Rick Pearson

Breaking: Connor Bedard has signed a five-year, $75 million contract extension with the Chicago Blackhawks, the team announced.

GOP candidate Darren Bailey uses trespassing arrest at Gov. JB Pritzker's home for familiar attack on crime chicagotribune.com/2026/07/18/dar…

In 2001, Walter Cronkite appeared on the David Letterman show and shared his thoughts.

@ejrmjr1 Goodbye troll.

@ejrmjr1 @ad_quig Are you kidding me? What a ridiculous statement to make. And a pathetic one as well.

Our story: Illinois House Speaker Welch's office knew of harassment claims against disgraced state Rep. Benton years ago chicagotribune.com/2026/07/17/sta…

@DeanRichards @Andy_Masur1 @daveschwan @GaleStreetInn Missed the invite😜

A Sunday Morning reunion! @Andy_Masur1, @daveschwan (Schwanie) and yours truly. Lots of laughs and memories…and great food at @GaleStreetInn.

“I may look like a five but I f— like a 10” @JeremyGorner and @rap30 detail how Illinois House Speaker Welch's office knew of harassment claims against disgraced state Rep. Benton made by a young staffer years ago -- and did nothing: chicagotribune.com/2026/07/17/sta…

I wrote about the bad soccer game for @nymag. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Happy 80th birthday to my friend George W. Bush! Your friendship—and that of your father and your entire family—has been one of the great gifts of my life. It has always reminded me that long before we’re politicians, we’re fellow Americans and, above all, human beings. And for the next month, I’m especially grateful to finally have someone older than me! Wishing you many more years of good health, happiness, and friendship. Our country is stronger when we remember that what unites us is greater than what divides us.

@kicker34 @BodenTweets Congratulations sir! Well deserved for a great career!

@BodenTweets Thanks, Chris. Hope you are well.

Congrats Fred!

Uefa statement released on Folarin Balogun's ban being suspended. Very strong stuff. Some snippets. "A minimum automatic suspension of one match following a red card is not a discretionary option and does not require the decision of a competent body to be enacted. 1/3

Trump intervention sparks World Cup storm as FIFA clears Balogun to face Belgium - reuters.com/sports/soccer/…

On Balogun, via ESPN's @MarkOgden_ , here's former Premier League ref Andy Davies: "In my postmatch review, I spoke about not only the decision being incorrect, but the VAR process not aligning to protocol, as only slo-mo and still pictures were presented to the referee when asked to review the situation at the screen," Davies said. "Real-time footage should have been considered by the referee, and this was not the case. "In my opinion, FIFA has reviewed the incident internally and felt that either the judgment to send off Balogun was incorrect, or the correct process to do so via VAR was not followed. But either way, this outcome feels like a pivot from FIFA using a regulation to add credibility to their reasoning. The decision lacks transparency and a credible rationale as to why a red card has effectively been overturned." To summarize, Davies says the call was wrong and the wrong procedure was used to make it. That's 0 for 2. But FIFA owes it to everyone--the USMNT, its fans, Belgium, everyone else--to explain the process.

A month shy of its sixth anniversary, Wahlburgers in St. Charles announced on social media that it was closing immediately. chicagotribune.com/2026/07/01/wah…

Absolutely the worst refereed game that I’ve seen in the World Cup games I’ve watched for both sides. Pathetic.

New Illinois laws take effect Wednesday including gas tax freeze and changes for driving tests and tuition chicagotribune.com/2026/07/01/new…

You can celebrate the country's 250th in a lot of ways. Fireworks all over. Or visit a Dairy Queen and have a “Stars & Stripes Misty Slush Float” for $2.50. Or you can listen to a radio segment about our city and its history. Read all about it here: chicagotribune.com/2026/07/01/thi…

PCA: homered Bregman: homered Busch: homered Dansby: homered twice The @Cubs have won 4 straight games and 14 of their last 18!