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3 nap-ready baseball observations, including Ricketts vs. the Roys from ‘Succession’ and Milwaukee Brewers’ relocation drama

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:43 GMT

Former Cubs and White Sox pitcher Jeff Samardzija once insisted “you can always get a good nap in during the Sox game.”It was meant as a compliment to Ken “Hawk” Harrelson, though Samardzija later had to explain himself to the Sox broadcaster.As baseball turns the first corner in its speeded-up season this Memorial Day weekend, White Sox and Cubs fans turn to their porches and patios to soak in warm summerlike breezes and perhaps sneak in a quick nap with the ballgame as mere backdrop.No apologies necessary. And to help get to your REM cycle, here are three topics for a lazy Sunday.South Side Brew Crew?Commissioner Rob Manfred appeared out of the blue in Milwaukee last week and suggested Wisconsin politicians need to get their act together and pony up for stadium improvements at the ballpark formerly known as Miller Park.The other option, naturally left unsaid, was the Brewers pulling up stakes and moving, as the Oakland A’s currently are doing with the...

Montreal filmmaker documents race to save vanishing North American Chinatowns

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:43 GMT

MONTREAL — Chinatowns across North America don’t just share a similar look — they also face similar existential threats and David-versus-Goliath-like battles for survival. Whether it’s residents of New York City’s Chinatown protesting a proposed mega jail in their community, or Montreal’s Chinese diaspora fighting to save heritage buildings or struggling to keep family restaurants alive during COVID-19, these common threads are a recurring motif of Karen Cho’s documentary “Big Fight in Little Chinatown.”Cho, a fifth-generation Chinese Canadian with roots in the Chinatowns of Montreal and Vancouver, documents how these urban pockets of Chinese culture across North America are facing similar pressures from gentrification. In an interview, Cho said the neighbourhoods are prime targets for redevelopment due to their age and proximity to downtown, but also to what she calls “the intersection of racism and urban planning.” Urban renewa...

3 shot in Lakeview

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:43 GMT

CHICAGO — Chicago police are investigating a triple shooting in the Lakeview East neighborhood.It is the third shooting in the area in just four days.Chicago police say three men were walking on the sidewalk in the 600 block of  West Barry Avenue around 1 a.m. Sunday when shots were fired.It is not known at this time where the gunfire came from. All three of the men were struck.One of the men was hit in the back and chest and transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital in serious condition, police said.According to police another man, 22-year-old, was shot in the leg and is in good condition and the third man, a 32-year-old, was hit in the back and is in good condition.The shooting just the latest of several recent incidents in the area.Early Saturday morning another man was shot just a few blocks away in the 500 block of West Surf Street. He died from his injuries. The Medical Examiner has identified him as 35-year-old William Hair. Related: 3 killed, several shot Saturday in C...

Real World Economics: Target a case study in culture war headaches

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:43 GMT

Edward LottermanWith apologies to the great literary figures Sir Walter Scott and Bullwinkle J. Moose, here is some wisdom for rueful Target execs: “Into what a sticky morass we fall, when first we practice to please all!”I buy stuff at Target but am not one of those Minnesotans who thinks “our” national retailer holds vast moral superiority over its competitor from Arkansas. Looking at its political contributions and the past era as a member of the retrograde American Legislative Exchange Council, it is clear to me that the company’s leadership has an understanding of national economic issues on a par with that of Gomer Pyle.However, Target makes great efforts to be “a good corporate citizen” including reaching out to and respecting an increasingly diverse U.S. population. So one genuinely feels for them when they stepped on a land mine in the broken, treacherous terrain of our nation’s culture wars by trying to market to and recognize the broad and heterogeneous LGBT+ segment of o...

Crews continue putting out Saturday night warehouse fire hotspots

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:43 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A large fire broke out late Saturday evening at an abandoned warehouse in St. Louis, just a little north of downtown. No one is hurt despite the scare. The fire intensified around 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the warehouse near North Seventh and O'Fallon streets. Officials tell FOX 2 the building was a former timber construction site in the Columbus Square neighborhood. Many around St. Louis noticed thick smoke in the sky around 8 p.m. Some noticed it miles away from the city. Fire crews initially responded to the smoke and reported moderate smoke conditions from one corner of the building. CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Large flames engulf what appears to be an abandoned warehouse near North Seventh and O’Fallon streets in the Columbus Square neighborhood. @STLFireDept is responding. VIDEO: Mary Scott/FOX 2 pic.twitter.com/IIHuTRgV5e— FOX2now (@FOX2now) May 28, 2023Dennis Jenkerson, commissioner of the St. Louis Fire Department, tells FOX 2 that firefighters were preparing to potenti...

