Saturday, March 15, 2025

Search results for keyword: sports found in 198 News.

bears-stadium
  • by david hall
Bears keep stadium focus on lakefront despite Springfield funding shutout

Despite another cool reception from state lawmakers in their bid for help financing a new dome south of Soldier Field, team officials insisted they’re still making forward progress.

your-time
  • by david hall
Playing games keeps older Chicagoans sharp, fit and connected

From the softball diamond to the yoga mat, people 50 and up “are not looking for some geriatric type of workout.”

politics
  • by david hall
Illinois House ekes out $53.1 billion budget, hits state with more than $700 million in tax hikes

Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office optimistically put out a statement to celebrate the budget’s spending measure after it cleared the Illinois House. But the revenue measure was trickier.

obituaries
  • by david hall
Albert Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of 'The Godfather' and 'Million Dollar Baby,' dies at 94

Albert Ruddy produced more than 30 movies, from the “Godfather” and “Million Dollar Baby” to "Cannonball Run II" and "Megaforce," nominees for Golden Raspberry awards for worst movie of the year.