes you just have to take the best option available, even if it’s not ideal.”

By Jeff Agrest

Blackhawks

Blackhawks' Joey Anderson quietly enjoyed career breakthrough by not obsessing about it

Anderson became a full-time NHL player for the first time on the 2023-24 Hawks, and he did so by not focusing so singularly on that exact objective.

By Ben Pope

Salvador Perez of the Kansas City Royals

White Sox

A 'surreal' start for Jonathan Cannon marks two good debuts in a row for White Sox pitchers

Cannon, who allowed three hits, struck out three and walked one, threw 54 pitches for strikes.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

White Sox

White Sox snap six-game losing streak, cap wonky week with doubleheader split vs. Royals

The Sox went 1-for-16 with runners in scoring position, scored four runs but pulled out a doubleheader split.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

Bulls

Bulls' Ayo Dosunmu, Andre Drummond get OK for play-in game against Hawks

Andre Drummond (left ankle) and Ayo Dosunmu (right quadriceps) were sidelined at the end of the regular season, but they were cleared for the game vs. Atlanta, giving coach Billy Donovan some much-needed depth.

By Joe Cowley

Cubs

Cubs roster moves shore up bullpen before series finale against the Diamondbacks

The Cubs optioned Daniel Palencia and Luke Little and brought up Hayden Wesneski and Colten Brewer.

By Maddie Lee

Cubs

Cubs' Hayden Wesneski replaces bad memories at Chase Field with bullpen-saving performance

The Cubs claimed a series win against the Diamondbacks with a 5-3 victory on Wednesday.

By Maddie Lee

Crime

Man charged with trafficking stolen Masters golf memorabilia

Richard Brendan Globensky allegedly transported stolen Masters golf tournament merchandise and memorabilia from the Augusta National Gold Club in Georgia between 2009 and 2022.

By Sun-Times Wire

White Sox

White Sox' Yoan Moncada heading to Arizona soon to begin rehab from adductor strain

“I never thought my season would be over,” Moncada said.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

NFL

Thanks partly to NIL, fewer underclassmen enter NFL Draft

This month’s draft features 58 early entrants, the lowest number of players to enter the draft with college eligibility remaining since 2011.

By Associated Press

Bears

Bears hire Chiefs executive Ted Crews to run public relations ahead of QB Caleb Williams' likely arrival

In their search to find someone who can steer the team through the tremendous amount of attention it’ll be getting, they chose an executive who worked with Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.

By Jason Lieser

Bears

QB decision is Bears GM Ryan Poles' moment of truth

After a teardown and promising first steps of the rebuild, Poles’ future still hinges on getting the quarterback right. It’s a daunting task, but with the No. 1 pick and recently acquired playmakers, Poles has opportunities to develop a franchise QB that his predecessors didn’t have.

By Mark Potash

NBA

Raptors' Jontay Porter gets lifetime ban from NBA

A league investigation found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and bet on games.

By Associated Press

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry

Olympic Sports

LeBron James, Stephen Curry lead USA Olympics men's basketball team

The group has seven players with 10 combined Olympic gold medals.

By Associated Press

MLB

Woman who accused Trevor Bauer of sexual assault is now charged with defrauding ex-MLB player

An indictment in Arizona charges the woman with fraud and theft by extortion, both felonies, but doesn’t provide specific details about the alleged crimes. It says Bauer and one other person were defrauded in a scheme that potentially spanned several years.

By Associated Press

Leroy Bowman holds one of the more than 1,000 comforters he pieced and sewed for the Mennonite Central Committee.

Outdoors

Picking at memories of a long life: Leroy Bowman, who has died at age 95, did it all

My dad, Leroy Bowman, whom I credit with much of my love of the outdoors, led a full life filled with anomalies: deer hunting, ordained Mennonite deacon, quarryman, trout fishing, raising six kids. He died at 95 over the solar-eclipse weekend and the memories bubble up.

By Dale Bowman

Blackhawks

Analyzing Lukas Reichel's difficult Blackhawks season, what he improved and what he didn't

The soon-to-be 22-year-old forward struggled throughout most of the year, although he did at least improve his ability to move on from mistakes.

By Ben Pope