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Monitoring new Bears general manager Ryan Poles’ moves as the legal tampering period starts Monday and the league year begins Wednesday:

March 14

4 p.m.: The Bears officially cut defensive tackle Eddie Goldman. Friday, sources said they’d made the decision.

1 p.m.: As new Bears general manager Ryan Poles continues to rework the roster, the team is getting younger — and possibly better — on the defensive line.

The Bears agreed to a three-year, $40.5 million deal with former Bengals defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi in the opening hours of free agency Monday, NFL Network reported. He’ll get $26.4 million guaranteed.

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March 11

5 p.m.: The Bears claimed running back Darrynton Evans, a third-round pick of the Titans just two years ago, off waivers. He has 16 career rushes for 61 yards.

3:30 p.m.: The Bears also plan to cut nose tackle Eddie Goldman, who had a disappointing 2021 and no longer fit their scheme.

11:30 a.m.: As expected, the Bears told running back Tarik Cohen they would be cutting him with an injury designation about a year-and-a-half after he tore knee ligaments returning a punt against the Falcons.

March 10

4 p.m.: In a franchise-altering move, the Bears agreed to trade edge rusher Khalil Mack, the face of the franchise, to the Chargers for a 2022 second-round pick and a 2023 sixth-rounder. Ryan Poles’ first major move as the Bears’ GM signified the start of a rebuild, while Mack’s Bears career ends as a risk worth taking.

March 8

5 p.m.: The Bears agreed to bring back center Sam Mustipher, tight end Jesper Horsted and guard Lachavious Simmons on one-year deals at the league minimum. All three are exclusive-rights free agents. Players with less than three seasons of experience must accept such contract tenders.

3 p.m.: The NFL’s deadline to apply the franchise tag came and went Wednesday without the Bears making anyone an offer. That means receiver Allen Robinson will hit free agency Monday after playing last year on the tag.

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Shorewood police shot and killed a man while answering a call at a motel Monday night — the second police shooting in the southwest suburbs in four hours.

Officers were called to the La Quinta Inn on Frontage Road around 11:30 p.m. about a man who had been asking for an ambulance in the rear of the parking lot, police said in a statement.

The officers found the man in a car and, as they approached, he pulled a gun, police said. The officers took cover and told the man to put down his gun.

After a brief standoff, the man fired and a Shorewood officer shot back and hit the man, police said. He died at the scene.

The incident was being investigated by the Will-Grundy Major Crimes Task Force.

Four hours earlier, a man was shot and killed by Crest Hill police after he stabbed and seriously wounded a police officer answering a domestic call, officials said. Crest Hill is about 16 miles from Shorewood.

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Shorewood police shot and killed a man while answering a call at a motel Monday night — the second police shooting in the southwest suburbs in four hours.

Officers were called to the La Quinta Inn on Frontage Road around 11:30 p.m. about a man who had been asking for an ambulance in the rear of the parking lot, police said in a statement.

The officers found the man in a car and, as they approached, he pulled a gun, police said. The officers took cover and told the man to put down his gun.

After a brief standoff, the man fired and a Shorewood officer shot back and hit the man, police said. He died at the scene.

The incident was being investigated by the Will-Grundy Major Crimes Task Force.

Four hours earlier, a man was shot and killed by Crest Hill police after he stabbed and seriously wounded a police officer answering a domestic call, officials said. Crest Hill is about 16 miles from Shorewood.

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SACRAMENTO – There will be a day that Ayo Dosunmu will be that lockdown guy.

A player that Bulls coach Billy Donovan can put out there on any opposing guard, any forward, and make their night hell.

For now, however, he’s in training. And some nights go worse than others.

Over the weekend, it was another shot at Darius Garland and the Cavaliers. On Monday, it was Round 2 against De’Aaron Fox after the Kings guard lit Dosunmu up for 33 in their first meeting last month. It again didn’t go great for Dosunmu and the Bulls.

Thanks to a lethargic first half, as well as 34 points from Fox, the Bulls blew an opportunity to move into the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference, losing to Sacramento 112-103.

And while Dosunmu had a rough night, that wasn’t what put the Bulls (41-27) down 20 in the first half. Poor shooting in the first quarter, and then five minutes of horrible defense to close the second quarter were the main culprits.

Zach LaVine, however, wanted the finger pointed at himself.

