BERLIN Breanna Stewart scored 22 points, Jackie Young added 18 and the U.S. beat France 97-79 on Sunday to win its fifth consecutive women's FIBA World Cup championship.The victory extended the Americans' streak to 36 straight World Cup wins, dating back to the semifinals of the 2006 World Cup, where they lost to Russia.By coming in second, France had its ...

Providence has fired coach Tyler Plantz in the middle of the football season.Doug Ternick, the Providence athletic director, sent the Sun-Times the following statement on Sunday:"Providence Catholic High School is announcing a transition in the leadership of its football program as we move in a new direction. The Celtics thank Coach Tyler Plantz for his ...

Brother Rice at Loyola was circled on the calendar of many high school football fans, and the Week 4 showdown lived up to all the expectations.The Ramblers won 27-24 on a 46-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Lee to Joe Haughey with 1:10 left.Both teams showcased high-level defenses, which is a rarity this season. High school football teams have been piling ...

The unprecedented comeback by Texas to knock off Ohio State moved the Longhorns to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll Sunday and pushed the Buckeyes out of the top five for the first time in two seasons.Oregon, meanwhile, plummeted 15 spots to No. 21, its lowest ranking in four years, after its 39-31 road loss to an Oklahoma State ...

A 15-year-old girl was charged with murder after a passenger was shoved from a moving CTA train on Labor Day.The girl, who wasn't named because she's under age, was arrested on Friday in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood and charged with murder, mob action and felony assault of a transit employee, Chicago police said in a statement. She was ordered ...

Robyn is still dancing on her own. At least, she did so for nearly two hours Saturday night at the United Center. With a backing band of synth-pop wizards perched on a platform behind her, the Swedish pop star was out in the open on a center thrust stage, doing her trademark shimmy and singing to the rafters on numbers like her 2010 megahit.All these years ...

If you look down enough alleys in Chicago, you will eventually see a cellist in a bowler hat. I know this is true, based on personal experience. In 2015, I was at the Glenwood Avenue Arts Festival in Rogers Park, heard the distinctive low rosined rumbling of a cello, turned my head and saw this fellow and his instrument.I later wrote something. At the ...

A man stole a United States Postal Service truck Saturday evening in the Loop. Chicago police said. A USPS worker exited the mail truck to make a delivery around 7:50 p.m. in the 1100 block of South State Street when the man got in the truck and drove away. The worker called police, and officers spotted the truck and tried to pull it over. But the truck ...

A 22-year-old man was fatally shot early Sunday in the Fuller Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.The man was inside a car at around 4 a.m. in the 4200 block of South Wentworth Avenue when two cars pulled up alongside and several people in both vehicles fired shots at the man, according to police.. The man, shot in his chest and shoulder, was pronounced ...

Please send additions and corrections to mobrien@suntimes.com.Thursday, Sept. 17BLUE SOUTHWashington at Back of the Yards, 4:15RED NORTHUP-Bronzeville vs. Muchin at Lane, 7:30RED SOUTHVocational vs. Corliss at Eckersall, 4:15WHITE CENTRALDunbar vs. Collins at Rockne, 7:30WHITE NORTHLake View vs. Clemente at Lane, 4:15Schurz vs. Foreman at Hanson, 4:15WHITE ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Bears backup quarterback Tyson Bagent is available sort of for their season opener against the Panthers on Sunday because of a back injury.Bagent is inactive, leaving veteran Case Keenum as the backup to Caleb Williams, but the Bears designated him as the emergency third quarterback instead of undrafted rookie Miller Moss. Moss was with ...

The crowded field of candidates running for mayor of Chicago is almost certain to narrow after the Oct. 26 filing deadline and the petition challenges that are likely to follow.But for now, 12 candidates are vying for the job and circulating nominating petitions in hopes of gathering the required 12,500 signatures, and perhaps at least twice that number, to ...

After months of deliberation, Mayor Brandon Johnson on Sunday set out on the uphill road to reelection portraying himself as the only legitimate progressive in the crowded 2027 mayoral race.The mayor plans to make the long-awaited announcement Sunday afternoon at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, a nod to his efforts to overturn ...

Jeff Blashill exudes the strongest aura of any Blackhawks coach since Joel Quenneville.His personality matches that of a quintessential NHL coach, and he operates with a matching amount of confidence. While Jeremy Colliton was a little too nerdy, Derek King a little too carefree, Luke Richardson a little too nice and Anders Sorensen a little too reserved, ...

They dont check all the boxes, at least those that new Bulls coach Tiago Splitter and executive vice president Bryson Graham want checked.When you compete on the defense end, your team typically competes harder, Graham said this offseason.Hey, guards, are you listening?With Bulls camp a little over two weeks away, the spotlight will be on the backcourt the ...

DEAR ABBY: I am a person with a million-dollar heart and a 5-cent bank account. I have big dreams that I know could change lives. I want to write a book about my experience with emotional abuse so I can help others heal. I also dream of starting a soda stand to build something tangible with my kids.The problem is that my current life is exhausting. I'm ...

WHEN THE BEARS HAVE THE BALLThe offseason has been a frenzy of hype about quarterback Caleb Williams, but coach Ben Johnson starts with the rushing attack and the multiplicity of his tight ends. This will be a big game for running back DAndre Swift and the tight end trio of Colston Loveland, Cole Kmet and Sam Roush.Swift could be the Bears top weapon. Hes ...

Moon Alert Caution! Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions after 9 a.m. After that, the moon moves from Libra into Scorpio.Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day .HoroscopeStarbox { background: #f8f8f8; display: flex; align-items: ...

ST. LOUIS Throughout losing nine of 12 games, matching a season-high four-game skid, and seeing their division lead over the Cleveland Guardians shrink to just half a game, White Sox players and coaches insisted that vibes remained high.They professed faith in the brand of baseball, the slugging-reliant offense, the piecemeal pitching staff and the loose ...

A woman and two teenagers were wounded in a shooting Saturday night in Chicago Lawn, according to Chicago police.A 37-year-old woman, a 17-year-old girl, and a 15-year-old boy were standing outside along the 7100 block of South Campbell Avenue at about 6:58 p.m. when two men fired multiple gunshots at them. The adult woman suffered gunshot wounds to her ...

Chicago police are investigating the death of a woman who was pulled from Lake Michigan on Friday.The unidentified woman was pronounced dead after her body was recovered from the water about 8 p.m. near the 300 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive, police said.Area 3 detectives are conducting an investigation, pending autopsy results, police said. No ...

Chicago police are investigating the death of a 1-year-old girl who was found wounded and unresponsive in West Ridge on Saturday morning, police said.The unidentified child was found with visible injuries to her lower body at about 11:40 a.m. along the 2600 block of West Rosemont Avenue, according to police.She was taken to Saint Francis Hospital in ...

Saturday was supposed to be a landmark day for Chief Keef fans. Fans from Chicago and beyond arrived at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in their best outfits to see the rapper's first show within the city limits in more than a decade.As massive groups of spectators lined up in front of the entrance for the Chief Keef Live 2026 Tour kickoff ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. With losses in nine of their last 12 games and their division lead shaved down to the bone, the announcement of Saturdays White Sox lineup seemed to reveal the kind of major shake-up for which the offenses September struggles had been calling.Colson Montgomery and Braden Montgomeryboth entering Saturday with an OPS under .600 for the ...

Westinghouse missed the IHSA playoffs last year and were dropped from the Public League's top Red division to the second tier this season.Neither development sat well with the Warriors, who are aiming to reestablish themselves as an upper-level team in the city."It definitely put a little chip on our shoulder for sure," junior two-way standout Ethan Wiley ...