The day's news, sports and weather - plus early word on the death of The Tragically Hip's Gordon Downie. His family and the band confirm he died last night at the age of 53. Downie and The Hip played a joyful and triumphant final tour last year, after revealing he'd been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. "Courage," indeed.
... it's good for you, and it might help you deal with the rest of this morning's news. Plus sports (same) and weather.
OK, so Len Kasper was on a plane to the NLCS in LA early this morning. Mary Dixon fills in with the baseball goodness.
The day's news includes the Cook County pop tax repeal, President Trump's plan to relax health care standards for small businesses, and a Cubs loss -- plus asteroid 2012 TC-4 will be flying by tonight.
Columbia College professor and photographer Dawoud Bey and the co-founder of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network, Rami Nashashibi win $625,000 over five years, no strings attached. Other honorees include writers, scientists, human rights activists and the musician Rhiannon Giddens. Plus the day's news, sports and weather.
Cook County commissioners move this week to repeal the unpopular penny-per-ounce pop tax ... and THE CUBS WON GAME 3 OF THE NLDS. Plus the rest of the day's news, sports and weather forecast. Enjoy!
Prof. Richard Thaler says his work recognizes that economic agents are human, and that money decisions are not strictly rational. The Swedish Academy cites Thaler for his pioneering work in behavioral economics. Plus the day's news, sports & weather ...
He did not keep his reservation during Lollapalooza, according to TMZ. The Tribune reports Chicago police are investigating.
The Las Vegas shootings have repercussions in Chicago and at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, plus the rest of the day's news, sports and weather.
Petty had been found unconscious at his Malibu home, where EMTs were able to find a pulse before rushing him to the UCLA Santa Monica Hospital, where he was put on life support.
LVMPD reports more than 50 people are dead and more than 400 have been taken to hospitals, after one man opened fire from a hotel room window on their open-air concert venue near the Vegas Strip. CBS News has live updates here :
Lindsey Buckingham has led anything but a normal life. He tells Lin Brehmer what his daily life was like when Fleetwood Mac was at their biggest and the pressure he felt joining an already iconic band in this Live From Studio X interview from 2006.
Every winter, a few lucky music fans enter the Fourth Presbyterian Churchand bear witness to the beauty of Andrew Bird's Gezelligheid performances. The intimate concerts will return once again this year from December 11-14.
Back in 2003, David Bowie released his 23rd studio album 'Reality'. The Thin White Duke discussed just that as he speaks with Lin Brehmer. Plus, Bowie gives insight into his old personas saying, "how can you be serious of it? How can you be serious of a guy who's half a dog with a red wig on his head?"
Robert Plant spoke with Lin Brehmer right before the release of his 2014 record 'Lullaby And The Ceaseless Roar' and discussed where his influences come from. For Plant, YouTube has been a great source of inspiration as its allowed him to easily connect with musicians from across the world.
Dr. Diane M. Schecklong, Au. D., CCC-A is a clinical supervisor in Audiology at NIU. We spoke with her about protecting one’s hearing at Lollapalooza, the aftershows, and any other live music events in and around Chicago. We touched on preventative methods to combat hearing loss such as distance from loudspeakers, active methods such as earplugs and rest, and the warning signs of hearing damage. She also gave a cautionary tale about a 14 year old she treated following a concert....
The Cubs are ten games over .500 since the All Star break, picking up eight games in the standings, and now find themselves atop the NL Central after taking 2 of 3 from the Brewers in Milwaukee. The northsiders move up in class as they come back to Wrigley to face the Arizona Diamondbacks and Washington Nationals. They'll do so with an improved bullpen courtesy of trading with Detroit for reliever Justin Wilson as well as backup catcher Alex Avila, who's no stranger to Chicago from his time on t...
On September 13th, Pete Townshend’s Classic Quadrophenia will make a stop at the Rosemont Theatre and feature Townshend, Billy Idol, Eddie Vedder, and Alfie Boe as “Jimmy”. Additionally, the Chicagoland Pops Orchestra and Chicago Children’s Proceeds from the concert will benefit Teen Cancer America.
Lin went on vacation to get the Cubs back on track, and boy did they! They've begun the second half of the season with the best record in baseball, and virtually every facet of their game has been on point. After dispatching the Cardinals, two games to one, they now face the White Sox for a home and home four-game set and then head 90 miles north to face the now second-place Brewers.
