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The Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane has been taken off of the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. | Paul Sancya/AP

The move means Kane is cleared to play when the Hawks try for their first win of the season tonight against the Ottawa Senators.

Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane was removed from the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol Monday and participated in the team’s morning skate.

But Kane’s availability for morning skate was “unexpected,” coach Jeremy Colliton said, and he’ll need to clear several more tests in order to play Monday night against the Senators. Marc-Andre Fleury will start again for the Hawks in goal.

“Whenever we get [Kane] in, it’ll be a big boost,” Colliton said. “For the guys to see him on the ice means we’re moving in the right direction.”

Assistant coaches Tomas Mitell and Matt Meacham were also removed from the protocol Monday.

Kane entered the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol on Oct. 23 and has missed the last four games as a result after tallying one goal and four assists in the first five games this season.

Forwards Henrik Borgstrom and Jujhar Khaira, defenseman Riley Stillman and assistant coaches Marc Crawford and Jimmy Waite remain in the protocol.

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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday Nov. 1, 2021. The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow gathers leaders from around the world, in Scotland’s biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming. | AP

President Joe Biden also apologized for Donald Trump’s decision to leave the Paris Agreement and the role the U.S. and other wealthy countries played in contributing to climate change.

GLASGOW, Scotland — In a marked change of tone for U.S. leaders, President Joe Biden acknowledged at a U.N. summit Monday that the United States and other developed nations bore much of the responsibility for climate change, and said actions taken this decade to contain global warming will be decisive in preventing future generations from suffering.

“None of us can escape the worst that is yet to come if we fail to seize this moment,” Biden declared.

The president treated the already visible crisis for the planet — flooding, volatile weather, droughts and wildfires — as a unique opportunity to reinvent the global economy. Standing before world leaders gathered in Scotland, he sought to portray the enormous costs of limiting carbon emissions as a chance to create jobs by transitioning to renewable energy and electric automobiles.

Yet he also apologized for former President Donald Trump’s decision to leave the Paris Agreement and the role the U.S. and other wealthy countries played in contributing to climate change.

“Those of us who are responsible for much of the deforestation and all of the problems we have so far,” Biden said, have “overwhelming obligations” to the poorer nations that account for few of the emissions yet are paying a price as the planet has grown hotter.

As for Trump’s action, he said: “I shouldn’t apologize, but I do apologize for the fact the United States, the last administration, pulled out of the Paris Accords and put us sort of behind the eight ball a little bit.”

The magnitude of the moment is crashing head-first into complicated global and domestic politics. Biden administration officials have scolded China for failing to commit more to curbing carbon emissions, while the president is still trying to nail down his own climate investments with Congress.

The summit is often billed as essential to putting into action the landmark 2015 Paris climate accord, which Biden rejoined after becoming president this year. The Trump administration largely withdrew from hands-on diplomacy, such that part of Biden’s efforts at the climate summit and the gathering of the Group of 20 nations in Rome this weekend was to reestablish the U.S. as a partner.

But Biden and his administration face obstacles in prodding the U.S. and other nations to act fast enough on climate, abroad as at home. In the runup to the summit, the administration has tried hard to temper expectations that two weeks of talks involving more than 100 world leaders will produce major breakthroughs on cutting climate-damaging emissions.

Rather than a quick fix, “Glasgow is the beginning of this decade race, if you will,” Biden’s climate envoy, John Kerry, told reporters Sunday.

As the summit opens, the United States is still struggling to get some of the world’s biggest climate polluters — China, Russia and India — to join the U.S. and its allies in stronger pledges to burn far less coal, gas and oil and to move to cleaner energy.

Kerry on Sunday defended the outcome of a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies that ended earlier that day in Rome. The G-20 meeting was supposed to create momentum for more climate progress in Glasgow, and leaders at the Italy summit did agree on a series of measures, including formalizing a pledge to cut off international subsidies for dirty-burning, coal-fired power plants.

Biden also lauded a separate U.S.-European Union steel agreement as a chance to curb imports of “dirty” Chinese steel forged by coal power. It’s another step toward potentially using Western markets as leverage to persuade China, the world’s top climate polluter, to ease up in its enthusiasm for coal power.

But G-20 leaders offered more vague pledges than commitments of firm action, saying they would seek carbon neutrality “by or around mid-century.”

Major polluters including China and Russia have made clear they had no immediate intention of following the U.S. and its European and Asian allies to zero out all fossil fuel pollution by 2050. Scientists say massive, fast cuts in fossil fuel pollution are essential to having any hope of keeping global warming at or below the limits set in the Paris climate accord.