Sunny and warm Sunday, temp highs in 80s for Memorial Day

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:43 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Nice holiday weekend weather continues. A touch warmer Sunday with plenty of sunshine. Overnight lows will be in the 50s to near 60. A bit warmer again for Memorial Day, with temp highs in the mid 80s. St. Louis radar: See a map of current weather here The warming trend continues into the work week and humidity starts to increase. Possible spot showers and storms chances each afternoon, Wednesday through Saturday.

Keeler: Deion Sanders, CU Buffs don’t need Pac-12. But Pac-12 needs Coach Prime as Big 12 overtures look better every day.

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:43 GMT

At Christmas, Brock Huard chuckled. CU and the Big 12, together again? OK, dude. Whatever.At Valentine’s Day, he tittered. (Again?) At St. Patrick’s Day, he guffawed. (We’re still talking about this?)On Memorial Day Weekend, the FOX Sports football analyst and former Washington Huskies QB isn’t laughing at the notion of the Buffs going east anymore.“I would think, if you’re (athletic director) Rick George and you’re the Board of Regents, you’re the decision-makers, you’re going to try to find strength in numbers,” Huard told me late last week. “My hunch is that if you’re CU and your (football) program has been largely down for 20 years, you know what you want? Strength in numbers. And an aggressive (conference) commissioner who got a (broadcast) deal done, will not settle for ‘no,’ and does not, unfortunately, does not have a massive pit left by Larry Scott’s leadership that they’re trying to dig out of.”The Pac-12 needs CU right now, not the other way around. The Buffs are the hott...

Rockies’ power outage leaves general manager Bill Schmidt scratching his head: “We anticipated hitting more home runs”

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:43 GMT

Talk about a Blake Street Bummer.The Rockies are on pace to hit the fewest homers and post the lowest slugging percentage of any team in franchise history.Veteran right-fielder Kris Bryant, who signed a seven-year, $182 million contract prior to last season, is on pace to hit 16 home runs this season. Third baseman Ryan McMahon, who signed a six-year, $70 million deal last spring, is on pace to hit 14.But they are far from alone in underperforming internal expectations so far this season.“We anticipated hitting more home runs,” general manager Bill Schmidt said Friday. “If you look at the back of the baseball cards, these guys have had a history of hitting more home runs. But I scratch my head, to be honest with you.”With nearly one-third of the season in the books going into Memorial Day weekend, the power outage in LoDo is jarring. Colorado entered Friday with 40 home runs as a team, ranking 27th in the majors. The Rockies were on pace to hit just 127 homer...

Nuggets Journal: Nikola Jokic intent on last laugh as NBA Finals approach

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:43 GMT

Clad in a black tank top and yellow Muhammad Ali shorts, Nikola Jokic plopped in front of a makeshift Finals backdrop on Saturday afternoon and parried questions he’d heard dozens of times before.As the Nuggets waited to find out which team they’d be wrestling for an NBA championship, Jokic was at ease and in control. He was funny, goofy and engaging — three telltale signs that the cornerstone of the franchise was in a good headspace with history on deck.His mood was apparent from the outset when Jokic asked for a box score, picking up on a running joke between him and various Nuggets staffers. Still with five days to go until Game 1 of the NBA Finals, there was little else to do but mess around and tease everyone in his orbit.For the media’s sake and the hordes of cameras that had convened, he did indulge in a bit of reflection.When Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon stuffed LeBron James on the final play of Monday’s clinching Game 4, Jokic admitted it wasn’t the feeling he expected.“Th...

Broncos RT Mike McGlinchey now plays for Zach Strief. His mission: Be like Zach Strief

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:04:43 GMT

In one of those funny twists of football fate, Zach Strief has been Mike McGlinchey and Mike McGlinchey is now Zach Strief.OK, strictly speaking, that might be overstepping the bounds of the known universe, but if the NFL were actually scripted, the pair would find their respective parts awfully familiar.If this were a family tree, Denver’s new offensive line coach Strief would be at the end of a pretty darn straight line above the Broncos’ new right tackle McGlinchey.Strief, you see, spent years and years as a trusted right tackle in a Sean Payton-run offense. Now he’s coaching McGlinchey, the trusted right tackle in a Sean Payton-run offense.You can understand, then, why the pair has hit it off since Strief arrived here in February and McGlinchey a month later in free agency.“We haven’t dusted off the video clips of Zach yet, but we have seen some stuff from installs in New Orleans,” McGlinchey told The Post with a laugh Thursday. “I just think it’s so valuable to have a coach who...