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“Brad would routinely befriend young interns and invite them to his apartment in Chicago to watch March Madness basketball and other sports,” a Hawks marketing official, who requested anonymity, told TSN. “I was told to steer clear of him because he had tried something at his apartment on a few players. This was not something that only a few people knew about. The entire training staff, a lot of people knew. … This was an open secret.”
Photos from the White Sox-Mariners game at Guaranteed Rate Field on June 27, 2021. (Erin Hooley) White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu appears in pain after being hit in the leg by a pitch from Mariners relief pitcher JT Chargois during the sixth inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 27, 2021. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune) White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu is helped off the field after being hit in the leg by a pitch from Mariners relief pitcher JT Chargois during the sixth inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 27, 2021. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune) Mariners manager Scott Servais talks to officials as pitcher Hector Santiago is ejected from the game during the fifth inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 27, 2021. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune) White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal (24) scores on a single from Leury Garcia during the fifth inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 27, 2021. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune) White Sox third baseman Yoan Moncada singles during the fourth inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 27, 2021. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune) Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago throws during the third inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 27, 2021. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune) White Sox starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel throws during the fourth inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 27, 2021. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)
“If my memory is right, I was confident they’re going to work very hard to help,” he said. “And I think I used the world reasonable. I don’t know that something reasonable can be done. I just know, for two weeks or so, the way Kenny and Rick and their teammates up there work. They’re preparing and making phone calls. That’s what I’m confident in — they’re doing their best to help us.
“There’s a lot of reasons that I made my Olympic decision,” Williams said Sunday, the day before the start of main-draw action at Wimbledon, where she will try to collect her 24th Grand Slam singles title. “I don’t really want to — I don’t feel like going into them today. Maybe another day. Sorry.”
With NFL expansion talks beginning, Mayor Chance the Rapper promotes the idea of a second football team in Chicago, which could play at Wrigley Field, the former home of the Bears. The McCaskeys use their clout to prevent the NFL from granting an expansion franchise in Chicago, furthering their divide with the city. Meanwhile, the Chicago city council votes to change the name of the Midway Plaisance Park to the DuSable Midway Plaisance Park, forcing the Bears to officially change their nickname to “Monsters of the DuSable Midway.”
The Union’s Jakob Glesnes opened the scoring in the second minute with an own goal in an attempt to clear Miguel Ángel Navarro’s cross, giving the Fire a 1-0 lead. Quinn Sullivan tied it at 1 for the Union (5-2-4) with a bicycle kick in the 28th minute. It was the 17-year-old’s first MLS goal.
Jason Heyward appeared to put the Cubs ahead in the seventh when he bested Dodgers lefty Garrett Cleavinger for a solo homer that snuck inside the left-field foul pole. The third-base umpire immediately signaled a home run, but after a conference among the umps it was ruled a foul ball on the field. Cubs manager David Ross challenged the decision, but the call stood after a 1 minute, 50 second replay review to keep the game tied 2-2.
Cubs pinch hitter Matt Duffy connects for an RBI single in the seventh inning against the Pirates on May 8, 2021, at Wrigley Field. Duffy has been on the injured list since May 23 with a bulging disk in his lower back. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)
No matter what happens Sunday, the Sox’s slump is further evidence general manager Rick Hahn needs to make some moves, and the sooner, the better. The needs are many, including a center fielder, right fielder and second baseman to replaced injured starters, a designated hitter to replace Yermin Mercedes and two or three right-handed middle relievers to pick up the slack for the struggling threesome of Matt Foster, Evan Marshall and Codi Heuer.
“I’m pretty calm sitting down and watching the way we play and what’s going on and thinking about little things that maybe we can do better or what we were doing good to keep going,” Ducharme said. “After the period, the coaches give me a call, and we just talk for a minute or two just like we do every time we go back to the office.”