The world currently is on track for a level of warming that would melt much of the planet’s ice, raise global sea levels and greatly increase the likelihood and intensity of extreme weather, experts say.

Biden told reporters Sunday night he personally found the outcome of the Rome summit “disappointing,” countering the positive assessments of his aides. And he put the blame on two rivals of the U.S.

“The disappointment relates to the fact that Russia, and … not only Russia but China basically didn’t show up in terms of any commitments to deal with climate changes,” Biden said.

The Biden administration on Monday released its strategy for turning talk into reality in transforming the U.S. into an entirely clean energy nation by 2050. The long-term plan, filed in compliance with the Paris agreement, lays out a United States increasingly running on wind, solar and other clean energy, Americans zipping around in electric vehicles and on mass transit, state-of-the-art technology and wide open spaces carefully preserved to soak up carbon dioxide from the air.

The Biden administration has succeeded, over 10 months of diplomacy leading up to the Glasgow summit, in helping win significant new climate pledges from allies. That includes persuading many foreign governments to set more ambitious targets for emissions cuts, promoting a global pledge to cut emissions of a potent climate harm, methane, and the promise from leading economies to end funding for coal energy abroad.

European leaders make clear they are happy to see Biden and the U.S. back in the climate effort after his predecessor, Donald Trump, turned his back on the Paris accord and on allies in general. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen smiled at Biden throughout the announcement on Sunday’s steel deal, calling him “dear Joe.”

Neither Russian President Vladimir Putin nor Chinese President Xi Jinping is attending the Glasgow summit, although they are sending senior officials. Their refusals, and India’s, to move substantially faster to cut their reliance on coal and petroleum threaten to frustrate hopes of reaching the target cuts set in the Paris climate accord.

China under Xi has firmed up commitments to cut emissions but at a slower pace than the U.S. has encouraged.

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters traveling with the president that climate change should not viewed as a rivalry between the U.S. and China, as China, the world’s second largest economy, could act on its own.

“Nothing about the nature of the relationship between the U.S. and China, structurally or otherwise, impedes or stands in the way of them doing their part,” Sullivan said.

Biden arrived at the international climate summit with the fate of his own climate package still uncertain in Congress. Objections from holdouts within Biden’s own Democratic Party have compelled him to back away from one bill that would have prodded the United States’ own move away from coal and natural gas and to cleaner energy for generating electricity.

Hundreds of billions of dollars of climate measures remain in Biden’s package before Congress, however.

“The largest investment in the history of the world” on climate, Biden told reporters Sunday. “And it’s gonna pass.”

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Kyle Rittenhouse walks into court for the start of jury selection on the first day of his trial in Kenosha, Wis., Circuit Court, Monday Nov. 1, 2021. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha, last year. | AP

Judge Bruce Schroeder told attorneys he thinks picking the 20-member jury pool from 150 prospective jurors can be accomplished in a day.

KENOSHA, Wis. – The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse opened Monday with the challenging task of seating jurors who haven’t already made up their minds about the young aspiring police officer who shot two people to death and wounded a third during a night of anti-racism protests in Kenosha last year.

Rittenhouse was 17 when he made the short trip from his home in Illinois, just across the Wisconsin state line, during unrest that broke out in August 2020 after a white Kenosha police officer shot Jacob Blake, a Black man.

Rittenhouse, now 18, faces life in prison if convicted of first-degree homicide, one of several charges against him. His lawyers have argued he fired in self-defense.

Judge Bruce Schroeder, who has experience presiding over high-profile trials, told attorneys he thinks picking the jury from 150 prospective jurors can be accomplished in a day.

Jury selection got off to a slow start Monday because of an unexplained technical problem. During the delay, the judge played a mock game of “Jeopardy!” with prospective jurors in the courtroom. This prompted many negative comments on a Facebook livestream of the trial, with many saying it was inappropriate.

Schroeder told the potential jurors he would select 20 of them to hear the case, which is expected to last about two weeks. Ultimately, 12 will deliberate, and the rest will be dismissed as alternates. He said he will almost certainly not sequester the jury.

The judge stressed the responsibility of deciding the case solely on what the jurors hear in the courtroom. He told potential members of the panel that the case “has become very political. It was involved in the politics of the last election year.”

And he said there has been inaccurate information written by people who “don’t know what you’re going to know. Those of you who are selected for this jury, who are going to hear for yourselves the real evidence in this case.”

The case has been polarizing, with Rittenhouse painted by his backers as a patriot exercising self-defense and Second Amendment gun rights. Others see him as a vigilante and police wannabe who never should have been armed in Kenosha in the first place. Rittenhouse is white, as were those he shot, but many are watching his trial as the latest referendum on race and the American legal system.