That's the way ya do it, Cubs. They swept the Orioles in Baltimore to begin the second half behind the strong seven innings of shutout ball of new acquisition Jose Quintana yesterday. Now they're off to Atlanta to face the surprising upstart Braves in their brand new ballpark. The Cubs will try to keep the momentum going and narrow the gap between them and the Brewers as we approach the dog days of the season.
Trade deadline activity exploded in our fair city when the White Sox sent ace Jose Quintana to the Cubs for four minor leaguers, including their top prospect (#8 overall), and their top pitching prospect. Besides being a top-10 pitcher, Quintana is under a very team-friendly contract that is controllable through 2020. In a nice turn of circumstance, that's about the year the Sox are projected to bring their now formidable farm system up to the majors to begin their run of contention. That's also...
Lin has proven prescient with his choice of this season's Len & Lin theme song from Twin Peaks, "Keep It Together". The Cubs are two games under .500, the worst record at the All Star break by a World Series championship team that won 100+ games the year before. It's a tough thing to figure out, given how stacked with talent this team is. It could be fatigue from the long playoff runs the last two years, but Len notes that this was the best defensive club last year and it's struggling mighti...
If yesterday's hot weather tilt at Wrigley were an actual little league game as the score might suggest, one would have to reconsider taking the team out for ice cream following the drubbing the Cubs received at the hands of the first-place Milwaukee Brewers. A 7-run third inning basically put the game out of reach for the Cubs, who saw Kyle Schwarber return from a stint in triple-A ball to find his swing. He wound up 0-4 at the dish with two strikeouts. The All-Star break can't seem to come soo...
A big mid-season test for the Cubs came via the 4-game Washington series over this past week. Well, a couple of big tests, as it turns out. The most obvious was being pitted against a dangerous Nationals team that was playing really good baseball, and doing it while a good portion of the team's core was either on the DL or working through things in the minors. And then some apparent intra-squad friction reared its head when now-former Cub catcher Miguel Montero lamented Jake Arrieta's deliberate...
Addison Russell's woes have been revealed to be caused by shoulder discomfort. Ultimately, that's a good thing, as it provides an explanation for why he's had a tough time at second. Injuries and underperformance have taken a toll on the Cubs, with Jason Heyward, Kyle Hendricks and Ben Zobrist taking recent trips to the DL and Kyle Schwarber working on his swing in triple-A. Things won't get any easier as they open up a four-game set in Washington, DC against a Nationals team that is firing on a...
Well, the Cubs have continued their streaky ways in Miami, where they were held to two hits the other night, and then exploded for eleven runs the next. Part of that inconsistency has been World Series hero Kyle Schwarber, who spent the entire 2016 season on the DL after blowing out his knee in the outfield in game three, surprrised everyone when he came off the DL in time for the World Series and proceeded to bat north of .400 after seeing basically no major league pitching that year. This seas...
Well, this whole Anthony Rizzo as leadoff hitter sure has borne fruit. Leadoff homeruns in his first two games, followed by a walk. He's been having himself the best stretch of his career, which really says something given how prolific he's been at the plate. Anthony's from Miami, so Len really hopes he's voted as the starting National League first baseman in the All Star game at Marlin's Park, a tall order given the field. The starting pitching has also held up of late, which makes everything s...
The Cubs have tinkered with the lineup by batting Anthony Rizzo at the top of the order; they've moved some of their versatile players around, and just when you think they've got a handle on those problems, the bullpen blows a lead and the game. Meanwhile, the Cubs took a bunch of pitchers in the draft, and with the trade deadline on the horizon, Theo and company might make a move for more arms. They'll need to think about that with what appears to be Arrieta's impending free agency and John Lac...
Lin welcomed in Chef Rick Bayless to congratulate him on another slew of awards and announce the 2017 WXRT & Supreme Lobster's Rockin' Lobster Bash, taking place August 30th at Uptown's Aragon Ballroom. A bigger venue. A bigger event. The biggest chefs serving the best lobster and cocktails you'll have all year for the price.
The Cubs hit the road for 17 of their next 20 games, beginning with a swing out to New York to face the Mets and then the division rival Pirates. Both teams are under .500, but then again, the Cubs have hovered right around that mark themselves. They've been especially streaky of late, and managed to avoid a sweep at the hands of the NL-leading Colorado Rockies by salvaging the series finale. A lot of Cubs have been slumping of late, but seem like they could be turning it around. The season's st...
