The NBA All-Star game offers something exciting for fans to enjoy each February, away from the thrill of their own team.

 For NBA teams, it presents a chance for some national recognition of their players, with the biggest basketball names coming together in a spectacle everyone can enjoy. In the All-Star game, there are no real losers, and basketball is the winner.

 The Bulls have a tradition when it comes to the All-Star game, not least because of Michael Jordan. He appeared in every game between 1985 and 1993, returning for three years between 1996 and 1998. He is perhaps the most famous of all the Bulls All-Star players, having a persona the world over. After he returned from his second retirement, he even played twice more, although this time with the Washington Wizards. A CBS article on his return reports he was 39 when he appeared in his final All-Star game.

 In recent years, the Bulls have provided a handful of All-Stars. Whether they will for the game this February is up for discussion; a Bwin Sports piece on the All-Star game reveals they’ve provided 11 players over the last ten years, the eighth highest from across the divisions. Will that be 12? Possibly, Zach LaVine played last year, and who knows if this time out, we’ll see a Bulls player on the court.

 LaVine is where we begin our roundup of the other Bulls All-Stars from the last few years.

Zach LaVine

The Minnesota Timberwolves selected LaVine with the 13th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, focusing on his long-term potential rather than immediate impact. His time with the UCLA Bruins had marked him out as one for the future, and he certainly delivered. He was traded to the Bulls in exchange for Jimmy Butler and the rights to Justin Patton in 2017. By 2020/21, he was on fire, averaging career highs in scoring and shooting efficiency, which led to him being picked as a reserve for the All-Star game. He played just over 28 minutes, scoring 13 points, and could well be in contention this season.

Jimmy Butler

Butler was drafted with the 30th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Bulls and achieved three All-Star picks with them in 2015, 2016 and 2017. His record with the Bulls was impressive; he was named the 2014–15 NBA Most Improved Player and picked as a reserve for the Eastern Conference in the All-Star Game. He was picked for the 2016 game, dropped out because of injury, and was finally named a starter in 2017. He’s since appeared twice more in the exhibition event, once as a Timberwolves player and once whilst representing his current team, Miami Heat.

Pau Gasol

Spanish player Gasol benefited from Butler’s 2016 injury; he was called up to the All-Star team to replace his teammate. He was no stranger to the game, having represented the Grizzlies in 2006 and the Lakers on three occasions between 2009 and 2011. His spell with the Bulls brought two more All-Star outings, but not the coveted NBA Championship, which he won twice with the Lakers. Gasol is now back in his homeland, representing FC Barcelona on the court, where his career started in 1998.

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It will be a while before we see any transactions in Major League Baseball with the lockout but when that’s over, a flurry of moves could happen as free agency resumes. And one of those teams making a big splash could be the Chicago Cubs.

With the signing Marcus Stroman before the lockout, the Cubs addressed a need for their rotation. And now one MLB insider believes they should target the best bat on the market when things resume — Carlos Correa.

In his latest piece for The Athletic, Patrick Mooney writes on the Cubs situation and why they maybe could talk themselves into signing the talented shortstop to a mega deal:

Maybe Cubs officials will stare at the whiteboard long enough and talk themselves into signing Carlos Correa after Major League Baseball’s lockout. President of baseball operations Jed Hoyer already pivoted, reacting to the fast pace of the free-agent market before Wednesday night’s deadline and closing a three-year, $71 million deal with Marcus Stroman before the collective bargaining agreement expired. Stroman even sent a recruiting message to the All-Star shortstop over Twitter: “Need you in Chicago my dawg!”

After three consecutive offseasons that felt like a transactions freeze, Cubs fans appreciated the reminder that their team is still rooted in a big city, an iconic stadium and an entertainment business. Stroman alone won’t transform the Cubs into a playoff contender, but his contract also won’t prevent Hoyer’s front office from continuing to make substantial improvements to a 91-loss team whenever MLB reopens for business.

With Correa, there are few doubts about the fit, the talent or the personality. Correa wowed Cubs officials during a pre-draft workout at Wrigley Field in 2012, leaving them with the impression that he would fall to them at No. 6 if the Astros didn’t select him with the first pick. Correa checks the boxes as a 27-year-old Gold Glove shortstop with a polished offensive approach and World Series experience (which comes with the asterisk of Houston’s sign-stealing scandal in 2017).

After moving on from Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant and Javier Baez last season, the Cubs signaled a rebuild. But adding Stroman and Correa this year speeds the process up and gets interest back.

Now, will they do it? Just wait and see.

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With the year winding down, the focus for sneakerheads shifts to 2022 and the releases that are on tap. We still have the Air Jordan XI “Cool Grey” coming next week but news revealed this week has us excited for a release in 2022.

The only problem? It’s a long wait.

The Air Jordan III “Fire Red” will return in Fall of 2022 in it’s sleek white, red and black colorway, featuring Nike Air on the back. There’s limited information on the release as of right now but we can expect it to look very similar to the OG version.

Photos via @Mr_Unloved1s / @zsneakerheadz

The Air Jordan III first released in 1988 in four iconic colorways. In addition to the Fire Red, the shoe was dropped in a White Cement, Black Cement and True Blue colorways. It became an instant hit and has seen re-releases in new and classic colorways over the years.

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When it comes to basketball, that first half time is a pretty short one, twenty minutes to be precise. Although many might think that twenty minutes is such a small amount of time that you could just wait it out, we live in an age where we’ve been almost programmed to need to keep ourselves entertained. YouTube videos are shorter than television shows and TikTok clips are shorter still, we’ve got to keep our brains busy second to second. The good news is that there are plenty of games that cater to our laughably short attention spans. 