Rittenhouse fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, with an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle after Rosenbaum chased Rittenhouse across a parking lot and threw a plastic bag at him shortly before midnight on Aug. 25. Moments later, as Rittenhouse was running down a street, he shot and killed Anthony Huber, 26, a protester from Silver Lake, Wisconsin, and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, a protester from West Allis, Wisconsin.

Bystander video captured Rosenbaum chasing Rittenhouse but not the actual shooting. Video showed Huber swinging a skateboard at Rittenhouse before he was shot. Grosskreutz had a gun in his hand as he stepped toward Rittenhouse and was shot.

William Hanrahan, who spent 19 years as a prosecutor and was a Wisconsin circuit judge for 13, said the attorneys on the case will be trying to influence potential jurors during the selection process.

“What each side is going to do is attempt to prejudice the jury right out of the chute, to strategically plant seeds to subtly set forth their positions,” Hanrahan said. “For a seasoned judge, it’s going to be a challenge here because some lawyers are really good and able to slowly introduce their case in the form of questions to the potential jurors.”

Attorneys for both sides urged the judge to send questionnaires to the people summoned as potential jurors to detect bias and speed the process. Schroeder, the longest-serving circuit court judge in Wisconsin, denied the request.

The judge said he disliked questionnaires in general because he was afraid most people won’t fill them out or that it would tip them off that they may be on the Rittenhouse case, increasing the chances they would discuss it with friends and family.

Rittenhouse faces two homicide counts, one of attempted homicide and two of recklessly endangering safety for firing his weapon near others. He is also charged with possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18.

Bauer reported from Madison, Wisconsin, Forliti from Minneapolis. Associated Press writer Tammy Webber contributed from Fenton, Michigan.

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An American crow strolling through our yard in April. | Dale Bowman

Crow “funerals” and “wakes,” a take on The Petersens’ version of Brad Paisley’s classic, a big cat in western Illinois, and loss of ice cover on Lake Superior are in the notes from around Chicago and beyond.

Notes come from around Chicago and beyond.

LAST WORD

“Recent research has also shown that crows are also known to hold `funerals’ and `wakes.’ When an American Crow finds the dead body of another crow, it will call out to alert others in the area, who will gather and begin to make a ruckus themselves. Researchers think the behavior helps crow communities learn about potential threats . . . , so that they know which locations and predators to avoid in the future.”

“10 Fun Facts About The American Crow,” from audubon.org

WILD OF THE WEEK

Provided by Bill Przybylski
A trail camera photo of a big cat coming out of a ditch in western Illinois.

FIELD NOTES

WILD OF THE WEEK

Bill Przybylski emailed, “Got this pic on one of my remote cell trail cams, western Illinois. It is coming out of a ditch approximately 2 1/2 feet deep. Concentrate on the tail.” Wildlife biologist Bob Massey messaged that it was a bobcat, “You can see speckling on body and white patches on backs of ears. Also the tail would be visible on a cougar using it for balance.”

WOTW, the celebration of wild stories and photos around Chicago outdoors, runs most weeks in the special two-page outdoors section in the Sun-Times Sports Saturday. To make submissions, email [email protected] or contact me on Facebook (Dale Bowman), Twitter (@BowmanOutside) or Instagram (@BowmanOutside).

WILD TIMES

DUCKS UNLIMITED

Friday, Nov. 5: Northeast Illinois banquet, Antioch VFW

ILLINOIS SEASONS

Friday, Nov.5: White-fronted geese, central zone, opens

Saturday, Nov. 6: Pheasant, quail, rabbit and partridge seasons open

DALE’S MAILBAG

“WAY better’n the original.” Todd Carlander emailed on The Petersens’ version of “I’m Gonna Miss Her”

A: I’m neither as good a critic as Jim DeRogatis nor as musically talented as Carlander, but I do find their version of Brad Paisley’s classic fishing song more enjoyable.

BIG NUMBER

60: Days of ice cover that Lake Superior has lost since 1857, according to a study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, via cbc.ca/news/

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Illinois has recently become one of a growing number of US states to legalize and regulate sports betting. Since 2018, states have been free to set their own laws on sports betting after the previous federal law was found to be unconstitutional. Already, many states have passed bills to legalize betting in some form, whether online, in person, or both. In the summer of 2019, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a new bill into law that would allow for both online and retail sportsbooks to operate legally.

The new sports betting bill in Illinois means that a number of sports betting operators were able to establish themselves in the state, including the likes of FanDuel, DraftKings, BetRivers, and more. While online betting is permitted, bettors need to register in person at one of the retail sportsbooks before they can bet.

