30+ min ago (612+ words) Lincoln-Way East guard Ellie Guyette (22) battle for control of the ball with Lyons guard Emma O'Brien (43) and guard Gwen Smith (21) during a Thanksgiving Basketball Tournament at Lyons Township High School in La Grange on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. | Lyons is at its best when it turns defense into offense. That's not to say the Lions aren't potent in the halfcourt, but defense is their calling card. With O'Brien, a 6-1 senior, at the top of their 1-2-2 press, Lyons can force turnovers because of her long wingspan that forces a litany of deflections and errant passes. "My teammates give me confidence," said O'Brien, who finished with 13 points and eight rebounds. "I just wanted to find ways to impact the game so I could stay in the flow because eventually I need to make those shots." Lyons was able to win 55-42 against Lincoln-Way East because…...

44+ min ago (1093+ words) Tom Stoppard attends the opening night of "Arcadia" at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway in March 2011. LONDON " British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998s "Shakespeare In Love," has died. He was 88. In a statement Saturday, United Agents said the Czech-born Stoppard " often hailed as the greatest British playwright of his generation " died "peacefully" at his home in Dorset in southwest England, surrounded by his family. "He will be remembered for his works, for their brilliance and humanity, and for his wit, his irreverence, his generosity of spirit and his profound love of the English language," they said. "It was an honor to work with Tom and to know him." Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger was among those paying tribute, calling Stoppard "a giant of the English theater, both…...

50+ min ago (702+ words) Karnisovas has asked for patience as he attempts to reload the roster, but this is Year 6 and there's one playoff game win on his resume. And the way the 2025-26 team has been playing, there won't be a second playoff game win anytime soon. It's not Noa Essengue's fault. After all, the Bulls fell on the 18-year-old Frenchman, he didn't fall on them. Yet, here we are at about the quarter mark of the regular season after Saturday's tilt with Indiana, and of all 14 lottery selections from the highly vaunted 2025 NBA draft class, Essengue (selected No. 12) has seen the least amount of floor time and it's not even close. Again, not his fault. It doesn't matter that Karnisovas promised a return to the Michael Jordan Championship glory days when he was hired now going on six seasons ago. It doesn't matter…...

50+ min ago (702+ words) Karnisovas has asked for patience as he attempts to reload the roster, but this is Year 6 and there's one playoff game win on his resume. And the way the 2025-26 team has been playing, there won't be a second playoff game win anytime soon. It's not Noa Essengue's fault. After all, the Bulls fell on the 18-year-old Frenchman, he didn't fall on them. Yet, here we are at about the quarter mark of the regular season after Saturday's tilt with Indiana, and of all 14 lottery selections from the highly vaunted 2025 NBA draft class, Essengue (selected No. 12) has seen the least amount of floor time and it's not even close. Again, not his fault. It doesn't matter that Karnisovas promised a return to the Michael Jordan Championship glory days when he was hired now going on six seasons ago. It doesn't matter…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago (221+ words) Montini celebrates its Class 4A state championship victory over Rochester. The Illinois High School Association has finalized plans for all the postponed state championship football games. The Class 8A (Mount Carmel vs. Oswego) and Class 7A (Brother Rice vs. St. Rita) games will be played at Northern Illinois University's Huskie Stadium on Wednesday, Dec. 3. The Class 7A game is at 3 p.m. with the 8A game following at 6 p.m. NIU and the University of Ilinois used to rotate hosting the state championship games every year. The games moved to ISU in 2023. The IHSA announced on Friday night that the postponed Class 6A and Class 5A football state championship games will be played on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at ISU. The Class 5A game, Providence vs. St. Francis, will start at 3 p.m. with the Class 6A game, Fenwick vs. East St. Louis, following at 6 p.m. The IHSA was forced to postpone the games when Illinois State closed…...

2+ hour, 51+ min ago (407+ words) How did you get this through security?" Pope Leo XIV asked CBS News correspondent Chris Livesay who handed the pontiff Nellie Fox's Louisville Slugger bat, a family heirloom, on a flight from Rome to Turkey this week. During his first papal trip abroad, Pope Leo XIV was presented with a baseball bat once owned by legendary White Sox player Nellie Fox. CBS News correspondent Chris Livesay gifted the pontiff Fox's Louisville Slugger, as part of a tradition of members of the press bringing gifts as Leo made an unannounced trip through the plane to greet the Vatican press corp. When Livesay pointed out the initials and number on the end of the bat, which was given to him by his cousin, the pope's eyes lit up, CBS reported. How did you get this through security?" the pope said to laughs…...

3+ hour, 35+ min ago (733+ words) The play was designed to go to D'Andre Swift. The Bears led by eight halfway into the fourth quarter Friday when Caleb Williams took a snap from under center and rolled left, where he was supposed to throw to his running back in the flat. With Swift four yards in front of him, Williams felt Eagles safety Sydney Brown crashing toward the line of scrimmage. That left the other safety, Reed Blankenship, as the only person covering tight end Cole Kmet, who ran a corner route. With no help behind Blankenship, Williams could loft a pass into the blustery sky and into the left corner of the end zone " so long as he led Kmet. "That's the fun part about playing QB " it's dealing with conditions and then finding ways to try to calculate where you need to put the…...

3+ hour, 47+ min ago (947+ words) Bears head coach Ben Johnson walks off the field following a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, at Soldier Field. Anyone remember Matt Eberflus" postgame victory speeches? Not likely. There weren"t many of them to begin with. New Bears coach Ben Johnson already has won more games at 9-3 than Eberflus did in any of his three seasons on his way to a 14-32 record and a quick firing. When they did win, though, the speeches were drier than reheated Thanksgiving turkey. Eberflus typically would go back over his pregame checklist in a manner far less captivating than the boisterous rallies Johnson has been leading. Eventually all of Eberflus" messages, good or bad, lost their flavor altogether. The liveliest the locker room got under his watch was at the end, when the Bears were in open revolt at Ford…...

3+ hour, 48+ min ago (947+ words) Bears head coach Ben Johnson walks off the field following a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, at Soldier Field. Anyone remember Matt Eberflus" postgame victory speeches? Not likely. There weren"t many of them to begin with. New Bears coach Ben Johnson already has won more games at 9-3 than Eberflus did in any of his three seasons on his way to a 14-32 record and a quick firing. When they did win, though, the speeches were drier than reheated Thanksgiving turkey. Eberflus typically would go back over his pregame checklist in a manner far less captivating than the boisterous rallies Johnson has been leading. Eventually all of Eberflus" messages, good or bad, lost their flavor altogether. The liveliest the locker room got under his watch was at the end, when the Bears were in open revolt at Ford…...

3+ hour, 53+ min ago (130+ words) A 41-year-old man was fatally shot in the Morgan Park neighborhood Thursday, officials said. The unidentified man was found about 3 a.m. in the 1200 block of West 111th Place, police said. Officers, who responded to a call of a person shot, found the unidentified man was involved in a domestic altercation inside a residence with a known female when the incident became physical. The female produced a firearm and fired a gunshot at the 41-year-old who suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and was transported to Advocate Christ Hospital, where he he died, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. A weapon was recovered on scene, and there is no one in custody at this time. Area 2 Detectives are investigating....