 Wolf Gold

 So if you want lots of options you can enjoy in the half time, we’ve got them. From arcade games such as chess, basketball games such as NBA 2K or you can even find Slots to Play for Real Money that will fit into those precious two minutes. However, the Wolf Gold slot might be popular among Bulls fans thanks to the majestic bison (cousin of the bull) that makes an appearance on the reels. The feel of this game is generally pretty all-American, so even if you don’t win, you’ll be feeling plenty patriotic enough for the second quarter. If you’ve never played slot games before then they’re generally really simple to pick up, but if you’re unsure then you can find tutorials online easily for this one, or spend a few cents working it out for yourself.

 NBA 2K Mobile

 Although NBA 2K is an in-depth basketball game, so in-depth that it’s become a bonafide Esport, the mobile version is a lot more stripped back. For this game, you’ll want to have the basics all worked out before halftime, as for a lot of us, it can take half an hour or more to put a strong team together. However, once you’ve got your team set up and you know how the controls work, you can pick up and put down this game super easily. You’ll not be winning the league in two minutes, but you could get a whole game played at speed, or you could use the time to complete the daily task. Don’t forget, there’s another break coming up after this one, so you don’t have to finish what you started in the allotted two minutes!

 Chess

It can be easy to get so into the zone when you’re watching basketball that you forget how to think like a human. If you feel like switching your brain into thinking mode then a quick set of chess puzzles can be the perfect way to do it. There are tons of mobile chess apps to choose from, but look for one with a puzzle mode. These puzzles will put you right into the middle of a chess game and ask you to win it in a set number of moves. Not only does this save you loads of time, which as we’ve established is a priority, but it also gets you right into the good bit. Opening moves are for losers anyway, probably?

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Chicago, along with New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, etc. is one of those American cities which has been built up to a mythical status. With films, television shows, paintings, and poetry created, not just in the city, but about it, the Windy City has always been at the forefront of a lot of people’s minds when they think about the United States of America.

Apart from the art, the weather, and the pizza, Chicago is also known nationwide, for its widely successful sports teams, in different sports. Whether it be Basketball, Baseball, or Football, Chicago has produced some of the best teams on the national scene.

American Football: The Chicago Bears

American Football is without a doubt the most important American sport. At the very least, it is the most popular. In the States, American Football has hundreds of millions of fans, placing it in the top 10 most popular sports worldwide. The sport also has a very big betting culture, both online and offline. The demand for online betting has increased which has led to the creation of new betting sites at Helpbet. 

As for Chicago’s Football team, the Bears is one of the most popular football teams of all time, having won nine National Football League Championships, a Super Bowl. The team also holds the record for the most enshrinees in NFL’s Pro-Football Hall of Fame. The Bears have recorded the most victories in the NFL Franchise, making them one of, if not the best American Football team of all time.

Baseball: White Sox and Cubs

In the sphere of baseball, Chicago has produced not just one, but two of the biggest teams in the sport. The White Sox and the Cubs have had a long-standing rivalry, competing for the title of “Chicago’s Best”. The Cubs were founded in the 1870s, and their career has now spanned across three centuries. They have had a storied career, setting and breaking records. Winning and losing to their rivals, the White Sox, and consistently competing for the title of Chicago’s Best. 

The White Sox team was founded in 1900, under the name White Stockings. Later shortened to the much more iconic White Sox, the team today is one of the most popular, and accomplished teams on the American Baseball scene. The White Sox have an overall record of 9.411-9.309 (.503). 

The Cubs and White Sox hold the record for longest and second-longest MLB Championship drought respectively, with the Cubs’ drought lasting 107 years, and the Sox’ lasting 87. 

Basketball: The Chicago Bulls

The Chicago Bulls is one of the biggest NBA teams, and the team which led to the NBA being popularized worldwide. In the 1990s, the Chicago Bulls had their biggest success, sporting some of the greatest players in the game, like Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan. During the ’95-’96 season, the Bulls won seventy-two games, an NBA record which stood for 20 years, until the Golden State Warriors broke it in the 2015-16 season.

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Flanked by family members, supporters, attorneys and bodyguards, former “Empire” star Jussie Smollett walks into the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Monday. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Smollett’s testimony would seem essential to proving the defense theory of the case as the actor stands trial on a second indictment brought by a special grand jury following a year-long investigation of the attack and State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office.

Jussie Smollett took the witness stand Monday, spending some six hours fielding questions from his attorney and parrying questions from Special Prosecutor Dan Webb about the hoax hate crime attack the former “Empire” star allegedly plotted as a publicity stunt.

Smollett was poised and at times indignant as Webb tried to cast the star’s refusal to hand over his cellphone and medical records to police after the attack as proof Smollett was afraid they’d uncover that he’d coordinated the attack with a pair of accomplices who would become star witnesses for the prosecution.

Smollett spent around four hours answering questions from his lead attorney before the start of cross-examination by Webb, who led off asking the actor whether he wanted police to conduct a thorough investigation of the crime, despite refusing to turn over medical and phone records.

“I wanted the police to solve a crime that had been committed against me,” Smollett said.

Questioned by his attorney, Nene Uche, Smollett said he saw light, pale skin around the eyes of his attacker, who was masked, and assumed the person was white because the person used a racial slur and mentioned “MAGA country.”

Smollett said he never told police the men wore red hats, and an apparently leaked comment from Chicago Police that he had convinced him that police didn’t believe him.

The actor said “not one iota of information has changed” regarding his explanation of the attack, which also involved a second individual, and he said it cost him his livelihood.

Smollett’s testimony is key to defusing key bits of circumstantial evidence that prosecutors have used to buttress a case that leans largely on testimony from brothers Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, who testified last week that Smollett masterminded the attack because he was disappointed with the “Empire” studio’s response to a hate mail letter sent to the actor in 2019.

