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Michigan State’s Max Christie, left, drives to the basket against Maryland’s Fatts Russell and Donta Scott during a Big Ten Tournament second-round game Thursday in Indianapolis. Christie scored 16 points in the Spartans’ 76-72 victory. (Darron Cummings / AP)
St. Patrick’s Day is next week, but the fun gets started early in Chicago. Dyeing the Chicago River green — a 60-year tradition — and the downtown parade — a 65-year tradition — return for the first time since 2019. Both events, which were canceled the past two years because of the coronavirus pandemic, take place Saturday. (A lucky few, however, stumbled upon a surprise river dyeing last year.)
The Chicago River is dyed green in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day on March 13, 2021, in Chicago. Mayor Lightfoot sanctioned the famous river dyeing to proceed last year, but the Riverwalk was closed to minimize the number of people gathering due to COVID-19. (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune)
The Chicago River is dyed green in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day on March 13, 2021, in Chicago. Mayor Lightfoot sanctioned the famous river dyeing to proceed last year, but the Riverwalk was closed to minimize the number of people gathering due to COVID-19. (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune)
“No matter the time of year, we try to function in a way that we’re prepared to move quickly when an opportunity presents itself,” Hahn said Dec. 1, hours before the lockout began. “We have an idea, whether it’s on the trade or free-agent front, what we feel is appropriate from a cost standpoint, and when those opportunities arise, we’re prepared to move. If it happens to be that things are on pause for a little bit, when we come back, we’ll be ready to go.”
Players on the 40-man roster, including Cubs teammates Patrick Wisdom and Nico Hoerner, again worked out at the MLBPA’s setup in Mesa, Ariz., Thursday morning. Hours before a deal was announced, both were optimistic an agreement would be in place soon. Hoerner admitted to being on Twitter more frequently the last couple days to track updates.
Outfielder Avisaíl García, who led the Brewers in home runs (a career-high 29) and RBIs (86) in 2021, signed a four-year deal with the Marlins. Infielder Eduardo Escobar, who was acquired in July in a trade with the Diamondbacks, signed a two-year contract with theMets.
Rivian, which launched production in September, produced 1,015 vehicles last year, coming up short of its 1,200-unit production target for 2021. Six months later, it’s been something of a bumpy ride for the company, which raised $13.7 billion through a massive initial public offering, but has been struggling to keep up with demand for its $70,000 EV trucks.
“I strongly condemn harassment of any kind,” Morrison said in a statement. “As Commissioner, my focus has always been directed at representing the diverse communities of the 15th District, and I am proud of what we have accomplished these past three years. Voters in our District have made it clear that they support leaders who will fight for an inclusive and welcoming Cook County, and I look forward to earning their vote once again.”
“Any rule that we have, we’ve talked about changing: Change the bats, change the balls, change the bases, change the geometry of the field, change the number of players on the field, change the batting order, change the number of innings, the number of balls and strikes,” Sword said. “We talked about regulating the height of grass on the infield to speed up ground balls and create more hits. We’ve never talked about this in any serious way, but we talked about allowing fans to throw home-run balls back and keep them in play. That’s one that I don’t even like.”