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Artists Me’Lo the Generation Hero, front, and Asha Omega, left, sing as a fellow artist performs at a Juneteenth celebration hosted by My Block, My Hood, My City at Hamilton Park in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood on June 19, 2021. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
Naturally, Cubs fans and some of the media have been imploring Hoyer to be a buyer, as if there’s a ton of prospects the Cubs could give up in return for a top starter. Their reasons for adding on are the same: every season is sacred; anything can happen in October; the Cubs have handled the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers, etc., etc.
Allie Quigley and Ruthy Hebard each added 13 points for the Sky (7-7), who led 67-64 after three quarters and pulled away in the final three minutes, sparked by a corner 3-pointer from DeShields that broke open a two-point game. Candace Parker and Vandersloot followed with baskets as the Sky pulled away.
Despite missing two weeks, Alzolay still is second on the team in strikeouts with 62, and his 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings is second among Cubs pitchers with at least 10 starts. He is in the 61st percentile in Major League Baseball in chase rate, and his 28.2% whiff rate is on pace for a career high.
The latest of the deadly attacks happened shortly after 7 p.m. Friday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. Chicago police said a 28-year-old woman, a 15-year-old boy and a man, 31, were standing outside in the 5400 block of. South Bishop Street when a gunman, from a distance, shot the woman in the head and wounded the man and boy.
Just after 1 a.m., the fire was reported in a residential building in the 1700 block of West 59th Street, according to Chicago police. A 40-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while a 13-year-old girl and man in his 80s escaped unharmed.
Gasol’s brother, Marc, also made the list, as did Ricky Rubio. Both were key for Spain when it won the world championship two years ago in China. A total of eight world champions are on the preliminary list. Marc Gasol plays for the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Cubs had emerged from their early-season hitting cocoon, bringing a season-high .241 average into June after falling to .203 on April 28. But despite the warmer weather and better hitting conditions, they’ve dropped back down to .228, ranking 27th in the majors by becoming dependent on the long ball.
Outside of all the talk about him hosting “Jeopardy,” Rodgers has never shown much enthusiasm when it comes to taking the TV plunge. Yet recently, during his tango with Green Bay, he hasn’t exactly kept a low profile. On July 6, Rodgers will wear an open microphone during TNT’s presentation of “The Match,” a made-for-TV golf event where he will team with Bryson DeChambeau, taking on Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady.
“All the time,” he said in a recent interview with the Tribune. “Somebody had to step up, and nobody was doing it. It was something I never dreamt I would do — be in sports, be in women’s sports. Having this league of powerful women, 80% of whom are women of color, primarily Black, I think is important. It’s critical it gets support and stability. It’s why I started and why I’m still doing it.”