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“We realize it’s going to take some time because she’s been off for a couple of weeks, but just having her out there, it helps morale,” Vandersloot said of Parker. “She’s a playmaker, she can do a lot of things on the court, so it’s just different when she’s out there in a uniform. It’s just going to get better from here.”
Fun fact: Chicago was built on swamp land. So it should be no surprise that as we enter the height of summer, the days become long and humid. Of course, Chicago is a playground in summertime, even as sweaty, muggy heat waves punctuate the more temperate weeks. Thankfully, this city is full of ice cream and frozen treat spots that will help fight the heat. Looking for nostalgic flavors of bygone eras? Check out mainstay Margie’s Candies for humongous sundaes, or more contemporary Spinning J’s for a hit of throwback charm. Want something more adventurous? Don’t miss frozen cookie dough from Cookie Dough Creations, paletas made from fresh tropical fruit at any number of vendors, or even trendy Thai rolled ice cream, which is popping up around town. There’s no better time to be an ice cream lover, and we’ve got the scoop.
“We’re real confident in that group that we have. It’s like any other year, if we don’t pay too much attention to the outside noise. If we end up adding, we’re going to invite that guy in like family. If we don’t, we have so much trust in every guy that’s come up, the way he has contributed and produced, it’s been so unexpected.”
Season ticket holders will return to their seat locations, with seating pods and physically distanced pods no longer being instituted. Mobile ticketing, cashless transactions, level restrictions, enhanced cleaning measures and the no-bag policy (except for medical bags, small clutch purses and diaper bags) remain in place.
Williams, for what it’s worth, opted out of the 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a decision he said he made to help protect his mom, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. Williams was asked Wednesday from where he’s seeking his information about the vaccine in order to make an informed decision for himself and his family.
“The more reps he got, the better he got with just playing football,” Barone said, “a lot of it with his run blocking, his pass protection, his route running, knowing how to run certain routes versus man and versus zone and things like that. The big thing for him moving forward is going to be taking the next step in that progression, and a lot of it is understanding pre-snap versus post-snap, how to adjust things on the run.
This file photo, date and location not known, provided by the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan shows Dr. Robert Anderson. A son of legendary Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler alleges he was among hundreds of men who were sexually assaulted by Anderson, a campus doctor. (Robert Kalmbach/AP)
“He still has hockey left to go,” Bowman said during exit interviews in May, “but he’s a player we’d like to get over here to North America. Whether he’s in Chicago or not, we’ll see. But he had a great season, so pretty optimistic about his potential, whether it’s next year or the year after.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, warned Tuesday that the delta virus variant first detected in India is becoming more prevalent in the U.S. He said vaccines have proven less effective against that variant when people are not fully immunized, and evidence points to it being more transmissible and more deadly.
“Skating is much more of an individual sport, and then there is a team event once the team is picked,” he said. “Even though these are guys that I’ve known for a long time, you still have to mesh together to bring it together for the team event and baseball. There’s a lot of pieces to the puzzle, but thankfully I’ve grown up playing both sports, so I’ve always had that team atmosphere with me. I was always so excited for the team event in speedskating. And I think that had to do a lot with growing up playing baseball and the amount of friendships and bonds that I created.”