LaVine went 2-for-6 (1-for-3 from three) in that opening stanza, and blamed himself for “tip-toing” into the game. That’s why in the second half he looked ticked and played that way, bringing the Bulls to within three in the fourth quarter.

Too little, too late, however, and LaVine pulled no punches after the game.

“I’ve gotta do a better job with just my mentality,” LaVine said. “I’m going out there and I’m playing with some pain with my knee injury, but I’ve gotta have the right mindset. I can’t tip-toe into the game.”

That’s why he finished with 22 points in that second half. LaVine stopped tip-toing and started attacking, going 6-for-10 from the field, but getting to the free throw line nine times.

As for Dosunmu, he had one of his rougher nights, going 3-for-9 for six points.

Still, more valuable lessons for him to learn, with coach Billy Donovan having an end game in mind.

“Certainly they’re different kinds of players, but I think he reminds me a lot of Alex,” Donovan said, comparing his rookie to Alex Caruso. “Alex has a wealth of experience, but Alex can play the point, can play off the ball, he’s just a basketball player. I think Ayo can definitely play the point, he has shown that. He’ll get better with experiences and he’ll be a lot more seasoned with what he’s going through, but I feel fine playing him off the ball, I feel fine playing him at the point. He’s done a really good job.

“I don’t think he has the experience Alex has defensively in terms of knowing the league so well and being able to guard really one-through-four in a lot of ways like Alex can. Do I think he can get there with his size and length? Yeah. I think he gets to this multi-dimensional player that you just put him out there and you can kind of put him at any position and he’s going to impact the game.”

Not bad for a second-round pick that some scouts deemed position-less.

What didn’t come out in all those scouting reports, however, was Dosunmu’s willingness to learn. It’s easy for young NBA players to feel like they are watching film and picking up tells from the opposition, but Dosunmu actually does.

“Ayo has done a good job of improving and learning,” Caruso said. “The biggest thing for him that has been valuable for us as a team is him getting this experience to run the show, to guard the best players on the other team.

“His range of versatility on defense is really big for us.”

And will continue to be.

Yes, LaVine was back in the starting lineup against the Kings, but his left knee will remain a day-to-day ongoing drama the rest of the regular season and into the playoffs. And even when Lonzo Ball (left knee) can return to the starting lineup, Dosunmu will remain valuable. With how fragile the Bulls starting backcourt is, the former Morgan Park High School standout needs to be ready nightly for any role at any time.

The fact that he’s been preparing as a starter, diving deep into the opposition’s tendencies and using what he’s learned, could be key when the games matter most.

“Any time I play against another good guard, I try to pick things up because I’m trying to get better each game,” Dosunmu said. “The information is there. It’s on me to take it and use it.”

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Bears general manager Ryan Poles wants to build through the draft and rely more on the second and third waves of free agency than the first. But he also knows he’ll have to pick his spots to splurge.

Poles seemed to do that in a prudent manner Monday when the Bears agreed to terms on a three-year, $40.5 million contract with former Bengals defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi, sources confirmed. It’s a significant investment (including $26.35 million guaranteed) but at a significant position — Ogunjobi will play the three-technique defensive tackle that is considered the key position on the defensive line, if not the entire 4-3 defense coach Matt Eberflus runs.

Ogunjobi, who will turn 28 in June, filled that upgrade role for the Bengals last year after signing a one-year, $6.2 million contract in free agency after playing his first four NFL seasons with the Browns.

With Ogunjobi as a key part of a revamped defense, the Bengals’ run defense improved from 29th to fifth in yards allowed per game and from 31st to 13th in yards per carry. Ogunjobi had career-best marks of seven sacks, 12 tackles for loss and 16 quarterback hits.

The Browns had a similar improvement in run defense with Ogunjobi at tackle — jumping from 30th to ninth in yards per game and from 30th to 12th in yards per carry in 2020 before Ogunjobi, a third-round draft pick out of Charlotte in 2017, left for the Bengals.

The Bears’ risk is more than just the financial investment. The 6-4, 305-pound Ogunjobi is coming off foot surgery after suffering an injury in the Bengals’ wild-card playoff victory against the Raiders on Jan. 15. He missed victories over the Titans and Chiefs and their loss to the Rams in the Super Bowl.

