Funding Impasse on Wall Stalls Government Congress Adjourns Without Spending Deal, All but Party’S Lawmakers

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Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune Saturday, December 22, 2018 Breaking news at chicagotribune.com Funding impasse on wall stalls government Congress adjourns without spending deal, all but Party’s lawmakers. Senators said they expect to including the departments of But as Vice President Mike return at noon Saturday as talks Homeland Security, Transporta- ensuring shutdown as president and Dems duel Pence, acting White House chief continue. tion, Interior, Agriculture, State of staff Mick Mulvaney and senior The White House budget chief and Justice, will be affected. By Lisa Mascaro, Matthew partial government shutdown at adviser Jared Kushner dashed late Friday instructed federal The shutdown would also leave Daly and Zeke Miller midnight with President Donald back and forth at the Capitol, agencies “to execute plans for an hundreds of thousands of federal Associated Press Trump demanding billions of dol- there were no outward signs of a orderly shutdown” when funding workers furloughed or forced to lars for his long-promised Mexi- deal. expires Saturday. work without pay just days before WASHINGTON — White can border wall. The House adjourned Friday, Without a deal, funding for Christmas. House negotiators left the Capitol Trump’s top envoys had been followed an hour later by the about 25 percent of the govern- “We’re going to have a shut- late Friday, and the House and straining to broker a last-minute Senate after senators were told ment was expected to expire at down,” Trump said via video Senate adjourned without a compromise with Democrats and there would be no more votes midnight. Nine Cabinet-level de- spending deal, all but ensuring a some of their own Republican Friday night. partments and dozens of agencies, Turn to Shutdown, Page 2

“You could count on Conrad for anything.” — The Rev. Dan Brandt, a Chicago police chaplain, during the funeral Mass for Officer Conrad Gary

JOSE M. OSORIO/CHICAGO TRIBUNE Pallbearers carry the casket of Chicago police Officer Conrad Gary out of St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel in Chicago after his funeral Friday. A FINAL SALUTE Conrad Gary, Conrad Gary, one of two Chicago officers 31, joined the fatally struck by a train, is remembered Police Depart- ment in March for always putting others ahead of himself 2017. He and his wife, Kelly, By Rosemary Sobol, Rev. Dan Brandt, a Chicago have a young Katie Galioto police chaplain. A crowd of daughter. and Elvia Malagon more than 1,000 police officers, Chicago Tribune family members, friends and ■ Second officer mourned: dignitaries listened to Brandt on Eduardo Marmolejo, 36, is to be When Chicago police Officer Friday morning in St. Rita of buried Saturday. Page 4 Conrad Gary’s friend left to Cascia Shrine Chapel on the serve in the U.S. military, he took city’s Southwest Side. it upon himself to make trips to “He was that kind of person, nearby car dealership tied white his friend’s home to make sure always putting others before and blue balloons to car side the family was fine. himself,” Brandt said at the mirrors to honor the officers. Others in Gary’s life, from funeral Mass for Gary. “I was Schoolchildren and teachers family to other police officers, told you could count on Conrad lined a portion of the proces- had similar stories to share in for anything.” sion, many of them holding the days after he and Officer As the sun rose Friday, police their hands over their hearts. Eduardo Marmolejo were fa- officers in their dress uniforms The sidewalks leading to the ABEL URIBE/CHICAGO TRIBUNE tally struck by a train while converged on the chapel to Chicago Police Department’s Kenyatta Gaines sings “Amazing searching for a suspect, said the mourn Gary. Workers at a Turn to Funeral, Page 4 Grace” during Friday’s funeral service.

End may be in sight for CHICAGO SPORTS Ginsburg recovering housing discrimination suit after cancer surgery Under settlement plan, litigation. 2 malignant growths Ginsburg, 85, is the leader of Under the plan, the nearly the court’s liberal wing. She has long-running case 53-year-old case would come to found in justice’s lung achieved an iconic status rare would close by 2024 a close by July 2024, marking an for Supreme Court justices, and end to a crucial chapter in the By Mark Sherman is known as By Jason Meisner national civil rights movement, Associated Press the “Notori- Chicago Tribune according to the nonprofit ad- ous RBG” to vocacy group Business and Pro- WASHINGTON — Justice some of her A landmark public housing fessional People for the Public Ruth Bader Ginsburg had most ardent discrimination lawsuit that Interest, which has spear- surgery Friday to remove two fans. ranks among the longest-run- headed the litigation for dec- malignant growths in her left In recent ning federal cases in Chicago ades. NUCCIO DINUZZO/CHICAGO TRIBUNE lung, the third time the days, Gins- history could be coming to a The settlement agreement Supreme Court’s oldest justice burg has close under a settlement agree- provides a detailed timeline for Long back on field has been treated for cancer basked in the ment reached Friday. the CHA to complete all since 1999. warm ap- Ginsburg The Chicago Housing Au- planned mixed-income units practicing with Bears Doctors found “no evidence plause of authority and lawyers represent- and strengthen its housing of any remaining disease” and diences that turned out for ing CHA residents have asked voucher program to better en- Bears guard Kyle Long returned scans taken before the surgery screenings of a new feature film U.S. District Judge Marvin As- able families to move to more to practice Friday after the team showed no cancerous growths about her life. pen to approve the agreement affluent areas if they choose to designated him to return from elsewhere in her body, the court Her health is closely watched creating a road map for the do so. Among the sites still injured reserve. The veteran said in a statement. No addi- by liberals and conservatives CHA to complete its obligations injured his ankle Oct. 28 against tional treatment is planned, it under the so-called Gautreaux Turn to Lawsuit, Page 4 the Jets. said. Turn to Ginsburg, Page 2

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Ginsburg , from Page 1 It was unclear whether Ginsburg would be back alike. If she were to step on bench when the court down now, President next meets Jan. 7. She has Donald Trump would never missed Supreme choose her replacement — Court arguments in more further shifting the court than 25 years as a justice. to the right. Despite the fall in her The growths were chambers last month, found during tests Gins- Ginsburg had returned to burg had after she frac- her normal active sched- tured ribs in a fall in her ule. She has attended an Supreme Court office Nov. event at the White House 7, the court said. honoring the late Justice Doctors at Memorial Antonin Scalia and was at Sloan Kettering Cancer the Washington opening Center in New York per- of a new movie based on formed a procedure called her life before she became a pulmonary lobectomy a justice. on Ginsburg. The growths The film, “On the Basis they removed were deter- of Sex,” opens more mined to be malignant in widely Tuesday. an initial pathology evalu- Ginsburg had surgery ation, the court said, citing for colorectal cancer in Ginsburg’s thoracic sur- 1999 and pancreatic can- geon, Dr. Valerie W. cer 10 years later. Doctors Rusch. found the growth on her Ginsburg is expected to pancreas in the course of BRIAN CASSELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE remain in the hospital for routine screenings as a Multicolored lights are among those adorning the balconies of Marina City in Chicago’s Loop on Monday. a few days, the court said. result of her first cancer. “If she doesn’t need Among other health prob- anything but the surgery, it lems, she also broke two is a very good sign,” said ribs in a fall in 2012 and Marina City’s holiday light plight Dr. John Lazar, director of had a stent implanted to thoracic robotic surgery at open a blocked artery in Board tries to clamp to midnight. The change The change was first re- when the buildings were MedStar Washington 2014. She was hospitalized was made in response to ported by Loop North converted from apartment Hospital Center. after a bad reaction to down, but residents “feedback from residents News. buildings to condominiums. “This is just luck” that medicine in 2009. keeping them up about lights from neighbor- But on a recent evening, a In 1990 there was an effort the growths were found Appointed by President ing balconies,” according to few balconies at Marina to feature more Christmas through those rib X-rays Bill Clinton in 1993, Gins- By Elvia Malagon a statement from the board City still were adorned with lights on their balconies. because accidentally dis- burg rebuffed suggestions Chicago Tribune this week. green, red and other lights The towers have been covered lung tumors tend from some liberals that “The board set this policy with mixed colors. The part of the Loop’s archi- to be early-stage when she should have stepped Days before Christmas, in order to ensure residents board has been sending resi- tecture since 1967, accord- surgery works best, said down in the first two years green, blue and red lights are not disrupted by high- dents reminders and warning to the Chicago Archi- Dr. Giuseppe Giaccone, an of President Barack Oba- continue to dot Chicago’s intensity, brightly colored or ings regarding the new pol- tecture Center. Marina City oncologist at Georgetown ma’s second term, when distinct corncobs despite flashing lights reflecting icy, according to a spokes- was designed by architect University’s Lombardi Democrats controlled the the Marina Towers Condo- into their units,” the state- woman for the board. Bertrand Goldberg and at Comprehensive Cancer Senate and would have minium Association board’s ment read. “We understand Decades ago, the towers the time was seen as a way Center. been likely to confirm her efforts to make holiday that many residents enjoy were adorned with thou- to draw middle-class people While doctors will have successor. decorations uniform. displaying lights into their sands of white lights that back into the city by provid- to see the final pathology She has already hired In October, the board balconies, especially during were strung around the bal- ing amenities like a bowling report to know what kind clerks for the term that approved amended rules the holiday season, and this conies, the Tribune previ- alley, theater and ice rink. of tumors Ginsburg had extends into 2020, indicat- that called for “clear white rule allows them to do so ously reported. But the dis- and how aggressive they ing she has no plans to single-strand lights” on resi- while also ensuring the play of lights appeared to [email protected] were, her previous bouts retire. dents’ balconies from dusk comfort of all residents.” slow down around 1977 Twitter @ElviaMalagon with cancer were so long ago they’re unlikely to be The Washington Post con- related, Giaccone said. tributed. President blames Dems for shutdown from WINNING LOTTERY NUMBERS Shutdown , Page 1 “This is our only chance “I was in an hour meeting produced a resolution. that we’ll ever have, in our on that and there was no “What this does is push ILLINOIS INDIANA message on Twitter less opinion, because of the conclusion,” said Sen. this ahead to a negotiation,” Dec. 21 Dec. 21 than three hours from the world and the way it breaks Chuck Grassley of Iowa. said Sen. Bob Corker, R- Mega Millions ...... 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DaleyELECTION 2019 releases limited tax return

Mayoral candidate candidates for public office. Espe- cially in the world of Trump, made $2.5M in 2017 releasing tax returns allows the public to take its measure of By Bill Ruthhart whether candidates have dis- Chicago Tribune qualifying conflicts of interest,” said former federal prosecutor Chicago mayoral candidate Bill and mayoral candidate Lori Light- Daley responded to criticism that foot, who has released four years he’s not being transparent about of full tax returns. “It’s unaccept- his finances Friday by releasing able for someone who wants to be two pages from his 2017 tax mayor of the third-largest city in return, showing he made more the country to resist transparency, than $2.5 million last year. including resisting releasing tax Daley’s limited disclosure returns, especially given our his- comes after the Chicago Tribune tory of elected officials enriching asked 16 declared mayoral candi- themselves at the expense of the dates on Nov. 1 to release public.” four years of full tax Daley released his tax returns, including all at- information on the Fri- E. JASON WAMBSGANS/CHICAGO TRIBUNE 2017 tachments and sched- day before Christmas, Chicago mayoral candidate Bill Daley wants the state to rename the Dan Ryan Expressway for former ules. Six candidates when many Chicagoans President Barack Obama, Daley’s former boss at the White House. obliged while a seventh, are preoccupied with Gery Chico, released the last-minute shopping top two pages of his tax and travel plans. He also returns for the four made the two pages pub- Daley: Rename expressway for Obama years. lic in the same hour that By Mike Riopell west suburbs to Downstate Pon- father’s legacy to begin with, but Daley, the son of one Daley he put out a news release Chicago Tribune tiac. That renaming effort was also take away an honor from former mayor and calling for the Dan Ryan led by state Rep. LaShawn Ford, one person to honor another brother of another, has enjoyed a Expressway to be renamed for Chicago mayoral candidate another Chicago mayoral candi- person.” long Chicago business career. He former President Barack Obama. Bill Daley wants the state to date. Signs for the road were Ryan III said he doesn’t have most recently stepped down from The two pages from Daley’s rename the Dan Ryan Express- unveiled quietly in March. any political agenda and hasn’t his role as a managing partner at 2017 Form 1040 show he filed way for former President Barack Still, Daley said “renaming the been in contact with Daley. Told the Swiss hedge fund Argentiere jointly with wife Bernadette Kel- Obama, Daley’s onetime boss at highway for President Obama of Ryan III’s concerns, a Daley Capital to run for mayor, though ler. The couple reported an ad- the White House. will be a daily reminder for all of spokesman said he didn’t have he continues to hold an ownership justed gross income of $2,539,766 Daley worked as Obama’s us that America’s first African- further comment. stake and is an investor, his and paid an effective tax rate of 37 chief of staff for a year starting in American president was shaped “If I had his phone number I’d campaign has said. percent, the records show. Daley January 2011, leaving a year later by Chicago.” definitely call him,” Ryan III Providing tax returns is a rou- did not include the pages or as part of a shake-up meant to The Dan Ryan Expressway said. tine act of public disclosure for schedules that would identify how improve the White House’s op- was named after Dan Ryan Jr., Daley’s statement says a Cook many candidates who have run for much in deductions he claimed erations and its dealings with president of the Cook County County forest preserve is named major elected office. Releasing the for charitable contributions or legislative leaders. His call to Board, who died in office in 1961. for Ryan. But stories in the documents not only tells the what investments he holds among change the road’s name came on Ryan’s wife, Ruby, served out his Tribune archives suggest the public how much the candidate other unknowns. the same day he released two term on the board and was Dan Ryan Woods preserve was has made in income, but where Most of Daley’s money — more pages from his 2017 tax return, among the commissioners who named for Ryan’s father, Dan their financial interests reside, than $1.8 million — was tied to showing he made more than voted to approve the name Ryan, who also served on the how they have made their money Schedule E income, a broad cate- $2.5 million last year. change. Cook County Board. and what potential conflicts of gory that covers gains and losses “Our Chicago expressways Daley’s idea upset Ryan’s de- The Dan Ryan Expressway interest could arise if they are tied to areas such as rental real are named for towering figures scendants, including Dan Ryan originally was designed to run elected. estate, trusts, estates, S corpora- in our history: Kennedy, Eisen- III, grandson of the road’s name- through Bridgeport, the neigh- In Daley’s case, the conflict-of- tions, royalties and partnerships. hower, Stevenson,” Daley said in sake. borhood of Daley’s late father, interest question is particularly Cunningham declined to describe the statement. “We should have “I was very surprised,” Ryan Mayor Richard J. Daley, but was acute, given that he served as a the nature of that income. one for Obama, who is the only III, 69, said from New York rerouted eight blocks to the east confidant of sorts for his brother Daley also reported more than President from Chicago and led hours after Daley floated the and served as a racial buffer while he ran the city for 22 years $400,000 in investment dividends the nation through the second- idea. “I couldn’t figure out why between the neighborhood and from 1989 until he stepped down and more than $150,000 in other worst economic crisis in our he wanted to do it, considering the Robert Taylor Homes public in 2011. The administration of investment gains. He also col- history.” his father was the one who housing project directly east of former Mayor Richard M. Daley lected $50,500 in business income Daley called on state lawmak- named the expressway after my the highway. was clouded by scandals and tied to two paid speeches he ers to make the change next grandfather. federal investigations, some of delivered, Cunningham con- year. “It was a very great honor for Chicago Tribune’s Rick Pearson which sent top aides to prison but firmed. On his city ethics disclo- Illinois already has a Barack our family to have that name,” contributed. never touched the mayor himself. sure, Daley reported getting paid Obama Presidential Express- Ryan III said. “And I can’t Asked why Bill Daley only by The Harry Walker Agency Inc. way, a stretch of about 80 miles imagine why anyone would [email protected] released two pages of one year’s for speaking at an event sponsored of Interstate 55 from the south- want to change part of his own Twitter @MikeRiopell tax return, campaign spokesman by Time Inc. on behalf of Fifth Peter Cunningham replied, “We Third Bank. The second speech feel this is enough. It’s important was paid for by Barclays, Daley to get it out and move on.” reported. tax information the day after adviser for decades, so who are we activist Ja’Mal Green, public pol- Daley’s move to only release the In between serving as U.S. fellow candidate Paul Vallas trying to kid?” Vallas asked. “I icy consultant Amara Enyia, for- top two pages of his return echoes commerce secretary under for- ripped him and other candidates don’t think there have been any mer Ald. Bob Fioretti and attor- similar decisions from other mer President Bill Clinton and as for not being transparent, noting major decisions made in the city neys John Kozlar and Jerry Joyce wealthy candidates, including White House chief of staff under the complete release of financial that Bill hasn’t had some influence Jr. Chico, Republican Gov. Bruce Obama, Daley has held various information is “absolutely ex- on.” Brown, who has served as clerk Rauner and Democratic Gov.- top-level business posts, most pected by the voters.” Vallas, former prosecutor for 18 years, issued a statement elect J.B. Pritzker. All three only recently in the financial sector. “I just think it’s political science Lightfoot, Cook County Board Friday criticizing Daley and oth- released limited information, Daley was the Midwest chair- 101: release your financials. Let us President Toni Preckwinkle, state ers who have yet to make the keeping their investments and man of JPMorgan Chase, where see how you made your money,” Comptroller Susana Mendoza, information public, asking, “What economic interests a secret. he also helped direct the compa- said Vallas, who released four state Rep. LaShawn Ford and do they have to hide?” The decision by Daley to only ny’s lobbying arm. His resume also years’ worth of full returns. “Let us Cook County Circuit Court Clerk “I believe that those running for provide two pages from one year includes: partner at the law firm see who you contributed to, let us Dorothy Brown all have released office must be fully transparent. of taxes invited comparisons to Mayer Brown; president and CEO see who you donated to, what their full tax returns for 2014, Tax returns give an insight into Republican President Donald of Amalgamated Bank of Chicago; charities you funded or you 2015, 2016 and 2017 as requested individual candidates,” Brown Trump, who has repeatedly re- and president of SBC Communi- helped subsidize.” by the Tribune. Daley and Chico said. “We must have greater trans- fused to release his tax returns, cations (now AT&T). He previ- Vallas, who served as Chicago are the only two who chose to parency of candidates. Following giving various reasons for doing ously served on the corporate Public Schools CEO under former disclose partial information. Donald Trump’s refusal to release so. Trump remains deeply unpop- boards of the Boeing Co., Boston Mayor Daley, made it a point to The candidates who have re- his tax returns is not a strategy ular in Chicago, amid a voting base Properties, EDS and Merck & Co. note that Bill Daley was involved fused to release their tax returns that any candidate for mayor of that has shown signs of becoming and recently joined the board of in many of the financial decisions are businessman Willie Wilson, Chicago should follow.” increasingly progressive. American Financial Exchange, ac- during his brother’s administra- former Chicago police Superin- “Releasing tax returns is a cording to his campaign. tion that left the city in trouble. tendent Garry McCarthy, tech [email protected] time-honored requirement for Daley released the two pages of “He’s been his brother’s closest entrepreneur Neal Sales-Griffin, Twitter @BillRuthhart Mother upset son not freed after murder conviction overturned He allegedly was beaten hoped prosecutors ers and Willie Williams on In granting Reed a new trial detectives working under Burge would drop the charges the South Side, he has Wednesday, however, Gainer pushed him up against a wall and into confessing under or that Judge Thomas spent nearly three decades noted correctional officer Clar- threatened to throw him out a Burge-era detectives Gainer would release in custody. ence English had testified that he window, coercing him into con- him on an affordable In the days following saw Reed lying on the floor in the fessing to the South Side murder of By Megan Crepeau bond. his arrest, Reed alleges, jail’s intake area. Reed told him he Gerrod Erving, according to a Chicago Tribune Special prosecutor Detective Victor Breska, had been beaten by police, English court filing by his attorney, Steve Robert Milan, who gave since retired, kicked him said. Greenberg. Gerald Reed, whose conviction no reason in court for so hard that he broke a rod The special prosecutors also Day was released from custody for a double murder was over- the decision to seek Reed that had been placed in argued that Reed’s attorneys pre- Wednesday after more than 26 turned earlier this week over Reed’s retrial, was given Reed’s leg to aid in his sented no “reliable evidence” that years in custody, Greenberg said. longtime allegations he was beaten until Jan. 9 to respond in writing to healing from a gunshot wound. Kill was substantially involved in “He’s doing great. He is with his into confessing by former Chicago the defense request for Reed’s A report by the Illinois Torture the alleged beating. family,” he said. “There are friends police detectives under the com- release. Inquiry and Relief Commission Zinger, though, called the now- that are coming in for Christmas mand of disgraced ex-Cmdr. Jon Gainer granted Reed, 54, a new concluded there was no evidence deceased Kill “one of the most that he hasn’t seen in decades.” Burge, won’t be released from trial Wednesday after extensive that the rod was broken before notorious detectives in the city of Scores of African-American custody in time for Christmas. hearings on his accusations that he Reed’s arrest or after he arrived at Chicago.” men accused Burge and his col- The decision Friday by special was beaten into confessing. Cook County Jail. The only “plau- “Kill in this case is a central leagues of torturing or abusing Cook County prosecutors ap- The retrial will take place before sible explanation’’ was the beating figure, though, even if he didn’t do them since the 1970s at a South pointed to handle the Burge- a different judge, though, because at the police station, the commis- the striking,” Zinger said during Side police station. The scandal related case — forcing Reed to a Gainer is slated to retire soon. sion said. closing arguments. “He threatened has stained the city’s reputation second trial without the confes- “Thank you, your honor, for Reed said the beating stopped Mr. Reed. He knew about the and cost taxpayers at least $115 sion as evidence — left his mother your ruling,” Reed told Gainer at when Breska’s partner, Detective beating. He was outside the door, million so far in lawsuit settle- livid. the end of Friday’s hearing. Michael Kill, pulled Breska off as Mr. Reed testified, while Breska ments, judgments and other com- “I’m past disappointed. I’m very “Thank you for your due diligence Reed. Kill never reported the was beating him. And he also came pensation to victims. angry,” Armanda Shackelford, and being a good judge, for all the beating. in and played good cop and pulled Burge, who died in September, with tears in her eyes and her voice years that you’ve been here. Good The rod likely broke on its own Breska off him.” was convicted in federal court of rising, told reporters after the luck on your future.” as part of the leg bone’s natural Reed’s case marked the second lying about his knowledge of the 1 hearing at the Leighton Criminal Reed’s attorney, Elliot Zinger, healing process, the special prose- major development this week in a torture and was sentenced to 4 ⁄2 Court Building. “You haven’t done expressed confidence that Reed cutors maintained, and in the Burge-related case. On Tuesday, years in prison. enough to my son already? You would be vindicated at a second hours after his interrogation Reed Milan agreed to throw out murder denied him bond?” trial. Sentenced to life in prison for did not show any sign he was in charges against Arnold Day. [email protected] Reed’s attorneys and supporters the 1990 murders of Pamela Pow- severe pain. In 1992, Day alleged, other Twitter @crepeau 4 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Saturday, December 22, 2018 Second Chicago officer killed by train mourned Eduardo Marmolejo “I feel very emotional er Friday as mourners officers who have died this Chicago Lawn, Ogden and groups. A woman stood in thinking about the family,” waited. Volunteers with the year in their district, the Far Morgan Park districts and line holding hands with her funeral Saturday Ramirez said, his eyes filling 5-11 Club Chicago, which South Side’s Calumet Dis- also had been an emergency daughter, who attends with tears. “I have a lot of supports police officers and trict. Two other officers died room technician at Advo- fourth grade with one of By Madeline Buckley respect for police officers.” firefighters, passed out cof- by suicide and one died after cate Christ Medical Center Marmolejo’s daughters. The Chicago Tribune For the second day in a fee. she collapsed at the station. in Oak Lawn. mother told her daughter row, a line extended down Gary and Marmolejo “We took a hit this year,” Marmolejo grew up in she didn’t have to attend the Amado Ramirez Jr. cried the block from Blake-Lamb were killed Monday by a said an officer who did not the Back of the Yards neigh- wake, but the young girl quietly while waiting in line Funeral Home in Oak Lawn, South Shore Line train after give his name as he is not borhood on the South Side. insisted. during the wake for Officer filled with hundreds of po- they pursued a suspect onto authorized to speak to the While waiting in line, Travis About a dozen Mother Eduardo Marmolejo, even lice officers, family mem- the tracks following reports media. “It hurts.” Kwak reminisced about McAuley students, friends though he didn’t know the bers, friends and communi- of gunfire in the area of The officer waited in line working with Marmolejo of Marmolejo’s oldest 36-year-old officer. ty members like Ramirez 103rd Street and Dauphin alone. His partner, who when they were teens at a daughter, Rebecca, waited in Ramirez, 69, lives in Little who wanted to share their Avenue. knew Marmolejo since Brown’s Chicken on the line together. They wore red Village and tries to pay his gratitude for the officers’ The two were the third childhood, was inside with Southwest Side. team jackets and huddled respects to each of the city’s service. and fourth Chicago officers the family. “We always had fun,” together in the cold. fallen officers. He wore a The wake for Officer to be killed in the line of duty “We’ve been through a lot Kwak said. “It wasn’t really Funeral services for Mar- button from the wake of Conrad Gary, 31, was held at this year. Jimenez was shot this year,” the officer said of work.” molejo are scheduled for 11 Officer Samuel Jimenez, the same funeral home and killed on Nov. 19. Cmdr. the department. “But we When Kwak heard his old a.m. Saturday at St. Rita of killed by a gunman at Mercy Thursday, with many of the Paul Bauer was shot and have each other to lean on.” friend had died, he “bawled Cascia Shrine Chapel, 7740 Hospital in November. Only same police officers filing in killed in the Loop in Febru- Marmolejo and his wife, his eyes out,” he said. S. Western Ave. one month has passed since line for both. ary. Maria, had three daughters. Friends of Marmojelo’s his wake. The afternoon was chilli- They also are among five He previously worked in the children came in large [email protected]

