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|  | SPORTS Blackhawks GM leaves after sexual-misconduct findings revealed
2021-10-27
A law firm working for the Chicago Blackhawks completed an independent review of a former player's 2010 sexual-misconduct allegations against then-video coach Brad Aldrich as well as the team's handling of his complaint at the time, ...
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| | Texas governor signs anti-trans sports bill
2021-10-27
Texas' transgender student-athletes will be restricted from playing on K-12 school sports teams that align with their gender identity under a bill Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Oct. 25, The Texas Tribune reported. House Bill ...
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| | SPORTS Bulls improve to 3-0 for first time since 2016
2021-10-24
The Chicago Bulls improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2016, thanks to a 97-82 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Oct. 23. DeMar DeRozan led six Bulls in double figures with 21 points.Nikola Vucevic ...
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| | NATIONAL Trans women in sports, Grindr crime, 'Berlin Patient,' trans death
2021-10-24
Sports icon Billie Jean King, U.S. National Women's Soccer Team Co-Captain and World Cup Champion Megan Rapinoe, and WNBA stars Layshia Clarendon and Brianna Turner joined more than 150 fellow athletes in women's sports to support ...
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| | WORLD Indian commission, queer royals, MTV, Putin, attack in Jamaica
2021-10-24
India's National Medical Commission has ordered publishers and medical schools to edit their textbooks and curricula to exclude discriminatory and unscientific portrayals of LGBTI people, according to Human Rights Watch. ...
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| | SPORTS Chicago Fire FC defeat Real Salt Lake 1-0
2021-10-24
Playing its final home match of the 2021 season, Chicago Fire FC (9-16-7) defeated Real Salt Lake (12-12-6) 1-0 in front of 31,308 fans at Soldier Field on Oct. 23. As the Fire celebrated their supporters ...
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| | SPORTS Chicago Bulls win season opener
2021-10-21
On Oct. 20, the Chicago Bulls defeated the Detroit Pistons 94-88 in the Motor City to win the team's first season opener since 2016, according to NBA.com. It's also the first time the team (1-0) has ...
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| | Lightfoot, Chicago to celebrate WNBA champion Chicago Sky Oct. 19 with parade, rally
2021-10-18
--From a press release - CHICAGO — The City of Chicago will celebrate the 2021 WNBA Champion Chicago Sky on Tuesday, Oct. 19, with a downtown parade and rally. The parade will begin at 11AM when the team departs from Wintrust ...
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| | Chicago Sky win their first WNBA championship
2021-10-17
The sixth-seeded Chicago Sky defeated the fifth-seeded Phoenix Mercury 80-74 in game four of the 2021 WNBA Finals on Oct. 17 to close the series and secure the franchise's first WNBA championship in front of a ...
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| | SPORTS Red Stars top KC 2-1 on Fan Appreciation Night
2021-10-17
On the team's Fan Appreciation Night (Oct. 16) at SeatGeek Stadium, the Chicago Red Stars (10-8-5) defeated Kansas City (3-13-6) 2-1 in NWSL action. The Red Stars scored behind an own-goal from Kansas City's Kristen Edmonds ...
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| | SPORTS Sky one win from first WNBA title after routing Phoenix
2021-10-16
On Oct. 15 at Wintrust Arena, the Chicago Sky defeated the Phoenix Mercury by 36 points (86-50)—the largest margin of victory in a WNBA Finals game—to take a two-to-one series lead in the best-of-five series. The ...
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| | SPORTS Sky's Vandersloot named to All-WNBA Second Team
2021-10-15
Chicago Sky guard Courtney Vandersloot has been named to the 2021 All-WNBA Second Team, per a team press release. This is the fourth consecutive season and fifth time overall Vandersloot is an All-WNBA honoree. It also ...
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| | SPORTS Blackhawks drop season opener against Colorado
2021-10-14
On Oct. 13, the Chicago Blackhawks fell in an early hole and couldn't recover, falling 4-2 to the Colorado Avalanche in the season opener. Colorado scored thrice in the first 10 minutes of play, which proved ...
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| | SPORTS Chicago Red Stars power past Orlando 1-0
2021-10-14
The Chicago Red Stars, behind an early Kealia Watt goal and a clean sheet from Cassie Miller, defeated the Orlando Pride at home (Bridgeview's SeatGeek Stadium) Oct. 13 by a score of 1-0. During the game's ...
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| | SPORTS Chicago Sky lose in OT to Phoenix; finals tied at 1-1
2021-10-14
On Oct. 13, the Chicago Sky fell to the Phoenix Mercury 91-86 in overtime in game two of the 2021 WNBA Finals at Phoenix's Footprint Center. Sky guard Courtney Vandersloot dished out a team-high 20 points ...
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