It remains to be seen how soon Ogunjobi will be ready to play — a particularly key factor with the Bears installing a new defense under Eberflus and coordinator Alan Williams. The Bears’ offseason program officially begins April 4. Their first minicamp is April 19 to 21.

In that respect, the signing of Ogunjobi could provide an early indication of how well the Bears’ new regime manages injuries — a bugaboo at times for the Bears under Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy.

With Ogunjobi aboard, Poles and Eberflus continue to quickly put their stamp on the post-Pace roster. The Bears officially released nose tackle Eddie Goldman on Monday. At his best, Goldman, 28, is a better defensive tackle than Ogunjobi — and had two years remaining on his contract.

But Goldman has been a 3-4 nose tackle throughout his six-year NFL career and is coming off a mostly unproductive 2021 season after opting out of the 2020 season because of concerns about the coronavirus. Ogunjobi, who was a nose tackle in college, has more experience at the three-technique and has shown he has the traits Eberflus is looking for in a three-technique.

“You’ve got to be disruptive,” Eberflus said. “No. 1, you’ve got to win your one-on-one matchup. And when they run zone away from you, you’ve got to be able to stay in the ‘B’ gap. It’s that simple. Those are two things we look for, and they come in all shapes and sizes. But explosive athletic ability is the No. 1 trait.”

The Bears also figure to lose Akiem Hicks, who was a candidate to re-sign but is likely to sign elsewhere. He also has done his best work in a 3-4 defense, though a transition to 4-3 -defensive tackle was not out of the question.

Hicks still plays at a high level. But at 32, with wear-and-tear showing the last three seasons, he’s more likely to land in a defense better-suited to his ability.

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SACRAMENTO – Billy Donovan isn’t viewing Patrick Williams as a savior.

The Bulls coach feels like Williams can be a solid defender and bring some physicality to the frontcourt when he gets the nod from medical, but there’s also a reality to the left wrist injury. Specifically, the timing of it. Williams was limited in training camp with a bum ankle, and then when he did return, the second-year forward lasted just five games before suffering the injury against the Knicks.

So for all this time to go by, and then to drop Williams into the last few weeks of the regular season and the fire of the playoffs expecting him to be a difference maker? That’s just not realistic for Donovan.

“I think adding Patrick helps our team, but for a guy that’s missed five months and the first day he comes back, just to unload him into the starting lineup, I don’t know if that would be the best thing for our team and I don’t think that would be fair for Patrick,” Donovan said on Monday. “I do think that he is going to need some time to get his legs under him, to get his rhythm back, to find some kind of routine, and I think as a starter to come back and put him in that position, I think would be a big ask for him.

“Now I do think for his size, defense, rebounding, I do think he can play an important role for our team, but I do think for the second unit right now that’s probably what I would be looking for.”

Donovan and his staff have met and discussed how they should best use Williams, and while very little is definite, the coach was leaning toward initially bringing him off the bench.

Javonte Green has a done a great job working with that starting group, and there’s too many unknowns with Williams.

First and foremost, when they’ll even get him back.

He did get scanned last week and it had positive results, but there’s a strengthening issue that Williams was still working through in limited contact.

“He’s progressing, but the biggest challenge for him right now is just getting to a position and place where I think the doctors feel comfortable that if his hand is in a position and he takes a fall or gets his hand jerked back, that he’s going to be OK,” Donovan said. “I think the doctors want him to get to a specific point and a specific date in March where they feel pretty comfortable that it’s five months or whatever the date was. They’re pretty hardened on that, like getting to that number they’ll feel pretty confident that he’s healed.”

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Point guard Lonzo Ball just hit the six-week mark in his left knee surgery. The original diagnosis was six-to-eight weeks, and it’s starting to feel like the latter.

While Ball hasn’t had any setbacks, he was still dealing with pain from the bone bruise – which was the original diagnosis before he also had the meniscus repaired.

That discomfort has slowed his return, leaving the Bulls with no clear timetable for a more detailed return.

“Now he’s running, he’s doing some lateral work, but he’s not doing it full speed,” Donovan said. “The feeling is the healing of that is going to be really, really critical as far as getting into that full speed running vertically and moving horizontally, that’s where we got to get him to. It’s probably been a little bit slower because of what he’s dealing with.”

