Here’s what we learned, what we heard and what comes next after the Rams completed their preseason with a 17-6 loss Saturday to the Bengals in Cincinnati that gave them a 1-2 record in exhibition play: UNDISCLOSED PUNISHMENT The biggest news item came from Rams coach Sean McVay’s in-game interview with the TV broadcast, when…
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Zach LaVine and his wife, Hunter, on Sunday welcomed their first child, Saint Thomas, the Chicago Bulls guard announced Wednesday on Twitter. After signing a maximum five-year, $215.2 million contract extension with the Bulls in July, LaVine expressed excitement and nerves over his new role as a father. “That’s bigger than basketball, bigger than everything,”…
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If statues honoring the former DuSable High School’s most revered alumni were erected in front of 4900 S. Wabash Ave., “Sweet” Charlie Brown would be standing in bronze alongside Nat King Cole, Mayor Harold Washington and Sweetwater Clifton, the first Black player to sign a contract to play in the NBA. Like Clifton, Brown was…
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The final few active-roster cuts are annually some of the toughest decisions NFL teams have to make as August turns to September and training camp turns into regular season prep. Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier and coach Mike McDaniel have several questions to answer by the Tuesday 4 p.m. deadline to cut their roster…
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The Chicago Cubs want to build a perennial World Series contender. The organization is rebuilding because of a failure to sufficiently develop talent to replenish and improve the major-league roster. The farm system’s top-tier talent and depth have improve over the last two years. For the first time since midseason 2015, MLB.com’s pipeline rankings have…
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If you are going through a divorce and have assets or children to fight for, it seems there is no way around it; your relationship with your spouse will be adversarial. One attorney put it best when he said the only thing you can win in a divorce is resolution. However, based on what I…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to be president of the United States, so he’s using his office to prove to Americans outside of California — the voters he’ll need to win in 2024 — that he’s actually a centrist. His grand ambition is providing welcome relief to Californians. In a series of recent policy moves, Newsom…
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10 thoughts after the Chicago Bears completed an undefeated preseason for the first time since 1994, defeating the Cleveland Browns 21-20 at FirstEnergy Stadium Saturday night. 1. The Bears practiced their two-minute offense repeatedly this spring and summer, maybe more than I’ve seen any previous coaching staff zero in on situational football. So it was…
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“Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?” That famous one-liner is a joke about about a self-centered theatrical producer so obsessed with his own success that the assassination of President Lincoln in the audience was a mere distraction from his main concern. President Joe Biden has Lincoln’s job and he’s doing…
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Alzheimer’s might have stolen Martha Jovita Membrila’s memory, but certainly not her wit. A new caregiver came to the house, was offered coffee and declined. “I never drank coffee,” the caregiver explained. “I was afraid if I tried it and I really liked it, then I’d want it all the time.” “Well then,” Membrila shot…
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