Smollett said he was far from unhappy with his career in the winter of 2019. His star was on the rise, his salary had nearly tripled and his music career was taking off by the fourth season of the show. Smollett said “Empire” creator Lee Daniels described the actor’s role as groundbreaking.

“You have to be for gay Black men what Phylicia Rashad was for Black women on ‘The Cosby Show,'” Smollett told jurors.

But that year, Smollett also became friends with Abimbola Osundairo, an extra on “Empire,” and received a threatening letter. Prosecutors allege Smollett hired Osundairo and his brother to fake a hate crime attack as a publicity stunt.

But Monday, former “Empire” show-runner Brett Mahoney testified that after receiving the letter, Smollett declined added security on the set and at home, and the actor also did not want the media to know about the hate mail.

“It was Jussie’s choice, that he didn’t want that letter publicized,” Mahoney said.

Smollett’s time on the stand marked his first extensive public remarks on the case against him since the former “Empire” actor read a statement as he left the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in March 2019. That followed a hearing at which the Cook County state’s attorney dropped all charges just weeks after he was indicted.

Some three years ago, Smollett proclaimed his innocence to a throng of reporters, saying, “I have been truthful and consistent on every single level since day one. … I would not be my mother’s son if I was capable of one drop of what I’d been accused of.”

Smollett’s testimony would seem essential to proving the defense theory of the case as the actor stands trial on a second indictment brought by a special grand jury after a yearlong investigation of the attack and State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office.

Smollett’s lawyers have cast the actor as an unwitting victim, betrayed by his onetime friend-turned-star prosecution witness Abimbola Osundairo and Osundairo’s older brother, Olabinjo.

The brothers testified that Smollett hired them to beat him up in view of a surveillance camera, even scripting homophobic and racist slurs he wanted them to yell, with the intention of putting the video on social media as a publicity stunt.

It was on Smollett to flesh out the defense’s explanations for several pieces of circumstantial evidence as well. Smollett testified that they often smoked marijuana and drove around Chicago, composing songs, a likely explanation for why GPS data and surveillance footage showed Smollett circling his neighborhood near the attack scene days before it took place.

After a “rehearsal” a few days before the attack, Smollett gave Abimbola Osundairo, who had worked as his personal trainer, a $3,500 check, which the brothers said was payment for participating in the hoax. Smollett said the payment was for a workout and diet plan so he could drop 30 pounds before going shirtless in a music video and to get back in the good graces of show creator Daniels.

“Lee Daniels told me I was fat, and I had to leave 30 pounds before I came back on set,” Smollett said.

Smollett is also expected to testify that Abimbola Osundairo requested a seven-figure payoff — either $1 million or $2 million, according to Smollett’s lawyers — to publicly admit Smollett was not involved in the hoax or to refuse to testify against the actor.

Smollett’s lawyers have also said that Abimbola Osundairo suggested Smollett hire him as a bodyguard after the actor received a threatening letter after learning the “Empire” studio wanted him to take on security.

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Former federal prosecutor Dan Webb, who was appointed special prosecutor in the Jussie Smollett case, walks into the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on Monday.

Smollett has told his story before, if not under oath. Not long before he was indicted, the actor gave a lengthy interview to ABC reporter Robin Roberts that aired on “Good Morning America.” Smollett recalled struggling with two men as he walked home from a 24-hour sandwich shop.

At times tearful and often indignant, Smollett then said he was “pissed off” by the large contingent who doubted his story in the weeks since he’d come forward — a group his lawyers have implied included Chicago police investigators working to find his attackers.

Smollett will have to explain a text he sent to Abimbola Osundairo shortly after learning from police that the brothers had been identified as his attackers, expressing support to a friend who had apparently beaten him up, put a noose over his head and doused him with bleach.

“I know 1000%. You and your brother did nothing wrong… I am making this statement so everyone else knows … Please hit me when they let you go. I am behind you fully,” the text said.

Under questioning from Smollett’s lawyers, who have tried to cast the Osundairos as homophobes who were using their connection to the openly gay star to advance their acting careers, Abimbola Osundairo admitted going to a gay bathhouse on several occasions, though he claimed he didn’t know the establishment catered to gay men.

Testimony has spanned five days so far, an exceptionally long trial for a defendant facing only low-level felonies. If he is found guilty, the actor would be eligible for a sentence of probation or one to three years behind bars.

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The full schedule for this week.

