The five-year-plus legal battle between Chance The Rapper and his former manager, Pat Corcoran ended Friday as a Cook County jury found Corcoran had failed to prove he was owed the $3.8 million in unpaid commissions and royalties he sought in his lawsuit against his former friend and business partner. "I claim victory in the name of the. Lord," Chance, real ...

MESA, Ariz. Pete Crow-Armstrong, Alex Bregman and Daniel Palencia are wearing Cubbie blue again. Their Team USA and Venezuela uniforms are in storage now that the World Baseball Classic is over, although Palencia proudly wore a Venezuela jersey walking into the Cubs clubhouse Friday after the teams day off.Even though Venezuela defeated the USA in the ...

MESA, Ariz. Craig Counsell marveled at the power. There will be more where that came from, he said.The topic was left-handed-hitting catcher Moises Ballesteros 441- and 423-foot homers against the Angels in a Cactus League game Tuesday at Sloan Park.Moises has shown more of the same of what he did last year in the short stint with us, Counsell said. Hes a ...

One of the biggest stories to come out of election day was that several candidates with the most money came up short.The obvious example is the race for U.S. Senate, where U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi reportedly spent $29 million on TV ads and benefited from another $10 million spent by the crypto industry against Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton. Stratton was ...

TEMPE, Ariz. Before Shane Smiths final spring-training start, manager Will Venable wanted his Opening Day starter to get back to his strike-throwing ways.Hes got such good stuff, and [I] want to see it play in the zone, Venable said. Thats been something hes gone in and out of stretches this camp doing.Smith didnt heed his skippers advice. He hit the first ...

In late January, during the heart of the season, the Sun-Times wrangled Illinois mens basketball coach Brad Underwood into a phone call to pester him about being one victory shy of his 100th in the Big Ten.It was a subject better saved for later, he said at the time. Too much hooping going on. Still, he ended up recalling a couple of really big wins along ...

A man has been charged with murder and arson in connection with the fire Monday in Rogers Park that resulted in a firefighters death.Sheaves Slate, 27, faces two counts of murder, one count of aggravated arson injuring a firefighter and one count of residential arson. He was arrested on an unrelated arrest warrant Wednesday at Thorek Memorial Hospital, ...

In Tre Jones universe the basketball gods are just.They dont reward tanking or smile upon franchises that purposely try to lose games.So while the point guard is very aware of many in the Bulls fan base, media, and maybe in his own building pulling for losses in order to help the organizations draft lottery odds, he refuses to operate in that space.I ...

Sheridan Gorman and her friends took an early morning stroll to the pier close to Tobey Prinz Beach on Thursday, hoping to capture some photos with a view of the skyline.When they got there, a masked gunman emerged from the shadows" and fired a single shot, according to a Chicago police report.One of Gormans friends who witnessed the shooting told the ...

When photographer Karen Glaser was a kid, her hero was Johnny Weissmuller, the Olympic swimmer turned actor who played Tarzan on the silver screen.She swam every chance she got and was drawn to oceans and lakes her entire life.Ms. Glaser, a longtime photography and dark room instructor at Columbia College Chicago, was living in Logan Square when she ...

Muslims around Chicago celebrated Eid al-Fitr Friday as they brought the Islamic holy month of Ramadan to a close.Eid is a time of celebration typically marked with prayer, food, sweets and family gatherings. The holiday comes after Muslims spent Ramadan abstaining from food and drink during daylight hours while spending their nights praying or reading the ...

Josh Robertson remembers the first time his family saw a food delivery robot. It was out of the window of their Lincoln Park home, bumbling along across the street.It felt futuristic, Robertson said.But he said that amusement wore off the first time they needed to step out of a robots way on the sidewalk.That immediately raised a lot of questions for me, ...

The Chicago Transit Authority is suing the federal government over withholding $2 billion in funding earmarked to extend the Red Line to 130th Street.The lawsuit filed Friday alleges the feds are harming Chicago residents by withholding the money for the Red Line extension and the Red and Purple Modernization project on the North Side. The lawsuit was filed ...

Leaders at a Chicago public school named after Cesar Chavez, who co-founded the United Farm Workers, have started a process that could change the schools name. This comes after a New York Times investigation published Wednesday found that Chavez groomed young girls who worked in the movement. Chicago Public Schools officials say leaders at Cesar E. Chavez ...

TAMPA, Fla. Jaylen Petty scored 24 points, Christian Anderson added 18 and fifth-seeded Texas Tech beat No. 12 seed Akron 91-71 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday.The Red Raiders (23-10) will face fourth-seeded Alabama or No. 13 seed Hofstra in the second round in the Midwest Region on Sunday.Playing without All-America guard JT Toppin, ...

Ben Johnson did a lot in his first year as Bears coach, and the list of achievements ranges from redefining the teams wayward culture to setting quarterback Caleb Williams on an upward trajectory. Few things impressed, though, as much as his ability to be a problem solver.That should be an absolute job requirement for any coach, but his predecessors couldnt ...

The spring break travel period is usually one of the busiest. But this year's could be more chaotic for a couple reasons.Gasoline prices have spiked due to the war in Iran. And airport security wait times have been unpredictable as Transportation Security Administration employees work without pay due during a partial government shutdown.That could be ...

Motorola Solutions Inc. is seeking more than $200 million in restitution from a Chinese telecom company already hammered with hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties for stealing trade secrets.Hytera Communications Co. was sentenced earlier this month to five years of probation after pleading guilty in a criminal case brought in federal court in ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. The White Sox returned Rule 5 draft pick right-hander Alexander Alberto to the Rays on Thursday after placing him on waivers.Alberto offered potential as a high-velocity arm in the bullpen, but he couldnt harness it in the strike zone. Alberto had a miserable spring training, posting a 10.80 ERA with nearly as many walks (four) as ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) James Jimmy Gracey, a college student from Illinois who was found dead after going missing while in Barcelona on a break, was likely the victim of an accident, Spanish regional police said Friday.Graceys body was found Thursday afternoon in the waters off a beach, near where he was last seen outside a Barcelona nightclub with his ...

When Jordan Nickel painted his mural in Union Station in 2024, he thought it would be a temporary installation in the Amtrak waiting area.Now, Amtrak representatives say they have no plans to take it down.Thats fine with Nickel, who as a child rode trains as a low-cost way to explore Chicago and the nation and remembers sleeping overnight in train stations. ...

LAS VEGAS John Phillips Sr. barnstormed around the country, playing first base and pitching for the Hernando Black Giants, loosely affiliated with the Homestead Grays of the Negro Leagues.He befriended Cool Papa Bell, Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige, and even played 20 games for the Grays. In 1955, his athletic days over, Phillips and wife Verna left ...

We asked readers what kind of museum is missing from Chicago? Heres some of what you told us, lightly edited for clarity."Retail museum dedicated to Sears, Montgomery Ward, Marshall Field, Spiegel, etc. All the big old Chicago stores." Bonnie Richardson"A Chicago Blues Museum, preferably at the former Chess Records location on South Michigan Avenue." ...

Lincoln Park Zoo welcomed a baby eastern black rhinoceros Thursday, helping to add to the critically endangered species population as part of a specialized breeding program.The zoos 20-year-old rhino Kapuki gave birth to the female calf at 4:52 a.m. Thursday, zoo staff said in a statement.The calf weighed about 60 pounds at birth, and took her first steps ...

A CBA agreement between WNBA players and the league has brought a moment of collective exhale. The weight of uncertainty has been lifted, and there is a sense of forward motion in the world of women's basketball.For the first time, the leagues best players can make over $1 million stateside, while minimum salaries have risen to a respectable $270,000.Fans ...