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@chicastpod @CHSN__ @A2Sources if only … if only we had an honorable & decent owner who didn’t view everything thru dollar $igns

@CHSN__ @A2Sources Time to do the same thing to honor the king 👑 himself. Name the court after him and do a ceremony opening day.

Derrick Rose pays tribute to Stacey King:

@ShortSqueezy @CEmma670 he’s a teachers union puppet

@CEmma670 This is your damn mayor my fellow Chicagoans. Are you all done being stupid Democrat morons and voting these idiots in?

Mayor Brandon Johnson on the Soldier Field game day traffic: "Let me tell you how bad it is — Bears vs. Packers, I'm at the game, we're losing. I decide to leave to beat the traffic. Before I get out of the footprint, the Bears had come back to win."

@Buraq515 i don’t applaud being a decent human. this shud be natural

People who naturally possess status, power, and favorable conditions often have giant hearts. Praiseworthy and admirable.🎊 However, we cannot accept the disrespect shown by some disadvantaged individuals who look down on brothers and sisters in the same circumstances.💕🎀💯

@JacobCersosimo nice reporting, but amateur eating.

Ever wondered what the unlimited option looks like at Busch Stadium? Me too I bought a Coca-Cola Unlimited ticket to watch a Cardinals game & get the all-you-can-eat experience in Big Mac Land.

@FoxNews i’ve been saying this for YEARS! sooo ridiculous

The iconic Kars4Kids jingle is coming off the air in California after a judge ruled the charity’s ads misled donors about where their money was actually going. The judge said the Kars4Kids ads led people to believe they would be helping local, needy children with their donations, but according to the ruling “children, especially needy or underprivileged children, are not the recipients of the proceeds of the donations.” In reality, donations have been going to help fund a New Jersey-based Orthodox Jewish outreach program, which includes organizing annual trips to Israel for 17-year-olds and 18-year-olds.

Tonight is the last pre-8p sunset until August 9th. Tomorrow, Chicago starts 89 nights where the sun is up past 8pm and dusk lasts past 8:30p. While we still gain more daylight incrementally for another 40 days -- these are the glory days, people. Soak it in! Enjoy!

The world's tallest church is about to get its crown. On June 10, 2026, exactly 100 years after Antoni Gaudí's death, the Sagrada Família will inaugurate the four-armed cross atop the Tower of Jesus Christ.

@CourtneyRCronin I stand with Courtney! Keep it up CC!!

Hmm.

HOLY SPEED😱

@RedArrowPatrio2 i like those clear covers. where did u purchase?

RAP Pump Ops Update The Fox River has crested as of this morning but may spike higher with today's expected storms. At the moment it is sunny, quiet, and beautiful, for which I am grateful. I discovered that I could significantly increase my utility pump's flow rate by using a larger discharge hose. I had already ordered one. I really like this pump as it has an auto setting, so I can drop in in my sump crock and it will provide supplemental pumping capacity if the crock's water level rises due to increased flow rate. Yes, there is some stress living in this low-lying area. There are also tremendous blessings. I love the river and the parks that we have within walking distance. God provides green pastures and quiet waters every day, even in the midst of flooding. Make it a great day everyone.

The Masters will do about $70 million in merchandise sales this week. $10 million per day $1 million per hour $16,000 per minute $277 per second That's $25 million more in merchandise sales than the Atlanta Braves did all of last year — in just one week, with no online sales.

You have to be kidding 😂

@gn0va @AdrianWhiteSox agree 100%

@AdrianWhiteSox Unless Brockmire shows up, I’ve listened to my last English Sox broadcast of ‘26.

Japanese call of Munetaka Murakami’s HR 🎙️ Electric player & commentary. #WhiteSox

The diamond engagement ring was invented by an ad agency in 1947. Before that, only 1 in 10 American brides got one. The company behind it, De Beers, was worth $9.2 billion three years ago. Today that number is $2.3 billion, and its owner is trying to find a buyer. In 1940, diamonds were a luxury for the rich. Nobody proposed with one unless they had serious money. De Beers had a warehouse full of diamonds and no customers, so they hired NW Ayer, an ad firm out of Philadelphia. A copywriter named Frances Gerety came up with four words: “A Diamond is Forever.” NW Ayer paid Hollywood studios to write diamond proposals into movie scripts. They planted stories in gossip columns about which rock some actress just got. They invented the “two months’ salary” rule, the idea that a man should spend two months of income on a ring. None of that existed before. It was all marketing. By the 1990s, 8 out of 10 American brides wore diamond engagement rings. Then De Beers did it again in Japan, going from 5% to 60% in 14 years. Advertising Age called it the greatest advertising slogan of the 20th century. They were right. The whole business ran on one trick: make diamonds seem rare. De Beers controlled most of the world’s supply but only released a small amount each year. That artificial shortage kept prices sky-high. And the “forever” in the slogan had a second job: if nobody resells their diamond, supply stays tight and prices stay up. Lab-grown diamonds blew that apart. You can now grow a diamond in a lab that is the same thing, atom for atom, as one pulled out of the ground. Costs 80–85% less. In 2019, only 6% of engagement rings in America had a lab-grown stone. By 2025, that number was 61%. That’s from The Knot’s annual survey of 10,000+ newlywed couples. People are buying bigger rings (1.9 carats on average, compared to 1.6 for mined) and keeping the savings. De Beers saw this coming. In 2018, they launched their own lab-grown jewelry brand called Lightbox, priced at $800 per carat. The idea was to make lab-grown look like cheap costume jewelry so people would still pay a premium for “real” diamonds. Prices tanked 90% anyway. By 2025, American grocery stores were selling lab-grown diamond rings for $200. De Beers shut Lightbox down last May. Since 2023, De Beers has lost nearly $7 billion in value. It lost over $500 million in 2025 alone and has about $2 billion in diamonds sitting in storage that nobody is buying. Its parent company, Anglo American, is now in what they’re calling “advanced discussions” to sell off the whole thing. A 137-year-old company, dumped. The greatest ad campaign ever made convinced a planet that a common carbon crystal was worth two months of your salary. The product that’s killing it just proved you can grow the same crystal in a factory for pocket change.

The Lights Are On and We are Home. This Morning at Wrigley Field for the Home Opener. Go Cubs Go! #news #chicago

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A darts player lands a triple Robin Hood, one of the rarest shots you can see in the game!

@jayquintana_jr @RossBarkan I’m with guys who talk sports all day long. No one talks about the nba. No one.

@RossBarkan Is it just old people like me (I'm Gen X) who aren't big NBA fans anymore, or are young people also losing interests?

Quiet story not really told is that, of the 4 major pro sports leagues in America, MLB has probably slid into second, overtaking the NBA. Ratings up, attendance up, bigger younger stars, WBC is a clear success.

Purely as a fan, this is a win. Thanksgiving Eve is a great night, fun vibes in the house.

@AJtheEagle276 @Comiskey22 i found it on youtube a while back

@Comiskey22 Any chance you’ve found or have game 7 against Detroit in 13? I’ve been looking and can’t find it anywhere.

This call will forever be iconic. You can hear the emotion and passion in Troy Murray’s voice. When hardly anyone knew where the puck was, he reassured everyone over and over again that it was in the back of the net. #Blackhawks