Monday, December 6, 2021

CATHOLIC – CROSSOVER

St. Rita at Providence, 7:00

CHICAGO PREP

Cristo Rey at Northtown, 7:00

Rochelle Zell at Holy Trinity, 6:30

LAKE SHORE ATHLETIC

Wolcott at British School, 5:00

METRO PREP

Chesterton Holy Family at Islamic Foundation, 6:30

CPSA at Universal, 5:30

Hinsdale Adventist at Horizon-McKinley, 7:00

NORTHEASTERN ATHLETIC

South Beloit at Mooseheart, 7:30

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER

Homewood-Flossmoor at Stagg, 6:30

NON CONFERENCE

Andrew at Tinley Park, 6:30

Beacon at Ida Crown, 7:45

Bowen at Tilden, 5:00

Bowman (IN) at Longwood, 5:00

Brooks at Harlan, 5:00

Catalyst-Maria at EPIC, 5:00

Christ the King at Wheaton Academy, 7:00

Christian Heritage at Elgin Academy, 7:00

Christian Life (WI) at Westlake Christian, 7:30

Dixon at Rochelle, 7:00

DRW at Austin, 5:30

Englewood STEM at Uplift, 5:00

Foreman at Rowe-Clark, 5:00

Grayslake North at New Trier, 6:30

Henry-Senachwine at LaMoille, 7:00

Hope Academy at Lindblom, 6:30

Illinois Lutheran at Morgan Park Academy, 6:00

Intrinsic at Chicago Academy, 5:00

Intrinsic at Intrinsic-Downtown, 6:30

Juarez at Kelly, 5:00

Julian at Crane, 5:00

Lake View at Loyola, 5:30

Lane at Steinmetz, 5:00

Lowpoint-Washburn at Calvary (Normal), 6:00

North Grand at Collins, 5:00

Ogden at DeKalb, 7:00

Perspectives-Lead at King, 5:00

Perspectives-MSA at Vocational, 5:00

Raby at Bulls, 7:00

Roanoke-Benson at Cornerstone Christian, 7:30

Southland at Lincoln-Way Central, 6:15

St. Anne at Shepard, 7:00

Woodland at Gardner-So. Wilmington, 6:45

HALL

Bureau County vs. Putnam County, 5:30

Marquette vs. Pontiac, 7:00

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

CATHOLIC – CROSSOVER

Brother Rice at Montini, 7:00

DePaul at Marmion, 7:00

Fenwick at St. Ignatius, 7:00

Leo at St. Francis de Sales, 7:00

Loyola at Providence-St. Mel, 7:00

Mount Carmel at De La Salle, 7:00

ILLINOIS CENTRAL EIGHT

Lisle at Herscher, 7:00

Peotone at Streator, 7:00

Reed-Custer at Manteno, 7:00

Wilmington at Coal City, 6:45

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

Elgin Academy at Francis Parker, 6:00

Latin at Morgan Park Academy, 4:30

Northridge at Lake Forest Acad-Blk, 6:00

University High at North Shore, 6:00

INTERSTATE EIGHT

Kaneland at Ottawa, 7:00

Morris at Sandwich, 6:45

Plano at Rochelle, 7:00

LAKE SHORE ATHLETIC

Beacon at Lycee Francais, 6:30

LITTLE TEN

DePue at Hinckley-Big Rock, 7:00

Earlville at Hiawatha, 6:30

IMSA at Somonauk, 7:00

Serena at Indian Creek, 6:45

NOBLE LEAGUE – BLUE

Golder at Noble Street, 7:00

NOBLE LEAGUE – GOLD

Bulls at Rowe-Clark, 5:30

ITW-Speer at Johnson, 5:30

NORTH SUBURBAN

Lake Zurich at Libertyville, 7:00

Mundelein at Waukegan, 7:00

Stevenson at Lake Forest, 7:00

Warren at Zion-Benton, 7:00

NORTHEASTERN ATHLETIC

Harvest Christian at Westminster Christian, 7:00

RIVER VALLEY

Clifton Central at Beecher, 7:00

Donovan at Grant Park, 7:00

Grace Christian at Gardner-So. Wilmington, PPD

Illinois Lutheran at Momence, 7:00

St. Anne at Tri-Point, 7:00

SOUTH SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER

Argo at Oak Forest, 6:30

Eisenhower at Thornton Fr. South, 6:00

Evergreen Park at Thornton Fr. North, 6:30

Hillcrest at Reavis, 6:00

Oak Lawn at Tinley Park, 6:30

Richards at Bremen, 6:00

Shepard at Lemont, 7:00

SOUTHLAND

Thornridge at Crete-Monee, 5:00

SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE – EAST

Joliet West at Plainfield East, 6:30

Plainfield Central at Plainfield South, 6:30

Romeoville at Joliet Central, 6:30

SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE – WEST

Minooka at Plainfield North, 6:30

Oswego at West Aurora, 6:30

Oswego East at Yorkville, 6:30

UPSTATE EIGHT

Bartlett at Larkin, 7:00

Elgin at Glenbard East, 5:30

Fenton at East Aurora, 6:30

Glenbard South at West Chicago, 7:00

South Elgin at Streamwood, 7:30

NON CONFERENCE

Aspira-Bus&Fin at ACERO-Soto, 5:30

Aurora Central at Aurora Christian, 7:30

Bolingbrook at Waubonsie Valley, 7:00

Byron at Pecatonica, 7:15

Carmel at Lakes, 7:00

Chicago Christian at McNamara, 7:30

Cornerstone (Bloomington) at Roanoke-Benson, 7

Deerfield at Antioch, 7:00

Dyett at Thornwood, 6:30

Elk Grove at Fremd, 7:00

EPIC at Hubbard, 5:00

Excel-Englewood at Hansberry, 5:30

Genoa-Kingston at Woodstock North, 7:00

Grayslake Central at Vernon Hills, 7:00

Hancock at Goode, 5:00

Harlan at Dunbar, 5:00

Hersey at Barrington, 7:00

IC Catholic at Elmwood Park, 7:00

King at Urban Prep-West, 5:00

Leyden at Kennedy, 6:30

Maine East at Niles West, 6:30

Mansueto at Kelly, 5:00

Midland at Peoria Heights, 7:00