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MESA, Ariz. – Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer wouldn’t promise a “significant” addition to the roster when he sat down for a news conference Monday, the first official day of spring training workouts.

He didn’t rule one out either.

“Certainly, we’re having a lot of conversations,” Hoyer said Monday morning. “I’ve done this too long to assume that anything gets across the finish line. So, you try to keep a lot of balls in the air. And some of those may be, as you guys would deem, ‘significant.’ Some may not be.”

Seiya Suzuki, the Japanese star who has created plenty of free agency buzz this winter, would certainly qualify as a significant addition. But first, the Cubs would have to convince him to choose them, out of his many suitors. The Cubs brass was scheduled to meet with Suzuki’s camp Monday evening, a Sun-Times source confirmed.

Their strong interest makes sense. Suzuki, 27, would add a power bat to a lineup short on true heart-of-the-order hitters. And at his age, with a four- to six-year contract, Suzuki would likely still be in his prime when the Cubs’ young top prospects joined him in the big-leagues.

The Athletic’s Sahadev Sharma was first to report the meeting. According to MLB Network’s Jon Heyman, the Padres, Dodgers, Red Sox, Giants and Mariners were also among the teams in the running to sign Suzuki as of Monday afternoon.

Even if the Cubs strike out with Suzuki, additions are coming. The Cubs need to fill out their bullpen, and that need only became more pressing when reliever Codi Heuer underwent Tommy John surgery last week. Then, Hoyer announced Monday that starting pitcher Adbert Alzolay (shoulder) is expected to begin the season on the injured list.

“Our biggest focus, candidly, has been pitching and pitching depth,” Hoyer said.

What about position players?

“Honestly, we’re gonna keep adding,” Hoyer said. “Not that we’re not comfortable with the players we have. We have a lot of really good players, but I think we’re going to continue to look to add.”

By agreeing to terms with shortstop Andrelton Simmons – whose signing still wasn’t official as of Monday afternoon – the Cubs reinforced their middle infield. Nico Hoerner and Nick Madrigal reported to spring training without any restrictions, but they both missed significant time last season with injuries.

“Keeping guys healthy on the field is a top priority,” Cubs manager David Ross said. “And having that depth is something that I know we’ve set out [to do] and was an intention from the front office standpoint.”

Though shortstop Carlos Correa is likely seeking a high-priced long-term deal, some Cubs fans are still holding out hope that he’ll sign with their team. Even pitcher Marcus Stroman had fun on Twitter recruiting the two-time All-Star.

“Everyone thinks I have insider info,” Stroman said, laughing. “I have no insider info.”

With that backdrop, Hoyer was asked if the Cubs had resolved the extent of their shortstop needs.

“We’re really happy with our middle infield right now,” Hoyer said, touting its defensive prowess. “We have three middle infielders we have a ton of faith in. And, almost like on the pitching side, we’ll continue to add depth and give Rossi options of how to move guys around.”

The Cubs have stayed out of blockbuster trades since the lockout reopened. As of Monday evening, they’d agreed to terms with Simmons and signed reliever Jesse Chavez to a minor-league deal, with an invitation to spring training and a chance to win a roster spot, considering the clubs’ need for relievers.

The Cubs’ direction is still taking shape. The phones are still ringing.

Said Hoyer: “It’s been a crazy few days.”

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — The plan for right-hander Vince Velasquez, whom the Sox officially signed to a one-year, $3 million deal Monday, is to add him to the mix of potential starters.

You can never have enough pitching, general manager Rick Hahn said.

Especially in a shortened spring training following a lockout that prevented pitchers from having contact with coaches and staff.

Velasquez, 29, posted a 6.30 ERA between Philadelphia and San Diego, which doesn’t impress, but his career 4.95 ERA, strikeout stuff and having a 17-strikeout game on his resume were enough to interest the Sox.

“He has experience starting, experience relieving,” Hahn said Monday. “We are going to stretch him and [Reynaldo Lopez] out this camp. The best case scenario for any starter regardless of what his name is and which camp he’s in is to get to five innings in Cactus League games. You won’t have your traditional length to start the season. Having as many quality arms that can give us multiple innings is a good thing to have.”

Velasquez and Lopez fall in behind Lucas Giolito, Lance Lynn, Dylan Cease, Dallas Keuchel and Michael Kopech. Giolito and Kopech, who is slightly behind the group because of an illness that halted his throwing in January, threw their first bullpens in camp Monday.

