September's the first month that the White Sox have been giving up more runs than they've allowed, and as a result they've fallen behind the Tigers with less than a week remaining. Is it just bad luck? Read more
In many cities, poor neighborhoods have a high concentration of stores, services, and other organizations, often higher than in wealthier neighborhoods. Not in Chicago. Read more
Baseball's first female announcer was a Chicago weather anchor hired away by the infamous Charlie Finley to do color for his terrible Athletics team. It was a stunt, but Mary Shane, the White Sox announcer who followed her, brought a deep love of the game to her brief stint in the booth. Read more
Steve James's new documentary about sports head injuries screens at the Gene Siskel Film Center, and a new film about Chicago basketball legend Ben Wilson and his 1984 murder is part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Read more
More answers from the final meeting on the rail-bed park, and a sense of how it will change the landscape. Plus: the feds and community policing, tracking down Chicago's roaming statues, and more Read more
The Studio Gang plan for the former home of Meigs Field gets its green light and a start date. It's a hugely ambitious plan that could take years and many millions of yet-to-come dollars to complete, but on paper it's a groundbreaking park. Read more
The city's most notorious unsolved murders—the killing of seven people with cyanide-laced Tylenols in 1982—is back in the news, as the seating of a grand jury is "possible." It's another vague turn in a legendarily opaque case. Read more
A study led by a UIC epidemiologist finds tremendous gaps in life expectancy for groups with the least and most education—and that life expectancy for whites without a high-school diploma have actually declined over the past couple decades. Read more
It's dated, but not as dated as you'd think—the already anachronistic "gat" was in use. But don't go around saying "bullshiner," "hook 'em," or "tipper-tapper"; that'd just be embarrassing. Read more
New census data shows that poverty has increased in Chicago, and that middle-class jobs are being replaced with low-wage jobs. It's a pattern found throughout the country, as income-based poverty continues to increase. But other measures of poverty, that take into account tax subsidies and government programs, hold steady. The social implications are as important as the economic ones. Read more