Muchin at Roosevelt, 5:00

Nazareth at Maine South, 7:00

Oak Park-River Forest at Niles North, 7:00

Princeville at Lowpoint-Washburn, 7:30

Prospect at Hoffman Estates, 7:00

Proviso West at Morgan Park, 7:00

Riverside-Brookfield at Ridgewood, 7:00

Rockford Christian at Marengo, 7:00

Rockford Lutheran at Neuqua Valley, 7:00

Rolling Meadows at Conant, 7:00

Round Lake at Richmond-Burton, 7:00

St. Charles East at Glenbard West, 7:00

St. Francis St. Edward, 7:00

St. Laurence at Marist, 7:00

Sycamore at Woodstock, 7:00

Timothy Christian at Westmont, 7:30

Urban Prep-Englewood at South Shore, 5:00

West Carroll at Oregon, 7:00

Westlake Christian at Johnsburg, 7:00

Wheeling at Palatine, 7:00

Willowbrook at Naperville Central, 7:00

Winnebago at East Dubuque, 7:00

York at Downers Grove South, 7:00

HALL

Mendota vs. LaSalle-Peru, 5:00

St. Bede vs. Princeton, 6:30

Hall vs. Marquette, 8:00

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

CHICAGO PREP

Ida Crown at Hope Academy, 7:30

Rochelle Zell at Walther Christian, 7:00

DU KANE

Batavia at Lake Park, 7:15

Geneva at Wheaton-Warr. South, 7:15

St. Charles East at Glenbard North, 7:15

St. Charles North at Wheaton North, 7:15

FOX VALLEY

Crystal Lake Central at Burlington Central, 7:00

Dundee-Crown at Hampshire, 7:00

Huntley at Cary-Grove, 7:00

Jacobs at McHenry, 7:00

Prairie Ridge at Crystal Lake South, 7:00

LAKE SHORE ATHLETIC

Lycee Francais at Wolcott, 6:00

METRO PREP

Chesterton Holy Family at CPSA, 6:30

Horizon-McKinley at Universal, 5:30

NIC – 10

Boylan at Jefferson, 7:00

Freeport at Belvidere, 7:00

Guilford at Auburn, 7:00

Harlem at Hononegah, 7:00

Rockford East at Belvidere North, 7:00

NOBLE LEAGUE – BLUE

Hansberry at Noble Academy, 7:00

Mansueto at Muchin, 7:00

Rauner at Baker, 7:00

UIC at Pritzker, 7:00

NOBLE LEAGUE – GOLD

Butler at Comer, 7:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE RED-WEST / NORTH

Clark at Westinghouse. 5:00

Farragut at Orr, 5:00

Lane at North Lawndale, 5:00

Marshall at Young, 7:00

Schurz at Lincoln Park, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-NORTH

Foreman vs. Sullivan

Senn at Northside, 5:00

Taft at Lake View, 5:00

Uplift at Mather, 5:00

Von Steuben at Prosser, 6:15

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-WEST

Crane at Collins, 5:00

Legal Prep at Jones, 5:00

Raby at Payton, 6:30

Wells at Clemente, 6:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-NORTH

Disney at Chicago Math & Science, 5:00

Marine at Amundsen, 5:00

Steinmetz at Chicago Academy, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-WEST

Manley at Spry, 5:00

Phoenix at Chicago Collegiate, 5:00

NON CONFERENCE

Christian Heritage at Cristo Rey-St. Martin, 7:00

Crete-Monee at Illiana Christian (IN), 6:30

Grant at Libertyville, 7:00

Harvard at North Boone, 7:00

Joliet Catholic at Joliet Central, 6:30

Marian Catholic at Bolingbrook, 6:30

Mooseheart at Somonauk, 7:00

Rantoul at Kankakee, 6:30

Urban Prep-West at Rowe-Clark, 5:00

Waldorf at Fasman Yeshiva, 6:00

Woodstock North at Harvest Christian, 7:30

HALL

Stillman Valley vs. St. Bede, 5:00

Bureau Valley vs. Rock Falls, 6:30

Fieldcrest vs. Mendota, 8:00

Thursday, December 9, 2021

CENTRAL SUBURBAN – SOUTH

Glenbrook South at New Trier, 6:30

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

Morgan Park Academy at Elgin Academy, 6:00

LAKE SHORE ATHLETIC

Waldorf at Wolcott, 6:00

METRO PREP

CPSA at Hinsdale Adventist, 6:30

NOBLE LEAGUE – GOLD

ITW-Speer at Comer, 7:00

Johnson at Bulls, 7:00

Rowe-Clark at DRW, 7:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE RED-SOUTH / CENTRAL

Brooks at Curie, 5:00

Corliss at Kenwood, 5:00

Longwood at Hyde Park, 5:00

Morgan Park at Bogan, 5:00

Phillips at Simeon, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-CENTRAL

Catalyst-Maria at Dunbar, 5:00

Hubbard at Tilden, 5:00

Kennedy at Richards (Chgo), 6:00

King at Urban Prep-Englewood, 5:00

Solorio at Lindblom, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-SOUTH

ACE Amandla at Fenger, 6:00

Harlan at Dyett, 5:00

Perspectives-Lead at Agricultural Science, 5:00

South Shore at Carver, 5:00

Vocational at Urban Prep-Bronzeville, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-WEST

Austin at Perspectives-MSA, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-CENTRAL

Back of the Yards at ACERO-Soto, 5:00

DuSable at Hancock, 5:00

Englewood STEM at ACERO-Garcia, 5:00

Gage Park at Instituto Health, 5:00

Horizon-Southwest at Harper, 5:00

Kelly at Excel-Englewood, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-SOUTH