How to Start Betting on Sports in Illinois

We’ve created this short guide for you with all the details on choosing a sportsbook, setting up an account, and placing your first bets. Be sure to always bet responsibly and ensure that you’re following the gambling regulations of your state. Online gambling in Illinois is fairly simple, but you’ll need to know how to get started.

Choosing a sportsbook – Your first step in betting on sports in Illinois is choosing a sportsbook. There are already lots of options to choose from, with both retail and online sportsbooks available. However you choose to bet is up to you but if you bet online, make sure the site is licensed in IL. If you’re betting online, you’ll also need to register in person at the partnered retail location. The sportsbook should give you information on this. 
Creating your betting account – Registering to bet online means creating an account. You’ll need to provide proof of ID as well as enter all of your personal information. If you’re not willing to do this, betting at a retail sportsbook will be a better option.
Making a deposit – To bet online, you’ll also need some money on your account. Check which payment options you can use and make sure there are no hidden costs. You should also take a look at the welcome bonus, as this is often activated based on your first deposit.
Placing your bets – Finally, you’re ready to start placing bets! Choose a sport and a market to open your betting slip and choose your stake. 

What Sports Are Available to Bet on in Illinois?

Illinois sportsbooks can now legally offer odds on a range of sports, including all of the major US competitions. You can place bets on football, basketball, baseball, ice hockey, soccer, and much more. Some of the biggest sportsbooks provide even more options, with sports from all over the world and events like eSports too. 

However, there is one sport that’s restricted to bet on in IL. The sports betting bill explicitly forbids sportsbooks from offering odds on any college games involving teams local to the state. This is done to help protect the integrity of amateur sports and prevent possible match-fixing. 

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The Bulls revealed this season’s version of the City Edition uniform. | Nike

The team released images of the new unis — dubbed City Edition: Moments Mixtape — Monday morning on Twitter.

The Bulls are going for that throwback feel with this season’s version of the City Edition uniforms.

The team released images of the new unis — dubbed City Edition: Moments Mixtape — Monday morning on Twitter.

This year’s City Edition combines elements of the team’s uniforms throughout the years, from its beginnings in 1966 through the championship era of the 1990s. The uniform incorporates the Chicago script and three color trim and carries the NBA’s 75th anniversary diamond logo.

Fans can buy the City Edition uniforms on Nov. 15 at the United Center team store.

The team will debut the uniforms on Nov. 27 in a game against the Miami Heat at the United Center. Other City Edition games will be:

Dec.17 vs. the Los Angeles Lakers;

Jan. 12 vs. the Brooklyn Nets;

Feb. 26 vs. the Memphis Grizzlies;

March 31 vs. the Los Angeles Clippers;

April 5 vs. the Milwaukee Bucks.

Other teams around the league also are representing their city with City Edition uniforms.

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Miami skyline. Photo by Mira Temkin

When you think about a vacay, think Miami as images of the waving ocean, swaying palms and blaring music invade your imagination. Where else but South Beach can you experience a melting pot of cultures; Cuban, Mexican, South American and more, all beating with a rich, pulsating energy? Walk down the streets and you’ll hear a million different languages with jazz, Latin, salsa and hip hop spilling out into the streets, inviting you to dance.

Here are just a few of the ways to enjoy the Magic City and South Beach, also known as SoBe.

Taste Authentic Ethnic Cuisine  

Empanadas, ceviche and hot sauce at Bolivar on a Miami Culinary Tour

Eat. Walk. Taste. Learn. Savor delicious foods and get all the deets on the area’s history and culture. See Miami Culinary Tours for a collection of walking tours that go the extra mile. On the South Beach Tour Food & Art Deco Tour, you’ll stop at several cool restaurants and historic sites. We walked through Ocean Drive (yeah, no cars, it’s now pedestrian-friendly) along with all of those on bikes and Segways. On Collins and Washington Avenues, you’ll learn about art deco, architecture and famous movie sites. Hello…remember the Birdcage? Our tour guide, Robyn, regaled us with legends and lore of South Beach like Gianni Versace.

Versace Mansion. Photo courtesy of Greater Miami Convention & Visitor’s Bureau

We started at Bolivar, a Colombian restaurant that presented a crunchy empanada and ceviche. Next stop was Havana 1957. You’ll think you’re on a movie set from the 1950s. Savor a sample of Ropa Vieja and fried plantain. Then try a “clean taco” at the Naked Taco and chase it all down with Italian gelato from Mamma Mia. Their “Little Havana Food & Cultural Tour” was named “The Top 10 Cultural Experience in The World” by Trip Advisor Travelers’ Choice award. Check out all their excellent food walking tours at www.miamiculinarytours.com/

Party Hearty at Bayside Marketplace!

