No titles will be handed out Wednesday night, but No. 5 Illinois has an opportunity to showcase itself as one of the nation’s elite programs when it takes on No. 2 Baylor at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
After a dismal loss to the Green Bay Packers that extended the Chicago Bears losing streak to five games, many of the questions in Brad Biggs’ weekly Bears mailbag dealt with potential changes in the organization before next season.
As the Chicago Bulls prepare to start proving they are better than the 22 wins they notched in each of the past two seasons, here are four takeaways from the start of the virtual “media week” to kick off camp.
The Chicago Cubs face the strong possibility of cutting ties with ag8亚集团官方网站homegrown outfielders Kyle Schwarber and Albert Almora Jr. by Wednesday’s 7 p.m. deadline for tendering contracts to all remaining unsigned players.
A change of plea hearing for Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa’s DUI case has been scheduled for Dec. 21, a Maricopa County Justice Courts spokesman confirmed Tuesday. "The case should be fully adjudicated at that time with a plea of guilty to the charge(s) on the citation or as may be specified in a plea agreement which might be offered,” the spokesman wrote in an email to the Tribune.
Sunday night offered a reminder for anyone who had developed selective amnesia about Mitch Trubisky’s previous 44 starts for the Chicago Bears.
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