Air Force at Hirsch, 5:00

Bowen at UC-Woodlawn, 5:00

Goode at Chicago Military, 5:00

Julian at EPIC, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-WEST

Little Village at Juarez, 6:30

SOUTH SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER

Tinley Park at Evergreen Park, 7:30

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER

Bradley-Bourbonnais at Lincoln-Way East, 6:30

NON CONFERENCE

Beacon Academy at Harvest Christian, 7:30

Beacon at Rochelle Zell, 6:30

Christian Heritage at Harvest Christian, 7:30

Islamic Foundation at IC Catholic, 6:30

Marian Central at Johnsburg, 7:00

Rock County Christian at Christian Life, 7:30

Roycemore at Lycee Francais, 6:00

Schaumburg Christian at Neuqua Valley, 7:00

Zion-Benton at North Chicago, 7:00

HALL

Ninth Place Semi-Final, 5:00

Ninth Place Semi-Final, 6:30

Fifth Place Semi-Final, 8:00

LAKES

Lakes at Waukegan, 7:00

Friday, December 10, 2021

BIG NORTHERN

Dixon at Rockford Lutheran, 7:00

Oregon at Genoa-Kingston, 7:15

Winnebago at Byron, 7:00

CATHOLIC – CROSSOVER

De La Salle at Fenwick, 7:00

Marmion at St. Rita, 7:15

Montini at DePaul, 7:00

Providence at Leo, 7:00

Providence-St. Mel at Mount Carmel, 7:00

St. Francis de Sales at Brother Rice, 7:00

St. Ignatius at St. Laurence, 7:00

CENTRAL SUBURBAN – NORTH

Maine West at Maine East, 7:00

Niles North at Deerfield, 7:00

Vernon Hills at Highland Park, 7:00

CENTRAL SUBURBAN – SOUTH

Glenbrook North at Evanston, 7:00

Maine South at Niles West, 7:00

CHICAGO PREP

Holy Trinity at Ellison, 7:30

DU PAGE VALLEY

Metea Valley at Waubonsie Valley, 7:00

Naperville Central at Neuqua Valley, 7:00

Naperville North at DeKalb, 7:00

EAST SUBURBAN CATHOLIC

Benet at St. Viator, 7:00

Marian Catholic at Carmel, 7:00

Marian Central at Marist, 7:00

Notre Dame at Joliet Catholic, 7:00

St. Patrick at Nazareth, 7:00

FOX VALLEY

Burlington Central at Prairie Ridge, 7:30

Crystal Lake South at Jacobs, 7:30

Dundee-Crown at Crystal Lake Central, 7:30

Hampshire at Huntley, 7:30

McHenry at Cary-Grove, 7:30

ILLINOIS CENTRAL EIGHT

Manteno at Coal City, 6:45

Peotone at Herscher, 7:00

Reed-Custer at Lisle, 6:45

Streator at Wilmington, 7:00

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

Latin vs. Francis Parker, at De Paul University, 7:30

North Shore at Northridge, 6:00

INTERSTATE EIGHT

Kaneland at Sandwich, 7:00

Plano at Ottawa, 7:00

Sycamore at Rochelle, 7:00

LAKE SHORE ATHLETIC

ACERO-Cruz at Wolcott, 6:00

LITTLE TEN

Hiawatha at IMSA, 7:00

Indian Creek at Earlville, 7:00

LaMoille at DePue, 7:00

Newark at Serena, 7:00

Somonauk at Leland, 7:00

METRO PREP

Horizon-McKinley at Chesterton Holy Family, 7:00

METRO SUBURBAN – BLUE

Riverside-Brookfield at Chicago Christian, 7:30

St. Francis at Aurora Christian, 7:30

METRO SUBURBAN – RED

Aurora Central at Westmont, 7:30

MID-SUBURBAN – EAST

Buffalo Grove at Rolling Meadows, 7:30

Prospect at Elk Grove, 7:30

Wheeling at Hersey, 7:30

MID-SUBURBAN – WEST

Barrington at Schaumburg, 7:30

Fremd at Hoffman Estates, 7:30

Palatine at Conant, 7:30

NIC – 10

Belvidere at Rockford East, 7:00

Belvidere North at Boylan, 7:15

Freeport at Auburn, 7:30

Hononegah at Guilford, 7:00

Jefferson at Harlem, 7:30

NORTHEASTERN ATHLETIC

Mooseheart at Christian Life, 7:30

South Beloit at Alden-Hebron, 7:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE RED-WEST / NORTH

