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About 8:30 p.m., a dumpster burned on North Garland Court. As the Chicago Fire Department arrived to extinguish the blaze, a firework went off around the corner. An hour later, another dumpster fire blazed on Garland to the west of the Chicago Cultural Center.
Prince’s attorney said he has a GED and has been a member of the Army National Guard since August 2017. The attorney argued that Gill had military training and threatened Prince in multiple ways, including death threats, after their relationship ended. He also argued Prince made no statements of admission and there was not enough proof that he had committed this crime.
“Almost did, but then you start thinking, if something good happens, he’s going to have to run the bases unless it’s a home run,” La Russa said. “And then with (catcher Zack) Collins out of the game, he’s going to have to catch. The combination of having to run the bases was too scary.”
“The guy’s going to participate in Home Run Derby, pitch in the game and hit in the game. That doesn’t happen like ever,” Angels manager Joe Maddon said after speaking with AL manager Kevin Cash of the Tampa Bay Rays. “So this is the one time … even the non-baseball fan can really latch on to this and become interested.”
“After the last year, I wasn’t in a great headspace mentally,” Bryant said, “and for me to hit the offseason with a ton of motivation and really wanting to get after it because I know the type of player I am. I know what I bring to the team and what I bring to the city, and it’s nice to be recognized, especially after a little bit of a tough season last year.”
The 4th on 53rd event, sponsored by the Nichols Park Advisory Council and the Chicago Park District, was back on this year after a pandemic hiatus. The annual parade was still on pause, but the council’s Fourth of July committee brought out carnival games, food trucks, art and music to bring an all-ages picnic to life after a year of social distancing.
The shooting happened shortly after the end of Hammond Day, a festival held in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park, at Highland Street and Columbia Avenue, by private organizers who graduated from Hammond High School in the city’s 3rd District, Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. said. Police were breaking up the festival, which has been held for at least the last six years, when attendees moved the festivities to the smaller Memorial Park at Highland Street and Wallace Road, he said.
Trying to work out of a bases-loaded situation he got into in the seventh, Cubs reliever Dan Winkler hit Jonathan India with a 3-0 pitch to bring home the tying run. The Reds took the lead when the next batter, Jesse Winker, grounded into a forceout against lefty Andrew Chafin.
Those days are gone. Not just for Chiles. But for every other teenage Olympic hopeful, too. A month ago at national championships, the concourse at Dickie’s Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, included a poster that featured Chiles wearing GK Elite leotards. She wasn’t allowed to ask for compensation at the time. She is now, which will not be a deal-breaker for GK Elite chief commercial officer Matt Cowan, who stressed the company is intent on helping “empower athletes.”
As the long holiday weekend wore on, Chicago police Sunday morning were investigating several shootings overnight, including multiple homicides, separate shootings that left teenagers wounded and a shooting in Gresham that left four men injured, two of them critically.