look for signs of Gary in his daughter in the years ahead. Final salute for officer “The way that she will smile and walk but also the Funeral, from Page 1 God heals the broken- him. I believed he would be way in which generosity hearted and binds up their an important part of the will spontaneously and al- church were lined with offi- wounds. He counts the stars Police Department.” most naturally spring in her cers and bagpipers. and calls them all by name.” Curia’s assessment ech- heart,” Cupich said. “For It was a familiar scene to a Gary joined the Police oed remarks made by they will be a reminder that department that already Department in March 2017. Brandt during the Mass. he lives on in her, but also as had mourned the loss of two He was assigned to the Gary already was becoming people of faith that he lives other officers this year. On Calumet District after he known as an officer in the on as he stands before the Nov. 19, Officer Samuel had completed his training Calumet District who was Lord today, the risen Lord Jimenez, 28, was killed in a there. The district was sup- quick to provide backup to who gives him life, and that multiple shooting at Mercy posed to have its holiday other cops. At the Chicago same Lord welcomes him Hospital & Medical Center. party Friday, but its officers police academy, Gary was a ABEL URIBE/CHICAGO TRIBUNE into a day in which the sun On Feb. 13, Cmdr. Paul instead spent the day “go-to” person who helped Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, Mayor will never set.” Bauer, 53, was fatally shot mourning their two fallen classmates, Brandt said. Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Bruce Rauner pay respects Friday After the funeral, Tess while chasing a suspect out- colleagues. Police Superintendent at the funeral of Chicago police Officer Conrad Gary. was covered in a light pink side the Thompson Center. Gary grew up in subur- Eddie Johnson described and blue blanket. An officer Gary, 31, and Marmolejo, ban Oak Lawn, graduated Gary as having a sense of wife told Johnson it wasn’t how photos shared so fre- cradled her outside St. Rita 36, were killed Monday from Eastern Illinois Uni- duty that compelled him to because he was a big spend- quently showed him with as officers presented Gary’s night by a South Shore versity in 2009 and had help others. er but because he had a someone rather than alone. wife with two flags. commuter train as they pur- spent more than five years In his remarks, Johnson year’s worth of coffee “We need to be present to Many officers from other sued a suspect onto the in the Air Force, much of detailed the last moments of coupons, Johnson joked. one another in this city,” departments, including Illi- tracks after a shots-fired call that time deployed in Ger- Gary’s life. Gary and Mar- “That’s how he was buy- Cupich said. “To make sure nois State Police Director near 103rd Street and many. He and his wife, Kelly, molejo climbed a steep em- ing all that coffee,” the that no one feels alone, Leo Schmitz, and retired Dauphin Avenue. Edward were just starting a family bankment as they searched superintendent said. particularly in the depth of Chicago officers attended Brown, 24, appeared in and have a 6-month-old for evidence and for a sus- It was one the few lighter their sorrow, their pain and the funeral. court Thursday on fire- daughter, Tess. pect in the shots-fired call. moments of a solemn cere- their loss.” Pat Learnahan was a Chi- arms-related charges. Officer Jeffrey Curia, a “They were determined mony during which officers The winter solstice, with cago officer for two decades Mayor Rahm Emanuel field training officer, said to get an illegal weapon off were seen giving hugs to one the longest night of the year, and said he attended be- said during Friday’s service after the Mass that he saw the streets of Chicago,” the another during Commun- coincides with the night cause he wanted to pay his that their deaths added to an promise and strides toward superintendent said. “That’s ion. between the funerals for respects. already difficult year for the greatness while training what police do. Their only Cardinal Blase Cupich Officers Gary and Mar- “Four killed this year; it’s city’s police. Gary. The two were able to concern was getting the gun concelebrated the Mass and molejo, Cupich said. But he horrible,” he said. “I’ll do my “They have brought tears apprehend a suspect in a off the streets.” offered condolences to po- pointed out that the sun best to be at all these trials.” to our eyes, sorrow to our burglary. Johnson said it was rare lice officers. He encouraged always slowly returns, and souls and hurt to our “He showed he wanted to to hear Gary curse and that the crowd to reflect on the Cupich offered Gary’s baby [email protected] hearts,” Emanuel said. “And make the city a better place,” he frequently treated his importance Gary placed on daughter, Tess, as a sign of [email protected] as solemn as it is written, Curia said. “I believed in partner to coffee. But Gary’s relationships, pointing out hope. He told the crowd to [email protected] End in sight for landmark public housing discrimination suit Lawsuit, from Page 1 the agreement “represents a crimination in Chicago’s cused lawyers representing public housing, we are anni- said the Gautreaux lawyers major step forward in our public housing, including the plaintiffs of failing to hilating public housing,” paid lip service to including undergoing various phases mission to create fair and concentrating dense hous- address the concerns of Levinger said. “Their vision residents in the process, but of redevelopment are the equitable affordable housing complexes exclusively actual CHA residents and from the beginning has in the end “it was a crock.” Lathrop Homes on the ing for all Chicagoans.” in poor African-American cutting them out of any been, whatever the cost, “It was like a fire sale,” western edge of the Lincoln The judge granted pre- neighborhoods and screen- decision-making when it traditional public housing Gross said. “Public land Park neighborhood and the liminary approval to the ing housing applicants came to their future. should be dismantled, even went to a private developer. former ABLA Homes and plan Friday afternoon. A based on race. Polikoff acknowledged if it means the overall Then they turn around and Henry Horner Homes de- notice will be sent Dec. 31 to The case rose all the way the criticism in his 2006 amount of affordable hous- put up a sign that says, velopments on the Near all African-American public to the U.S. Supreme Court, memoir, “Waiting for ing is vastly decreased.” ‘Lathrop: A community for West Side. It also calls on housing residents and ap- which ruled in 1976 that the Gautreaux,” writing it was Julie Brown, an attorney all.’ What does that mean? the agency to create early plicants notifying them of entire Chicago area could decided early in the case for BPI who has worked on We had a viable community. learning childhood devel- the proposed settlement be used to remedy rampant that there would be no fair the Gautreaux litigation It was just usurped.” opment programs at four and listing their legal op- discrimination issues. That way to get input from such a since 1990, said that criti- At the time the public housing complexes, tions, including writing to decision paved the way for large class of plaintiffs — cism misses the mark. The Gautreaux litigation began, replicating a program cur- the court if they don’t think the nation’s first major particularly one that was CHA’s new mixed-income the citys` political leadership rently in place at the Altgeld the agreement is fair. “housing mobility” pro- constantly shifting as peo- developments are the prod- under then-Mayor Richard Gardens site on the Far Residents will also be gram that used a voucher ple joined waiting lists or uct of consensus from a J. Daley had committed South Side. invited to attend a “fairness system to move tens of moved. “To this day broad spectrum of people — itself to building massive “We believe this pro- hearing” before Aspen on thousands of volunteer resi- Gautreaux remains a case from residents to city plan- high-rise public housing posed settlement provides a Jan. 17 when current CHA dents into housing scat- brought on behalf of blacks ners — who all had a seat at complexes, touting such victory for public housing residents and those on wait- tered across the Chicago by white lawyers in which the table and developed projects as an improvement residents who will gain sub- ing lists for public housing metropolitan area. neither the black class plans that are backed by to slum housing. stantial new opportunities will be given an opportunity The lawsuit also changed members nor others in the court order, she said. By the mid-1960s, howev- under the agreement, while to testify on how they view the face of public housing black community have had Brown also said the CHA er, the administration was at the same time giving the agreement. The judge by instituting “scattered a meaningful role in litiga- has “many more tools for facing increasing public CHA management addi- would issue a final ruling site” projects built on a tion decisions,” he wrote. desegregating” housing pressure amid allegations tional latitude to achieve after those hearings. small scale and dispersed in Some housing advocates than it did 50 years ago. But that the high-rise projects the agreement’s goals over The class-action lawsuit, neighborhoods throughout question the overall effec- it’s not easy — creating new were a naked attempt to the next five years,” said named for lead plaintiff the city — a stark contrast to tiveness of the Gautreaux neighborhoods where pub- contain the city’s black attorney Alexander Po- Dorothy Gautreaux, was the high-rise buildings of litigation on the city’s public lic high-rises once stood population. That pressure likoff, who has worked on originally filed amid the the 1950s and 1960s. housing landscape. Leah requires more than brick was amplified when civil the case since its inception. tumult of the civil rights But the litigation also has Levinger, the executive di- and mortar. “The CHA has rights leader Dr. Martin In a written statement, movement and sought to faced criticism from some rector of the Chicago Hous- learned it’s not enough just Luther King Jr. came to Mayor Rahm Emanuel said end systemic racial dis- housing advocates who ac- ing Initiative, said that to build housing. You have Chicago and led a series of while the case succeeded in to build the other things fair housing marches. getting government to stop that naturally make up a In 1966, King and a coali- building public housing neighborhood,” Brown said. tion of activists reached a high-rises, its record of get- “You need retail, schools, “summit agreement” with ting the CHA to put more libraries, parks. It takes a lot Daley’s administration that public housing into more of time and a lot of money, called for the CHA to limit affluent neighborhoods has and it is a slow process.” projects to eight stories. been decidedly mixed. The way the transforma- That same year, Gautreaux “Part of the dilemma that tion has been handled at and five other black CHA I think they’ve not grappled Lathrop Homes does not sit residents filed suit alleging with well is that if there is well with J.L. Gross, chair- that the CHA deliberately not a parallel strategy, we man of the Leadership chose public housing sites WE OFFER VERY ATTRACTIVE INTEREST RATES/ANNUAL aren’t just de-concentrating Committee of Lathrop. He in ghettos to keep black PERCENTAGE YIELDS (APY) FOR CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITS families out of white neighborhoods. In 1969, U.S. District Chicago Branch Judge Richard Austin issued his landmark ruling in 19 S. 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Erdogan call led to pullout decision Trump’s order for line, Trump asked national security adviser John Syria exit reportedly Bolton, who was listening made in haste in, why American troops remained in Syria if what By Matthew Lee and the Turkish president was Susannah George saying was true, according Associated Press to the officials. Erdogan’s point, Bolton was forced to WASHINGTON — Presi- admit, had been backed up dent Donald Trump’s deci- by Mattis, Pompeo, U.S. sion to withdraw American special envoy for Syria Jim troops from Syria was made Jeffrey and special envoy hastily, without consulting for the anti-ISIS coalition his national security team Brett McGurk, who have or allies, and over strong said that ISIS retains only 1 objections from virtually ev- percent of its territory, the eryone involved in the fight officials said. against the Islamic State Bolton stressed, however, group, according to U.S. and that the national security Turkish officials. team agreed that victory Trump stunned his Cab- over ISIS had to be endur- inet, lawmakers and much ing, which means more of the world with the move than taking away its terri- by rejecting the advice of his tory. Trump was not dis- top aides and agreeing to a suaded, according to the withdrawal in a phone call officials, who said the presi- with Turkish President Re- dent capitulated by pledg- cep Tayyip Erdogan last ing to withdraw, shocking week, two U.S. officials and Bolton and Erdogan. a Turkish official briefed on Caught off guard, Erdo- the matter said. gan cautioned Trump The Dec. 14 call, de- against a hasty withdrawal, scribed by officials who DELIL SOULEIMAN/GETTY-AFP according to one official. spoke on condition of ano- Marine Corps tactical vehicles move along a road in northeastern Syria. The president has ordered troops to withdraw. While Turkey has made nymity, provides insight incursions into Syria in the into a consequential Trump ject, possibly from un- Mike Pompeo and his Turk- Kurds and put U.S. troops at “Everybody said push back past, it does not have the decision that prompted the named sources in Turkey.” ish counterpart Mevlut risk, ignored the script. In- and try to offer (Turkey) necessary forces mobilized resignation of Defense Sec- The State Department Cavusoglu agreed to have stead, the president sided something that’s a small on the border to move in retary Jim Mattis. It also set and Pentagon declined to the presidents discuss Er- with Erdogan. win, possibly holding terri- and hold the large swaths of off a frantic, four-day comment on the account of dogan’s threats to launch a In the following days, tory on the border, some- northeastern Syria where scramble to persuade the the decision to withdraw military operation against Trump remained unmoved thing like that.” U.S. troops are positioned, president either to reverse the troops, who have been U.S.-backed Kurdish rebels by those scrambling to get Erdogan, though, quickly the official said. or delay the decision. in Syria to fight the Islamic in northeast Syria, where him to reverse or at least put Trump on the defen- Following the official an- The White House re- State, also called ISIS, since U.S. forces are based. The delay the decision to give sive, reminding him that he nouncement, the White jected the description of the 2015. NSC then set up the call. the military and Kurdish had repeatedly said the only House emphasized that the call from the officials but Despite losing their phys- Pompeo, Mattis and forces time to prepare for an reason for U.S. troops to be U.S. will continue to sup- was not specific. ical so-called caliphate, other members of the na- orderly withdrawal. in Syria was to defeat ISIS port the fight against ISIS “In no uncertain terms, thousands of ISIS fighters tional security team pre- “The talking points were and that the group had been and remains ready to “re- reporting throughout this remain in Iraq and Syria, pared a list of talking points very firm,” said one of the 99 percent defeated. “Why engage” when needed. story is not true,” National and the group continues to for Trump to tell Erdogan to officials, explaining that are you still there?” the But in a tweet, Trump Security Council spokes- carry out insurgent attacks back off, the officials said. Trump was advised to second official said Erdogan said U.S. troops would no man Garrett Marquis said. and could easily move back But the officials said clearly oppose a Turkish asked Trump, telling him longer be fighting ISIS on “It is clear from the context into territory it once held if Trump, who had previously incursion into northern Syr- that the Turks could deal behalf of others. “Time to that this false version of U.S. forces withdraw. accepted such advice and ia and suggest the U.S. and with the remaining ISIS focus on our Country & events is from sources who The Dec. 14 call came a persuaded the Turkish Turkey work together to militants. bring our youth back home lack authority on the sub- day after Secretary of State leader not to attack the address security concerns. With Erdogan on the where they belong!” Split court rejects Trump push to enforce asylum ban Chief justice joins liberal colleagues By Mark Sherman Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court won’t let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for immigrants who illegally cross RAHMAT GUL/AP the U.S.-Mexico border. An Afghan soldier guards a checkpoint earlier this year in Kabul, the capital. Chief Justice John Rob- erts joined his four more J. DAVID AKE/AP liberal colleagues Friday in The high court’s order leaves in place lower court rulings ruling against the adminis- that blocked President Trump’s Nov. 9 proclamation. Afghan generals fear plan tration in the case in which President Donald Trump Jay Bybee, a conservative plain text and meaning” of had derided the “Obama nominated by President the federal law. Congress to curb U.S. troop levels judge” who first blocked George W. Bush, in the 2-1 would not have “swung the the asylum policy. decision. door open for potential Experts: Trump’s air power against both Tali- been pushing for a deal by New Justice Brett Ka- Solicitor General Noel asylum for those who en- ban and an upstart Islamic April. vanaugh and three other Francisco told the Supreme tered illegally, while simul- move would give State affiliate, and Afghan In an interview with conservative justices sided Court that the policy had taneously authorizing the Taliban leverage military officials note the Afghanistan’s TOLO TV on with the administration. important goals: “channel- (executive branch) to slam announcement by the Thursday — hours before The court’s order leaves ing asylum seekers to ports that door shut at any time By Kathy Gannon Trump administration the withdrawal plans were in place lower court rulings of entry for orderly proc- for any reason.” Associated Press comes as the country’s se- announced — he noted that blocked Trump’s proc- essing, discouraging dan- Lee Gelernt, an Ameri- curity is at its worst since Trump had campaigned for lamation Nov. 9 auto- gerous and illegal entries can Civil Liberties Union ISLAMABAD — The 2014, when more than president on a promise to matically denying asylum between ports of entry, leading the court challenge, Taliban welcomed news of 100,000 NATO troops end the Afghan war, which to people who enter the reducing the backlog of said the high court’s deci- the U.S. plan to withdraw pulled out of the country has already cost Americans country from Mexico with- meritless asylum claims, sion “will save lives and half its troops in Af- and handed off security to nearly $1 trillion. More out going through official and facilitating diplomatic keep vulnerable families ghanistan by the summer, Afghans. The U.S. and than 2,400 American sol- border crossings. negotiations.” and children from persecu- as Afghan generals warned NATO retreated into a diers have also died in Trump said he was act- But the lower courts said tion.” Friday it would be a blow to training and advising role. Afghanistan since the 2001 ing in response to caravans federal law doesn’t allow The high court action the morale of the country’s “A complete withdrawal U.S.-led invasion. of migrants making their the president to make such followed a ruling Wednes- beleaguered security of U.S. forces would very A Taliban official said way to the border. changes. The statute says day by U.S. District Judge forces, who come under likely cause the Taliban to the announcement was a The administration had an asylum application must Jon Tigar that kept the ban daily attacks from the in- make gains in key areas positive step. also complained that the be accepted from any alien on hold pending the out- surgent fighters. throughout Afghanistan,” But there was no sign the nationwide order prevent- “physically present in the come of a lawsuit challeng- The announcement Roggio said. “This likely Taliban were ready to move ing the policy from taking United States or who ar- ing it. The case could take seems certain to compli- would cause the general on the two major sticking effect was too broad. But rives in the United States months to resolve. cate efforts to reach a peace collapse of the (Afghan points: Direct talks with the the court also rejected the whether or not at a desig- In the first court ruling deal, mostly because it National Security and De- Afghan government and a administration’s suggestion nated port of arrival ... on the issue, Tigar said Nov. gives the Taliban leverage fense Force) as a cohesive cease-fire while the two for narrowing it. irrespective of such alien’s 19 that U.S. law allows by allowing them to hold fighting force and lead to sides negotiate Khalilzad’s A panel of the U.S. Court status.” immigrants to request asy- off until a total U.S. with- the return of the warlords.” “roadmap for the future of of Appeals for the 9th The administration ar- lum regardless of whether drawal, or step up their President Donald Afghanistan.” Circuit this month kept in gued that those who enter they entered the country demands over a weakened Trump considers the war The Taliban are already place a lower court deci- the country illegally could legally. The ruling Afghan government. in Afghanistan a lost cause stronger today than they sion that stopped the poli- still apply for asylum, but prompted Trump’s criti- “I believe the Taliban and has long pushed to pull have been since their oust- cy’s implementation, say- their illegal passage would cism of Tigar, who was will see this as a reason to the troops out. His decision er in 2001, controlling or ing it was simply a way be a reason to deny it. nominated for the federal stall, and therefore it disin- was made public hours holding sway over nearly around specific language in A group of former De- bench by President Barack centivizes the Taliban to after he announced the U.S. half the country. federal law that allows all partment of Justice offi- Obama, as an “Obama actually talk to the Afghan was withdrawing troops Neighbor Pakistan, who who enter the United cials, including two former judge” and led to a public government, which it has from Syria. has been criticized by States, regardless of where, acting attorneys general dispute between Trump refused to do,” said Bill Trump’s state of mind is Trump for not doing to apply for asylum. and a former director of the and Roberts, who rebuked Roggio, an Afghanistan an- sure to have given a sense of enough to bring the Taliban “Just as we may not, as FBI, told the Supreme the president with a state- alyst with the Washington- urgency to U.S. peace envoy to the table, had warned we are often reminded, Court that would be just a ment defending the judici- based Foundation for De- Zalmay Khalilzad, who has that a sudden departure of ‘legislate from the bench,’ clever way around the law. ary’s independence. fense of Democracies. been working to reach a U.S. troops would result in neither may the Executive In their brief, the former Afghanistan’s security negotiated end to Ameri- chaos in Afghanistan and legislate from the Oval Of- officials said the regulation The Washington Post con- forces rely heavily on U.S. ca’s longest war and has destabilize the region. fice,” wrote Circuit Judge “is inconsistent with the tributed. 6 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Saturday, December 22, 2018