Lane at Schurz, 5:00

North Lawndale at Marshall, 5:00

Orr at Clark, 5:00

Westinghouse at Lincoln Park, 5:00

Young at Farragut, 7:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-NORTH

Lake View at Foreman, 5:00

Mather at Senn, 5:00

Northside at Taft, 7:00

Prosser vs. Uplift

Von Steuben at Sullivan, 6:15

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-WEST

Austin at Crane, 5:00

Clemente at Payton, 6:30

Jones at Perspectives-MSA, 5:00

Legal Prep at Raby, 5:00

Wells at Collins, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-NORTH

Alcott at Disney, 5:00

Chicago Academy at ASPIRA-Bus&Fin , 5:00

Chicago Math & Science at Roosevelt, 5:00

North Grand at Amundsen, 5:00

Rickover at Steinmetz, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-WEST

Juarez at Spry, 5:00

Ogden at Phoenix, 5:00

Little Village at Kelvyn Park, 5:00

RIVER VALLEY

Beecher at Grant Park, 7:00

Clifton Central at St. Anne, 7:00

Gardner-So. Wilmington at Donovan, 7:00

Momence at Grace Christian, PPD

Tri-Point at Illinois Lutheran, 7:00

SOUTH SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER

Argo at Hillcrest, 6:30

Lemont at Oak Lawn, 7:00

Oak Forest at Shepard, 6:30

Reavis at Bremen, 6:00

Richards at Thornton Fr. South, 7:00

Thornton Fr. North at Eisenhower, 6:30

SOUTHLAND

Bloom at Thornton, 6:00

Rich at Crete-Monee, 5:00

Thornwood at Thornridge, 6:30

SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE – EAST

Plainfield East at Plainfield South, 6:30

Romeoville at Plainfield Central, 6:30

SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE – WEST

Oswego East at Oswego, 6:30

Plainfield North at West Aurora, 6:30

Yorkville at Minooka, 6:30

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER

Andrew at Lockport, 6:00

Lincoln-Way Central at Bolingbrook, 7:00

Lincoln-Way West at Homewood-Flossmoor, 6:30

Stagg at Sandburg, 6:00

TRI-COUNTY

Henry-Senachwine at Roanoke-Benson, 7:00

Lowpoint-Washburn at Marquette, 7:30

Seneca at Woodland, 7:00

UPSTATE EIGHT

Elgin at Streamwood, 7:00

Fenton at Glenbard South, 7:00

Glenbard East at Bartlett, 7:00

South Elgin at East Aurora, 7:00

West Chicago at Larkin, 7:00

WEST SUBURBAN – SILVER

Lyons at Hinsdale Central, 7:30

NON CONFERENCE

Amboy at Hinckley-Big Rock, 7:00

Bowen at Proviso West, 5:00

Butler at Christ the King, 7:00

Downers Grove South at Ridgewood, 6:30

Elgin Academy at St. Edward, 7:00

Elmwood Park at Walther Christian, 6:30

Glenbard West at Yorkville Christian, 7:00

Golder at Intrinsic, 5:00

Hansberry at Comer, 7:00

Home Run Kids at Cristo Rey-St. Martin, 5:30

Marengo at Timothy Christian, 7:30

Noble Street at Intrinsic-Downtown, 6:30

UIC at Kennedy, 6:30

Westlake Christian at Schaumburg Christian, 7:30

Willowbrook at Lake Park, 7:15

BARTLETT (TN)

Kenwood vs. Richardson (TX), 6:30

HALL

Fifth Place Semi-Final, 5:00

Semi-Final, 6:30

Semi-Final, 8:00

MEMPHIS

Orr vs. TBA

MISSOURI, UNVERSITY OF

Kankakee vs. South Iron (MO), 12:00a

Saturday, December 11, 2021

CHICAGO PREP

Ellison at Cristo Rey, 12:30

DU KANE

Geneva at St. Charles North, 7:15

Lake Park at Wheaton North, 7:15

Wheaton-Warr. South at St. Charles East, 7:15

METRO SUBURBAN – RED

McNamara at St. Edward, 7:00

NORTH SUBURBAN

Mundelein at Stevenson, 5:30

Warren at Lake Zurich, 5:30

Waukegan at Libertyville, 5:30

Zion-Benton at Lake Forest, 5:30

NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY

Antioch at Wauconda, 4:30

Grayslake North at Grayslake Central, 7:00

Lakes at Grant, 2:30

Round Lake at North Chicago, 7:00

SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE – EAST

Joliet Central at Joliet West, 12:00

WEST SUBURBAN – GOLD

Addison Trail at Leyden, 7:30

Downers Grove South at Hinsdale South, 7:30

Willowbrook at Morton, 7:00

WEST SUBURBAN – SILVER

Proviso West at Downers Grove North, 5:00

York at Lyons, 5:00

NON CONFERENCE

Amundsen at Maine South, 12:00

Annawan at Leland, 6:30

Aurora Central at Glenbard South, 3:30

Batavia at Quincy, 7:00

Boylan at Jacobs, 2:30

Chicago Christian at Northridge, 6:00

Clifton Central at La Salette, 3:30

Clinton (WI) at North Boone, 7:00

Cristo Rey-St. Martin at Cristo Rey-Milwaukee (WI

DeKalb at East Moline, 6:30

Evergreen Park at St. Laurence, 2:00

Fasman Yeshiva at Ida Crown, 9:00

Herscher at Beecher, 4:45

Highland Park at Glenbrook North, 5:30

Holy Trinity at Dunbar, 3:00

IC Catholic at Lisle, 5:00

Illinois Lutheran at Calumet Christian (IN), 1:15

Lincoln-Way Central at Bloomington, 3:00

Little Village at Payton, 1:00

Lockport at Mt. Vernon, 7:30

Lowpoint-Washburn at Decatur Christian, 1:00

Midland at ROWVA-Williamsfield, 4:30

Newark at Aurora Christian, 7:30

Phoenix at Rantoul, 1:00

Plainfield North at Normal West, 6:30

Prairie Central at St. Anne, 5:30

Richmond-Burton at McHenry, 3:30

Scales Mound at Indian Creek, 6:45

Streamwood at Barrington, 5:30

Streator at Ottawa, 5:30

West Chicago at Kaneland, 6:00

Westminster Christian at IMSA, 6:00

Wethersfield at Henry-Senachwine, 7:00

Wheaton Academy at Naperville North, 4:00

Wilmington at Morris, 5:30

Woodstock at Belvidere North, 2:30

BARTLETT (TN)

