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For those who followed Boo Buie’s remarkable career with the Wildcats, it might be a bit surprising to see him on the NBA’s pay-no-mind list so soon after it ended — and in his own backyard, no less.
How good is he? Good enough that he might be bad coach–proof.
Ready or not, trillions of the five-eyed beasties are about to descend — or rather, emerge — upon Illinois.
Moms benefit from knowing women who not only understand their struggles, but also have kids who get along with their own. I asked some mom friends of mine for advice on where and how to meet other parents.
A documentary series on Black Chicagoans’ struggles to gain equal access to good jobs could help to push back against those who say there are jobs that no Americans want — forgetting about a pool of Black workers that remains underutilized.
The Chicago Teachers Union is set for its own lobby day to ask for money for Chicago schools. But coming to town with two weeks left can mean settling for leftovers, and if the budget is as tight as the governor says, there may not be any leftovers for CPS.
Now that I am 80 years old and climbing an actuarial table, Mom’s memory blossoms in my garden of her favorite pale pink roses, creeping into the quiet of my living room at dusk. I’m flooded with memories of her boundless affection, strict but quiet parenting, and some of the questions I had failed to ask.
NBA
Too many injuries and too much interference from the refs hurt what should be the highlight of basketball season — the playoffs.
The Guardians have no business being 10 games over .500 and leading a surprisingly decent-looking American League Central, but here they are. Boy, the White Sox could learn a thing or two.
ABC, ESPN+ series documents the joys, pressures of three stars during historic era for women’s college basketball.
‘The X is the event,’ Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told the Chicago Sun-Times about the location, which will be the central hub for about 60 agencies involved in designing and implementing convention security.
Letitia Wright stars as a Nigerian woman who flees to Ireland and befriends a lonely ex-con (Josh O’Connor) as she pursues asylum.
With Mother’s Day coming Sunday, remembering a powerful 2016 commercial from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
NFL
As a Netflix roast proves, there’s no such thing as too much fame for the former NFL star.
Action scenes thrill and the visuals stun in overlong but entertaining chapter of the simian franchise.
Despite dropping out of the race after Super Tuesday, Haley’s ghost continues to haunt Trump in some very significant and, for him, ominous ways.
As Hulu series details, the famous, the semi-famous and the ordinary got together on the platform for comedy as well as comfort
A new report from the Alliance for Entrepreneurial Equity finds that Black business owners still face barriers that keep them from thriving, such as lack of access to capital.
President Joe Biden hits Chicago Wednesday for a fundraiser after a stop in Racine, where his visit will spotlight one of Donald Trump’s economic flops, the failed Foxconn plant, which never employed the promised 13,000 workers.
None of the national experts has even talked with Underwood yet, he says, so their “way-too-early” rankings aren’t worrying him. Besides, the demands of a nonstop job create enough stress as it is.
It’s equal parts psychological horror film, 1990s TV nostalgia trip, coming of age story and dysphoria allegory.
Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly keep morphing their characters in visually stunning tale of different Chicagos in the multiverse.