More moves to come?

Hahn said Andrew Vaughn’s and Gavin Sheets’ development needs to continue in the majors, suggesting they very well could patrol right field as opposed to a free agent or trade acquisition. The Sox also have Adam Engel to play right.

“Building something long term sustainable is reliant on having your own young players produce,” he said.

Vaughn and Sheets can also get at-bats at DH and first base.

Reliever Craig Kimbrel, mentioned as a potential trade piece in November, won’t necessarily going to be dealt, Hahn said.

“He’s very much a viable piece on a championship club,” Hahn said. “It remains to be seen exactly if that’s going to be here but we are preparing as if it will be.”

Conditioning not for Lynn

No Sox pitcher is farther along on his throwing progression than All-Star righty Lynn, who says he’s good to go after pitching through a sore knee last season. Lynn faced hitters during the lockout to ensure he would be ready Opening Day despite the late start.

“Just took a while to rest up, and then as the offseason progressed, I was able to do more and more,” Lynn said Monday. “It’s just one of those things, when you get older, you’ve got to do more tedious things. All the boring things you don’t want to do when you’re young, like stretch, you have to do them now.”

As for conditioning, the 6-5, 270-pound kind of shrugged at that one.

“I’m not big on conditioning ever,” he said.

“What, you have to run it across home plate to get anybody out? When we start doing that, that’s when I’m done.”

Minor deals

The Sox agreed to terms on minor-league contracts and extended non-roster invites to spring training with free agents right-hander Kyle Crick, left-handers Wes Benjamin, Brandon Finnegan and Yacksel Rios, catcher Nick Ciuffo, and outfielders Luis Basabe and Dwight Smith Jr.

Outfielder Yoelqui Cespedes, infielders Jose Rodriguez and Zach Remillard, right-handers Caleb Freeman, Tyler Johnson, Kade McClure and Emilio Vargas, left-handers Tanner Banks, Andrew Perez and Hunter Schryver and catchers Carlos Perez and Xavier Fernandez received invites to major-league camp from within the system.

Harrison next

Free agent second baseman Josh Harrison’s signing could be made official Tuesday.

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Joe Kelly and Tony La Russa have some history, and some World Series ring history at that.

When Kelly was pitching for the Red Sox and La Russa was in the team’s front office in 2018, former White Sox general manager Roland Hemond threw out a first pitch at Fenway Park and La Russa was asked to catch it. La Russa had an old pancake style mitt with him that he didn’t want to use, so he borrowed Kelly’s glove, and Hemond’s first pitch went off without a hitch.

Or so La Russa thought. Unbeknownst to him, one of his three World Series rings got stuck in Kelly’s glove. All La Russa knew was that he had lost it somewhere that day, and it wasn’t found by Kelly until the next day at his locker.

“I put my hand in it and, Oh man, that hurts,” Kelly said Monday after the White Sox made official their two-year deal for the right-handed reliever. “I look in there and right where my ring finger goes in my glove, it was his World Series ring. I went to my PR guy and I was like ‘Hey, I’ve got Tony’s ring. Tell him I want 50-grand or I’m not giving it back.”

Did he get a $50,000 reward?

“No. He just said, ‘I want my ring back,’ ” said Kelly, who was joking about the money.

Kelly did receive no-joke money from the Sox, though, $7 million this season and $9 million in 2023 to consummate an acquisition La Russa was instrumental in. La Russa, who managed the Cardinals in what everyone thought was his final season in 2011 — which brought his third ring — liked what he saw of Kelly in spring training that year and hasn’t stopped liking.

Featuring a fastball averaging 97.7 mph with the Dodgers last season, Kelly posted a 2.86 ERA, although it ended with Kelly walking off the mound with a trainer in Game 5 of the NLCS. A ground ball pitcher with strikeout stuff, he has been one of the top relievers in baseball the last two seasons.

“His first big league camp was 2011, and I can remember to this day,” La Russa said after the Sox’ second day of official spring training Monday. “I said to (pitching coach Dave) Duncan, ‘Wow, man.’ We didn’t know about him.”

Eleven seasons and 40 postseason games later, Kelly is reunited with La Russa. He’s all in about playing for him, he’s stoked about the arms in the Sox bullpen and the team he’s joining.