NEWS BRIEFING U.S. report Staff and news services finds no direct interference in U.N. panel authorizes monitors 2018 midterms for truce at key Yemen port WASHINGTON — Di- rector of National Intelli- UNITED NATIONS — world’s poorest country to gence Daniel Coats said The United Nations Secu- the brink of starvation and Friday that his agency has rity Council voted unani- created the world’s worst not found any evidence of mously Friday to autho- humanitarian crisis. any direct interference in rize the deployment of The U.N. envoy for the midterm elections. U.N. monitors to observe Yemen, Martin Griffiths, Coats said he has sub- the implementation of a had urged rapid deploy- mitted a required report to cease-fire in Yemen’s key ment of U.N. monitors as President Donald Trump port of Hodeida and the “an essential part of the that says the intelligence withdrawal of rival forces confidence” needed to community has not un- from that area. help implement the Dec. covered any compromise The limited cease-fire 13 cease-fire agreement of election infrastructure and pullout, if imple- between a Saudi-led coali- that would have disrupted mented, could offer a po- tion aligned with Yemen’s PAVEL GOLOVKIN/AP balloting or changed re- tential breakthrough in government and Iranian- Party people: Communist supporters hold portraits of former Soviet dictator Josef sults. the four-year civil war that backed Houthi Shiite reb- Stalin on Friday as they line up to pay their respects at his grave in Moscow’s Red Square Coats said the intelli- has brought the Arab els reached in Sweden. to mark the 139th anniversary of his birth. Stalin died in 1953. gence community did find a continuation of previously disclosed “influence activities” and “messaging U.S. aircraft carrier enters campaigns” by Russia, Kasich veto sets up showdown China and Iran ahead of Persian Gulf after long absence the election. He said the intelligence ABOARD THE USS close off the Strait of in Ohio over abortion limits community did not assess JOHN C. STENNIS — A Hormuz, the narrow whether those activities U.S. aircraft carrier sailed mouth of the Persian Gulf COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio abortion clinics has after a costly court fight. affected the outcome of into the Persian Gulf on through which a third of Ohio has moved again to shrunk from 16 to seven “The State of Ohio will the 2018 election. The Friday, becoming the first all oil traded by sea passes. impose some of the most since he took office. be the losing party in that report is also being re- since America’s with- Iranian vessels shadowed far-reaching abortion re- But the heartbeat bill has lawsuit and ... will be forced viewed by law enforce- drawal from the Iran nu- the Stennis and its strike strictions in the nation, twice proven too extreme to pay hundreds of thou- ment agencies. clear deal in May and group, at one point after Republican Gov. John for Kasich, a potential 2020 sands of taxpayer dollars to breaking the longest launching rockets away Kasich signed a ban Friday presidential candidate who cover the legal fees for the carrier absence in the vol- from it and flying a drone on dilation and evacuation has spent the past two years pro-choice activists’ law- atile region since at least nearby. terminations and set up a in a quest for bipartisan yers,” he wrote. In Nepal: A bus carrying the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Tensions have been showdown with lawmak- consensus. Ohio lawmakers return college students and their The arrival of the USS high since President Don- ers over his veto of the The measure calls for Thursday to consider over- instructors back from a John C. Stennis comes as ald Trump’s May with- so-called heartbeat bill. banning the procedure rides of several Kasich botany field trip drove off Iranian officials have re- drawal from Iran’s nuclear Kasich had previously once a fetal heartbeat is vetoes, although it’s un- a highway in a mountain- turned to threatening to deal. signed 20 abortion-limiting detected. That can happen clear whether they’ll have ous area on Friday, leaving proposals into law in this as early as six weeks into the votes to override the 21 dead and 15 injured, politically divided state pregnancy. Kasich vetoed a heartbeat bill veto. Among police said. Rescue opera- since taking office in 2011, similar bill two years ago. factors are vacation sched- tions were difficult at the including a 20-week ban In a veto message, he ules and that Gov.-elect crash site in a remote area Charity pays off house of Utah that both sides agree is said the heartbeat bill is Mike DeWine has said he near Ramri village, about mayor killed in Afghanistan unconstitutional. The likely to be struck down as would sign a heartbeat bill 250 miles west of the number of full-service unconstitutional — but only once he takes office. capital, Kathmandu. SALT LAKE CITY — with them. The family of a Utah Military officials say mayor killed while serving Brent Taylor, who was the in the Army National mayor of North Ogden, Tons of dead fish wash up in Rio de Janeiro lagoon In Minnesota: Chinese Guard in Afghanistan will was killed last month by billionaire Richard Liu have one less financial an Afghan commando he RIO DE JANEIRO — overnight and caused them the body of water began to will not face rape charges worry after a charity paid was training. Residents of a high-end to wash ashore Friday. fall sharply. because prosecutors said off their mortgage. The donation is from neighborhood in Rio de The lagoon played host Biologist and ecosystem Friday they could not Brent Taylor’s widow, the Stephen Siller Tunnel Janeiro woke up to the to several events during the specialist Mario Moscatelli prove his guilt beyond a Jennie Taylor, said Thurs- to Towers Foundation, unpleasant smell of 13 tons 2016 Olympic Games and is said that he inspects the reasonable doubt. Liu, day on “Fox & Friends” named for a firefighter of rotting dead fish floating a tourist attraction. lagoon every year and is founder of e-commerce that she had been worried killed in the 9/11 attacks. in the city’s Rodrigo de Rio’s Environment Min- convinced that climate site JD.com, was arrested about supporting the cou- Chairman Frank Siller Freitas lagoon. istry released a statement change is causing tempera- Aug. 31 in Minneapolis on ple’s seven children and says he hopes it relieves Biologists believe that saying that it has been on tures to climb above aver- suspicion of felony rape that she’s grateful the gift one small burden on the the extreme heat caused by alert since Thursday morn- ages that were recorded in and released within hours. will help her stay home family. El Nino killed the fish ing when oxygen levels in the past. He returned to China.

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Long Wall Street rally may be coming to end By Marley Jay likely to do so at a slower portfolios in anticipation of Associated Press pace. the year to come. As they look ahead, in- But not this year. No NEW YORK — After vestors are finding more sector of the market has almost 10 years, Wall and more reasons to worry. been spared. Large multi- Street’s rally looks like it’s The U.S. has been locked in national companies join ending. a trade dispute with China smaller domestic ones in Another day of big losses for nine months. Econo- losses. And huge high-tech Friday left the U.S. market mies in Europe and China companies, once the best- with its worst week in more are slowing. And rising performing stocks on the than seven years. All of the interest rates in the U.S. market, are now leading major indexes have lost 16 could slow its economy the way lower. Technolo- ANTONIO PEREZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE to 26 percent from their even more. gy’s popularity during the California-based Allbirds is expected to open a store on Armitage Avenue in the spring. highs this summer and fall. Stocks are now headed recent boom made it even Barring huge gains during for their single worst more vulnerable as in- the holiday period, this will month since October 2008, vestors’ moods turn sour. be the worst December for when the market was being Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Online Allbirds to join stocks since 1931. battered by the global fi- Netflix and Google’s parent There hasn’t been one nancial crisis. company, Alphabet, have major shock that has sent December is generally seen market values fall by retailers in Chicago stocks plunging. The U.S. the strongest time of the hundreds of billions. economy has been growing year for U.S. stocks. Traders The major U.S. indexes The men’s and women’s venture capitalists, among since 2009, and most ex- often talk about a “Santa fell 7 percent this week and shoe seller will join a grow- others. perts think it will keep rally” that adds to the year’s they’ve sunk more than 12 ing list of online retailers The company already expanding for now. But it’s gains as people adjust their percent in December. on a short stretch of Armi- has sold a stake to investors tage, which is surrounded in a deal that values the by multimillion-dollar company at $1.4 billion, Ryan Ori homes in the Lincoln Park The Wall Street Journal community area. The shop reported in October. On Real Estate is between two other com- Allbirds was repre- 3 hospitals seek to trim care Allbirds, which calls its panies that started with sented in the Chicago lease By Lisa Schencker The health system cited dren’s hospitals in Oak product “the world’s most online sales before branch- by brokers Will Winter and Chicago Tribune low demand for the beds as Lawn and Park Ridge. Ad- comfortable shoes,” is the ing out into physical stores: John Vance of Stone Real its reason for requesting vocate also recently part- latest online retailer setting Bonobos and Outdoor Estate. Three Advocate Aurora the change, according to its nered with NorthShore up shop on Chicago’s Voices, which opened its The space at 843 W. Health hospitals plan to applications to the Illinois University HealthSystem Armitage Avenue. store Friday. Armitage, owned by Acadia stop offering pediatric in- Health Facilities and Serv- on pediatric care. The company confirmed Other so-called e-tailers Realty Trust, previously patient care — the latest in a ices Review Board. The That partnership, in ad- it has leased approximately on Armitage include was home to the restaurant series of Chicago-area hos- board likely will consider dition to the two children’s 2,000 square feet of space Warby Parker, Tie Bar, Blue Door Farm Stand and, pitals to cut back on the applications in March, hospitals, offers “other pe- on the North Side retail Black Tux, Serena & Lily, more recently, a pop-up overnight care for kids. and if they’re approved, the diatric inpatient units in street. Marine Layer and Interior store for shorts and Advocate Illinois Ma- units likely will close in hospitals throughout Chi- San Francisco-based Define. swimwear brand Chubbies. sonic Medical Center in April, said Advocate Aurora cagoland to effectively Allbirds plans to open its Most of Allbirds’ shoes Rye, N.Y.-based Acadia Chicago, Advocate Good spokeswoman Evonne meet the health care needs Chicago store at 843 W. are made of wool, but it Realty Trust, which owns Shepherd Hospital in Bar- Woloshyn in an email. of children and families,” Armitage Ave. in the spring, also uses materials such as several buildings on Armi- rington and Advocate Good Each of the units now Woloshyn said. Allbirds retail operations sugar cane and eucalyptus tage Avenue, continues to Samaritan Hospital in only has one or two pa- Community hospitals lead Travis Boyce said. tree fiber, according to its field inquiries from other Downers Grove plan to tients a day, on average, she across Illinois have been Allbirds currently has website. primarily online brands, convert pediatric beds into said. “Due to advances in slashing inpatient care for just three stores — in New Allbirds began selling said Chris Conlon, execu- beds for other types of pediatric medicine, many kids in recent years, as York, San Francisco and shoes online less than tive vice president and patients, such as adults or conditions that once re- more kids get care without London — but plans to three years ago, in March chief operating officer. neonatal patients. Illinois quired hospitalization are having to stay overnight. open about eight more in 2016, but the brand quickly Masonic has 14 pediatric now treated in outpatient 2019, Boyce said in an gained popularity among [email protected] beds, Good Shepherd eight settings,” Woloshyn said. [email protected] email. Silicon Valley’s techies and Twitter @Ryan_Ori and Good Samaritan seven. Advocate operates chil- Twitter @lschencker

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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Managing scooters Regarding Mary Wisniewski’s Dec. 17 column (“Study: Scooters could fill city gap”) about ur- ban scooters: As a cyclist, I am generally in favor of non-gasoline-powered modes of transporta- tion. However, we recently spent two nights in downtown Indianapolis on our way to and from Kentucky for the Thanksgiving holiday. India- napolis has welcomed scooters big-time, and they were everywhere in the downtown area, randomly splayed across sidewalks and in door- ways of restaurants and office buildings. We saw more than one local citizen have to kick a scooter out of the way to exit a business. I am totally unfamiliar with the differences between how Divvy and the scooter companies ensure responsible returns, but it appears that Divvy’s figured it out and the scooter companies have not. If Chicago is considering welcoming scooters, UGUR CAN/DHA the city had better figure out how to ensure re- Syrian tribal representatives meet Friday in the village of Sajo to discuss their next move in the rapidly evolving conflict. sponsible returns. Failure to do so will ensure sidewalk chaos and an enraged populace. — Robert E. Stanley, Highland Park Trump’s risky haste Democrats in disarray The Democratic Party is in disarray, with no direction, no political agenda or strategy for the in Syria and Afghanistan near future, other than Democrats’ disdain for President Donald Trump. Ten years ago, the Bold foreign policy decisions aren’t this effort by the solidarity of our alli- sert unchecked power and influence in Democrats wanted our southern border secured. wrong because they are bold. But they ances,” he wrote. the region, America becomes less Today they don’t. Why not? Because Trump are wrong when they are poorly con- secure. does. Even before he nominated Brett Ka- ceived, reflecting no coherent strategy. Spitting out orders to leave Syria In Afghanistan, the U.S. is mired in a vanaugh for the Supreme Court, the Democratic President Donald Trump took two and reduce the U.S. commitment to frustrating war now in its 18th year. Party blindly vowed to reject his nominee, no such hasty, heedless actions in recent Afghanistan violates that doctrine. Drawing down troop levels is an op- matter who it was. The first thing Democrats days concerning the future presence of Trump gave little or no warning of his tion, but not in the short term, and vowed to do after taking back the House in the American troops in unstable war decisions, blundering ahead to fulfill a certainly not without consideration of midterms was to get ahold of Trump’s tax re- zones. Trump is pulling all 2,000 wish that the United States invest the risk factors and strong backup turns. ground troops out of Syria and, accord- more money at home, and expend less plans. Taliban insurgents remain in Really? Are there no other pressing issues for ing to reports, is ordering home about effort abroad. That’s a legitimate ambi- control of parts of Afghanistan, and our country? Note to Democrats: Nobody cares 7,000 of the roughly 14,000 U.S. mili- tion, but it’s not justified by facts on the al-Qaida and Islamic State both have a about Trump’s tax returns or about Stormy Dan- tary personnel in Afghanistan. ground in two destabilized countries presence. iels. We care about a better life for ourselves and Those are significant military orders that present terrorist threats to the U.S. our families. Start focusing on the big picture and by the commander in chief, dispatched If you’re reminded of then-Presi- Remember why America went to quit obsessing about Trump. In other words, get over the course of hours, despite warn- dent Barack Obama’s unwise with- war in Afghanistan and why U.S. to governing and quit whining. ings from his own advisers that he’s drawal from Iraq — and the subse- troops are in Syria. Both are failing — Mike Rice, Chicago making potentially grave errors. All of quent rise of Islamic State — you’re not states. The more they descend into which fits into the atmosphere of alone. collapse, the greater the chances they Trump’s chaotic, seat-of-the-pants In Syria, the U.S.-led coalition has become training grounds for terrorists Depressing vision of our future leadership. Defense Secretary James pummeled Islamic State into apparent bent on targeting the United States. No need to worry. Chicago Mayor Rahm Mattis wants no more of this drama. submission, but the terror group and This is the legacy of 9/11. U.S. mili- Emanuel’s proposal to increase the gas tax from That’s why he quit on Thursday, effec- its ideology haven’t been stamped out. tary operations in Syria and Af- 19 cents to as high as 49 cents per gallon will only tive early next year. Syria remains in the grips of civil war ghanistan represent crucial missions in add $6 to a normal 20-gallon fill up at the local Mattis’ resignation letter was a plea and has become a handy romper room defense of the homeland. On both gas station. He obviously believes that the in- to Trump to grasp a fundamental tenet for Russia and Iran. American ground battlefields, America fights with crease will be a mere pittance for the vast major- of America’s role as leader of the free troops act as a stabilizing force, sym- friends and allies. Abrupt departures, ity of the state’s citizens — its low- and middle- world: The country is safest when it bols of U.S. resolve and partners to as Mattis warned, threaten the stability class families. acts according to principles and works Syrian Kurd militias, who have done of U.S. relationships with those part- The mayor’s gas tax proposal, however, is only closely with friends and allies. “We much of the fighting against Islamic ners. the prelude to what Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker will must do everything possible to ad- State. A U.S. departure leaves the If the president has a persuasive do once in office. His proposals would require vance an international order that is Kurds vulnerable to attack by arch- argument for military withdrawals that many billions in new spending. No taxpayer conducive to our security prosperity enemy Turkey. If Islamic State mounts assure America’s safety, we’d like to would be spared from the increased taxes and and values, and we are strengthened in a comeback, or if Iran and Russia as- hear it. fees that would be necessary to satisfy the funding needs. A few years from now, the history books will tell us that Gov. Pritzker and House Speaker WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING Michael Madigan did little to nothing to address the structural issues associated with the $133 Emmanuel Macron was supposed to be This year, Heather Hund and her family will gather in West Texas billion — and steadily growing — unfunded pen- the rallying figure for the “liberal world on Dec. 25 and solidify a new Christmas tradition, in which each rela- sion obligations. Historians will report that they order.” He was the establishment’s popu- tive is randomly assigned to give a gift to another family member and had neither the will nor spine to do so. lism. He was the man who denounced to a house pet. “The rules are basically a regift for the human and then We also will see that they did little to nothing liberalism, tried to demonstrate his hope $10 for the pet,” Hund told me. “And my 18-month-old son got put in to lower spending similar to what is done rou- in a grand, bold, regenerated, and federal (the latter) category too, so it’s small humans and small animals.” tinely in the private sector — reducing waste and European Union. He condemned nation- Hund and her family downscaled their gift-giving six years ago after fraud, outsourcing selective functions, eliminat- alism in front of Donald Trump. He was considering how much work Christmas shopping was. ... Now, with the ing or scaling back low priority or duplicative the Socialist Party member who was extra time she and her family have, they paint pottery together, cook, programs, consolidating local units, automating loved by high finance. go on runs, and play cards. Plus, they get meaningful presents through manual activities, reducing payroll, renegotiating But he’s been a dead man walking for the regifting agreement, such as the Led Zeppelin record Hund re- purchasing agreements, and reducing borrowing months politically. There is no firewall in ceived from her dad, purchased when he was in high school. The new costs. France. Maybe it is a mood, or the harbin- gifting protocol has been a joy. “The first year I thought I would be sad History will record that they did little to noth- ger of some awful collapse. Maybe it is about it,” she said, “and I really wasn’t.” ing to encourage businesses to remain and ex- just one generation rejecting the certain- Hund is one of the many holiday celebrants who have been ques- pand operations in the state by easing up on ties of a previous one. The democratic tioning and revising their long-held gift-giving traditions — or, in some business regulations, reducing workers’ compen- peoples of the West have tired of the cases, scrapping them altogether. No single cause unites these opt- sation costs, providing incentives for businesses politics of the sensible center and are outers, but a few motivations regularly pop up: They want to resist to expand their payrolls, and improving the demanding change. And in France, that consumerism, restore the religious focus of the holidays, and/or avoid availability of an appropriately skilled labor pool. change usually begins in the streets. harming the environment. Above all, they want to spend less money on History will sadly provide the final verdict. Michael Brendan Dougherty, things and more time with one another. The new governor and the speaker will have left National Review Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic the state with a lower credit rating, much higher deficits and debts, and a shrunken tax base as taxpayers voted with their U-Hauls to escape the state’s ever-increasing taxes and fees. I hope I am wrong — but think I’m not. As the state’s controlling party has become more progressive and dominant in the legislature, taxes, spending, debts and emigration will onerously rise to the detriment of current and future generations of Illinoisans. Bah humbug. — Mark Paulson, Buffalo Grove The sky-high cost of college A college degree is a valuable and important means of economic and social advancement. It provides more options for graduates and for society as a whole, since a better-educated population benefits the nation overall. However, the cost of a college education has outstripped the value of a degree. Attending college burdens many graduates with debt that is difficult to repay. Many people feel like they should be able to get a higher education for free at the local level, so that they can continue bettering themselves without needing to stress about paying for their education. I recommend providing completely free community college, as well as providing free of charge the materials that students need. States should push the federal government to provide them with the money that is needed for all of it, because if access to higher education is easy to obtain, more people will be able to have a chance of getting it. — Karen Madrigal, Mundelein MICHAEL RAMIREZ/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Saturday, December 22, 2018 9 AE+ ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT

