The brackets are out and it is prediction time. These are my quickfire, need it fast for the print newspaper deadline initial impressions. I reserve the right to change my mind later in the week. Class 8A pairings #32 Loyola …
Previewing and predicting the IHSA Class 8A state football playoffs Read MoreIn the first round, the higher seed hosts the game. In subsequent rounds, the school that has hosted fewer times during the current playoff series hosts the game. If both teams have hosted an equal number of times, the higher …
2025 IHSA state football playoff pairings and scores Read MoreMoon Alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) or important decisions from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. After that, the moon moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn. Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day Your idealism is aroused today along with …
Horoscope for Sunday, October 26, 2025 Read MoreNotes come from around Chicago outdoors and beyond. FISH OF THE WEEK Kevin Matos doubled up on trophy fish in downtown Chicago on Oct. 16. “Got my first 5-pound smallmouth bass and first northern pike over 30 inches the same …
Chicago outdoors: Kingfisher on a wire makes unusual landing Read MoreKitty Grutzmacher had contended with poor hearing for a decade, but the problem had worsened over the past year. Even with her hearing aids, “There was little or no sound,” she sys. “I was avoiding going out in groups. I …
Hearing aids weren’t enough for retired nurse in Elgin, whose hearing improved after cochlear implant surgery Read MoreWhen Rogelio Villegas took a field trip to the Chicago History Museum in 2019, he was not inspired but disappointed. He and his classmates from Instituto Justice and Leadership Academy saw almost no representation of the Latino community, which accounts …
Inspired by a student protest, Chicago History Museum debuts exhibition about Latino history Read MoreDEAR ABBY: I was with the same person (my first “everything” guy) for 23 years. A few years after the shock of a divorce, I met someone 10 years my junior. He makes me feel I’m the most beautiful woman …
Dear Abby: Relationship with younger man reaches crucial point Read MoreOn behalf of Jewish clergy serving communities across Chicago and Illinois, we write in opposition to the escalating campaign of fear and repression carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in our city and suburbs. In recent weeks, ICE …
Jewish clergy raise alarms on ICE, Border Patrol tactics Read MoreEl dúo argentino formado por Lucio Consolo y Marco Viera se presentará por primera vez en la ciudad este 1 de noviembre. A más de una década de su formación como dúo, cinco álbumes de estudio y una carrera en …
Peces Raros presenta en Chicago su ritmo cautivante Read MoreTwo men were shot inside a business early Sunday on the South Side, Chicago police said. The men, 18 and 19 years old, were in the business in the 100 block of East 51st Street around 5:50 a.m. when another …
Two men shot inside Grand Boulevard business Read MoreBALTIMORE — As expected, Bears running back D’Andre Swift will play against the Ravens on Sunday. He was questionable for the game because of a groin injury but there was little doubt he’d be able to go. He was ruled …
Bears-Ravens inactives: RB D’Andre Swift will play Read MoreThe path to a state is clear for all the 256 state playoff qualifiers. That always makes the Super 25 rankings feel silly, which is the way it should be. But we soldier on, trying to make sense of all …
Michael O’Brien’s Super 25 high school football rankings for Week 10 Read MoreORLANDO, Fla. — It’s a craft that Tre Jones still takes a lot of pride in — a lost art that versatile bigs and high-paced offenses are pushing toward extinction. So labeling Jones a “pure point guard” isn’t some sort …
Bulls point guard Tre Jones welcomes throwback label Read MoreA woman was found fatally shot in an East Side alley Sunday morning, Chicago police said. The woman, shot twice in the head, was found around 10 a.m. in the 11000 block of South Mackinaw Avenue, according to police. Her …
Woman found fatally shot Sunday morning in East Side alley Read MoreFormer New York Jets center Nick Mangold, one of the franchise’s most popular and decorated players who helped lead the team to the AFC Championship Game twice, has died, the team announced Sunday. He was 41. The Jets said in …
Nick Mangold, former Jets and Ohio State player, dies at 41 Read MoreBALTIMORE — Bears rookie Shemar Turner left the game against the Ravens on Sunday with a knee injury and quickly was ruled out for the game. He went down midway through the second quarter while trying to chase down running …
Bears 2nd-round pick Shemar Turner carted to locker room with knee injury in Ravens game Read MoreThe Big 12 has five teams in the Top 25 for the first time this season, Vanderbilt earned its highest ranking in 88 years and LSU dropped out of The Associated Press college football poll Sunday following its third loss …
Big 12 has season-high 5 teams in AP Top 25 college football poll; LSU drops out Read MoreLincoln-Way East tore through its first seven games this season. Quarterback Jonas Williams led the offense, and lineman Jacob Alexander spearheaded the defense. Williams (ankle) and Alexander (concussion) have missed the last two games, and the Griffins have looked very …
Four Downs: Lincoln-Way East’s injuries, sensational Trae Taylor and a victory in Joliet Read MoreBALTIMORE — Set aside the Ravens’ mystique, and this should’ve been a challenge the Bears could handle, even on the road: beat an opponent that has allowed more points than anyone in the NFL and is down to its third …
Doomed by problems coach Ben Johnson was hired to solve, Bears lose 30-16 to Ravens Read MoreCINCINNATI — Breece Hall rushed for two second-half touchdowns and threw a 4-yard TD pass to Mason Taylor with 1:54 left, helping the New York Jets edge the Cincinnati Bengals 39-38 on Sunday for their first win of the season. …
Bears’ next opponent: Bengals lose again as Jets get first win of season with 39-38 Read More