“Tony is a little bit more old school, which is kind of what I like,” Kelly said.

“This team is right here. I’ve been there [in the World Series] three times, lucky enough to be on some great teams and win it twice [Red Sox in 2014 and Dodgers in 2020]. This is going to be one hell of a team.”

Kelly, who dealt with a biceps nerve issue last season, says he is healthy now and ready to go now and was throwing pain free Monday, but Sox general manager Rick Hahn said the Sox will be cautious and slow roll Kelly into the season, in part because of the shortened camp. Kelly won’t start the season on the opening day roster.

“If it was up to me, I’d be trying to throw off the mound today,” Kelly said. “[But] the ease-in process is probably safe.”

The Sox have been through a similar issue with Aaron Bummer, are well versed on how to handle it and had no reservations about investing the money in the 33-year old with 11 years experience.

“If we had a normal spring, maybe he’d break with us,” Hahn said. “We’ll have to see how the next several weeks of his build back goes. We knew that going in and this again was an acquisition for the length of this season and the next couple.”

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Baseball lovers in West Englewood have a newly renovated diamond to play at.

Four fields at Lindblom Park, 6054 S. Damen Ave., began undergoing $330,000 worth of work in 2018. The upgrades were paid for through Cubs Charities, a nonprofit focused on sport programs for youth development and education.

While some final work is still wrapping up, Alicia Gonzalez, Cubs Charities executive director, said the fields are ready for play — starting after Monday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony.

At Lindblom and other locations getting work this summer, the upgrades will include dugouts, scoreboard repairs and new bleachers.

“I think it’s really exciting because the pandemic had impacted our ability to be out in person as much as we normally would be,” said Gonzalez.

“Part of our mission at Cubs Charities is really to elevate the power and the ability to build community, to obviously inspire hope but also to support our young people as we begin our healing process after two years of incredible challenges,” she added.

“Today really represents the ability for the community to come back to celebrate baseball and softball.”

The park, often used by Lindblom Math and Science Academy, is the first of 12 across the city getting a total of $2 million in improvements this year through Cubs Charities’ Diamond Project.

The Diamond Project began in 2014 to increase access to baseball and softball in under-resourced neighborhoods. Over the years, more than $10 million has been committed for 103 projects and to 79 youth baseball and softball programs for operations and equipment.

“It’s truly is an honor to have Chicago Cubs recognize communities like West Englewood and the investments that’s needed so that our children will have a safe haven,” said Ald. Stephanie Coleman (15th).

The new diamonds, she added, are “about the future and about our youth and investing in them and having resources so that they can be children again. Coming out of the pandemic — whatever the new normal is — now they will have a quality baseball field and diamonds where they won’t have to get scratched or scarred playing baseball, a sport that brings about camaraderie amongst each other.”

The project selects locations based on five criteria: the feasibility of the proposed project; readiness of the project; the impact the project would have on the community; future field maintenance and safety; and the capacity of the organization and partners to be able to carry out the project.

“We want to make sure that if we’re going to come in and make an investment, that somebody also is there [and] the support from the Park District is there to be able to maintain that investment,” Gonzalez said.

This year’s other sites are:

BUILD, Inc. (BUILD Campus Transformation, 5100 W. Harrison St.)Dunham Boys Baseball Organization (Dunham Park, 4638 N. Melvina Ave.)East Side Little League (East Side Little League Field, 11037 S. Avenue H)Gage Park Baseball & Softball Association (Gage Park, 2411 W. 55th St.)Gompers Park Athletic Association (Gompers Park, 4222 W. Foster Ave.)Hyde Park-Kenwood Legends Baseball League (Kenwood Community Park, 1330 E. 50th St.) Little Cubs Field (1330 Luis Munoz Marin Dr.)New Life Centers of Chicagoland (La Villita Park, 2800 S. Sacramento Ave.)Noble Schools (Hermosa Park, 2240 N. Kilbourn Ave.)Omega Delta Youth Baseball & Softball League (Hoyne Park, 3417 S. Hamilton Ave.) Wrightwood Little League Baseball (Hayes Park, 2936 W. 85th St.)

Cheyanne M. Daniels is a staff reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times via Report for America, a not-for-profit journalism program that aims to bolster the paper’s coverage of communities on the South and West sides.

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