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Beckham practicing between second and short
Email CHICAGO -- Those following Gordon Beckham's rehab start with Triple-A Charlotte on Monday might have done a double take at the starting lineup. The second baseman, who's recovering from a fractured hamate bone, slid over to the left side of the infield and played shortstop for the Knights. On Tuesday, manager Robin Ventura debunked any rumors that Beckham could be making a ...
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Danks champing at bit to join White Sox rotation
Email CHICAGO -- There's still no word on whether starter John Danks will return to the rotation later this week. The 28-year-old met with manager Robin Ventura and general manager Rick Hahn before Monday night's game and tried to plead his case for a speedy return. Danks threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and said he felt no discomfort in his shoulder. "I'd throw tonight ...
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Sale scratched from start due to shoulder tendinitis
Email CHICAGO -- White Sox ace Chris Sale was scratched from his scheduled start in Wednesday's series finale against the Red Sox as a precautionary measure due to mild tendinitis in his left posterior shoulder. Left-hander Hector Santiago will pitch on three days' rest in Sale's place. Santiago lasted only 3 1/3 innings against the Angels on Saturday, surrendering three earned ...
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Big Hurt to represent Sox at Draft
Email CHICAGO -- Five-time All-Star and two-time American League MVP Frank Thomas will represent the White Sox at the First-Year Player Draft on June 6. Thomas will join two other MVPs, three World Series-winning managers and another 24 All-Stars as representatives for baseball's 30 teams. White Sox manager of youth baseball initiatives Kevin Coe will join Thomas in Secaucus, N.J., where ...
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Police Man Killed In Jump From Gold Coast Building
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man jumped to his death early Tuesday from the Gold Coast high-rise building where he lived, authorities said. Police responded about 1 a.m. to the 0 to 100 block of East Chestnut Street and found that a man had jumped from the 32nd Floor, police News Affairs Officer Joshua Purkiss ...
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Former Elgin Deputy Police Chief Charged With ID Theft
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (STMW) – Elgin's former deputy police chief was indicted Tuesday for illegally accessing emails and using police resources for personal research. A Kane County grand jury indicted Robert Beeter, 51, of Elgin, on 16 counts of felony identity theft and four counts of official misconduct, according to a statement from the Kane County State's Attorney's ...
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Boy 17 Fatally Shot In Back Of The Yards
CHICAGO (STMW) – A teenage boy was fatally shot in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday evening, police said. Police responded to the intersection of 43rd Street and Paulina Avenue about 5:20 p.m. and found the 17-year-old unresponsive, police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines ...
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Stan Van Gundy doesnt plan to coach in 2013 MAY 21
Orlando Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy has pulled himself out of consideration. Van Gundy, in an interview with 1080 The Team in Orlando, plainly stated that he would not be an NBA coach in 2013-2014. This announcement came on the heels of a report by Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojanarowski that placed Van Gundy as "unlikely" to coach next season, but on the heels of interviews with ...
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Former Elgin deputy chief accused of misconduct identity theft
A former Elgin deputy police chief was indicted and arrested Tuesday on charges of identity theft and official misconduct. Robert Beeter, 51, of Elgin was arrested at his job as Stockton police chief in western Illinois after a Kane County grand jury indicted him on 16 counts of identity theft and four counts of misconduct, prosecutors ...
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Cubs prioritize Vitters development over Stewart
Ian Stewart was projected as the Cubs' regular third baseman for 2013 before he was injured in Spring Training, and he is now playing for Triple-A Iowa. However, Stewart is not high on the organization's depth chart at third base. According to Stewart, president of baseball operations Theo Epstein told him that Josh Vitters, the team's No. 1 Draft pick in 2007, would be getting ...
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Wilmette School Claims Record For Most Twins In Single Grade
WILMETTE, Ill. (CBS) — Teachers, students and staff at a Wilmette school are seeing double, and with good reason. The fifth grade at the Highcrest Middle School is claiming the world record for the most twins in one grade of a single ...
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Man sentenced for mailing pipe bombs threats
A former machinist from Dubuque, Iowa, was sentenced by a federal judge Tuesday to 37 years in prison for mailing pipe bombs and threatening letters to investment firms, including some sent from Rolling Meadows and Palatine. John P. Tomkins, 48, known as "the bishop" for how he signed his letters, mailed the bombs and threats between 2005 and 2007, federal authorities said in a ...
