With JRW's title gone, what of the $200,000-plus the league received?
The first Chicago team in 31 years to reach the Little League World Series received widespread support during its run. When Jackie Robinson West returned home, the players enjoyed a parade not unlike...
View ArticleSAIC students team up with CB2 for space-saving home decor
The shiny white finish of the kitchen table contrasts smartly with the soft gray weave of its chairs. The bedspread and rug employ subtle grid patterns that call back to each other. The bar in the...
View ArticleCTA attracts more haters on Twitter than other transit agencies: study
The CTA tends to draw more trolls on Twitter than other major public transit systems possibly because the agency doesn't regularly respond to rider comments, which is key in tamping down critics on...
View ArticleSuspended Jackie Robinson West manager refuses to address accusations
In his first public comments since Jackie Robinson West was stripped of its U.S. Little League title, suspended manager Darold Butler refused to address allegations that he knowingly fielded ineligible...
View ArticleIndiana team says it feels cheated by Jackie Robinson West scandal
A Little League team from southern Indiana says it feels cheated by the revelation that an Illinois team used ineligible players en route to a national championship last summer.The New Albany Little...
View ArticleAdult toy stores hot for 'Fifty Shades' sales
Bondage is having a moment.Not for the first time, of course.When "Fifty Shades of Grey" became a surprise megahit, selling more than 100 million copies, adult toy stores described a sharp rise in...
View Article'Fifty Shades of Grey' only hurts a little
Unofficially titled, "So, Can I Spank You or What?,""Fifty Shades of Grey" largely consists of Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) trying to convince the absurdly named Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) to...
View ArticleWeekend: Eat. Drink. Do.
Valentine's Day pizza tossing, B.J. Novak and more things to do in Chicago this weekend, Feb. 13-15. EATValentine's Day Chaucerian FeastAmpersand419 W. Superior St. 312-915-0011Chefs Michael Sheerin...
View ArticleCrews start clearing Chicago streets of dibs today
Crews on Friday will begin tossing the household flotsam and jetsam that Chicagoans have been using to call dibs on parking spots since a blizzard dumped over 19 inches of snow earlier this month.The...
View ArticlePitchfork lineup: Wilco, Sleater-Kinney and Chance the Rapper to headline
The Pitchfork Music Festival is celebrating its 10th year July 17-19 in Union Park with a loaded lineup, headlined by Wilco, Chance the Rapper and Sleater-Kinney.The lineup announced Friday will mark...
View Article5 Chicago couples share their love connection
Movies tell us love blossoms at the top of the Empire State Building, or at sunset on the bow of a ship. But real-life connections can be just as remarkable-without all those cheesy violins. To...
View Article10 great acts at Pitchfork 2015
Taylor Swift/Haim and Pitchfork all at once? The weekend of July 17 is going to be awesome.And with the T-Swift/Haim shows already set for July 18-19 at Soldier Field, the Pitchfork Music Festival's...
View Article13 things that happened in Chicago on Friday the 13th
Chicagoans certainly are strange about Friday the 13th.And that includes the editors of the Tribune, who have exhaustively chronicled the odd occurrences on that day and date. For example, on Friday,...
View ArticleLake-effect snow leads to multi-car crash on Kennedy
Lake-effect snow that is expected to hang around Chicago until the middle of the afternoon is causing slippery conditions on some area roadways close to Lake Michigan, leading to multiple accidents...
View ArticleU.S. poised to withdraw longstanding warnings about cholesterol in diet
The nation's top nutrition advisory panel has decided to drop its caution about eating cholesterol-laden food, a move that could undo almost 40 years of government warnings about its consumption.The...
View ArticleFormer Blackhawks defenseman Steve Montador dead at 35
The death of former teammate Steve Montador sent shock waves of sadness throughout the Blackhawks dressing room and across the NHL on Sunday.A Peel Regional Police spokeswoman said Montador, who played...
View ArticleProsecutor: Man used hidden cellphone, duplicate keys to stalk estranged wife
A man with a history of domestic arrests, including for violating a protection order, has been charged with stalking after he used a cellphone to keep track of his estranged wife and made copies of...
View ArticleAmerican badly gored by bull in Spain out of intensive care
A 20-year-old American man who was badly gored during a bull-running festival is out of intensive care and improving, a spokesman for the Clinic Hospital in western Salamanca said Monday.Benjamin...
View ArticleAfter Chicago slips, slides in lake-effect snow, colder air to crash area
It was a far cry from the 4 to 8 inches of blinding lake-effect snow that shut down portions of northern Indiana and southwest Michigan Saturday, but that band of lake-effect snow did work west,...
View ArticleYoung homeless get help from those who've walked in their shoes
Milton Chalmers can't see the Chicago skyline from his modest bedding underneath the iron framework of Lower Wacker, but it doesn't stop him from thinking there's a place for him beyond Skid Row."I...
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