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Nobody cries like a bully. The big goon in the schoolyard, on the prowl for little kids to push down. Scattering books and kicking them. Snatching hats and throwing them in the mud. Then someone finally stands up to the …

During the White Sox’ visit to Atlanta in August, the Braves sold Chicago-style hot dogs at Truist Park. The Sox’ TV booth got a hold of one to show on the broadcast. Play-by-play voice John Schriffen held up the abnormally …

For a second consecutive season, Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson has declared he expects the team to take a step forward. Time will tell if this proclamation proves more accurate than the last. If it does, youth will be a …

Matt Eberflus doesn’t want to make this about him. It will be, though, when the only coach the Bears have ever fired midseason returns to Soldier Field on Sunday as the Cowboys’ defensive coordinator. He told Cowboys reporters Thursday that …

Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen really wanted to discuss anything Thursday but his unit allowing the fifth-most points in franchise history. Coming off a 52-21 loss to the Lions, he strongly preferred to look ahead to the game against the …

A federal judge on Thursday handed a 12-year prison sentence to a former Navy sailor who “raised his hand, not to swear an oath to the Constitution, but to participate in an attack” on Naval Station Great Lakes as payback …

Gov. JB Pritzker met and posed for a photo with a South Side anti-violence worker several days before the man allegedly took part in a Mag Mile smash-and-grab robbery that killed a man on his way to work. Court records …

Los federales dicen que los agentes de inmigración están arrestando a “los peores de los peores” durante una agresiva campaña de deportación que se lanzó a principios de este mes en el área de Chicago. La administración del presidente Donald …

Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Thursday, Sept. 18 PUBLIC BLUE CENTRAL Kelly 28, Gage Park 12 Washington vs. Back of the Yards at Eckersall PUBLIC BLUE NORTHWEST Foreman 44, Steinmetz 0 PUBLIC BLUE SOUTHEAST Hansberry vs. Bowen at …

El propietario de la antigua planta de energía de carbón Fisk desea demoler más de una docena de estructuras alrededor de la instalación, un proyecto que requerirá un mayor escrutinio de la Municipalidad debido a los riesgos para la salud …

LOS ANGELES — Three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw will retire at the end of this season, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced Thursday. The 37-year-old left-hander who got his 3,000th strikeout in July will make his final regular-season start …

It’s a loaded weekend around the area in Week 4. Here are previews of a few of the best games. No. 3 Loyola at No. 4 Brother Rice, Friday CCL/ESCC Blue play starts with a classic North Side vs. South …

Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser preview the Bears’ game Sunday against the high-scoring Cowboys — and defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus. Related Ex-Bears head coach Matt Eberflus doesn’t want Sunday to be all about him — but it will be New …

Hamburger Helper, a kitchen staple since 1971, made its first foray into breakfast with the launch of sausage and hashbrown offerings this week. The new breakfast line was developed at a research and development hub in Buffalo Grove by Cleveland-based …

La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, condenó el miércoles la muerte de un inmigrante mexicano al que un agente del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) le disparó fatalmente la semana pasada en Franklin Park, suburbio al oeste …

Theater buffs in Chicago, even if they didn’t know John Morris personally, benefited from his work. As an architect who specialized in theater design, his vision for connecting an audience with stage performances came to life at numerous theaters in …

Nearly 140 organizations, including several from Chicago, signed a letter to unite in the face of federal suppression of philanthropies that support causes opposed by the administration of President Donald Trump. The letter’s signatories included the Chicago-based MacArthur and Joyce …

A federal magistrate judge insisted Thursday that a man caught up in President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign in Elgin this week poses “no danger to the community that I see … whatsoever” as she considered whether to keep him behind …

It’s just two games into Ben Johnson’s coaching tenure with the Bears and already he’s in the type of storm that overwhelmed his predecessors. His defense is the worst in the NFL, quarterback Caleb Williams isn’t thriving yet and the …

Federal immigration authorities arrested a student at Elgin Community College Thursday morning, the college announced. The student was arrested in a parking lot on the college’s main campus. ECC officials said the college does not participate in immigration enforcement and …