A new organization in Oak Brook has been formed to fill the void created when the Oak Brook Women’s Club, a group that had been around for 59 years, was dissolved in 2023. The new group, Women of Oak Brook, became an authorized nonprofit organization in April and has a board of directors in place. “Closing the doors of one legacy organization inspired and opened the doors to … [Read more...] about Oak Brook women reignite defunct social club in new format
Baseball
Column: No pressure, Caleb Williams. The Chicago Bears QB only has to lift an entire city on his shoulders.
Black-and-white photographs and grainy videos are all you ever see of Sid Luckman. The greatest quarterback in Chicago Bears history, who retired in 1950 after leading the team to four NFL championships, played in an era so far removed from today’s game, it’s impossible to compare him to any modern QB, much less one of our own. But if Bears rookie Caleb Williams lives up to the … [Read more...] about Column: No pressure, Caleb Williams. The Chicago Bears QB only has to lift an entire city on his shoulders.
Column: What are realistic early benchmarks for Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams in his NFL debut?
The 1983 NFL draft is widely considered the best in league history, at least in the Super Bowl era, with 25% of the 28 first-round selections enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. That class is best known for producing six quarterbacks in the first round, the only time that had happened until this year, when six QBs not only were selected in Round 1 but came off the board … [Read more...] about Column: What are realistic early benchmarks for Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams in his NFL debut?
Police open death investigation after man fatally strikes tree overnight on North Side
Chicago police have opened a death investigation after a man fatally struck a tree overnight on the North Side in the Forest Glen neighborhood. Shortly before 3:30 a.m. Saturday, a 21-year-old man was headed north in the 6600 block of North Caldwell Avenue when he lost control of his vehicle and struck a tree, police said. He was taken to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge … [Read more...] about Police open death investigation after man fatally strikes tree overnight on North Side
Today in White Sox History: September 6
On this day 56 years ago the first incarnation of NASL soccer wound down, with a win at Comiskey Park. | Chicago Tribune The Chicago Mustangs whinny their last 1903 Doc White of the White Sox hurled a one-hitter in beating Cleveland, 1-0, in 10 innings in Chicago. It would be the first of five one-hitters thrown by White between 1903 and 1908 without ever throwing a … [Read more...] about Today in White Sox History: September 6