Sports Saturday

Sky operating chairman/co-owner Nadia Rawlinson confident in team's direction: 'This is our era'

Rawlinson hopes to make an announcement regarding the team’s plans for an individual practice facility before the 2024 season begins.

By Annie Costabile

High School Basketball

College basketball transfer portal chock full of area players

Once again, there are dozens of players with local ties moving on from their previous college stops in search of a better or different opportunity.

By Joe Henricksen

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White Sox

Bettors knew White Sox would be bad, but they’re worse than expected

Sports Saturday

Solid FX doc 'Broken Horses' offers answers on why the animals keep dying young

Outdoors

Chicago outdoors: Turkey and shed story along with record youth turkey harvest

Bulls

A long offseason begins as Bulls fall to Heat in final play-in game

Bulls

Bulls coach Billy Donovan sees plenty of room for a healthy Lonzo Ball

Ball hasn’t played since the 2021-22 season. Since that time, Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu have emerged as legit scorers. Has the guard room gotten too crowded? Donovan doesn’t think so.

By Joe Cowley

Cubs

Polling Place: Is it time for the Cubs to pull Kyle Hendricks from the rotation?

Other poll questions: Do you wish Tim Anderson were still with the White Sox? And how sure are you that Caleb Williams is the best QB in next week’s NFL Draft?

By Steve Greenberg

Blackhawks

Analyzing most encouraging, discouraging aspects of Blackhawks’ 2023-24 season

From Connor Bedard to Lukas Reichel, from Alex Vlasic to Arvid Soderblom, from leadership to coaching, the Hawks’ just-finished season was full of good and bad signs for the future.

By Ben Pope

A boatload of people, including two children in life vests, enjoy an outing with Chicago No Limits Fishing on a boat last.

Outdoors

This Chicago fishing group opens the outdoors for people with disabilities

Chicago No Limits Fishing provides boating and fishing experiences around downtown on Lake Michigan and the Chicago River.

By Dale Bowman

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

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

Bears

Mock draft: Bears go for USC QB Caleb Williams first, but who's next?

Sitting at Nos. 1 and 9, Bears general manager Ryan Poles has a huge opportunity next week.

By Jason Lieser

Sports Saturday

Sportsbooks expecting boon from increased soccer action this summer

With the pandemic bumping Euro 2020 to 2021 and the funkiness of Qatar 2022 shifting the World Cup to December, Vegas shops will welcome the sport’s return to normalcy.

By Rob Miech

Chicago Sky and WNBA

WNBA Mock Draft: Who will be selected after Caitlin Clark goes No. 1?

This year’s draft class had the potential to be a total bust because several stars, including Clark, could have opted to return to college for a fifth season.

By Annie Costabile

Chicago Sky and WNBA

Kamilla Cardoso and Angel Reese could end up in Sky uniforms this season

The Sky own the No. 3 and No. 8 overall picks, a result of some costly dealmaking by first-year general manager Jeff Pagliocca.

By Annie Costabile

Outdoors

Chicago outdoors: Sandhills in snowy Nebraska, Morel of the Week begins and a monarch

Sandhill cranes on a visit to the Platte River area of Nebraska, the first Morel of the Week this year and an early sighting of a monarch butterfly are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

By Dale Bowman

Bulls

Bulls use mostly reserves, backups to beat Wizards

Coach Billy Donovan used the game to rest DeMar DeRozan, Nikola Vucevic and Alex Caruso. That meant an opportunity for rookie Adama Sanogo and veteran Jevon Carter to shine.

By Joe Cowley

Sports Saturday

With play-in game approaching, Bulls have to balance rest and rhythm

Locked into the No. 9 spot and set for a home play-in game against the Hawks, Billy Donovan used Friday’s game against the Wizards to rest his core three.

By Joe Cowley

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

College Sports

Polling Place: How will No. 1 pick Caitlin Clark fare in the WNBA? And should the Sky draft Angel Reese?

Also, we asked how excited you are to see the Bulls in the NBA’s play-in tournament. Let’s just say voters didn’t struggle to contain themselves.

By Steve Greenberg

Outdoors

Wandering around southern Illinois: Painted bikes, caves, Tecumseh and rattlers

I traveled around southern Illinois at some new sites as an offshoot of covering the total solar eclipse. It brought a sharp reminder of just how much that region brings to our outdoors world.

By Dale Bowman

Outdoors

Digging details of nature and the total solar eclipse

Here are some more nuggets related to the nature world from the total solar eclipse on Monday.

By Dale Bowman

Bears

Bears GM Ryan Poles should stress quality over quantity in draft

With only four picks, the temptation to parlay No. 9 into additional picks will be tempting. But with Caleb Williams the presumptive No. 1, plus Montez Sweat and Keenan Allen, Poles is assured of a productive draft.

By Mark Potash

College Sports

Polling Place: Here are your men's and women's NCAA Tournament picks — and preferences

Caitlin Clark and the Hawkeyes have the most buzz on the women’s side — yes, it’s because she’s awesome — but the Gamecocks have yet to lose a game all season.

By Steve Greenberg

College Sports

Triton coach Brian Burns already making presence known by reaching national championship in first year

Burns has turned the Trojans into a legitimate national power at the highest level of junior-college basketball.

By Joe Henricksen