Simeon vs. Milwaukee Acad Science (WI), 2:15

Kenwood vs. Cane Ridge (TN), 3:30

CCL / ESCC

at Loyola

DePaul vs. Nazareth, 12:30

Fenwick vs. St. Patrick, 2:00

St. Ignatius vs. Notre Dame, 3:30

Loyola vs. St. Viator, 5:00

at Marist

Joliet Catholic vs. Providence, 12:30

Carmel vs. St. Rita, 2:00

Benet vs. Montini, 3:30

Marian Catholic vs. Brother Rice, 5:00

Marist vs. Mount Carmel, 6:30

HALL

11th Place, 12:00

9th Place, 1:30

7th Place, 3:00

5th Place, 4:30

3rd Place, 6:00

Championship, 7:30

MOUNT CARMEL

Riverside-Brookfield vs. Romeoville, 11:00

Lane vs. Oak Forest, 12:30

Lincoln-Way East vs. North Lawndale, 2:00

Evanston vs. Bloom, 3:30

Hyde Park vs. Yorkville Christian, 5:00

Glenbard West vs. Hillcrest, 6:30

SOUTH ELGIN

Hampshire vs. Taft, 11:00

Auburn vs. Timothy Christian, 12:30

Buffalo Grove vs. Rockford Lutheran, 2:00

New Trier vs. Hinsdale Central, 4:00

Rolling Meadows vs. Burlington Central, 5:30

Oak Lawn vs. South Elgin, 7:00

Sunday, December 12, 2021

NON CONFERENCE

Intrinsic-Downtown at Fasman Yeshiva, 3:00

MOUNT CARMEL

Mount Carmel vs. Westinghouse, 11:00

Farragut vs. De La Salle, 12:30

Brother Rice vs. Joliet West, 2:00

Orr vs. Tinley Park, 3:30

Curie vs. Leo, 5:00

Notre Dame vs. Clark, 6:30

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Monday, December 6, 2021

CATHOLIC – CROSSOVER

St. Rita at Providence, 7:00

CHICAGO PREP

Cristo Rey at Northtown, 7:00

Rochelle Zell at Holy Trinity, 6:30

LAKE SHORE ATHLETIC

Wolcott at British School, 5:00

METRO PREP

Chesterton Holy Family at Islamic Foundation, 6:30

CPSA at Universal, 5:30

Hinsdale Adventist at Horizon-McKinley, 7:00

NORTHEASTERN ATHLETIC

South Beloit at Mooseheart, 7:30

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER

Homewood-Flossmoor at Stagg, 6:30

NON CONFERENCE

Andrew at Tinley Park, 6:30

Beacon at Ida Crown, 7:45

Bowen at Tilden, 5:00

Bowman (IN) at Longwood, 5:00

Brooks at Harlan, 5:00

Catalyst-Maria at EPIC, 5:00

Christ the King at Wheaton Academy, 7:00

Christian Heritage at Elgin Academy, 7:00

Christian Life (WI) at Westlake Christian, 7:30

Dixon at Rochelle, 7:00

DRW at Austin, 5:30

Englewood STEM at Uplift, 5:00

Foreman at Rowe-Clark, 5:00

Grayslake North at New Trier, 6:30

Henry-Senachwine at LaMoille, 7:00

Hope Academy at Lindblom, 6:30

Illinois Lutheran at Morgan Park Academy, 6:00

Intrinsic at Chicago Academy, 5:00

Intrinsic at Intrinsic-Downtown, 6:30

Juarez at Kelly, 5:00

Julian at Crane, 5:00

Lake View at Loyola, 5:30

Lane at Steinmetz, 5:00

Lowpoint-Washburn at Calvary (Normal), 6:00

North Grand at Collins, 5:00

Ogden at DeKalb, 7:00

Perspectives-Lead at King, 5:00

Perspectives-MSA at Vocational, 5:00

Raby at Bulls, 7:00

Roanoke-Benson at Cornerstone Christian, 7:30

Southland at Lincoln-Way Central, 6:15

St. Anne at Shepard, 7:00

Woodland at Gardner-So. Wilmington, 6:45

HALL

Bureau County vs. Putnam County, 5:30

Marquette vs. Pontiac, 7:00

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Federal prosecutors say this still image from surveillance footage depicts Adam Walton (left) entering an Old Navy at Marshfield Plaza on May 31, 2020. | U.S. District Court records

An emotional Adam Walton, 41, stood before the court on Monday and apologized profusely to his family, the court and to police officers for his actions in May 2020.

A Chicago man was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for allegedly looting a South Side clothing store and illegally possessing a firearm as a felon during historic civil unrest and looting that reverberated throughout city neighborhoods last year.

The sentencing of Adam Walton, 41, is one of the harshest handed down in federal court for those charged in connection to looting or rioting.

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis admonished Walton for making “really stupid decisions” and said it was difficult to find an appropriate sentence for him because of his extensive criminal history, which involves two previous gun and drug convictions.

Walton plead guilty in federal court in September.

Walton was accused of leaving a looted Old Navy in Marshfield Plaza at 117th Street and Marshfield Avenue around 11:45 p.m. on May 31, 2020. Prosecutors alleged he had spent more than two minutes in the store and had collected a “large armful of clothing.”

Police said Walton then ran to a parked Honda CR-V that was in front of the store but was unable to open the driver’s door, at which point he dropped the stolen items and ran through the parking lot, according to court documents.

Police officers looked inside the Honda CR-V and saw “large quantities” of additional stolen goods inside the vehicle, officials said. Walton allegedly returned to the car and told officers that he didn’t care about the stolen objects — he just wanted to retrieve his car and leave.

Walton would later tell an officer there was a gun inside the car, prosecutors said.

In September 2017, Walton was convicted for illegally possessing a firearm and sentenced to eight years in prison but was released on parole in June 2019. He was still on parole when he was caught looting.

An emotional Walton stood before the court on Monday and apologized profusely to his family, the court and to police officers for his actions — often taking deep breaths to compose himself. He said that night he wanted to express his discontent over the killing of George Floyd but realized it somehow morphed into something that had nothing to do with fighting for social justice.

“I got caught up in the madness,” Walton said. “There are no excuses I can come up with.”

Ellis agreed with Walton that the death of George Floyd was “profoundly disturbing” and reflected a broken society and a failed criminal justice system.

“But what’s not OK is to then take that anger and turn it on your own community,” Ellis said.

Ellis said she was also troubled by some of the obstructive actions Walton engaged in while he was awaiting trial. She said he had attempted to convince his ex-girlfriend to tell investigators that the gun found in the Honda CR-V was hers — putting her at risk of going to prison.

The judge went on to say his actions were “fundamentally selfish” and was shocked at his willingness to see his ex “rot in jail.”

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