things you probably don’t know about CHERYL BURTON 12By Tracy Swartz Chicago Tribune

heryl Burton’s newsroom office belongs in a museum. There are no C discarded Tupperware containers or stacks of papers strewn about. Instead, her work space is full of framed photos and mementos of the trips she has taken and the stories she has covered. Inspirational quotes cover the drab walls. A South Side native, Burton has called WLS-Ch. 7 home for 26 years. She co-anchors the 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts on the ABC-owned station and the 7 p.m. newscast on WCIU-Ch. 26. Burton gave the Tribune a tour of her office and an hourlong interview that covered her childhood in Chatham, her recent promotion to the 10 p.m. anchor desk and her love of the holidays. Burton was born on Christmas, and her late father was born on Christmas Eve. Here are high- lights of our conversation. ■ Burton is the fourth of five kids. She has three sisters and a brother. Her parents were born and raised in the South and even- tually settled in Chicago in the BRIAN CASSELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE 1950s. Her mother, Hattie, taught WLS-Ch. 7’s Cheryl Burton, on set Dec. 4., was recently promoted to the 10 p.m. anchor desk. in the Chicago Public Schools system for more than three dec- family, we’re so close, we all guy, really good person, and we would walk down the street, but Scout, I’m a Girl Scout lifer; some ades. She died last year at the age stayed in my one hotel room, my have an extraordinary relation- now I’m very much more in tune of my sorority sisters; some of the of 87. Her father, Simpson, served parents and (four) siblings, so ship of support. Always has my to my surroundings,” Burton said viewers; fans; strangers. ... They in the U.S. Air Force. He died in seven of us in one hotel room back. I’m very proud to say that before adding that she was car- were outside with balloons and 1992, months before Burton when we went to film the show,” we’re very good friends today. I jacked more than 15 years ago. big signs that they had hand- started at Channel 7. “Education Burton said about “Star Search.” mean, I raised his children. His “That was very traumatic too, to made,” she said. was a big deal in our house,” said ■ She honed her news skills at children lived with us. We were have a gun in your face, but that’s ■ Looking ahead, Burton said Burton, who skipped the second stations in downstate Peoria and together for 13 years.” two incidents in the 26 years of she still pitches stories that take grade. “My parents would every Wichita, Kan. “I made my own ■ She used to watch herself on the joy and the love that the city her around the country and the day make us line up in front of an tape with two VCR machines,” TV but doesn’t now. “You have to has shown me, my city that I grew world. “Most recently I went to easel after school, and everybody Burton said. “One was upstairs, like wait a week or something up in, that I was born and raised Memphis to cover the 50th anni- had to come up to the easel to one was downstairs. I remember because you’re super critical of in, and the rich diversity and versary of the assassination of Dr. show what we had learned. They running up and down the stairs yourself. I have to leave it where I tapestry of this beautiful city. Martin Luther King, Jr., and that were checking to make sure you editing to send out 30 tapes.” She did my best because you’ll go Those are two things that hap- was such an incredible moment were paying attention in class.” started at WLS in November 1992 home and beat yourself up,” she pened, but they don’t define any- for me because my father went to ■ Burton graduated from what is as a weekend anchor and report- said. thing about me.” college with Dr. Martin Luther now known as Lindblom Math er. Her first story was a three-part ■ Burton’s fingers move very fast ■ She was just as surprised as King, they’re fraternity brothers,” and Science Academy. She was series about the wives of Bears when she texts during commer- you were when it was reported she said. “There’s plenty more to one of the first inductees into the players. cial breaks in newscasts. She said that then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich cover. The world is changing West Englewood school’s hall of ■ She’s had a lot of teammates in her mother taught typing skills to considered having her fill Barack every day. I mean, I’ve been to fame. She said she worked as an 26 years at WLS, though she says U.S. servicemen and women while Obama’s U.S. Senate seat when South Africa covering stories with Andy Frain usher at Chicago she doesn’t have a favorite part- her family lived in Wyoming Obama was elected president. Oprah. I’ve been to Canada cov- sports venues in high school. At ner. “Everybody in this building I before she was born. “My mom Blagojevich was convicted on ering the Pope. I’ve been to Iowa the University of Illinois at Ur- show my gratitude because it was very adamant about making charges of attempting to sell the when the first septuplets were bana-Champaign, she studied takes all of them to make me the sure that her children were good seat. “My mom was cracking up. ever born.” biology and psychology with the best that I can be everyday,” Bur- typists so all of us had our own My siblings were just cracking up. And personally, she plans to intention of going to medical ton said. As such, she has a typewriters with our names en- Yeah, so I was never approached continue to give to charity. She school, but she was concerned lengthy holiday gift list. She said graved on them,” Burton said. officially or anything in that ca- said she used to host parties be- about money. In college she joined she usually wraps about 40 gifts ■ Burton enjoys interacting with pacity. But I was like, ‘Wow! Look fore her birthday and ask her the Honey Bears, the Chicago for colleagues this time of year, her fans, and she holds on to at you!’ Me be a politician? I like guests to bring new toys that she Bears’ cheerleader squad. “I and she takes pride in selecting positive letters from viewers. She my job at ABC 7 a lot,” Burton would give to children in domes- would have rehearsal Monday and wrapping each present. “Peo- tries not to worry about trolls, but said. tic violence shelters. She said night, get on the 10:30 Greyhound ple don’t even unwrap them. The she said she is more cautious after ■ She had served as a contrib- every so often she will rent out a bus and go to U of I, have classes makeup artist (Alx Galasinao) has she was attacked 10 years ago. A uting anchor for the weekday 10 movie theater so these children Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, not unwrapped eight years in a Berwyn man, whose attorney said p.m. newscast for the last 15 years, can see culturally significant get back on the bus, come home row. Her gifts, she might cut the had been diagnosed with so she found the promotion to 10 films. “A couple of the shelters Thursday night. You could not bottom out, get the gift and not schizophrenia, randomly p.m. co-anchor to be “truly a that I worked with closed down, miss rehearsal at all the entire open it because they’re scenic, punched six people — including blessing.” She succeeded Kathy so now I just donate money,” she season,” she said. they’re pieces of artwork,” Burton Burton — during a daylong ram- Brock on June 28. said. “But I think in 2019 I’m ■ She worked for Xerox after said. page in the Loop in 2008. She said “I had a locket of my mom and going to come back and do (the graduation as her television career ■ Her extensive gift list includes she hit the ground and hit her dad around my neck, and then toy drive). I did it probably 10 took off. As a kid, she appeared on her ex-husband, Ch. 7 sports head. At first, she thought she had outside on State Street were my years in a row.” the “Romper Room” TV show. anchor and reporter Jim Rose. been shot. siblings; my cousins; former Years later, she was a spokesmodel “He’s one of my best friends “I was a changed person after teachers; former students; my [email protected] contestant on “Star Search.” “My here,” Burton said. “He’s a great that. I was happy-go-lucky. I Girl Scouts because I’m a big Girl Twitter @tracyswartz

IN PERFORMANCE ment — using her pregnancy as a hitting a complete standstill, springboard: “I don’t know what joking with the makeup artist or I’m having,” she said seriously. “I making fun of her own sweat- Amy Schumer goes from hope it’s a girl. But mainly just iness, the focus on the cameras because it’s such a scary time for gave the night a much more ster- men. Men, thank you so much for ile and orchestrated feel than a party girl to mom-to-be leaving your houses tonight. So live show should have, especially brave.” one with such high price tags. By Zach Freeman nant. And yes, she’s still sporting She also described her experi- In an era of self-promotion and Chicago Tribune the same mix of comedic cock- ence traveling to Washington D.C. social media a seat at a live taping surity and exaggerated honesty in October to protest the confir- and a chance to show up in the Amy Schumer is five months that’s made her a TV star, movie mation of Supreme Court justice final product is a coveted thing, pregnant and wants to make sure star, best-selling author and Brett Kavanaugh, deftly avoiding especially to a fan, but only when everyone in the audience knows nationally touring stand-up any preaching and spinning it into the nuts and bolts of production it. At the top of her show at the comic. a tale of avoiding hunger while are more carefully masked. Chicago Theatre on Thursday “I do cup my bump, but I do it protesting and subsequently This could explain why, after night — the second of two sold a little bit lower,” she said after being arrested. the show ended around 10:20 out nights being filmed for her mocking the classic pregnant JORDAN STRAUSS/INVISION Referencing a set-list tele- p.m. with a joke that smoothly next special — she recounted woman photo pose with her Amy Schumer touched on her prompter for most of the show, blended tenderness, self-depre- various reckless (and even illegal) hands on her belly. “I do it right pregnancy and current events at Schumer occasionally stumbled cation and humor, many audience made-up misadventures she’d here,” she said, grabbing her the Chicago Theatre on Thursday. on a set-up or a punchline and members clapped, grabbed their had in various cities across the crotch. “Because this is the spot would pause briefly before start- jackets and left the theater, even country and then beamed: that got me in trouble.” gently poking fun at her husband, ing a sentence over or trying a as a voice over the sound system “That’s all over now. Because I’m High brow this is not. But as chef Chris Fischer (the two were different angle. At one point she asked people to get back to their … preeeeeegnant!” Schumer herself said to a couple married in February). stopped and asked a technician to seats for a reshoot of the opening A few minutes later she in the front row who she thought In a careful balancing act, scroll the teleprompter up so she and closing moments of the per- showed off her baby bump, seemed surprised by her materi- Schumer manages to both expand could reference something she’d formance. pulling her black dress up to al: “What, did you think you were and protect her brand with her forgotten. “You want those shots?” I reveal her belly and intentionally coming to see ‘Godspell’?” latest material, transitioning These are all moments that can imagined them saying as they flashing the audience a lengthy Standing center stage through- seamlessly from hapless party girl be easily cut around in post-pro- marched down the aisles towards peek at her black underwear out the night — with elaborate to married mom-to-be. “I just duction — as can the four breaks the exits, “Maybe you should be (and Band-Aid-covered belly red curtains framing the stage want anyone who’s single to she took to have her make-up paying me.” button) in the process. “Some- around her — Schumer spent the know I didn’t sell out,” she said touched up — but each pause or body’s neglecting their bikini majority of her set joking about near the end of her set. redo slowed the momentum of Zach Freeman is a freelance critic. area!” she crowed after lowering her pregnancy (“I’m making it She also dipped into current her set and sucked energy from her dress. sound all bad,” she quipped at events a few times — including the room. And while Schumer [email protected] So, yes, Amy Schumer is preg- one point, “Because it is.”) and discussing the #MeToo move- worked to keep the show from Twitter@ZachRunsChicago 10 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Saturday, December 22, 2018

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The Copyright 2018 by Amy For the week ended Dec. 15, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, safe was the same person boyfriend recently invited Dickinson book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide. who took them. us to dinner and said we Some brides carry spe- should hire a baby sitter for Distributed by Tribune — Publishers Weekly cial bags that match their our 1-month-old (!). After Content Agency Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Saturday, December 22, 2018 11

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Horoscopes Dilbert By Scott Adams Today’s birthday (Dec. 22): Together you can move mountains this year. You’re a powerful force when committed. Fall in love without warning. Your leadership this winter supports family past a financial obstacle. Take a partnership to new levels next summer, before shifting focus with a personal project. Aries (March 21-April 19): Today is a 7. Renovate, remodel and tend your garden. Domestic changes require adaptation under the Cancer full moon. Begin a new home and family phase. Taurus (April 20-May 20): 8. A new phase in communica- tions, connection and intellectual discovery dawns with this full moon. Shift the direction of your research. Start a new chapter. Baby Blues By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott Gemini (May 21-June 20): 9. Profitable opportunities bloom under the full moon. A turning point arises around income and finances. Cash flows both in and out. Keep track. Cancer (June 21-July 22): 8. This full moon in your sign illuminates a new personal direction. Push your own boundaries and limitations. Turn toward a possibility that inspires you. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): 6. One door closes as another opens. This full moon in Cancer shines on a spiritual fork in the road. Ritual and symbolism provide comfort. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): 7. This full moon illuminates a new social phase. Friends come and go with community and group projects. Share appreciations, greetings and goodbyes. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): 8. Finish a project before beginning a new professional phase. This full moon sparks a shift in your career. Focus on current passions. Zits By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): 7. Begin another phase in an explo- ration. The Cancer full moon illuminates your educational direction. Experiment with concepts. Go to the source. Learn from a master. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): 8. The stakes could seem high with this full moon. Shift directions with shared finances over the next two weeks. Work out the next phase together. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): 7. Reach a turning point in a partnership with this full moon. Compromise and collabo- rate for shared commitments to pass an obstacle or barrier. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): 7. Shifting conditions can affect your physical health and fitness with this full moon. Re- view and revamp your skills and practices. Look for ways to increase fun. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): 6. Change directions with a Mr. Boffo By Joe Martin romance, passion or creative endeavor under this full moon in Cancer. Express your heart, imagination and artistry. Shift perspectives.

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Bridge Both vulnerable, South deals North ♠ 84 ♥ A2 Dick Tracy By Joe Staton and Mike Curtis ♦ Q3 ♣ KQ109753 West East ♠ J9752 ♠ A63 ♥ 975 ♥ K1084 ♦ 874 ♦ KJ109 ♣ 84 ♣ A6 South ♠ KQ10 ♥ QJ63 ♦ A652 ♣ J2 “Master Bridge” was a 14-episode TV series produced in the United Kingdom in 1983. It featured team competition, for prize money, between eight international stars of the Animal Crackers By Mike Osbun time, including the late Omar Sharif. A careful search will find them on YouTube. Sharif was South, in today’s deal, the final deal in the Master Bridge series. East won the opening spade lead with the ace. He knew that partner was The bidding: broke, so he had to South West North East find a way to defeat 1♦ Pass 2♣ Pass the contract in his own hand. East 2NT Pass 3NT All pass found a spectacular Opening lead: Five of ♠ shift to the king of hearts! He was attacking dummy’s entry to the long club suit. Sharif played low from his hand and won the trick with dummy’s ace. East ducked the first club, won the second, and reverted to spades, leading the six. Prickly City By Scott Stantis Sharif won with the king and tried to execute an end play. He cashed the queen of spades, followed by the queen and jack of hearts. East played his last spade, and then the eight and 10 of hearts. Sharif led the six of hearts for the end play, but East deftly followed suit with the carefully preserved four! No end play and down one for Sharif. The same contract was defeated at the other table also after the same lovely defense. Could it have been made? Yes. Declarer would have prevailed had he played his six of hearts under the king at trick two. He would then have been able to end play East by leading his three of hearts to East’s four.

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Dustin By Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker Sudoku 12/22

ForBetterorforWorseBy Lynn Johnston

Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box in bold borders contains Blondie By Dean Young and John Marshall every digit 1 to 9. Friday’s solutions

Jumble Unscramble the four Jumbles, one letter per square, to form four words. Then arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by this cartoon. Hägar the Horrible By Chris Browne

Mutts By Patrick McDonnell

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Sherman’s Lagoon By Jim Toomey

Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! By Tim Rickard

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BEARS Bonus: Long back on field Injured guard practices with GAME 15 but it would be logical for the Bears to Bears at 49ers target their first playoff game, the date of eye on being ready for playoffs 3:05 p.m. Sunday, FOX-32 which is not determined. ■ First-time Pro Bowler Hicks calls For now, Long will work back into By Rich Campbell selection “an awesomefeeling.” Page 4 football shape and see how his foot and Chicago Tribune ankle respond to increased activity. “I’ve got to make it so I’m less out of Injured Bears guard Kyle Long watched and ankle Oct. 28. breath the next day than I was before,” he Sunday as his teammates beat the Packers “It felt good to be in a helmet and said. “The training staff has done a great job to complete their worst-to-first turnaround running around,” Long said. “I don’t feel here keeping me as prepared as possible. by clinching the NFC North. On Friday, the like a ghost in the building, which is nice.” Obviously, there’s no timeline. We’re just sixth-year veteran took an important step Friday began a 21-day window in which trying to work forward and progress every toward rejoining them for the playoffs. Long can practice before the team must day.” JOHN J. KIM/CHICAGO TRIBUNE The Bears designated Long to return determine whether to move him to the Long was injured against the Jets when Kyle Long has been a spectator since injur- from injured reserve, and he practiced for active roster, at which point he could play in ing his right foot and ankle in Week 7 vs. the the first time since injuring his right foot games. They could activate him at any time, Turn to Bears, Page 4 Jets. He returned to practice Friday.

HAWKS 2, AVALANCHE 1 Hawks stay hot as Delia stands out Rookie goalie frustrates Avs, sparks 4th victory in last 6

By Jimmy Greenfield | Chicago Tribune

DENVER — A dozen or so stitches in the shape of a boomerang are holding together a cut on the bridge of Connor Murphy’s nose. Both of his eyes, the right one in particular, have begun to turn a deepening shade of black and blue. These alterations to Murphy’s face were courtesy of an elbow the Stars’ Tyler Pitlick delivered Thursday near the end of the Blackhawks’ 5-2 win. Considering the Hawks’ track record of losing players to head injuries over the last couple of weeks, Murphy came away relatively unscathed. There was no talk of a concussion, and he was in the lineup Friday when the Hawks faced the Avalanche at the the Pepsi Center. “(I’m) good to go,” Murphy said before the game. So was the rest of the team. Artem Anisimov’s tap-in goal early in the third period lifted the Hawks to a thrilling 2-1 victory for their second Central Division road win in as many nights. Rookie goalie Collin Delia, making his first start of the season, was brilliant, stopping 35 Avs shots for his second career win. The Hawks are 4-1-1 in their last six games. “It’s so hard to win in this league,” Delia

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ILLINOIS BASKETBALL Former Illini Smith expects to hear boos Missouri transfer likely to get earful at Braggin’ Rights game

By Shannon Ryan | Chicago Tribune

Boos in the arena during the annual rivalry game between Illinois and Missouri are certain. But sometimes the jeers are personal. Last season, Illinois fans directed ire at former Illini commit Jeremiah Tilmon, CHRIS SWEDA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE who decided instead to play for Missouri Forward Lauri Markkanen (24) drains a 3-pointer in the first half of his 32-point game, which helped the Bulls beat the Magic. after Illinois fired John Groce. On Saturday night in St. Louis, the boos likely will be BULLS 90, MAGIC 80 aimed at Mark Smith. The former Illini player who transferred to Mizzou is ready for it. “I remember last year Jeremiah got booed. I wasn’t paying attention to it that much,” Smith told reporters in St. Louis on Friday. “I might hear the first one. That’s about it.” The Braggin’ Rights game at Enterprise Top of the list Center will feature three Tigers starters, all from the St. Louis Metro East area, who UP NEXT It was Markannen’s third 30-point once planned to play together in orange ’Tis the season high: Bulls at Cavaliers effort and first since he scored a career- and blue. Markkanen’s 32 key 5 p.m. Sunday, NBCSCH high 33 in his coming-out game Jan. 10 at Like East St. Louis’ Tilmon, Javon Madison Square Garden. Pickett of Belleville East switched to victory over Magic “I think I can do multiple things,” Missouri after Groce’s firing. the ball,” Kris Dunn said. “He’s a great Markkanen said. “If you take one thing “We all wanted to go to the same school By K.C. Johnson | Chicago Tribune player for us. When he’s aggressive, good away from me, I can do other stuff. We did and play together,” Smith said of the trio. things happen.” a good job recognizing their coverages and “That was the goal.” The Bulls checked their holiday to-do Markkanen attempted seven shots in using them to our advantage.” Smith arrived at Illinois with much list and remembered they have this the first quarter as the Bulls made him a No shot proved bigger than Markka- fanfare. He was fresh off an outstanding weapon named Lauri Markkanen. focal point. Unfortunately for the Bulls, he nen’s free-throw-line jumper with 40 senior season at Edwardsville that saw him After taking just six shots Wednesday in missed six. seconds left after the Magic had whittled a a loss to the Nets, Markkanen scored a But then came three quick 3-pointers in 15-point deficit to five. Turn to Illinois, Page 3 season-high 32 points on 20 shots in the the second quarter, and by the time The midrange shot capped a night in Bulls’ 90-80 victory over the Magic on Markkanen dunked over Nikola Vucevic which Markkanen displayed his entire UP NEXT Friday at the United Center. in the third and drew a technical for Missouri vs. Illinois “We emphasized making sure he gets taunting, he had made eight straight shots. Turn to Bulls, Page 2 7 p.m. Saturday, BTN 2 Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 2 | Saturday, December 22, 2018 D

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Markkanen BULLS NOTES Portis vows scores 32 to overcome to pace win latest hurdle

