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At the NFL owners meeting earlier this week, Broncos head coach Sean Payton didn’t shy away from the possibility of moving up from the 12th overall pick in April’s draft. “I think it’s realistic,” he said Monday in Orlando, Fla. …

Javonte Green was a high-energy defender for the Bulls until his knee betrayed him last season. With the team now looking for defensive consistency can Green return to a very familiar role? Charles Rex Arbogast/AP The defensive effort shown on …

Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th) speaks during a Chicago City Council meeting in December. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times The transition to a partially-elected Chicago Board of Education will be “chaos” and take “five years to make sense,” an influential City Council member warned …

Giancarlo Esposito stars as luxury car service driver Gray Bourgeois, who is forced to return to his former life of crime for one last job in the AMC series “Parish.” Alyssa Moran/AMC From “Breaking Bad” to “Better Call Saul” to …

The New York Mets are expected to face a tough call in the 2024 season when it comes to homegrown first baseman Pete Alonso. Alonso is set to hit free agency and projected to earn a deal in the range …

The NHL has a stacked, 14-game slate tonight featuring a near-overwhelming number of DFS roster options. Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid are among the NHL stars who highlight our player prop picks for March 28, but our dfsPro projections have …

Longtime “Dancing With the Stars” couple Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson are thinking ahead to season 33 of the dance competition show. During a Q&A on Johnson’s Instagram Stories on March 22, someone asked the duo who they’d want to …

The injury-rattled St. Louis Cardinals come into the opening day of the 2024 baseball season scrambling to make adjustments to both their lineup and rotation. With outfielders Tommy Edman, Lars Nootbaar, and Dylan Carlson – along with ace Sonny Gray …

On March 27, in a 145-101 win over the Toronto Raptors, Miles McBride dropped 29 points while hitting 9 3-pointers. The New York Knicks guard is playing the best basketball of his career and has become a key piece of the …

The Los Angeles Dodgers will start their 2024 season a de facto second time with a cloud hanging over designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, as the MLB continues to investigate into his former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. But Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts …

After an offseason of notable acquisitions, the Chicago Cubs seem dead set on winning the NL Central in 2024 and, depending on how the season goes, they could be in line to make a blockbuster trade at the deadline to …

There’s a long way to go until the NFL draft, and there is yet much that stands to change. But the fact that the Patriots are at least open to moving off of the No. 3 overall pick, even with …

SAN DIEGO — The San Francisco Giants’ streak of different Opening Day left fielders lived to see another year. Receiving the honor this season was Michael Conforto, who got the nod in left field Thursday against the Padres, becoming the …

A former FCI Dublin correctional officer was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday after he admitted to sexually abusing more than a half-dozen women at the scandal-plagued facility. Nakie Nunley, 48, became the seventh staff member at the troubled …

David Matthews | New York Daily News (TNS) Costco is cracking down on non-members eating at its wallet-friendly food courts. The wholesale store has become known for its cheap eats as much as for allowing everyday consumers to buy in …

By Mike Schneider | Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents …

AccuWeather on Wednesday released its seasonal forecast, predicting a “potentially explosive” hurricane season this summer and fall. The season runs June 1 to the end of November, but there is the potential for tropical systems — storms that gain their …

A condo in Los Gatos that sold for $1.4 million tops the list of the most affordable real estate sales in Los Gatos in the past week. For comparison, the overall average price of real estate in Los Gatos over …

By Nicole Winfield | Associated Press ROME — Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of 12 women inmates at a Rome prison during a Holy Thursday ritual meant to emphasize his vocation of service and humility. The 87-year-old Francis …

The best piece of direction legendary actor Gary Oldman says he ever received only needed four words to be communicated: “There’s more at stake.” Oldman, playing Commissioner Jim Gordon in director Christopher Nolan’s Batman movies, had just fluffed a take, …

The owner of an Aurora drug screening business was arrested earlier in March after three women reported being sexually assaulted while providing urine samples, police announced Thursday. Arben Duka, a 60-year-old man from Aurora, was arrested on suspicion of felony …

