Column: George McCaskey gets a rare ‘W’ with the hiring of Ben Johnson as the next Chicago Bears coach
It was a very rough year for the Chicago Bears and Chairman George McCaskey, but the hiring of Ben Johnson as coach gives ...
Inside the Ben Johnson hiring: What convinced him Chicago Bears are ‘set up for success’ — and how they were ‘ready to pounce’
Ben Johnson started his interview with the Chicago Bears by declaring, “I want this job.” It made an impression. And that job ...
Metea Valley freshman Payton Giannone, whose mother Tonya played in Final Four, ‘is pretty incredible’ already
Giannone, who was a setter on Metea Valley’s freshman volleyball team and plays midfielder in soccer, said she gets her ...
Review: ‘The Living End’ at MCA: When artists first discovered computers, the results weren’t always pretty
Painting and Other Technologies, 1970-2020” takes over the museum’s fourth floor. A lot of the work is ugly, plenty of it is ...
Best treadmills for running to keep you in shape
Modern at-home treadmills for running have plenty of controls and features to make your running workout more engaging and ...
‘Presence’ review: In a tense ghost story with Lucy Liu, a house is haunted through an unseen spirit’s eyes
By confining the camera perspective to the viewpoint of its unseen ghost, director Steven Soderbergh scores with a crafty ...
‘The Night Agent’ review: In Season 2, bland in action
In Season 1, the corruption went all the way to the White House. How does the show raise the stakes in Season 2? Think ...
Editorial: Chicago parents, kids struggle as CTU contract battle drags on
Contentious labor contract negotiations are overshadowing the needs of Chicago Public Schools students and parents.
Brad Weisenstein: Rally around the Illinois flag we’ve already got
Vote for the current Illinois flag not because it is so great, but because anything else wastes our tax dollars.
Tom Geoghegan: Pedro Martinez’s private contract takes advantage of city government
Private parties, like CPS CEO Pedro Martinez, should not use private contracts to insulate themselves from representative ...
Editorial: TikTok lives on. So does its harmful effect on kids.
First, TikTok leadership knows how bad its product is for American kids. One internal report noted that “compulsive usage ...
Daywatch: Planned Parenthood of Illinois announces clinic closures
Citing a “financial shortfall,” Planned Parenthood of Illinois announced yesterday — on the 52nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade — that it will be closing four clinics across the state, including one on ...