Bulls, from Page 1 By K.C. Johnson | Chicago Tribune offensive arsenal. He sank four 3-pointers. Given that Bobby Portis rolled his right He scored on a floater. He posted up. He ankle, walked off the court and straight to dunked. the locker room Wednesday night, the “I think that’s part of just getting my fourth-year forward knew he would be legs back under me,” he said. “Knowing missing more time. they’re going to run me off (the 3-point “As soon as I did it, I knew something line), so I feel like I have some explosive- wasn’t right,” Portis said Friday before the ness. I was out a long time. Now I feel Bulls-Magic game at the United Center in fresher.” his first comments since suffering his The Bulls posted 23 assists to just 10 second injury of the season. “Obviously, the turnovers, with Ryan Arcidiacono tying toughness in me was to try to tough it out. his career-high with eight assists. Dunn Then I kept walking more and more.” recovered from badly rolling his right The Bulls said Portis will miss two to four ankle in the first quarter to add 12 points, weeks. He suffered the injury in just his fifth eight rebounds and seven assists. game back from missing nearly seven weeks “Kris had unbelievable poise in the with a sprained MCL in his right knee. pocket,” coach Jim Boylen said. “He had “I’m always mentally strong,” Portis said. command of what I want. We had great “The best thing is that it wasn’t my knee synergy. Man, I felt like I had a captain, a again. Obviously, ankles are just things that leader out there. I’m really happy because happen all the time in basketball. But I’m that’s something we’ve been talking about getting good treatment every day. I’m and working on.” starting to feel better. Justin Holiday’s franchise-record of 43 “I’m going where the rehab takes me. I games with at least one 3-pointer ended don’t have any targets. Just taking my time.” when he missed all five attempts. Zach LaVine is out two to four weeks The Magic return to the United Center with a sprained right ankle. Kris Dunn and on Jan. 2 and by then, maybe Jabari Parker Lauri Markkanen also missed significant can have a normal night. Then again, time with injuries. Cameron Payne sat Parker might be on another team. Friday night with a strained right calf. For the second time in eight days, mild With Payne out, Jim Boylen used Anto- drama surrounded Parker at a Bulls-Magic nio Blakeney as the backup shooting guard. matchup. In an NBA Global Games matchup Dec. Man in middle: Bill Cartwright, the center 13 in Mexico City, Boylen demoted Parker from the Bulls’ first threepeat and former from the rotation, playing him just 4 coach, stopped by practice Thursday and minutes and only because Chandler attended Friday’s game. Cartwright spent Hutchison missed the game with an some time talking with rookie center illness. Parker hasn’t played since, missing Wendell Carter Jr. his fourth straight game Friday. One came “He embodies some of the things we’re by coach’s decision, two were to a stomach talking about — leadership, toughness,” illness and on Friday, Boylen went out of Boylen said. “I know Bulls across his chest his way to make clear Parker chose not to meant a lot, so it’s great to have him. He’s dress despite practicing Thursday. always welcome.” “He does not feel his conditioning is where it needs to be for him to play,” CHRIS SWEDA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE Layups: The Bulls will sign former LSU Boylen said. Kris Dunn (32) drives past a Magic defender in the first half of the Bulls’ victory Friday guard Brandon Sampson to a two-way Contrast that statement to Boylen’s night at the United Center. Dunn finished with 12 points and seven assists. contract to replace the injured Tyler Ulis, answer when asked about the versatility of who has been playing for Windy City of the Hutchison, the small forward who played here. His soul is awesome. It’s great.” myself to a high standard and I try to do my G League. Ulis underwent arthroscopic some backup power forward Friday be- It doesn’t take a tea-leaf reader to know best to contribute to the team. So that’s surgery on his left hip, the team announced. cause Bobby Portis is injured and Parker how Boylen feels about Parker, who is where I’m at. Get a few practices in and ... Lauri Markkanen received an auto- sat. being shopped. An accessible Parker hopefully see how Cleveland goes when I graphed Dirk Nowitzki jersey that he “I love him in the lineup,” Boylen said. downplayed everything. go there (Sunday).” requested when the Mavericks visited last “He’s a competitor. He’s all the things we “Just trying to get in shape,” he said. month. The two worked with the same talk about. He’s coachable. He’s teachable. “When I come in, I want to contribute. It [email protected] youth coach and hit it off when Markkanen And he’s becoming reliable. His heart’s ain’t trying to be for a less amount. I hold Twitter @kcjhoop visited Dallas for his predraft workout.

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ILLINOIS FOOTBALL Illini land former Miami receiver By Shannon Ryan Chicago Tribune

Illinois landed a potentially major transfer Friday night, when former Miami wide reciver Jeff Thomas announced he will join the Illini. The Illini recruited Thomas out of high school at East St. Louis, where he was a top-40 national recruit who led the Flyers to the 2016 Class 7A state title at Memo- rial Stadium. He dazzled at the 2017 Under Armour All-American game, using his 4.3 40-yard-dash speed to take short passes for touchdowns of 44 and 79 yards. DUANE BURLESON/AP Thomas announced his deci- Former Miami wide receiver Jeff sion on social media, and Illinois Thomas announced Friday that confirmed the news. The Illini he will transfer to Illinois. indicated Thomas will seek immediate eligibility by requesting a this season, but he considered waiver from the NCAA’s rule that himself underutilized as the sea- requires athletes who transfer to son progressed and his playing sit out a year before competing at time decreased. The Hurricanes their new school. announced on Nov. 21 that Thom- “Jeff Thomas is an elite level as was dismissed from the team. football player who we expect to Miami coach Mark Richt’s make an immediate impact with statement at the time said: “We the Fighting Illini program,” have high standards for excel- coach Lovie Smith said in a lence, for conduct and for the statement. “We know he is excited commitment to team for all of to return to his home state. This (our) young men.” continues a string of great players Thomas responded the same from East St. Louis coming to the day, claiming the decision to University of Illinois. depart was mutual. “We recruited Jeff extremely “Regarding to the situation hard out of high school, and when with me,” Thomas wrote in a he contacted us about the possibil- social-media post, “I did not get ity of returning home, we were kicked off the team as of how bad immediately interested in making it sounds. I came to a agreement his wishes come true. We will fully with my Head Coach on leaving support his efforts for immediate the program to better my future eligibility at Illinois.” life and family life. I couldn’t The 5-foot-10, 175-pound thank this program (for) how Thomas committed to Miami out much they’ve done for me, and the of high school over Alabama, things I’ve done on the field is my Auburn, Florida State and Mis- way of respect for the program.” souri as well as the Illini. Thomas’ 35 receptions and 563 [email protected] yards as a sophomore led Miami Twitter @sryantribune MATT MARTON/AP Northwestern’s Vic Law (4) grabs a rebound as Oklahoma’s Kristian Doolittle tumbles to the floor. OKLAHOMA 76, NORTHWESTERN 69 (OT) NORTHWESTERN FOOTBALL 2 starters on ‘D’ Fizzling out out of bowl game game that Ryan Taylor would to be tougher,” Law said. “In- Hall, Thompson idled With chance for have a bare-ass-open 3 at the last stead of driving to the post, I big win, Wildcats second to win the game, I would took a fadeaway.” — but Gaziano, Fisher have signed the contract right NU’s bench was outscored will return next year fall in overtime there,” NU coach Chris Collins 33-12 as Collins didn’t substitute said. “We executed perfectly and much after the break. But the By Teddy Greenstein By Teddy Greenstein had a great shooter with an open coach said he did not believe Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune shot.” fatigue played a factor in over- Northwestern certainly time. Northwestern fans: Do you There are no must-win col- looked like a tournament-caliber Collins said freshmen Miller want the good news or the bad? lege basketball games in Decem- team Friday, but the selection Kopp and Pete Nance, who Let’s start with the bad: Two of ber. But this one was crucial for committee doesn’t have a metric combined for just 5:38 in playing the Wildcats’ top defensive start- Northwestern, which entered called Painfully Close Losses to time after halftime, “will be ers will miss the Dec. 31 Holiday Friday night yet to beat a team Quality Teams. counted on big-time as we get Bowl against Utah. inside the KenPom top 80. The Wildcats now have three into conference (play).” Linebacker Nate Hall is out You don’t make the NCAA after losing to the Hoosiers and For now Northwestern is after shoulder surgery, and defen- tournament by beating the likes Wolverines by two points counting on the likes of transfers sive tackle Jordan Thompson re- of Georgia Tech and DePaul at apiece. Taylor and A.J. Turner, and quired knee surgery. Both made home — or by losing close games “It’s something we have to neither got the job done Friday. announcements Friday on Twit- JOE ROBBINS/GETTY to Indiana and Michigan. think about over the (Christmas) Northwestern rallied late in ter. Defensive tackle Jordan Thomp- You make it by beating veter- break,” said Vic Law, who had regulation, tying the game at 66 The rangy Hall, dogged by son will miss Northwestern’s an teams such as Oklahoma, team highs of 23 points and eight in thrilling fashion: Law missed shoulder issues most of the sea- Holiday Bowl game due to injury. projected by CBS Sports’ Jerry rebounds. “It’s clear as day that a 3, but Dererk Pardon slammed son, received honorable mention Palm to be a No. 4 seed in the we’re a very good team; it’s just down the rebound. The Welsh- for the All-Big Ten team after HOLIDAY BOWL NCAA tournament. something at the end. We should Ryan Arena crowd went nuts — coming up huge against Purdue Northwestern (8-5) vs. Given that prime opportunity, be wining these games. There’s louder than it was during NU’s (10 tackles and an interception) Utah (9-4) the Wildcats squandered it. no reason we shouldn’t be 11-1.” 25-0 run against DePaul two and Minnesota (two picks). 6 p.m. Dec. 31, FS1 They lost 76-69 in overtime, Oklahoma improved to 11-1 weeks ago. The 6-foot-3, 292-pound falling to 8-4. with wins over Notre Dame, “The fans were fantastic,” Thompson might be the Big Ten’s Ryan Taylor had another Florida and Creighton and a Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger most underrated player. He didn’t Fisher’s tackle numbers were rough shooting night, hitting 20-point neutral-site loss to said. “That was a really good even make all-conference hon- down a shade from 2017 (from 8.7 just 2 of 11 3-pointers and 5 of 16 Wisconsin. The Sooners were college basketball game with orable mention, but Pro Football per game to 8.0) as he battled knee overall. His teammates gave him far more efficient in overtime. players who competed like Focus graded him as the confer- ailments. a terrific look with five seconds After Law sank a 3 to start the crazy.” ence’s No. 2 defensive lineman in “Played through some minor to play in regulation, but Taylor five-minute session, Oklahoma 2018. And it graded him as North- stuff,” he said. missed it. scored the final 10 points. [email protected] western’s top player in the Big Ten The NU defense will have a “If you had told me before the “We have to be tougher, I have Twitter @TeddyGreenstein title game against Ohio State — by serious challenge in the Holiday far. His mark of 82.5 bested those Bowl. True, the Utes were held to of linebacker Blake Gallagher a field goal by Washington in the (73.0), defensive linemen Earnest Pac-12 title game. But they scored Brown (70.4) and Samdup Miller at least 30 points in eight games, (70.3) and receiver Kyric Mc- and their No. 1 quarterback, Tyler Former Illini Smith expects boos Gowan (68.5). Huntley, could return after recov- Illinois, from Page 1 ted to Missouri as a baseball Tilmon, a 6-foot-10 sopho- The Wildcats are deep on the ering from a collarbone injury. pitcher, but an arm injury forced more center, averages 11 points defensive line and figure to give Huntley (64.1 completion per- named Mr. Basketball of Illinois, him to switch his focus to with a team-high 6.6 rebounds. linebacker Chris Bergin his fifth centage) is an obvious upgrade and he was the first recruit to basketball. Pickett, a 6-foot-4 redshirt fresh- start of the season in Hall’s place. over Jason Shelley (57.7). sign with new Illini coach Brad Heading into Saturday’s man, averages 6.6 points. Now for the good news: Two And Utah has an element of Underwood, who held off a late showdown, where the crowd Illinois (4-7) has won five other defensive standouts will mystery, given that offensive coor- charge from Michigan State and will be split in half per tradition, straight in the series and leads return to Evanston next season. dinator Troy Taylor left to become Kentucky. Smith said he expects a few 25-12 since the game in St. Louis End Joe Gaziano (20 career sacks) head coach at Sacramento State. But after some strong games emotions. became an annual tradition in will be a graduate student, and Taylor is a spread advocate, while against nonconference competi- “There might be a little extra 1980. The Illini won 70-64 last linebacker Paddy Fisher returns head coach Kyle Whittingham is tion, Smith’s production de- because I played for them,” he season, with Smith scoring 11 as a fourth-year junior. viewed as more of a run-first clined and his season was said. “Coach (Cuonzo Martin) points in the win. “I’ll be back for sure,” Fisher traditionalist. deemed a disappointment. De- tells us to stay even keeled.” Smith said he hasn’t kept in told the Tribune. “I’m not ready Asked if that adds a variable to spite starting 18 of 31 games, the Smith is playing much better close contact with his former (for the NFL) yet. I had a conver- Northwestern’s preparation, strong 6-foot-4 guard averaged this season, ranking second on Illini teammates. Like Smith, sation with a close family friend of coach Pat Fitzgerald said: “It does. only 5.8 points while shooting the Tigers with 11.7 points per they expect an emotional game mine. He said: Once you know, You have to anticipate seeing 33.7 percent overall and 28.6 game. His shooting has im- but are more concerned about you’ll know. things that aren’t on tape. And percent on 3-pointers. In Big Ten proved, at 47 percent overall and winning than focusing on “Right now I need to get then you adjust. You treat bowl play, Smith averaged 3.1 points 47.2 percent on 3-pointers. Smith’s departure. healthy, fix things up body-wise, games like the opener. You look while shooting 28.6 percent Missouri (7-3) heads into the “It may be a little weird,” add some modifications to train- back to the previous year. Maybe if overall and 18.5 percent from 3. Braggin’ Rights game riding a Illinois guard Trent Frazier told ing in the weight room and work there is a coordinator change, you Smith announced his transfer four-game winning streak, in- reporters in Champaign. “He is a on some functional strength and study his tape. And then (Purdue to Missouri in April. He learned cluding an impressive 71-56 vic- good player. I’m happy for him. mobility. One day I’ll be ready, but freshman) Rondale Moore shows in late October that the NCAA tory Tuesday against Xaiver, We don’t talk about that situa- for now I’m at Northwestern.” up. That dude’s pretty good! We had cleared him to play immedi- which Illinois lost to 83-74 at the tion. We just go out there and Fisher made the coaches’ All- knew that but we didn’t know he’d ately instead of sitting out a Maui Invitational. The game was play hard.” Big Ten first team and was a be that good.” season as is usually the case for a breakout for Tilmon, who third-team AP All-American. His transfer players. scored a career-high 23 points [email protected] eight career forced fumbles is tied [email protected] Smith originally had commit- with 10 rebounds. Twitter @sryantribune for the program record. Twitter @TeddyGreenstein 4 Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 2 | Saturday, December 22, 2018

BEARS

NFL NOTES WEEK 16 PICKS Despite Seahawks injury, Gore won’t stop eyes return Mahomes in 2019 By Rich Campbell News services and Dan Wiederer Chicago Tribune Even though Frank Gore’s ironman streak is about to end, he Tribune writers Rich Campbell and wants to keep going. Dan Wiederer are picking against the The injured Dolphins running spread and each other this season. Camp- back has decided against retire- bell has retaken the lead with two weeks ment and hopes to play a 15th NFL remaining. Here are their Week 16 selec- season next year, The Associated tions. Press reported. (10 points for a win, minus-10 for a loss) The league’s leading active Season scoreboard: Campbell 0, rusher suffered a season-ending Wiederer minus-40 sprained foot last week against the Vikings, but the injury won’t require surgery. The 35-year-old Game of the week Gore has played in 126 consecutive Chiefs (minus 3) at Seahawks games with 122 starts in a row. Campbell (9-5-1): Chiefs. The Sea- Those streaks are the longest by hawks are 16-2 in prime-time home an NFL offensive skill player, and games under Pete Carroll, but they don’t they’ll end Sunday when the Dol- have the horses on offense to score with phins play the Jaguars. Patrick Mahomes’ group. Last week Gore said he was Wiederer (6-8-1): Chiefs. This is a uncertain whether he wanted to tricky spot for the playoff-hopeful Sea- play next year. He signed a one-year hawks, who at least have the luxury of contract in March with the Dol- playing at home. But it’s hard to see their phins, and another season with his defense doing enough to contain the hometown team is a possibility. Patrick Mahomes fireworks show. Gore leads the Dolphins with 722 yards rushing, and his average of 4.6 yards per carry is his highest Lock of the week since 2012. He went on injured Campbell (6-9): Bills (plus 13½) at reserve Wednesday. Patriots. Since the Bears left Buffalo 41-9 Gore is fourth on the league’s winners on Nov. 4, the Bills are 3-2 all-time rushing list with 14,748 straight up with each loss by four points. yards, and fifth in yards from They’re healthy, still fighting and should scrimmage. Since turning 32 in keep this respectable. 2015, he’s the league’s fifth-leading Wiederer (8-7): Vikings (minus 6) at rusher. Lions. I don’t love laying six points on the “He’s a special person ... special road in a division game. But the Vikings player,” Dolphins coach Adam Gase have so much more to play for. said. “It’s hard to find somebody that’s really done anything compa- rable, especially the way football is Upset of the week now and how he’s run early in his Campbell (8-7): Lions (+230) vs. Vi- career. To last this long and then to kings. The Vikings have lost straight up produce the way he has at this age and failed to beat the number in each of is just something you just probably their last three road games (Bears, Patri- won’t ever see again.” ots and Seahawks). The Lions offense CHRIS SWEDA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE stinks, but my trust in the Vikings on the Ravens retain Harbaugh: The Akiem Hicks, tackling Packers running back Aaron Jones on Sunday, was named to his first road is as firm as a 30-year-old mattress. Ravens announced that they will Pro Bowl. “It’s an awesome feeling,” he said Friday. Wiederer (5-10): Ravens (+180) at retain coach John Harbaugh for Chargers. The Chargers might be due for next season and possibly beyond. a letdown after a rousing rally over the “John Harbaugh will continue as Chiefs. And the Ravens are clutching our head coach for the 2019 season, wild-card hopes. That’s the best dice roll and he and we are working on an on a Week 16 menu devoid of other in- extension to his existing contract, Pro Bowl bid triguing upset possibilities. which expires after the 2019 season,” a team statement said. The Ravens are 8-6 and are in Just for fun line for the final AFC wild-card Campbell (5-9-1): Rams (minus 14½) spot as the playoff picture stands at Cardinals. I’m simply betting on a with two games remaining in the course correction by the Rams here. regular season. fires up Hicks They’ll play with urgency to end the first losing streak of coach Sean McVay’s Gurley’s status up in air: Rams First-time DL selection terms accolade ‘an awesome feeling’ tenure. We’ll have our eyes on this one coach Sean McVay announced that from the Levi’s Stadium press box. running back Todd Gurley will be a By Rich Campbell defenses. But he had to beat out a decorated, Wiederer (6-8-1): Eagles (minus 1½) game-time decision for Sunday’s Chicago Tribune recognizable trio of defensive linemen to vs. Texans. Are the defending Super Bowl game against the Cardinals. make it: the Buccaneers’ Gerald McCoy, champions finally getting dangerous in Gurley was listed as questionable When you’re selected to the Pro Bowl, the Giants’ Damon Harrison and Saints’ Sheldon December? This is the perfect way to on Friday’s injury report because of news cycle will wait longer for you. So even Rankins. find out with Nick Foles trying to work inflammation in his left knee. He though Akiem Hicks’ nomination was three Joining Hicks as interior linemen on the more magic against the Texans. didn’t practice during the week. days old by the time reporters gathered NFC roster are the Rams’ Aaron Donald and around his locker Friday after practice at the Eagles’ Fletcher Cox. That’s a loaded list. Raiders talk ’19: The Raiders have Halas Hall, it was an occasion he deemed “When you come into this league, you want Stay away had talks with MLB’s Giants about worth capturing. to earn the respect of the people that have Campbell (8-7): Saints (minus 6½) vs. playing home games next season at The Bears defensive lineman donned his done it before you and the people that are Steelers. The Saints return home for the AT&T Park. Burberry scarf and a tan suede coat, then doing it with you — your peers,” Hicks said. first time since Nov. 22. They average 38 The Giants issued a statement pulled out his cell phone to take a selfie with “And when you get to that moment and you points per game at home. Yes, the Steel- Friday confirming the Raiders have the assembled media. see that they see in you what you saw in ers just beat the Patriots. Yes, that 6½ expressed “initial interest” in “This,” he said, “is a Pro Bowl moment.” yourself, it’s an awesome feeling.” seems like it’s trying to trick me into playing in San Francisco in 2019. It won’t be Hicks’ last. The seventh-year Hicks said Tuesday was “a blur” because taking the Saints. I’ll bite. The Raiders are moving to Las veteran is one of five Bears who were named the high of being named to his first Pro Bowl Wiederer (8-7): Bengals (plus 9) at Vegas in 2020 but have no lease for Tuesday to the game. His reaction to being was warped by a flu-like illness that caused Browns. I’ve been all about Baker May- next year. They had been in talks recognized was the most anticipated, given him terrible cold sweats. He sat out practice field and the resurgent Browns. But are about renewing in Oakland before how he openly pined for a Pro Bowl bid this Thursday but fully participated Friday and they good enough to be laying more than city officials sued the team over its season and last. But his first public comments will play Sunday against the 49ers. a touchdown in a division game? planned move. waited until Friday because he was ill “They have a really good running game,” he Wednesday and Thursday. said. “They’ve got some explosive plays, Extra points: Steelers RB James “There’s only a select group of guys that get especially from their tight end (George Kittle). Close to home Conner (ankle) will miss a third this honor every year,” he said. “I was They’re not playing like a team that is 4-10, so Bears (minus 4½) at 49ers straight game Sunday against the fortunate to be put in that position with a great we’ve got to approach them that way and give Campbell (7-7): Bears. All the traps are Saints. ... Giants WR Odell Beck- team and get the recognition that I deserved.” them their just due and respect.” set. Division already clinched. Playoffs in ham Jr. (quad) will miss a third Hicks’ nomination wasn’t surprising, given the distance. Nothing to clinch Sunday. straight game Sunday against the his six sacks, 11 tackles for a loss and general [email protected] Long flight right before Christmas. Bad Colts. dominance at the front of one of the NFL’s best Twitter @Rich_Campbell opponent. But coach Matt Nagy has done so well stabilizing his team’s collective emotion and effort. The Bears will play well and exploit a 49ers defense that doesn’t take the ball away. Wiederer (4-10): Bears. Matt Nagy’s Bears get a bonus: Long team has stumbled into booby traps before, most notably in road losses to the Dolphins and Giants. So I wouldn’t be shocked if the Bears experience a let- returns to practice down after last weekend’s NFC North Bears, from Page 1 gibles and athleticism. Nagy extolled title celebration. Still, if the Bears arrive Long’s attentiveness in meetings, his lead- with even 80 percent of their normal tight end Dion Sims rolled up on his leg on a ership role on the offensive line and his urgency level, they should coast. running play in the final four minutes of a intelligence within the offense. The team 24-10 victory. It’s the same foot on which he has missed that on game days. had reconstructive ankle surgery in No- “He knew stuff inside out,” Nagy said. Close to home, total vember 2016, an injury that continued to “That was natural for him. He’s a natural- Bears-49ers over/under 43 require occasional rest days earlier this born leader. And then on top of that, he was Campbell (7-6-1): Over. But just barely. season. playing really well.” Mitch Trubisky did not play particularly “When I found out I didn’t have any Veteran Bryan Witzmann has filled in for well in either of his two road wins this ligament damage, that was great news,” Long, and his performances have been season (Cardinals, Bills), so he’ll be dialed Long said. “I’ve been down that road before inconsistent. The team signed him Oct. 8 in. And the 49ers aren’t going to suddenly and it’s no fun.” and has leaned on his familiarity with start adding to their total of two intercep- Sunday’s road game against the 49ers Nagy’s offense. Both were with the Chiefs tions, worst in league history. Defensively, will be the eighth straight Long has missed. in 2016 and ’17. the Bears will miss Eddie Jackson. The 2013 first-rounder was a bystander for No corresponding roster move was Wiederer (11-2-1): Over. Mitch Tru- the final push to the division title, though required for Long’s designation Friday, but bisky has been ordinary at best in his four he has been around the team in meetings. one would be necessary for him to be added road starts this season. But against a “It’s really frustrating,” Long said. “If to the active roster. 49ers defense that has only two intercep- you’re a football player, you want to play “You see him out here at practice, you tions, Trubisky should have an opening football, and if you can’t do that then you forget how huge he is,” Nagy said. “He’s to get the offense on a roll. CHRIS SWEDA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE don’t feel like yourself. So I’m just happy massive. He’s strong, powerful, quick for his Kyle Long hasn’t played since suffering a we’re winning.” size, and it’s good to get him back.” [email protected] right foot and ankle injury during a Week 7 When coach Matt Nagy first began Twitter @Rich_Campbell [email protected] game against the Jets on Oct. 28. He re- [email protected] working with Long in the spring, he was Twitter @danwiederer turned to practice Friday. impressed by his combination of intan- Twitter @Rich_Campbell D Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 2 | Saturday, December 22, 2018 5