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Reinsdorf Says He Won’t Be Selling Sox Anytime Soon
(CBS) — In an interview with the Sports Business Journal, White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdaorf said that he has no immediate plans to sell the team and plans, saying he plans to be at the ballpark for the 2033 MLB All-Star Game. In a statement by the White Sox, Reinsdorf, 77, said he recommends the Sox go up for sale when he dies, but acknowledges that it won’t be his decision to make. ...
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Police Man Touches Woman’s Leg At South Loop CTA Station
The suspect is described as a 20- to 30-year-old Asian man with a medium build and short black hair, police said. He wore glasses, blue jeans and carried a backpack.(Credit: Police News ...
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Briggs On Bears’ Turnover ‘I Miss Everybody’
HALAS HALL (CBS) Bears linebacker Lance Briggs is still getting used to life without his old buddies. Brian Urlacher is gone. Israel Idonije is gone. Lovie Smith and Rod Marinelli are gone. ';I miss everybody, you guys,'; Briggs said Tuesday when asked specifically about Idonije. ';I miss everybody.'; Briggs hasn’t said much publicly since Smith was fired and Marc ...
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State Poison Control Center In Jeopardy Of Closing
(CBS) – Every year, the Illinois Poison Control Center handles nearly 82,000 poison related cases. Nearly half of them involve children. Dr. Michael Wahl says each year, they lose more funding. ';We’re actually running a loss right now. We are losing at about a half a million dollars a year. We are looking at closure in 2014 unless we can increase revenue somewhere,'; said ...
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Dow Jones industrial average posts 22nd high of the year
Federal Reserve presidents and sent the Dow Jones industrial average to its 22nd high of the year Tuesday. Regional Fed Presidents James Bullard ...
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LeBron James Just call him THE FLOPPER... MAY 21
I just realized that in all the time you blab away on here, you hardly(if ever), do a thread on the Spurs you claim to support..You are too busy hanging on Lebron, Kobe or Tebow's jockstraps to actually say something insightful on your team.Do you even know their roster...? Ohthere you go to google ...
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Ex-IRS Commish Withdraws Bid for CBOE Board Seat
CBOE Holdings Inc. said former IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman has withdrawn his bid for election to the company's board days before its annual meeting as he prepares to testify before Congress about allegations that the IRS targeted conservative groups with extra scrutiny. Shulman, 45, was a new nominee to the 15-member board. He was the head of the Internal Revenue Service from ...
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Guilty plea in slaying of Lake Villa Township Bears fan
Nick Viverito, left, with close friend William Christopher Pettry. The men were in Jacksonville, Fla., to watch the Bears when Pettry was killed in a bar the night before the ...
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Fire chief says search almost complete in Oklahoma at least 24 killed
A teacher hugs a child at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south Oklahoma City, Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ...
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Knicks Unsure About Stoudemire’s Role
Searching for ways to improve next season, the New York Knicks could use a reliable second scorer and dependable low-post option. They have no way of knowing if Stoudemire can provide either because of his ...
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Break Down Of Kyle Long’s Contract
(CBS) The Bears inked first-round draft picked Kyle Long to a four-year contract over the weekend with an option for a fifth year. In total, the No. 20 overall pick out of Oregon will earn$8,300,952 through the first four years of the deal. Here is a break down of the disbursement, as compiled by the Chicago ...
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Hoge’s Observations From Bears’ OTAs Trestman Running A Tight Ship
HALAS HALL (CBS) As the Bears broke into groups for special teams drills at Tuesday’s OTA practice, safety Tom Zbikowski, a noted boxer, went over to the tackling dummy and gave it a few jabs and an uppercut. Linebacker Blake Costanzo then came over and playfully threw Zbikowski onto the padding that was placed on the ground. Little did they know that they had caught the eye — and ...
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Janelle Monae and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Rock the Windy City
Phish 's Trey Anastasio noodled on his guitar alongside several metropolitan city orchestras on a cross-country tour a few months prior. However, few have slid so comfortably into such a hit-or-miss experiment as Janelle ...
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Thorne Miniature Rooms go fictional
If you live in Chicago and do not know about the Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago, then you must have been living under the proverbial rock before you came across this article.
The Thorne rooms are one of the most famous museum exhibits in the city. They are a collection of 68 rooms contained within glass boxes and are notable because each room is constructed at a 1-inch to 1-foot scale and all 68 rooms together display a range of historical periods from various cultures. Read more
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