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“This is an important day for college athletes since they all are now able to take advantage of name, image and likeness opportunities,” NCAA President Mark Emmert said. “With the variety of state laws adopted across the country, we will continue to work with Congress to develop a solution that will provide clarity on a national level.”
A Northern Illinois Police Alarm System (NIPAS) vehicle is parked on Franks Avenue near the former Niles Elementary School South building on June 30, 2021 following a barricade situation that police said occurred inside a nearby home. (Jennifer Johnson / Pioneer Press)
Kopech, 25, went on the IL in late May after suffering a strained left hamstring. He is 2-0 with a 1.72 ERA, 45 strikeouts and 11 walks in 31⅓ innings this season. He had Tommy John surgery in September 2018, forcing him to miss the 2019 season, then sat out the shortened 2020 schedule because of COVID-19 concerns and personal reasons.
According to Loyola, Krutwig will be the seventh member of the 2018 Final Four team to play professionally overseas, joining Clayton Custer (Poland), Donte Ingram (New Zealand, Netherlands), Aundre Jackson (Iceland, Ukraine, Cyprus), Ben Richardson (Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland), Carson Shanks (Malta) and Marques Townes (Spain, Estonia).
In LaCrosse, as he talked about spending money on more rail infrastructure, he took a tongue-in-cheek swipe at Chicago: “Imagine if you could get from Chicago — from La Crosse to Chicago in two hours, instead of four and a half,” only to quip “I don’t know why you’d go to Chicago, but — you know, all kidding aside — it would reduce the largest source of pollution in America: vehicle travel.”
Volunteers Richard Calhoun, left, and John Lattyak prepare food for distribution at Harmony Community Church in Lawndale in Chicago on Dec. 9, 2020. The food pantry at Harmony Community Church in Lawndale is supplied by the Greater Chicago Food Depository. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)
On Wednesday, Carr welcomed Jennifer Day, another former Chicago Tribune editor, as features editor at Chicago magazine. Day, who joined the Chicago Tribune in 2012 to launch the Printers Row literary journal, had also applied for the buyout before deciding to stay with Tribune and join the magazine.
Fans, media and players voted in 36 players as part of a pool that the league’s 12 head coaches chose from to compile the WNBA’s All-Star team. Elena Delle Donne, who hasn’t played all season while she recovers from back surgery, was part of that pool thanks to strong fan support. Nneka Ogwumike, who was surprisingly left off the U.S. Olympic team, was also in the 36-player pool, but not chosen by the coaches. She’s been sidelined by a sprained knee since early June.
Fans, media and players voted in 36 players as part of a pool that the league’s 12 head coaches chose from to compile the WNBA’s All-Star team. Elena Delle Donne, who hasn’t played all season while she recovers from back surgery, was part of that pool thanks to strong fan support. Nneka Ogwumike, who was surprisingly left off the U.S. Olympic team, was also in the 36-player pool, but not chosen by the coaches. She’s been sidelined by a sprained knee since early June.
Since then, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, called for an end to the overuse of secret gag orders, arguing in a Washington Post opinion piece that “prosecutors too often are exploiting technology to abuse our fundamental freedoms.” Attorney General Merrick Garland, meanwhile, has said the Justice Department will abandon its practice of seizing reporter records and will formalize that stance soon.