Chicago Tribune

Ben Garcia thinks of himself as a typical high school senior. He plays Fortnite in a room his mom says is too messy. He watches TV with her on weeknights in their Rogers Park apartment — “Severance” and “Will Trent” are their current favorites. And every so often, he goes to Olive Garden with his friends for what they call an “old man dinner.” But these days, the 18-year-old … [Read more...] about President Donald Trump’s attacks on trans community sow fear and paralysis in Illinois: ‘They’re trying to make us disappear’

To Ed Stevenson, it doesn’t seem that long ago that he was spending summers toting heavy golf bags around Briarwood Country Club in Deerfield. “I grew up around golf. Golfers in the family. By the time I was able to get on my bike and pedal to the local country club, I worked as a caddy,” he said. Forty years later, Stevenson, 52, who now resides in Wood Dale, is being honored … [Read more...] about DuPage Forest Preserves’ director of golf lauded as PGA Executive of the Year

MESA, Ariz. — The breakup of ESPN and Major League Baseball was a shocker to those of us who looked at the partnership as a match made in heaven, or at least the baseball equivalent in Dyersville, Iowa. Since they presented their vows back in 1990, ESPN helped spread the gospel of baseball through the Steroids Era, the start of bat flipping and other showboating and with so … [Read more...] about Column: Impending ESPN-MLB divorce is another reminder that all good things must come to an end