The White Sox hit the field for Game 1 of 162 with the Tigers in town on Thursday afternoon. Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times The weather may not scream “baseball!” yet but that won’t stop Opening Day as the White Sox host the …

A “happy work anniversary” message generated by the Sun-Times payroll system. Humans and machines … they’re not the same yet, right? We recognize a difference. A big difference, in my estimation. The difference between a plumber at your door and …

The Las Vegas Raiders were in full force at Jayden Daniels’ LSU Pro Day. Head coach Antonio Pierce, offensive coordinator Luke Getsy and quarterbacks coach Rich Scangarello all attended the workout and met with the quarterback afterward. It’s not much …

The more NASCAR goes flat out to broaden its appeal, and chase down big corporate money, the more the sport loves to play up its moonshine past. With good reason. It’s an awesome history. Mostly true, and with folks adding …

The New York Giants are meeting with Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels, but Big Blue plan on taking a “closer look” at national champion J.J. McCarthy ahead of the 2024 NFL draft. Daniels is meeting with the Giants on Thursday, …

Another day in the NFL offseason means more peculiar comments from Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. This time Jones appears to be pondering whether it is preferable to have CeeDee Lamb as opposed to “four or five players.” “He’s out …

The Denver Broncos’ approach for the 12th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft remains a mystery. However, multiple mock drafts suggest the team trading down to earn more draft capital. In his March 18 feature, Pro Football Focus writer …

As the NFL Draft fervor peaks, the New England Patriots leave no stone unturned in their quest for the perfect quarterback prospect. Much attention was focused on Jayden Daniel’s Pro Day in Baton Rouge, followed by a large contingent scheduled …

The New England Patriots are receiving more interest in trading the No. 3 pick in the draft next month. ESPN’s Dan Graziano reported that the Las Vegas Raiders in addition to the Minnesota Vikings have “the motivation and the means” …

It’s been no secret, going back to when Antonio Pierce was given the Raiders head coaching position as an interim and rolling right though him getting the job on a permanent basis, that the team has its eyes on LSU …

By KEN SWEET and LARRY NEUMEISTER | Associated Press NEW YORK — Crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, once one of the world’s …

SAN DIEGO — Joey Bart’s last day in the Giants’ organization hasn’t arrived yet. Finalizing their Opening Day roster Thursday morning, the Giants opted to carry three catchers, including the former second overall pick. While the team won’t carry three …

Godzilla and King Kong are sparring partners once again in “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.” Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures At one point in the teeth-rattling and cheerfully dumb but ultimately wearisome monster mash titled “Kong x Godzilla: The …

Another former Green Bay Packers is starter is signing with the Jacksonville Jaguars, with tight end Josiah Deguara finding a new home. Bleacher Report NFL insider Jordan Schultz posted to X on Thursday, March 28 that Deguara was signing a …

Penn State left tackle Olumuyiwa Fashanu is generally considered a top 15 pick in the 2024 NFL draft. Bleacher Report’s consensus rankings rated him the No. 6 overall prospect in the entire class. Additionally, a lot of mock drafts have …

Mauricio Umansky said he wasn’t holding hands with Emma Slater  in a  paparazzi photo that was taken when he was a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.” The Agency founder was partnered with the pro dancer for DWTS season 32 just …

Carly Madison Gregg is a 14-year-old girl who is accused of shooting her math teacher mother Ashley Smylie to death in Mississippi. That’s according to the Vicksburg News, which reported that Gregg will be charged as an adult in the …

With less than a week remaining until the 2024 NFL Draft, the Kansas City Chiefs still don’t have a surefire starting left tackle on the roster. Though the team can address left tackle via the draft, PFF’s Brad Spielberger thinks …

After the New York Yankees acquired Juan Soto in a blockbuster offseason trade, it might seem like the only thing that can keep their batting order from being the best in baseball would be a resurgence of the injuries that …