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Parker scored 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting as the Sky erupted for 63 first-half points to take a 22-point lead. The two-time WNBA MVP, in her first season with the Sky after 13 seasons with the Los Angeles Sparks, also had nine rebounds and two blocks.
“Everybody on this team knows that we can do what we did today,” Robert said through an interpreter. “We tried to do it (in Saturday’s 7-0 loss) too, but that’s something that you can’t do every day. But that’s our goal and our mindset, just go out there and do our best and do what we did today.”
The Mets (63-67) on Sunday won just their eighth game of August. The club has gone 16-27 since the All-Star break, a free fall that included dropping out of first place, a position it held for 90 days, and into third, 7.5 games behind the Braves. The Mets have not sniffed the playoffs in half a decade, and they haven’t won a championship in 35 years.
Locally, the shortage means that about 2,100 CPS students, mostly selective enrollment or magnet school students like DeChant’s daughter, won’t have bus transportation on Monday, but the district has offered affected students a $1,000 stipend for the first two weeks, with $500 per month after that. About 990 special education students will also be without a ride for the first day, officials said.
The grandchildren of legendary Chicago gangster Al Capone will sell 174 family heirlooms at an Oct. 8 auction titled “A Century of Notoriety: The Estate of Al Capone” in Sacramento, California. The family heirlooms include his favorite gun that he called “Sweetheart” (estimated value $150K), his diamond-monogrammed watch ($50K), engraved jewelry, furniture from the Palm Island home, family photos and more. Aug 26, 2021
The Life Time Chicago Triathlon returned on Aug. 28-29, 2021, after a year hiatus. (Antonio Perez) Athletes take part in the Life Time Chicago Triathlon 2021 on Aug. 29, 2021, after a year hiatus. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) Hundred of athletes take part in the swim portion of the Life Time Chicago Triathlon 2021 in Lake Michigan near Randolph Street on Aug. 29, 2021. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) Athletes come out of the water and run along a red carpet-like path as they head for their bikes to take part in the Life Time Chicago Triathlon 2021, Aug. 29, 2021. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) Athletes grab their bikes to take part in the Life Time Chicago Triathlon 2021, on Aug. 29, 2021. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) Athletes take part in the Life Time Chicago Triathlon 2021, on Aug. 29, 2021. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) Hundred of athletes take part in the swim portion of the Life Time Chicago Triathlon 2021 in Lake Michigan near Randolph Street on Aug. 29, 2021. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) Bystanders watch as hundreds of athletes take part in the swim portion of the Life Time Chicago Triathlon 2021 in Lake Michigan near Randolph Street on Aug. 29, 2021. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
The team is scheduled to hold workouts Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at AT&T Stadium before taking a break heading into the regular season, according to the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the club wasn’t discussing its plans publicly. The Saints are supposed to open at home Sept. 12 against the Green Bay Packers.
A man driving a BMW on North Broadway struck a man and a woman, both 39, as they walked across the street at West Irving Park Road around 12:50 a.m. Sunday, police said in a media notification. The driver then did a U-turn and struck a male cyclist, 55, “who was attempting to render aid to the two individuals he had just struck,” police said.
Patrick Wisdom’s spur-of-the-moment mustache won’t be going away for now. Wisdom sported the new look when he arrived at Guaranteed Rate Field on Friday and then clobbered two home runs that night on his 30th birthday. He followed those birthday bashes with another multi-homer game Saturday in the Cubs’ 7-0 win against the White Sox. (John J. Kim)
“I thought it was good for them,” Nagy said. “That’s why we wanted to do that, to be able to let them get out there. Not even so much schematically as it was just them working together, them being in the huddle, them knowing what it’s like together sitting on the bench with (line coach) Juan (Castillo) looking at the video. That’s what it’s all about. Now, we’ve got time to put it all together, get into where we’re at and they get to see themselves on tape. I thought it was very important, regardless of results of what really happened, I thought it was important to get that cohesion of them being together.”