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CALENDAR NBA BASEBALL NOTES

TEAM SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONF @SF Toronto 25 9 .735 — 5-5 W-2 13-4 12-5 15-5 1 3:05 2 Dodgers trade Philadelphia 21 12 .636 3 ⁄ 6-4 W-1 15-3 6-9 16-10 1 FOX-32, Boston 18 13 .581 5 ⁄2 7-3 L-3 9-5 9-8 13-7 AM-780 Brooklyn 15 19 .441 10 7-3 L-1 7-11 8-8 12-8 New York 9 25 .265 16 1-9 L-4 4-11 5-14 6-20 @CLE MIN @WSH SOUTHEAST W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONF Puig to Reds 5 7 6 Charlotte 16 15 .516 — 5-5 W-2 12-7 4-8 15-9 NBCSCH, NBCSCH, WGN-9, 1 Miami 14 16 .467 1 ⁄2 7-3 W-3 6-9 8-7 5-12 Associated Press AM-670 AM-670 AM-670 Orlando 14 17 .452 2 4-6 L-2 8-9 6-8 9-8 1 Washington 12 20 .375 4 ⁄2 4-6 L-2 8-6 4-14 7-11 FLA MIN Atlanta 8 23 .258 8 3-7 W-2 5-9 3-14 6-14 The Dodgers completed a blockbuster trade 6 7:30 CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONF WGN-9, NBCSCH, Friday, sending outfielders Yasiel Puig and Matt AM-720 AM-720 Milwaukee 22 9 .710 — 7-3 W-4 14-3 8-6 14-4 Kemp, left-hander Alex Wood, catcher Kyle Indiana 21 12 .636 2 8-2 W-1 11-5 10-7 15-5 1 Detroit 15 15 .500 6 ⁄2 2-8 L-1 10-7 5-8 11-12 Farmer and $7 million to the Reds for right- SATURDAY ON TV/RADIO Cleveland 8 25 .242 15 3-7 L-2 5-12 3-13 7-17 LATEST LINE Chicago 8 25 .242 15 3-7 W-1 5-12 3-13 5-14 hander Homer Bailey, minor-league infielder NBA Jeter Downs and minor-league right-hander NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE 6:30 p.m. Raptors at 76ers NBA TV pregame.com SATURDAY SOUTHWEST W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONF Josiah Gray. at LA Clippers 1 Denver MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL at Washington Off Phoenix San Antonio 18 15 .545 — 7-3 W-3 13-5 5-10 14-10 The Dodgers will release Bailey, a veteran 1 at Philadelphia 4 ⁄2 Toronto Houston 16 15 .516 1 6-4 L-1 9-5 7-10 9-11 1 starter slated to make $23 million in 2019, which 11 a.m. Grambling State at Wisconsin BTN at Houston 6 San Antonio Memphis 16 16 .500 1 ⁄2 3-7 L-5 9-6 7-10 11-11 1 2 1 Milwaukee 2 ⁄ at Miami Dallas 15 15 .500 1 ⁄2 5-5 L-4 13-3 2-12 8-12 1 will leave the two-time-defending National 11 a.m. Wake Forest at Tennessee ESPN2 at Golden State 11 ⁄2 Dallas 1 New Orleans* 15 17 .469 2 ⁄2 4-6 L-2 11-5 4-12 8-9 11 a.m. Georgia at Georgia Tech ESPNU at Utah 1 Oklahoma City League champions without a major-leaguer in COLLEGE BASKETBALL NORTHWEST W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONF exchange for three veterans who played signifi- 11:30 a.m. UConn vs. Villanova CBS-2 SATURDAY Denver 21 9 .700 — 8-2 W-4 13-3 8-6 13-4 1 at Tennessee 19 ⁄2 Wake Forest Oklahoma City 20 10 .667 1 7-3 W-3 12-3 8-7 10-8 cant roles over the years. They had other motives. 1 p.m. Cal State Fullerton at Nebraska BTN at Georgetown 15 UALR 1 Portland 18 14 .563 4 5-5 L-1 12-5 6-9 10-11 at Georgia Tech 5 ⁄2 Georgia 1 The deal is a substantial money-shedding 1 p.m. Clemson at South Carolina ESPN2 1 2 at Villanova 7 ⁄2 UConn Utah 16 17 .485 6 ⁄ 5-5 W-2 6-6 10-11 11-11 at Rutgers 13 Columbia Minnesota 14 18 .438 8 3-7 L-2 12-5 2-13 7-14 transaction, one that grants the Dodgers about 1:30 p.m. Saint Louis vs. Florida State FS2 1 Temple 11 ⁄2 at Drexel PACIFIC W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONF 2 p.m. Ohio State vs. UCLA CBS-2 at Arkansas 9 Texas St $14 million they can allocate toward top-flight at Virginia 22 William & Mary Golden State 21 11 .656 — 6-4 L-1 13-3 8-8 11-7 1 at Syracuse 20 ⁄2 Arkansas St 1 talent either in free agency or the trade market 2 p.m. Indiana State vs. Colorado ESPNU L.A. Lakers* 18 13 .581 2 ⁄2 6-4 L-2 11-4 7-9 12-8 at Miami 17 FAU 1 L.A. Clippers 18 13 .581 2 ⁄2 3-7 W-1 10-4 8-9 13-9 without having to blow past baseball’s $206 2:30 p.m. Boston College at DePaul FS1, WSCR-AM 670 Clemson 2 at S. Carolina 1 Sacramento 17 15 .531 4 6-4 W-1 8-7 9-8 10-12 at Nebraska 20 ⁄2 Cal St.-Fullerton million competitive-balance tax threshold. Trad- 1 3 p.m. Air Force at Michigan BTN at Harvard 13 ⁄2 George Wash. Phoenix 8 24 .250 13 4-6 W-4 5-11 3-13 5-15 at Texas A&M 8 Marshall *-late game not included ing Kemp and Puig also clears some of their 1 3 p.m. Wichita State at VCU ESPN2 at Boise St 5 ⁄2 Pacific 1 Saint Mary’s CA 2 ⁄2 at W Kentucky logjam in the outfield — and perhaps creates a 4 p.m. Loyola at St. Joseph’s CBSSN FRIDAY’S RESULTS BULLS 90, MAGIC 80 at W Michigan 7 Milwaukee Bulls 90, Orlando 80 1 spot for Bryce Harper, this winter’s prized at Depaul 4 ⁄2 Boston Coll. Toronto 126, Cleveland 110 ORLANDO MN FG-A FT-A REB A PF PTS 4 p.m. UNLV at Hawaii ESPNU 1 at Michigan 25 ⁄2 Air Force Charlotte 98, Detroit 86 Gordon 37:02 4-17 6-10 5-12 4 2 14 free-agent — while the Dodgers’ surplus of Pennsylvania 3 at New Mexico Atlanta 114, New York 107 4 p.m. Florida vs. Florida Gulf Coast FS2 1 Isaac 19:37 2-4 0-0 1-3 0 4 5 at Va Common. 5 ⁄2 Wichita St Indiana 114, Brooklyn 106 Vucevic 36:40 8-19 2-2 5-19 4 3 19 starting pitchers made Wood expendable. 4:15 p.m. Kentucky vs. North Carolina CBS-2 at Long Bch St 4 Colorado St Milwaukee 120, Boston 107 1 Augustin 33:48 2-9 4-4 1-3 2 3 8 at St. Joseph’s 3 ⁄2 Loyola of Chi. San Antonio 124, Minnesota 98 Finally, the move adds a couple of prospects to 1 4:30 p.m. Seton Hall at Maryland FS1 at San Fran. 9 ⁄2 Stanford Fournier 34:23 8-15 3-4 0-4 6 3 24 Utah 120, Portland 90 Ross 27:55 1-11 0-0 0-2 0 2 2 at Evansville 4 Green Bay Sacramento 102, Memphis 99 a farm system that has needed some replenishing 1 Iwundu 21:43 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 4 3 5 p.m. Jacksonville at Indiana BTN at Maryland 7 ⁄2 Seton Hall New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, late 1 at San Diego St 3 ⁄2 BYU Grant 14:12 2-4 0-0 1-2 4 0 4 after significant pieces were needed to acquire 6 p.m. BYU at San Diego State CBSSN at Nevada 16 Akron SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE Bamba 10:57 0-3 1-4 0-2 0 1 1 at Arizona 17 UC Davis Denver at L.A. Clippers, 4 Martin 3:42 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Yu Darvish and Manny Machado for their World 6 p.m. Vanderbilt vs. Kansas State ESPN2 at Kansas St 4 Vanderbilt Phoenix at Washington, 6 TOTALS 28-86 16-24 13-47 20 22 80 1 Toronto at Philadelphia, 6:30 Series pushes each of the last two seasons. For the 6:30 p.m. New Mexico State vs.Drake FS2 at Miss. St 12 ⁄2 Wright St Pcts: FG .326, FT .667. 3-pointers: 8-33, .242 at SMU 13 Cornell Milwaukee at Miami, 7 (Fournier 5-10, Isaac 1-2, Iwundu 1-2, Vucevic flexibility and prospects, the Dodgers surren- 1 San Antonio at Houston, 7 7 p.m. Missouri at Illinois BTN, WSCR-AM 670 Loyola Mrymnt 10 ⁄2 at UC Riverside 1-5, Bamba 0-1, Grant 0-1, Gordon 0-3, Ross 0-4, Illinois 1 at Missouri Dallas at Golden State, 7:30 Augustin 0-5). Team rebs: 12. Team turnovers: dered two of the franchise’s most popular players 7 p.m. Sacred Heart at St. John’s FS1 Kansas 4 at Arizona St Oklahoma City at Utah, 8 8 (10 PTS). Blocks: 5 (Vucevic 4, Gordon). Turn- CS Northridge 3 SIU-Ed’ville THURSDAY’S RESULTS overs: 8 (Fournier 4, Augustin 3, Iwundu). in recent history — Kemp and Puig — and their 1 8 p.m. Kansas at Arizona State ESPN2 N. Colorado 1 ⁄2 Rider Miami 101, Houston 99 Steals: 4 (Isaac 3, Iwundu). Technical fouls: New Mexico St 6 Drake L.A. Clippers 125, Dallas 121 None. high price tags. 1 9 p.m. San Diego vs. Washington State FS1 San Diego 7 ⁄2 Wash. St BULLS MN FG-A FT-A REB A PF PTS Florida St 7 Saint Louis NBA G LEAGUE The polarizing Puig’s tenure in Los Angeles WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Florida 18 Flor. Gulf Coast Holiday 36:41 3-11 5-5 3-10 1 1 11 1 ends after six eventful seasons. The right fielder, Ohio State 5 ⁄2 UCLA EASTERN CONFERENCE Markkanen 36:45 12-20 4-4 0-6 3 5 32 12:30 p.m. Notre Dame at Marquette FS1 1 Colorado 7 ⁄2 Indiana St CENTRAL W L Pct GB Carter Jr. 24:43 5-8 0-0 2-8 0 5 10 who signed a seven-year contract worth $42 NFL UNLV 1 at Hawaii Arcidiacono 33:06 1-4 2-2 0-3 8 2 4 Rhode Island 6 Bucknell Fort Wayne 8 8 .500 — Dunn 35:50 4-14 4-6 0-8 6 3 12 million after fleeing Cuba in 2012, led Dodgers in TCU 19 Charlotte Canton 7 9 .438 1 Lopez 22:54 5-6 3-7 2-4 3 2 14 3:30 p.m. Redskins at Titans NFL Network, WSCR-AM 670 1 WINDY CITY 9 12 .429 1 ⁄2 Harrison 21:35 2-4 0-0 0-4 1 2 4 home runs (108) and extra-base hits (256) while NHL 1 7:20 p.m. Ravens at Chargers NFL Network, WSCR-AM 670 Grand Rapids 7 12 .368 2 ⁄2 Hutchison 16:44 1-4 0-0 1-4 1 0 2 SATURDAY 1 Wisconsin 3 14 .176 5 ⁄2 providing elite defense and excitement with his at Boston -120 Nashville +110 Blakeney 11:41 0-4 1-2 1-3 0 1 1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL at Phila. -105 Columbus -105 FRIDAY’S RESULTS in Las Vegas TOTALS 33-75 19-26 9-50 23 21 90 rambunctious style. He flipped bats and licked 11 a.m. Birmingham Bowl: Memphis vs. Wake Forest ESPN Florida -133 at Detroit +123 Windy City 115, Iowa 103 Pcts: FG .440, FT .731. 3-pointers: 5-17, .294 at Calgary Off St. Louis Off Capital City 123, Agua Caliente 111 (Markkanen 4-6, Lopez 1-1, Dunn 0-1, Hutchi- them. He kissed coaches and ignited crowds with 2:30 p.m. Armed Forces Bowl: Houston vs. Army ESPN at Las Vegas -165 Montreal +155 Okla. City 106, Grand Rapids 98 son 0-1, Arcidiacono 0-3, Holiday 0-5). Team at San Jose -223 Los Angeles +203 Erie 106, Northern Arizona 95 rebs: 6. Team turnovers: 7 (6 PTS). Blocks: 6 his exuberance. 6 p.m. Dollar General Bowl: Buffalo vs. Troy ESPN at Buffalo Off Anaheim Off Austin 99, Westchester 88 (Harrison 3, Holiday, Lopez, Markkanen). But Puig, 28, also occasionally maddened at Carolina -107 Pittsburgh -103 Raptors 111, Texas 102 Turnovers: 7 (Dunn 2, Markkanen 2, Harrison, 9:30 p.m. Hawaii Bowl: Hawaii vs. Louisiana Tech ESPN at Toronto -245 NY Rangers +225 Sioux Falls vs. Maine, late Holiday, Lopez). Steals: 5 (Dunn 2, Blakeney, teammates, coaches and opponents and had been Colorado -125 at Arizona +115 SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE Harrison, Holiday). Technical fouls: Carter Jr., NHL at Ottawa Off Washington Off South Bay vs. Fort Wayne, 2 10:32 third; Markkanen, 6:43 third. on the trading block in recent years. Last season, at Minnesota -160 Dallas +150 Santa Cruz vs. Canton, 2:30 Noon Predators at Bruins NHL Network Tampa Bay -145 at Edmonton +135 Stockton vs. Wisconsin, 4:30 Orlando 20 19 24 17 — 80 Puig batted .267 with 23 home runs and an .820 Winnipeg -155 at Vancouver +145 Rio Grande Vall. vs. Greensboro, 5:30 BULLS 19 27 27 17 — 90 3 p.m. Kings at Sharks NBCSN Oklahoma City vs. Long Island, 7 Officials: Scott Wall, Gediminas Petraitis, Tony OPS. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Salt Lake City vs. Delaware, 8 Brown. A: 20,436. 6 p.m. Rangers at Maple Leafs NHL Network SATURDAY BOWLS Kemp, 34, enjoyed a resurgent All-Star first Memphis 3 Wake Forest NHL AHL Army 5 Houston half in 2018 before his numbers plunged and he Buffalo 1 Troy EASTERN CONFERENCE 3 p.m. Wolves at Admirals WPWR-50 at Hawaii 1 Louisiana Tech became a platoon player after the break. He Boise St 2 Boston Coll. ATLANTIC GP W L OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIV BUNDESLIGA SOCCER 1 finished with 21 home runs and an .818 OPS. Georgia Tech 5 ⁄2 Minnesota 8:30 a.m. Leipzig vs. Werder Bremen FS1 California 1 TCU Tampa Bay 36 27 7 2 56 148 103 15-4-0 12-3-2 10-2-0 Wood, 27, is a season removed from an All-Star 1 Temple 3 ⁄2 Duke Toronto 35 23 10 2 48 130 96 10-5-1 13-5-1 5-4-2 11:20 a.m. Bayern Munich vs. Eintracht Frankfurt FS2 Miami 3 Wisconsin Buffalo 36 20 11 5 45 108 105 11-4-2 9-7-3 7-4-2 campaign. After compiling a 2.72 ERA in 2017, the Vanderbilt 4 Baylor Boston 35 19 12 4 42 97 89 12-4-0 7-8-4 9-6-1 1 PREMIER LEAGUE SOCCER Auburn 3 ⁄2 Purdue Montreal 36 18 13 5 41 111 114 10-7-2 8-6-3 5-4-4 left-hander was a reliever by the end of the W. Virginia 1 Syracuse Detroit 36 15 16 5 35 104 119 8-8-3 7-8-2 4-6-2 6:25 a.m. Arsenal vs. Burnley NBCSN 1 season and finished with a 3.68 ERA in 151 2/3 Wash. St 3 ⁄2 Iowa St Ottawa 36 15 17 4 34 118 140 11-5-3 4-12-1 6-8-2 Arkansas St 1 Nevada 8:55 a.m. Chelsea vs. Leicester City NBCSN Michigan 7 Florida Florida 33 13 14 6 32 107 121 7-5-4 6-9-2 6-2-3 innings. S. Carolina 5 Virginia METRO GP W L OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIV 11:30 a.m. Cardiff City vs. Manchester United NBC-5 DEC. 29 Alabama 14 Oklahoma Washington 34 21 10 3 45 125 103 11-5-2 10-5-1 7-3-1 Cardinals land Miller: The Cardinals found FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 1 Clemson 12 ⁄2 Notre Dame Columbus 34 19 12 3 41 110 106 10-7-2 9-5-1 5-4-1 7:18 a.m. Third-place match FS2 DEC. 31 Pittsburgh 35 17 12 6 40 116 110 10-7-2 7-5-4 5-5-1 their elite left-handed reliever: Two-time All- Cincinnati 6 Virginia Tech N.Y. Islanders 34 17 13 4 38 98 97 8-5-3 9-8-1 10-3-1 10:30 a.m. Final FS1 Stanford 6 Pittsburgh Star Andrew Miller and the team agreed to a Oregon 3 Michigan St N.Y. Rangers 33 15 13 5 35 97 107 11-4-3 4-9-2 2-4-1 SERIE A SOCCER Missouri 8 Oklahoma St Carolina 33 14 14 5 33 85 97 8-6-4 6-8-1 3-3-2 two-year deal with a vesting option for 2021. Utah 7 Northwestern Philadelphia 33 14 15 4 32 98 119 7-7-2 7-8-2 3-3-1 Terms were not disclosed. 7:55 a.m. AC Milan vs. Florentina ESPN2 Texas A&M 7 NC State New Jersey 34 12 15 7 31 102 122 9-3-4 3-12-3 4-5-1 JAN. 1 One of baseball's best relievers when healthy, TENNIS Miss. St 7 Iowa WESTERN CONFERENCE 1 Penn St 6 ⁄2 Kentucky CENTRAL GP W L OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIV Miller, 33, was a key reason the Indians advanced 3 p.m. Hawaii Open Tennis Channel 1 LSU 7 ⁄2 UCF 1 Ohio State 6 ⁄2 Washington Winnipeg 35 23 10 2 48 127 101 13-4-2 10-6-0 7-4-0 to the World Series in 2016, and he was voted the 1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Georgia 12 ⁄2 Texas Nashville 36 22 12 2 46 109 90 14-5-0 8-7-2 6-3-0 MVP of the ALCS that year, striking out 14 batters NFL Colorado 36 19 11 6 44 125 109 8-5-3 11-6-3 4-4-2 2018-19 DIV. I BOWL GLANCE WEEK 16 SATURDAY Dallas 35 17 15 3 37 96 98 11-4-1 6-11-2 1-4-1 in 7 2/3 innings. 1 DATE BOWL SITE TEAMS TM at Tennessee 10 ⁄2 Washington Minnesota 34 17 15 2 36 102 97 10-6-2 7-9-0 6-3-0 1 at LA Chargers 4 ⁄2 Baltimore The 13-year MLB veteran struggled with Fri Bahamas Nassau FIU 35, Toledo 32 Chicago 38 13 19 6 32 108 139 7-7-4 6-12-2 7-4-2 SUNDAY St. Louis 33 13 16 4 30 93 113 8-9-2 5-7-2 5-6-3 Fri Idaho Potato Boise BYU 49, W Michigan 18 Bears 4 at San Fran. nagging injuries last season, including three trips 1 Sat Birmingham Birmingham, Ala. Memphis (8-5) vs. Wake Forest (6-6) 11* at Dallas 7 ⁄2 Tampa Bay PACIFIC GP W L OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIV 1 to the disabled list. A sore shoulder, a hamstring Sat Armed Forces Fort Worth, Tex Houston (8-4) vs. Army (10-2) 2:30 at New England 13 ⁄2 Buffalo Calgary 36 22 11 3 47 126 100 11-3-3 11-8-0 6-5-0 Sat Dollar General Mobile, Ala. Buffalo (10-3) vs. Troy (9-3) 6 Atlanta 3 at Carolina issue and inflammation in his right knee limited 1 San Jose 36 19 12 5 43 119 108 11-4-2 8-8-3 5-2-1 Sat Hawaii Honolulu La Tech (7-5) vs. Hawaii (8-5) 9:30 at Miami 3 ⁄2 Jacksonville 1 2 Anaheim 37 19 13 5 43 95 106 10-4-5 9-9-0 5-3-2 D26 SERVPRO Dallas Boston Coll. (7-5) vs. Boise St (10-3) 12:30 at Indianapolis 9 ⁄ NY Giants him to a 2-4 record with a 4.24 ERA in 37 at Philadelphia 1 Houston Vegas 37 20 15 2 42 111 104 11-3-1 9-12-1 7-3-1 D26 Quick Lane Detroit Minnesota (6-6) vs. Ga. Tech (7-5) 4:15 Minnesota 6 at Detroit Edmonton 35 18 14 3 39 99 105 10-5-1 8-9-2 4-4-1 regular-season games for the Indians. D26 Cheez-It Phoenix California (7-5) vs. TCU (6-6) 8 Green Bay 3 at NY Jets Vancouver 38 17 17 4 38 117 124 9-8-1 8-9-3 4-5-1 1 D27 Independence Shreveport, La. Temple (8-4) vs. Duke (7-5) 12:30 at Cleveland 9 ⁄2 Cincinnati He made 57 appearances in 2017, his first full 1 Arizona 34 14 18 2 30 83 94 6-10-1 8-8-1 3-3-1 LA Rams 14 ⁄2 at Arizona D27 Pinstripe Bronx, N.Y. Miami (7-5) vs. Wisconsin (7-5) 4:15 Los Angeles 35 12 20 3 27 79 107 8-10-1 4-10-2 4-5-1 season with the Indians, who acquired him in a D27 Texas Houston Baylor (6-6) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6) 8 at New Orleans 6 Pittsburgh 1 D28 Music City Nashville Purdue (6-6) vs. Auburn (7-5) 12:30 Kansas City 2 ⁄2 at Seattle Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and trade with the Yankees in July 2016. In the last MONDAY two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. through Friday D28 Camping WorldOrlando W. Virginia (8-3) vs. Syracuse (9-3) 4:15 Denver 3 at Oakland three seasons, Miller has 16 saves, 264 strikeouts D28 Alamo San Antonio Iowa St (8-4) vs. Wash. St (10-2) 8 FRIDAY’S RESULTS BLACKHAWKS 2, AVALANCHE 1 D29 Peach Atlanta Florida (9-3) vs. Michigan (10-2) 11* AHL Blackhawks 2, Colorado 1 and a 2.00 ERA in 171 innings. D29 Belk Charlotte, N.C. S. Carolina (7-5) vs. Virginia (7-5) 11* Washington 2, Buffalo 1 BLACKHAWKS 1 0 1—2 D29 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. Ark. St (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5) 12:15 WESTERN CONFERENCE New Jersey 5, Ottawa 2 Colorado 0 1 0—1 D29 Cotton Arlington, Tex. Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Clemson (13-0) 3 FIRST PERIOD: 1, BLACKHAWKS, DeBrin- CENTRAL W L OL SOL PT GF GA SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE Extra innings: Former Cub Daniel Murphy D29 Orange Miami Gar., Fla. Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Alabama (13-0) 7 cat 16 (Kahun, Murphy), 8:07. Penalties: Nashville at Boston, noon Chicago bench, served by Kahun (too D31 Military Annapolis, Md. Cincinnati (10-2) vs. Va. Tech (6-6) 11* Milwaukee 16 9 5 1 38 87 85 signed a two-year, $24 million deal with the Columbus at Philadelphia, noon many men on the ice), 5:58; Nemeth, D31 Sun El Paso, Tex Stanford (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (7-6) 1 Iowa 15 7 4 3 37 106 88 Florida at Detroit, 1 WOLVES 16 9 3 1 36 115 94 COL, (cross checking), 13:21; Perlini, Rockies that includes a mutual option for 2021. D31 Redbox Santa Clara, Calif. Michigan St (7-5) vs. Oregon (8-4) 2 St. Louis at Calgary, 3 G. Rapids 16 11 2 2 36 96 96 CHI, (high sticking), 16:05; Nemeth, COL, D31 Liberty Memphis, Tenn. Missouri (8-4) vs. Oklahoma St (6-6) 2:45 Montreal at Vegas, 3 (interference), 18:46. The plan is for Murphy, 33, to take over at first Rockford 15 10 2 4 36 75 88 Los Angeles at San Jose, 3 SECOND PERIOD: 2, Colorado, Compher D31 Holiday San Diego Northwestern (8-5) vs. Utah (9-4) 6 Texas 15 10 2 1 33 107 91 Colorado at Arizona, 6 9 (Wilson, Kerfoot), 2:58. Penalties: De- base and move Ian Desmond to the outfield. … D31 Gator Jacksonville, Fla. NC St (9-3) vs. Texas A&M (8-4) 6:30 San Antonio 12 16 1 0 25 75 88 Anaheim at Buffalo, 6 Brincat, CHI, (holding), 10:21; Keith, CHI, J1 Outback Tampa, Fla. Mississippi St (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4) 11* Manitoba 11 14 2 0 24 65 92 Washington at Ottawa, 6 (interference), 18:07. The Rangers traded INF Jurickson Profar to the Pittsburgh at Carolina, 6 J1 Citrus Orlando Kentucky (9-3) vs. Penn St (9-3) noon 2 pts for a win, 1 pt for OT/shootout loss. THIRD PERIOD: 3, BLACKHAWKS, Anisi- N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 6 Athletics in a three-team deal that included the J1 Fiesta Glendale, Ariz. LSU (9-3) vs. UCF (12-0) noon FRIDAY’S RESULTS mov 7 (Kane), 1:19. Penalties: Seabrook, J1 Rose Pasadena, Calif. Wash. (10-3) vs. Ohio St (12-1) 4 Rockford 5, Wolves 4 (OT) Dallas at Minnesota, 7 CHI, (tripping), 13:55; Cole, COL, (hook- Winnipeg at Vancouver, 9 Rays. … The Mariners acquired OF Domingo J1 Sugar New Orleans Texas (9-4) vs. Georgia (11-2) 7:45 Cleveland 6, Belleville 3 ing), 16:46. Bridgeport 6, Charlotte 1 Tampa Bay at Edmonton, 9 J7 CFP Final Santa Clara, Calif. Cotton vs. Orange winners 7 SHOTS ON GOAL: Santana from the Brewers in exchange for OF Hershey 3, WB/Scranton 2 THURSDAY’S RESULTS Hartford 4, Rochester 2 Pittsburgh 2, Minnesota 1 BLACKHAWKS 9 712—28 Ben Gamel and minor-league pitcher Noah OTHER BOWLS Utica 2, Springfield 1 Detroit 4, Carolina 1 Colorado 14 1111—36 J19 Shrine St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West 2 Laval 2, Toronto 1 Boston 3, Anaheim 1 POWER PLAYS: BLACKHAWKS 0-of-3; Zavalos. … Yankees LHP CC Sabathia, 38, had a J19 Collegiate Pasadena, Calif. American vs. National 3 Binghamton 6, Providence 3 Columbus 2, New Jersey 1 Colorado 0-of-5. Goalies: BLACKHAWKS, stent inserted after a blockage was found in an J26 Senior Mobile, Ala. North vs. South 1:30 Syracuse 3, Lehigh Valley 2 (SO) Toronto 6, Florida 1 Delia 1-0-0 (36 shots-35 saves). Col- Iowa 8, Stockton 7 (OT) Philadelphia 2, Nashville 1 orado, Grubauer 8-3-3 (28-26). A: 17,850. artery from his heart. He is expected to report to DATE BOWL SITE RESULT Grand Rapids 4,Manitoba 1 Chicago 5, Dallas 2 Referees: Steve Kozari, Pierre Lambert. Texas 5, San Antonio 2 Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Kiel Murchi- D15 Celebration Atlanta NC A&T 24, Alcorn St. 22 Montreal 2, Arizona 1 spring training on time. Bakersfield 5, Colorado 3 son. D15 Cure Orlando Tulane 41, La.-Lafayette 24 Tampa Bay 5, Calgary 4 (SO) Ontario at San Diego, late Vancouver 5, St. Louis 1 D15 New Mexico Albuquerque Utah State 52, N. Texas13 Tucson at San Jose, late Vegas 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 D15 Las Vegas Vegas Fresno St. 31, Arizona St. 20 Winnipeg 5, San Jose 3 D15 Camellia Montgomery, Ala. Ga. Southern 23, E. Michigan 21 NFL D15 New Orleans New Orleans Appalachian State 45, MTSU 13 COLLEGE BASKETBALL D18 Boca Raton Boca Raton, Fla. UAB 37, N. Illinois 13 NFC NORTH W L T PCT PF PA D19 Frisco Frisco, Texas Ohio 27, San Diegso State 0 y-BEARS 10 4 0 .714 383 264 HOW AP MEN’S TOP 25 FARED IN BRIEF D20 Gasparilla St. Petersburg Marshall 38, USF 20 Minnesota 7 6 1 .536 323 308 1. Kansas (10-0) did not play. Next: at No. 18 Arizona State, Saturday. Green Bay 5 8 1 .393 332 331 2. Duke (11-1) did not play. Next: vs. Clemson, Saturday, Jan. 5. FCS CHAMPIONSHIP Detroit 5 9 0 .357 284 333 3. Tennessee (9-1) did not play. Next: vs. Wake Forest, Saturday. COLLEGES: Special prosecutor Bill Forsyth in a Saturday, Jan. 5 at Toyota Stadium; Frisco, Texas NFC EAST W L T PCT PF PA 4. Michigan (11-0) did not play. Next: vs. Air Force, Saturday. North Dakota State (14-0) vs. Eastern Washington (12-2), 11 a.m. 5. Virginia (10-0) did not play. Next: vs. William & Mary, Saturday. report accused Michigan State of stonewalling Dallas 8 6 0 .571 276 269 6. Nevada (11-0) did not play. Next: vs. Akron, Saturday. TRANSACTIONS Philadelphia 7 7 0 .500 311 318 7. Auburn (9-2) did not play. Next: vs. Murray State, Saturday. his investigation into the school’s handling of the Washington 7 7 0 .500 265 310 8. Gonzaga (11-2) beat Denver 101-40. Next: vs. North Alabama, Friday. N.Y. Giants 5 9 0 .357 307 348 9. North Carolina (8-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 19 Kentucky, Saturday. sexual-abuse scandal involving former sports BASEBALL 10. Michigan State (10-2) beat Oakland 99-69. Next: vs. N. Illinois, Saturday, Dec. 29. Promoted S Maurice Smith from NFC SOUTH W L T PCT PF PA doctor Larry Nassar and called for “top-down AMERICAN LEAGUE Miami: 11. Florida State (10-1) did not play. Next: vs. Saint Louis, Saturday. the practice squad. Waived C-G Hroniss Boston: Agreed to terms with RHP Heath y-New 11 2 0 .846 447 283 12. Texas Tech (10-1) did not play. Next: vs. Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Friday, Dec. 28. cultural change” at the school. ... Michigan QB Hembree on a one-year contract. Grasu. Orleans 13. Virginia Tech (10-1) did not play. Next: vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore, Friday, Dec. 28. Signed DL Ufomba Ka- New York: Agreed to terms with LHP New England: Carolina 6 7 0 .462 324 332 14. Buffalo (11-1) lost to No. 20 Marquette 103-85. Next: at Canisius, Saturday, Dec. 29. Shea Patterson announced that he will return for Danny Coulombe and LHP Rex Brothers malu from the practice squad. Signed OL Atlanta 5 9 0 .357 356 381 15. Ohio State (10-1) did not play. Next: vs. UCLA, Saturday. on minor league contracts. Announced Tony Adams to the practice squad. Tampa Bay 5 9 0 .357 344 403 16. Wisconsin (9-2) did not play. Next: vs. Grambling State, Saturday. his senior season. ... Freshman Zach Wilson set a San Francisco: Placed S Jaquiski Tartt on RHP Parker Bridwell was claimed off NFC WEST W L T PCT PF PA 17. Mississippi State (10-1) did not play. Next: vs. Wright State, Saturday. waivers by the Los Angeles Angels. the injured reserve. 18. Arizona State (8-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 1 Kansas, Saturday. BYU-record with 18-for-18 passing, throwing for Placed OT Austin Howard Oakland: Agreed to terms with RHP Jo- Washington: y-L.A. Rams 11 3 0 .786 448 343 19. Kentucky (8-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 9 North Carolina, Saturday. 317 yards and four TDs in the Cougars’ 49-18 win akim Soria on a two-year contract. on injured reserve. Signed OT Timon Seattle 8 6 0 .571 363 292 20. Marquette (10-2) beat No. 14 Buffalo 103-85. Next: vs. Southern University, Friday. Traded RHP Emilio Pagan and a 2019 Parris from the practice squad. San Francisco 4 10 0 .286 301 373 21. Houston (11-0) did not play. Next: vs. Coppin State, Sunday. over Western Michigan in the Famous Idaho Competitive Balance Round A draft pick HOCKEY Arizona 3 11 0 .214 192 367 22. Indiana (10-2) did not play. Next: vs. Jacksonville, Saturday. 23. Iowa (9-2) did not play. Next: vs. Savannah State, Saturday. to Tampa Bay. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE AFC NORTH W L T PCT PF PA Potato Bowl in Boise. Wilson tied the NCAA bowl 24. Furman (12-1) lost to LSU 75-57. Next: at ETSU, Saturday, Dec. 29. Texas: Acquired LHPs Kyle Bird and Arizona: Recalled F Michael Bunting Pittsburgh 8 5 1 .607 384 316 25. Nebraska (9-2) did not play. Next: vs. Cal State Fullerton, Saturday. record for completion percentage set by Riley Brock Burke and RHP Yoel Espinal from from Tucson (AHL). Tampa Bay and INF Eli White and an in- Baltimore 8 6 0 .571 341 253 Calgary: Assigned F Buddy Robinson to Cleveland 6 7 1 .464 309 348 HOW AP WOMEN’S TOP 25 FARED Skinner at 11-for-11 for Wake Forest in the 2008 ternational signing bnus pool allocation Stockton (AHL). Cincinnati 6 8 0 .429 337 413 from Oakland. Traded INF Jurickson Pro- Los Angeles: Recalled Fs Austin Wagner 1. UConn (10-0) did not play. Next: at No. 14 California, Saturday. EagleBank Bowl. Down 10-7 at halftime, BYU far to Oakland and RHP Rollie Lacy to and Michael Amadio, and D Sean Walker AFC EAST W L T PCT PF PA 2. Notre Dame (10-1) did not play. Next: at No. 19 Marquette, Saturday. Tampa Bay. Agreed to terms with RHPs 3. Louisville (12-0) did not play. Next: vs. North Carolina, Thursday, Jan. 3. (7-6) scored 28 points in the third quarter. ... from Ontario (AHL). New England 9 5 0 .643 374 310 Ariel Hernandez and Phillips Valdez, New Jersey: Placed F Marcus Johansson 4. Mississippi State (11-1) did not play. Next: vs. La.-Lafayette, Sunday, Dec. 30. Miami 7 7 0 .500 295 374 LHPs Miguel Del Pozo and Jack Leather- on injured reserve. Activated F Stefan 5. Maryland (11-0) did not play. Next: at Penn State, Friday. Anthony Jones rushed for three TDs to help Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 215 333 sich, and INF Nolan Fontana on minor Noesen from injured reserve. 6. Baylor (8-0) did not play. Next: vs. Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Monday. league contracts. AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE N.Y. Jets 4 10 0 .286 292 359 7. Oregon (11-1) beat UC Irvine 115-69. Next: vs. Washington, Friday, Jan. 4. Florida International (9-4) rally from an early NATIONAL LEAGUE AHL: Suspended Toronto F Morgan Klim- AFC SOUTH W L T PCT PF PA 8. Stanford (9-1) beat Buffalo 62-55. Next: vs. Cal State Northridge, Sat., Dec. 29. 10-point deficit and earn a 35-32 victory over Cincinnati: Acquired OF Yasiel Puig, OF chuk three games for an illegal check to 9. Tennessee (9-1) beat ETSU 80-61. Next: vs. Murray State, Friday. Houston 10 4 0 .714 352 281 Matt Kemp and LHP Alex Wood and cash the head of an opponent in a Dec. 19 10. N.C. State (12-0) beat Chattanooga 78-58. Next: vs. Davidson, Sunday, Dec. 30. Toledo in the Bahamas Bowl in Nassau. from the Los Angeles Dodgers for RHP game against Binghamton. Indianapolis 8 6 0 .571 372 300 11. Oregon State (8-1) did not play. Next: vs. Cal State Bakersfield, Saturday, Dec. 29. Homer Bailey, INF Jeter Downs and RHP Milwaukee: Signed F Joe Pendenza and Tennessee 8 6 0 .571 268 254 12. Texas (8-2) did not play. Next: vs. Northwestern State, Saturday, Dec. 29. Josiah Gray. G Adam Carlson to professional tryout Jacksonville 4 10 0 .286 225 289 13. Minnesota (10-0) did not play. Next: vs. Wisconsin, Saturday. Colorado: Agreed to terms with INF Dan- contracts. AFC WEST W L T PCT PF PA 14. California (8-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 1 UConn, Saturday. SOCCER: Liverpool extended its unbeaten start iel Murphy on a two-year contract. 15. Syracuse (10-2) beat Duquesne 87-71. Next: vs. UCF, Saturday. Los Angeles: Agreed to terms with RHP SOCCER x-Kansas City 11 3 0 .786 499 380 16. Iowa (9-2) beat Drake 91-82. Next: at No. 22 Michigan State, Sunday, Dec. 30. to the English Premier League season to 18 Joe Kelly on a three-year contract. x-L.A. Chargers 11 3 0 .786 395 298 17. Arizona State (9-2) did not play. Next: at Arizona, Sunday, Dec. 30. Philadelphia: Agreed to terms with LHP Denver 6 8 0 .429 306 299 18. Kentucky (12-1) beat Murray St. 88-49. Next: vs. Sacred Heart, Saturday, Dec. 29. matches and its lead atop the standings to four Jeremy Bleich, C Rob Brantly, INFs Phil ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Oakland 3 11 0 .214 260 418 19. Marquette (9-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 2 Notre Dame, Saturday. Gosselin and Gregorio Petit, RHP Josh CLUB W T L GF GA PTS 20. DePaul (9-3) did not play. Next: vs. Creighton, Saturday, Dec. 29. points with a 2-0 road win over Wolverhampton. Martin, C-1B-OF Matt McBride and OF Liverpool 15 3 0 39 7 48 x-clinched playoff spot 21. Gonzaga (11-1) did not play. Next: at Loyola Marymount, Saturday, Dec. 29. Shane Robinson to minor league con- ... A Spanish court announced that Juventus and Man City 14 2 1 48 10 44 y-clinched division 22. Michigan State (9-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 16 Iowa, Sunday, Dec. 30. tracts. 23. Texas A&M (10-2) beat Prairie View A&M 70-57. Next: vs. Tottenham 13 0 4 31 16 39 former Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo St. Louis: Agreed to terms with LHP An- WEEK 16 Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Saturday, Dec. 29. Chelsea 11 4 2 35 14 37 drew Miller on a two-year contract. SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE 24. Miami (11-2) beat Alabama 101-74. Next: vs. Florida A&M, Friday. Arsenal 10 4 3 37 23 34 will be tried for tax fraud Jan. 21. Ronaldo is San Diego: Agreed to terms with LHPs Washington at Tennessee, 3:30 (NFLN) 25. South Carolina (7-4) beat Temple 88-60. Next: vs. Furman, Sunday, Dec. 30. Man United 7 5 5 29 29 26 Ryan Bollinger and Dietrich Enns, RHP Baltimore at L.A. Chargers, 7:20 (NFLN) expected to plead guilty and receive a suspended Tyler Higgins, INFs Allen Craig, Seth Wolverhampton 7 4 7 19 21 25 SUNDAY’S SCHEDULE FRIDAY’S RESULTS Bowling Green 79, Valparaiso 72 Mejias-Brean and Aderlin Rodriguez, Everton 6 6 5 24 22 24 Bears at San Francisco, 3:05 (FOX-32) MEN Butler 73, E. Michigan 63 two-year sentence. and OFs Alex Dickerson and Jacob Scav- West Ham 7 3 7 25 25 24 Atlanta at Carolina, noon MIDWEST Cincinnati 85, Howard 51 uzzo on minor league contracts. Watford 7 3 7 23 25 24 Houston at Philadelphia, noon Butler 71, UC Irvine 54 E. Illinois 63, Indiana St. 39 San Francisco: Agreed to terms with Bournemouth 7 2 8 25 28 23 N.Y. Giants at Indianapolis, noon (CBS-2) Ill.-Chicago 76, St. Francis (Ill.) 55 Indiana 68, S. Dakota 60 ALSO: Mikaela Shiffrin won a giant slalom in LHP-RHP Pat Venditte on a one-year Leicester 6 4 7 21 21 22 Green Bay at N.Y. Jets, noon Iowa St. 101, E. Illinois 53 Iowa 91, Drake 82 contract. Brighton 6 3 8 20 24 21 Minnesota at Detroit, noon Michigan St. 99, Oakland 69 Michigan 76, S. U. 35 Courchevel, France, for her fourth straight World SOUTH Missouri 67, Illinois 45 BASKETBALL Newcastle 4 4 9 14 22 16 Buffalo at New England, noon Crystal Palace 4 3 10 14 23 15 Cincinnati at Cleveland, noon Morehead St. 74, IUPUI 70 Missouri St. 68, SIU-Edwardsville 65 Cup win. ... The Australian Open in January will NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Cardiff 4 2 11 17 33 14 Jacksonville at Miami, noon UCF 77, Illinois St. 56 N. Illinois 114, Chicago St. 52 Washington: Signed G Ron Baker. Southampton 2 6 9 16 32 12 Tampa Bay at Dallas, noon N. Iowa 79, Omaha 50 play a 10-point tiebreaker in deciding sets, no WOMEN Purdue 74, Bradley 61 FOOTBALL Burnley 3 3 11 15 33 12 L.A. Rams at Arizona, 3:05 Huddersfield 2 4 11 10 28 10 Pittsburgh at New Orleans, 3:25 (CBS-2) EAST S. Illinois 78, IUPUI 73 longer playing advantage in the final sets. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Fulham 2 3 12 16 42 9 Kansas City at Seattle, 7:20 (NBC-5) Fairfield 68, Ill.-Chicago 60 Toledo 77, Detroit 60 Buffalo: Signed QB Matt Barkley to a MIDWEST UMKC 80, La. Tech 70 FRIDAY’S RESULT MONDAY’S SCHEDULE two-year contract extension. Denver at Oakland, 7:15 (ESPN) Akron 64, UTEP 57 W. Illinois 85, Furman 78 Liverpool 2, Wolverhampton 0 Ball St. 90, Tennessee St. 51 Wisconsin 96, Evansville 60 — Edited from news services 6 Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 2 | Saturday, December 22, 2018 D

