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They added Jones Jr., a former dunk contest champion who averaged 6.8 points on 50.4% shooting in his five-year career, and a pair of draft picks for a player they were ready to move on from. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Portland’s first-round pick is lottery protected through 2028, when it would become a second-round pick if not conveyed.
“There’s not a lot of Black people that are in tennis at any level,” Murray said. “Whether it’s agents, running events, suppliers for events, players, coaches, trainers, not a lot of us. So this was a good opportunity to also build some capacity, some experience with a minority group of people.”
XS Tennis and Education Foundation, located at 5336 S. State St. on the South Side, hosted the Chicago Women’s Open Aug. 21-28, 2021. (John J. Kim) Kamau Murray, founder of XS Tennis, poses for a photograph at a set of outdoor courts hosting the Chicago Tennis Festival at XS Tennis and Education Foundation on Aug. 24, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Kamau Murray, founder of XS Tennis, gives a fist bump to a youth tennis player on Aug. 24, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) A doubles match takes place during the Chicago Tennis Festival at XS Tennis and Education Foundation on on Aug. 24, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Youth tennis players warm up at the indoor courts at XS Tennis and Education Foundation on on Aug. 24, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Venus Williams takes a photo with a fan after working out for the Chicago Tennis Festival at XS Tennis and Education Foundation on on Aug. 24, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Youth tennis players stretch before practicing in the indoor courts at XS Tennis and Education Foundation on Aug. 24, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) A player returns a serve during a doubles match in the Chicago Tennis Festival at XS Tennis and Education Foundation on Aug. 24, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Venus Williams takes photos with fans after working out for the Chicago Tennis Festival at XS Tennis and Education Foundation on Aug. 24, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) A doubles match takes place during the Chicago Tennis Festival at XS Tennis and Education Foundation on Aug. 24, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Two doubles players take the court during a match in the Chicago Tennis Festival at XS Tennis and Education Foundation on Aug. 24, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) A tennis player serves during a doubles match in the Chicago Tennis Festival at XS Tennis and Education Foundation on Aug. 24, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Venus Williams gives a fist bump to a youth player after working out during the Chicago Tennis Festival at XS Tennis and Education Foundation on Aug. 24, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Two youth tennis players talk outside the clubhouse at XS Tennis and Education Foundation on on Aug. 24, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) A man enters XS Tennis and Education Foundation on Aug. 24, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)
No apology necessary, of course. Not at this stage of the preseason when fringe players such as Johnson, an undrafted rookie linebacker from Houston Baptist University, need to do everything they can to turn the heads of their coaching staffs, front-office decision makers and, quite frankly, anyone else in the NFL who might be watching.
“We always talk to our starters when guys don’t play and are on the sidelines, ‘Let’s look sharp, let’s be supportive, be coaches out there for them,’” Nagy said. “‘These are some of the biggest job interviews that these guys will ever have in their entire life, so let’s respect that. Coaches, let’s understand that as well.’ That’s really big to me, it’s big to our coaches, it’s big to Ryan (Pace), and we take it very seriously.”
Jimenez, the former Cubs prospect, loves doing damage to his old organization almost as much as finding a TV camera and saying: “Hi, Mom.” In 10 games against the Cubs he’s hitting .389 in 36 at-bats with five home runs and 10 RBIs, along with a 1.394 OPS. Happ, the Cubs outfielder, is on a hot streak that has lifted his average to .198. But he’s no Sox killer. Happ has a career .176 average and .523 OPS in 15 games against the Sox.
“I guess it didn’t handle the rain too well,” Rodón said of the mound. “It was kind of slick, felt a little sticky there, so I figured just take advantage of getting the mound fixed up and let that roof close a little more and the rain would eventually just go away because the roof was going to close.”
Illinois hasn’t been Illinois in decades, at least if you’re talking about a program capable of competing year in, year out. The good news is super senior Brandon Peters returns as quarterback, though that also could be the bad news if Peters doesn’t live up to his early hype. He has been hit-and-miss since transferring from Michigan, where he lost his job to Shea Patterson in 2018, and last year played in five games while missing three after testing positive for COVID-19, completing only 48.8% of his passes with three touchdowns.
“My sister’s a school teacher back in Union City, and she said it’s rampant in their school and they’re doing everything they can …,” Robinson said. “I think everybody’s doing everything they can to try to help it. And the biggest thing is the vaccination, because it does save lives.”
“One of our go-to stadiums was a high school outside of Atlanta,” Lynch said of women’s national team games at the time. “I mean, it was literally a high school football stadium, 4,000 seats. But that’s what we were going to, that’s what we were doing. And all of a sudden we’re getting 90,000 people in the Rose Bowl and everybody thought, ‘Well, this is it,’ and then you start the WUSA.”