NFL
Matthew Stafford and the L.A. Rams win Super Bowl 56
Down 20-16, the Rams went on a 15-play drive capped by Matthew Stafford’s 1-yard touchdown pass to Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp for the go-ahead score with 1:25 left.
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College Sports
No. 13 Illini survive scare against Northwestern, 73-66
The home win keeps the Illini in sole possession of first place in the Big Ten, sitting a half-game ahead of Purdue and one game ahead of Wisconsin after a week in which all three teams lost.
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Old Morton Salt warehouse to reopen as concert venue this summer, tickets on sale this week
Brilliantly renamed, The Salt Shed (no, we’re not joking), will open this summer featuring outdoor concerts followed by a full indoor schedule for 2023 after renovations are complete.
Bulls
DeRozan has sixth straight 30-pt game, Vucevic shines as Bulls beat Thunder
Tied with Cleveland for second place in the Eastern Conference coming in, the Bulls turned things around after falling behind by 14 points in the second quarter.
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Blues beat Blackhawks 5-1
Dylan Strome scored, and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 shots, but the Blackhawks have lost for the fourth time in their last five games.
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Young woman found dead Thursday in Belmont Cragin, police investigating as homicide
At approximately 1:00 p.m. Thursday in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood, police said a female in her 20's was found inside of a residence with a gunshot wound to her head.
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Parents offer reward for son who disappeared after crash
The parents of Thomas “Tommy” Howe III of Antioch are offering a $10,000 reward for information about his whereabouts.
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Family's missing Wordle game update leads to discovery of 80-year-old hostage
Officers found 32-year-old James H. Davis III armed with two knives in an upstairs bedroom and arrested him after a SWAT team responded and used a stun gun to subdue him, police said.
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DeRozan scores 35, Bulls pull away to beat Wolves 134-122
The Bulls set season highs for points and shooting percentage (63.2) despite a rare rough outing for LaVine.
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Two shot in Fuller Park, woman dead
Witnesses reported hearing automatic gunfire and there were at least 20 reported shell casings found on scene.
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Saint Pat is back
Chicago St. Patrick's Day celebrations are back in 2022 and they are officially 4 weeks away.
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Former 'Cheer' star pleads guilty in child pornography case
According to a complaint, federal prosecutors said that Harris admitted to repeatedly asking a minor teen for pornographic videos and images between December 2018 and March 2020.