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Tom Wilson broke a tie with seven All-Star guard Chris Paul will miss at Honor minutes left, Braden Holtby made 36 least two weeks after suffering a In Memoriam saves and the Capitals beat the Sabres 2-1 hamstring injury during the Rockets’ on Friday night in Washington. loss to the Heat on Thursday night. Evgeny Kuznetsov started the winning The Rockets said in a statement a Loved play when he stole the puck from goalie Friday that an MRI revealed a Grade-2 Carter Hutton behind the net. The center strain to Paul’s left hamstring and ruled quickly fed Wilson just outside of the out a more serious injury. He will be crease. Wilson has 10 goals in 15 games re-evaluated in two weeks. One with this season. Paul, 33, has missed a total of 19 Holtby came up big in the final games, including the playoffs, with moments as the Caps spent most of the hamstring injuries in his career. a Death final two minutes killing off a penalty. ■ Victor Oladipo scored 14 of his 26 Telesfora Escamilla The Caps have won six of their last points in the fourth quarter, Thaddeus Jan. 5, 1932 - Dec. 22, 2016 seven games. Young added 21, and the visiting Pacers On this tragic day your life was taken away. Our ■ Reigning MVP Taylor Hall had two beat Nets 114-106, ending their seven- lives have changed forever. We miss you dearly. The Escamilla family Notice in goals and two assists, and the Devils game winning streak. ... Lauri Markka- Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries snapped a three-game losing streak with nen scored a season-high 32 points and a 5-2 victory over the visiting Senators. the Bulls won for just the third time in Death Notices Kyle Palmieri added a goal and two 15 games, beating the visiting Magic Chicago assists, and the Devils won for only the 90-80. ... Marvin Williams made seven Adams, John G. ‘Jack’ fourth time in the last 17 games. ... The 3-pointers and scored a season-high 24 John “Jack” G. Adams, age 80, of Huntley, formerly of Maple Leafs announced Thursday night points to lead the host Hornets to a Lombard and Bartlett. Cherished husband of Beverly that C Zach Hyman will miss at least 98-86 win over the Pistons. ... The nee Eldridge; dear father of John J. (Connie), Laura Tribune three weeks with an ankle sprain. Hyman Knicks announced that Kristaps (Steve) Gallagher, Doug and Tom; grandfather of 9: suffered the injury during Tuesday’s 7-2 Porzingis’ left knee is healing well from Jessica (Robert) Veltman, Melissa (Carlos) Perez, win over the Devils. a torn ACL and will be re-evaluated in Michael Gallagher, Olivia Adams, Christian Adams, News services mid-February. News services Tyler Adams, Ryan Gallagher, Justin Adams, Hayden Adams; great-grandfather of 5; many other rela- tives. Funeral Sunday with Visitation 2 PM until time It’s a fi nal farewell; a of Prayer Service at 5 PM at Brust Funeral Home, 135 S. Main St., Lombard. Interment private. Info www. sign of love and re- brustfuneralhome.com or 888-629-0094. Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries spect; an homage to a Goldman, Paul H. loved one’s life. Placing Paul H. Goldman, 82. Loving husband of the late Barbara Goldman. Devoted father of a Death Notice shows Larry (Deena) Goldman, Shanna (Jon) Brooks and Alan (Stacy) Goldman. you care, and is now Proud grandfather of Benjamin, Cobi (Nomi), Jordana, Brian, Lindsey, Chelsea more effi cient than ever and Harper. Dear brother of Doreen (the late Don) Purney. Service Sunday 11AM at Shalom Memorial before with our NEW Park, 1700 West Rand, Arlington Heights, Illinois. Self-Service tool. Memorials in his memory to the The Michael J. Fox Foundation, P.O. Box 5014, Hagerstown, MD 21741- 5014, www.michaeljfox.org would be appreciated. Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals - Skokie Features of Self-Service Chapel 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com • Instant notice creation and review

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Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 2 | Saturday, December 22, 2018 9 eNEWSPAPER BONUS COVERAGE Getting burned in college big lessons for Flowers By Mike Vorel Seattle Times

SEATTLE — Here’s the first stop on a tour of Tre Flowers’ football failures. It was Halloween in Lubbock, Texas, in late 2015, and the rookie Seahawks cornerback was a redshirt sophomore safety for Okla- homa State. The 7-0 Cowboys met the 5-3 Texas Tech Red Raiders in front of nearly 55,000 fans at Jones AT&T Stadium. They were all witness to something special — and, given the holiday, fairly gruesome — at the Oklahoma State secondary’s expense. Sure, the Cowboys ultimately won the game, 70-53. But Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw for 480 yards and four touchdowns in the process. “Everything that y’all are amazed about now, I saw that firsthand three years ago — him throwing with his left (hand), him throwing blind,” Flowers said last week. “I saw all that in college.” In his only two games (and losses) against Oklahoma State, Mahomes completed 67.9 percent of his passes, throwing for 841 yards and seven touchdowns with a pair of interceptions. Picked 10th overall by Kansas City in the 2017 NFL draft, he has since emerged as an MVP favorite in his first season as the full-time starter, leading the NFL in both passing yards (4,543) and touchdowns (45) while propelling his team to an 11-3 record. Those Chiefs will arrive at CenturyLink Field on Sunday night with an AFC West title hanging firmly in the balance. Mahomes’ season-long coming- out party will descend on the Seattle secondary. But Flowers knew three years ago what the rest of the world has since discovered. “He’s special. He’s different,” Flowers said of Mahomes. “I’ve been telling people that. They think it’s the system. No, he’s special. He’s a different type of quarterback.” But Flowers, too, is a different type of tough. The Seahawks’ 6-foot-3, 203-pound cornerback is a product of perseverance, molded by the memories of all the plays he didn’t make. Take the 48-14 loss at Kansas State in 2014, for example. Flow- ers — then a redshirt freshman safety — was burned for a 20-yard touchdown by a skinny, speedy, vastly more experienced wide receiver named Tyler Lockett. “He killed us,” Flowers said of his Seahawks teammate last week. Or what about the rivalry game against Oklahoma in 2017? On the Sooners’ opening drive, Flowers lined up across from his cousin, OU fullback Dimitri Flowers. Dimitri made a move, Tre fell down and 49 yards later he galloped untouched into the end zone. “He scored on me his senior year,” Flowers admitted of his DAVID T. FOSTER III/TNS cousin, who shared a house with Seahawks corner Tre Flowers defends against Panthers receiver DJ Moore during a game in November. him at times during their childhood. “It was terrible. It was a going. “He’s been really strong- terrible experience. When he missed a tackle that minded about it,” Seahawks head ”That’ll probably be his last sprung San Francisco rookie wide coach Pete Carroll said last week. words to me when we die. But it’s receiver Dante Pettis for a 75-yard “He started working his mentality all love. It makes us better.“ score on Dec. 2, Flowers kept way back in April when we got Therein lies the secret behind going. going, being able to see it’s always Flowers’ unlikely success. Not so When Minnesota’s Stephon about the next play. His focus has long ago, the negative plays would Diggs skied for a 48-yard catch in been really good. fester. They would linger on his front of him on Monday night “You can see his technique conscience and steadily corrode football, Flowers kept going. He doesn’t change from being af- his technique. dove into the end zone to break up fected by what has happened But through years of playing a pass intended for Diggs later in before. He’s been very, very con- defensive back in the Big 12 — the same quarter. sistent. He’s just a good, tough through countless stops on his Flowers has held his own (and minded guy.” tour of failures — Flowers’ armor then some) in his rookie season in Added first-year Seahawks de- became impenetrable. The disap- Seattle, despite being asked to fensive coordinator Ken Norton pointments didn’t destroy him, or adopt a new position and then Jr. with a grin, when asked to distract him. They improved him. immediately start against the describe Flowers’ game: “Resil- ”It was definitely a growth NFL’s best. He has totaled 61 ient. Tough. He’s fearless and he process,“ Flowers said. ”I remem- tackles, with six passes defended, loves working and he just gets ber times when I wouldn’t talk to three forced fumbles and a fumble better and better.” anybody, I was so pissed from the recovery last week against San Of course, Flowers will need to game before. That’s just how I Francisco. He has earned the be the best version of himself on worked. reputation of a physical tackler. Sunday, against a very familiar foe. “It bothers me when I don’t He has earned the trust of his Against a Seahawks pass defense perform up to my level. They can teammates, too. that ranks No. 20 in the NFL, say I’m doing a good job, but if I “Right now, I see Tre. He’s a Mahomes will make his plays. feel like I could’ve done some- rookie, but he’s a veteran in my Meanwhile, Flowers will more thing better then I’m mad at eyes,” said sixth-year safety Brad- than likely make a mistake. and myself. But it doesn’t really affect ley McDougald. “He’s doing all the he’ll keep going. He always does. me anymore physically. You can’t little things right. He comes to “My mind is really in other really see something’s affecting work early, he gets his treatment, places other than trying to dwell me how it used to. So I just keep he gets his body back together, he on things that are negative,” Flow- going.” stays, and he listens.” ers said. “I try to watch positive When he allowed Denver’s Em- And, yes, he makes some things. I try to keep myself positive manuel Sanders to catch 10 passes painful rookie mistakes. all throughout the week, and it on 11 targets for 143 yards — But Mahomes, Lockett and really builds up. REED HOFFMANN/AP including a 43-yard touchdown — Dimitri Flowers prepared him to “It’s just something I want to Patrick Mahomes impressed Flowers when they faced off in college. in his first NFL start, Flowers kept overcome them. be. I just want to be great.” 10 Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 2 | Saturday, December 22, 2018 eNEWSPAPER BONUS COVERAGE

JENN FINCH/AP Tom Crean yells from in front of the Georgia bench during a game in November. Crean on building a basketball program at the football powerhouse: “We just have to learn how to win.” Crean’s aim: Hoops power at football-crazy Georgia By Paul Newberry Associated Press “We’re not trying to compete with foot- ATHENS, Ga. — Tom Crean can put a positive spin on pretty much ball. We just want to any conversation. Sure, it’s been a bit of a culture have the same ener- shock to go from hoops-crazy Indiana to a state that treats the gy and electricity. sport with a collective meh. But, without batting an eye, he’ll tell ... I think that’s what you that Georgia has everything it Coach Crean is needs to become a basketball powerhouse. trying to build.” “Coaching is coaching,” Crean said. “I don’t view it as being — Georgia forward E’Torrion different.” Wilridge But Georgia’s resume is undeni- able. The Bulldogs haven’t won an words.” NCAA Tournament game since No one can deny football’s hold 2002. The most significant high- over this university, which has light in the school’s largely forget- only grown under coach Kirby table basketball history came way Smart. The Bulldogs reached the back in 1983, when its first NCAA national championship game last appearance resulted in a run all season and just missed out on the the way to the Final Four (that was playoff this year. the year N.C. State beat heavily Even Georgia’s basketball play- favored Houston in a memorable ers gush at the gridiron success. title game, so Georgia’s participa- “As long as Kirby is the coach, I tion is a mere footnote). think they’re going to be national No problem, in the World championship contenders,” for- According to Crean. ward E’Torrion Wilridge said. “There is tradition in basket- “The enthusiasm and the fans are ball,” he insisted. “Have they won? CURTIS COMPTON/AP always going to gravitate toward Can they win? Did they have it Georgia players, from left, Derek Ogbeide, Nicolas Claxton and Rayshaun Hammonds and coach Tom Crean, football because Kirby has turned rolling with people when they had react after Georgia scored against Kennesaw State late in the second half game in November. this whole thing around and put it going? Because then you have a us on top. We’re not trying to chance of getting it back.” he arrived in 2008. offset by three seasons in which better than what you had at compete with football. We just Obviously, they’re not back yet. The Hoosiers were dealing the Hoosiers failed to post a Indiana,” Crean recalled. “I mean, want to have the same energy and The Bulldogs (6-4) were dealt with an NCAA scandal that cost winning mark in conference play. it is all right here.” electricity go through the arena as an embarrassing 24-point loss by Kelvin Sampson his job and left They never advanced past the Indeed, the school has spent goes through Sanford (Stadium). I Georgia State, a far less prominent Crean with a depleted roster. The NCAA round of 16. Crean was millions on much-needed renova- think that’s what Coach Crean is school from their own backyard. rebuilding process was slow and criticized for failing to land the tions at aging Stegeman Coliseum, trying to build.” Last weekend, they squandered an painful. state’s top high school talent. to go along with a state-of-the-art Crean wants to embrace Geor- 18-point lead at home against No. In Crean’s first season, Indiana Finally, after a first-round loss practice facility. gia’s success on the football field, 18 Arizona State, denying Crean endured the worst mark in school in the NIT, Crean was fired by Also, in what could be viewed not run from it. the first signature win of his new history: 6-25, with only a single Indiana in 2017. as a backhanded slap at his “I got my indoctrination into it tenure. win in the Big Ten. The next two Now, he’s back in the game at previous employer, Crean said he’s in the spring game, when there “We just have to learn how to seasons weren’t much better. But Georgia, a school where basket- already got a strong relationship were 85,000 people there on an win,” Crean said, never straying the Hoosiers finally broke through ball is generally viewed as a way to with Georgia President Jere April afternoon,” he said. “I think too far from optimism. in 2011-12, knocking off top-ran- pass the time between football Morehead and athletic director it is phenomenal.” At 52, Crean is on a comeback in ked Kentucky early in the season season and spring football. Greg McGarity. His son, Riley, is a pitcher on his own career. on the way to a 27-9 finish. They But Crean, who worked in “I am not used to having an Georgia’s baseball team. The en- He started out at Marquette, captured the Big Ten title the television during his year out of athletic director that is waiting for tire family — Crean and his wife restoring that program’s faded following year, raising hopes that coaching, was struck by a conver- me after games,” Crean said. “I’m have three children — is adjusting luster with players such as Indiana had reclaimed its place sation he had about the Bulldogs not used to being in a situation well to life in Athens. Dwyane Wade. He moved on to among the nation’s elite. with another coach-turned- where I am getting a text from the “You want your family to be Indiana, one of the sport’s glam- The success didn’t last. Another broadcaster, Seth Greenberg. president after the game. It isn’t really happy, too,” he said. “Ours is our jobs but severely tainted when conference championship was “He said their facilities are some, ‘Hey, hang in there,’ but real very happy and very resilient.”

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By Larry Printz, Tribune News Service 2019 Nissan Altima Vehicle type: Midsize four-door sedan uch has been made of the fact that many Americans Base prices: $23,750-$35,750 now drive some form Engine: Double-overhead-cam 2.5-liter of light truck. Sales of four-cylinder MSUVs, crossovers and Horsepower: 188 pickups are closing in Torque: 180 pound-feet on 70 percent of U.S. new vehicle sales. EPA fuel economy: 25-28/35-39 mpg Yes, we have become a nation of truck Wheelbase: 111.2 inches drivers. But that doesn’t mean that cars Length: 192.9 inches no longer matter. They do, accounting Cargo capacity: 15.4 cubic feet for 6 million units a year in sales in the United States, of which one-third are Towing capacity: xx pounds midsize cars. (That’s 2 million units a Curb weight: 3,344-3,462 pounds year for the math adverse.) This is why Nissan redesigned the Altima for 2019 with all-new platform and two new engines with of any Altima. In contrast, the base all-wheel drive or front-wheel drive. engine uses regular unleaded gasoline Given that the Subaru Legacy is the and returns better fuel economy. But only other all-wheel drive midsize power is merely adequate; it’s not nearly sedan, Nissan has a huge selling as entertaining. If you live in a hilly advantage in Northern climes. The region, you’ll find the 2.5-liter challenged $1,350 AWD option is available on by inclines, especially with the added all models, which include S, SR, SV, weight of all-wheel drive. Nevertheless, SL and Platinum trims. However, it’s the transmission feels more linear than only offered with the base engine, a before, lacking the rubber banding direct injected 2.5-liter four-cylinder typically found in CVTs. Regardless of rated at 188 horsepower. Replacing model, comfort and refinement are this the previous Altima’s 270-horsepower car’s hallmarks. It’s agile and provides 3.5-liter V-6 engine on upper-level SR impressive grip, and a well-mannered and Platinum models is the VC-Turbo, chassis. But it’s no sports sedan. the world’s first production variable The polished demeanor can best be compression turbocharged engine. The seen in the interior, where a large 8-inch 248-horsepower 2.0-liter turbocharged infotainment touchscreen anchors the engine has been under development for sleek, contemporary instrument panel. two decades. It’s trick? It continuously Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are raises or lowers the pistons’ reach, standard, and the chip set used operates changing from 8:1 for high performance quickly. And techies take note: this to 14:1 for high fuel efficiency. But it’s might be the only car to offer two USB only offered with front-wheel drive, and two USB-C ports. Cabin trim quality not all-wheel drive. Both engines mate varies from trim to trim, with some to a continuously variable automatic evidence that accountants have been transmission. at work, but overall quality is satisfying And it’s safe, thanks to standard for the price. The cabin itself is roomy Automatic Emergency Braking, both front and rear thanks to a two-inch Intelligent Forward Collision Warning longer wheelbase, an extra inch in width and Intelligent Driver Alertness. A and overall length, although it’s one inch Safety Shield 360 package is optional lower. and adds Automatic Emergency It’s wrapped in the finest Braking with Pedestrian Detection, Rear interpretation yet of Nissan’s current Automatic Braking, Lane Departure design language. While still aggressive, Warning, Blind Spot Warning, Rear there’s a refinement to its appearance Cross Traffic Alert and High Beam that makes it perfect for midsize sedan Assist. duty, dancing on the edge of mild and On my recent drive in Santa Barbara, wild. It’s quite a sharp-looking ride. Calif., Nissan provided SR and Platinum But is it enough to make a crossover models for testing. shopper give up their ride for an Certainly, the new VC-T engine Altima? Most likely not; it’s merely an provides more thrills than its larger improved version of what has come non-turbo sibling. Power off the before. Nevertheless, the 2019 Nissan line is strong, and care is needed to Altima offers an impressively upscale avoid squealing tires. The engine and appearance and feature list at a popular transmission seem well matched, price. That was true of the first Altima with the transmission doing its best in 1993, which looked much like a impersonation of a conventional shrunken Infiniti J30. Six generations on, transmission under hard acceleration, the 2019 Altima is better in every way. and delivering a fun experience. It’s clearly Nissan’s ultimate Altima. However,itrequirespremiumfuel Perhaps it should have been called the while returning the lowest fuel economy Altimate.

The Altima’s available ProPilot Assist technology makes life easier for drivers on the highway and in stop-and-go trafﬁc. (NISSAN)

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