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“Like many people in Chicago, when I first heard of the Smollett case … I was absolutely certain that he was guilty based on the media coverage,” Uche told reporters. “But I can say now categorically, looking at the evidence, hundreds of pages so far, and there are many, many more to look at, so far it’s obvious to us he’s absolutely innocent.”
Israel Suaste-Gonzalez, 50, formerly of Mundelein, pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of criminal sexual assault. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to drop other counts he faced. He had been scheduled to go on trial that day before Judge Mark Levitt, who is set to sentence Suaste-Gonzalez on Sept. 14.
Aurora police Chief Kristen Ziman stands near the podium during a vigil Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, outside the Henry Pratt Co. plant where on Friday six people, including the gunman, were fatally shot in Aurora. Five Aurora officers were also wounded in the shooting. (Armando Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
“If all of a sudden you’re out there in a game and you’re thinking through things, it’s too slow. The NFL’s too fast. You have to be able to just let it rip. That’s what I look for. So, absolutely, I don’t want to just be traded to someone I don’t know and, ‘Oh, you get an opportunity to play.’ No, I want to be able to go somewhere where I know we’ll be successful because I know the people in there, I know what they stand for, I know who they are as human beings. That’s what you want. That’s what great teams are made of.”
“Things change, right?” Nagy said. “Disguised coverages. They hide their blitzes. Knowing where your protection calls are, being on the same page as the center. That’s where I think now when things get real and you start putting the pads on and the tempo picks up and you’re playing, now we want to see him execute plays and play fast.”
“Offensively, we all feel it,” Lazor said, “meaning coaches, players, all the people around. … When you’re a quarterback with as much experience as Andy has, you’ve been fooled many times by the defense and hopefully learned from it, which I think he’s proven he has.
“I thought he was doing well with the specific routes,” Nagy said. “Forget the coverages, just what route are you supposed to run within the play? He was doing good there. Now, he’s going to have to really understand, ‘OK, if I’m playing this position, line up, get set and go.’ Things are a lot faster. I’m impressed with him being able to get back here because that was hard when he landed on that shoulder, so we’ll just take it day by day. He’s got the want.”
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Blagojevich said that since his release from a federal prison camp in Littleton, Colorado, he’s been keeping busy jogging, doing consulting work and giving paid speeches. He’s found a “surprisingly lucrative” side gig making videos on Cameo, a website where users pay for personalized video messages from celebrities, and has also hosted a weekly podcast called “The Lightning Rod” for WLS-AM radio.
Pritzker less than two weeks ago said that he and his wife, M.K., planned to attend the massive festival, which drew roughly 100,000 concertgoers per day to Chicago’s Grant Park. “I think it’s OK, but again, people need to be aware that we are not past this pandemic. It is with us,” he said at the time.