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Those locks have since been chopped, and White is now an elder statesman for the sport, hobbling into his fifth Olympics after a season marred by an ankle injury, a bout with COVID-19, a late unscheduled trip to Switzerland to secure his Olympic spot and, most recently, a training plan that got thrown off schedule during his stay in Colorado in January.

“The allegations that, following a physical altercation with the victim’s boyfriend, Mr. Grant decided to follow the victim, who was thirty-six-weeks pregnant, and open fire on a major roadway are unconscionable,” said DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin. “Thankfully, no innocent motorists were injured and, while still hospitalized, Mr. Grant’s alleged target and her baby are expected to survive. This defendant’s alleged violent behavior put the motoring public at risk and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

After Eric Frenzel, a three-time gold medalist in Nordic combined, tested positive, German delegation head Dirk Schimmelpfennig lambasted the “unreasonable” living conditions. Germany wants larger, more hygienic rooms, and more regular food deliveries so athletes who are eventually released are still fit to compete, Schimmelpfennig said in comments reported by the FAZ newspaper.

“That’s one of my favorite stories,” Williamson said in a Tribune interview. “They had to go down South and couldn’t stay in the same hotel. Socially, that obviously bothers me. It doesn’t make sense. But from a basketball standpoint, there are so many things we need to do as a team when we go on the road — watching film, team meals, not to mention team bonding, just hanging out. It’s crazy they had to stay in different places.”

Motorists wait to buy gas at a Costco station on Feb. 4, 2022, in Chicago. In addition to forgoing an inflation-based increase in the gas tax, slated to kick in July 1 and estimated at 2.2 cents per gallon, Pritzker’s proposal would pause the 1% sales tax on groceries for a year and give a one-time property tax rebate to homeowners. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)