Head for Bayside Marketplace, Miami’s most popular hot spot. This two-level, open-air festival center features more than 150 unique shops and stores as well as 12 delicious restaurants. Check out the free live music performances.

See Millionaire’s Row Along Scenic Biscayne Bay

Mega-Home on Millionaire’s Row. Photo courtesy of Greater Miami Convention & Visitor’s Bureau

Imagine the glamorous homes of the rich and famous or your own dream house? Sit back, relax and enjoy a cocktail aboard the Island Queen while you cruise by the gorgeous mansions of Millionaire’s Row, home to P. Diddy, Shaq, Jennifer Lopez, Gloria Estevan and more! From Fisher Island to Biscayne Bay, you’ll see sights on this 90-minute narrated sightseeing cruise. Pass by the Port of Miami, the Miami skyline, Miami Beach and see the elegant cruise ships waiting in dock. Miami isn’t known as the Magic City for nothing, and this sightseeing cruise takes you past homes that take your breath away.

Just like Miami Vice – Thriller Miami Speedboat

Thriller Boat Ride. Photo courtesy of Greater Miami Convention & Visitor’s Bureau

Get your Don Johnson on when you board this lightning-fast, 45-minute Thriller speed boat ride on Biscayne Bay. Get more thrills per minute as you speed past the city of Miami Beach, Fisher Island, Star Island and the mansions. Take a selfie or two of you and the beautiful Downtown Miami Skyline.

Museum of Illusions

Selfie heaven at Museum of Illusions. Photo courtesy of Museum of Illusions.

Speaking of selfies, head to the Museum of Illusions for selfie heaven! This new museum on Lincoln Road, South Beach’s most popular pedestrian-friendly neighborhood, is awesome. Check in, get a tripod and lock your cell phone onto the tripod. Then, get ready to check out all of the cool rooms. Take a selfie shooting hoops, navigate a broken bridge, relax on the beach, stand on a ledge and lots more. As a bonus, you can SMASH a plate. Take out all your stress as you write a name on the plate and SMASH it into the wall. Afterwards, take a hike along Lincoln Road for the best coffee con leche.

Make plans to hit South Beach soon for the heat, hip-hop and foodie heaven. For more information, check out miamiandbeaches.com.

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Chicago House Athletic Club announced that the team’s anthem, ‘This Is Chicago House’, by Vince Lawrence and Chuck “The Voice” Roberts, is currently in consideration for GRAMMY Award Nominations for the 64th GRAMMY Awards, which will take place on Monday, January 31st, 2022.

‘This Is Chicago House’ by Vince Lawrence And Chuck Roberts is being considered for the category of Best Dance Recording and ‘This Is Chicago House’ By Vince Lawrence And Chuck Roberts – Marshall Jefferson Remix is being considered for Best Remixed Recording. The initial round of voting for both of these nominations is underway, and will conclude on November 5th. Nominations for the 64th GRAMMY Awards will be announced on November 23rd.

“Much like soccer, House music is a universal language spoken and understood by all,” shares Chicago House AC Chief Operating Officer, Night Train Veeck. “It has been such a special and humbling opportunity to be able to collaborate, from our team’s very inception, with House Music legends Marshall, Vince, and Chuck in creating this track. We are proud to play a small part in honoring the House music community, and the beautiful city that created it.”

The track’s producer, Vince Lawrence and writer/performer Chuck “The Voice” Roberts, are two of the most iconic artists when it comes to Chicago House music, which was born in Chicago in the 1980’s. Both artists have lived and breathed the genre since it first appeared in venues around the Windy City. The duo collaborated with Chicago’s new pro soccer team to produce ‘This Is Chicago House’ in conjunction with Slang Music Group. The track speaks to every moment in the history of the global House Music family. From legacy to future possibilities, Vince and Chuck focus on the beat, groove and hook, in a way that defines what it means to “be house”.

“House Music is the story of hard working Black entrepreneurs yearning to create joy in their community, young Black teens inventing their own ‘summer jobs’ when there were few to be found, inclusivity for every type of human and so much more,” explains Slang Music Group’s Vince Lawrence, who wrote and produced ‘This Is Chicago House’ inspired by Chicago House AC. “House Music is ours, it’s for us, started in our city, but we share it with the world for all to enjoy. House Music is the groove we started right here on the Southside, but get little credit for these days. This is Chicago House. There is nothing like it anywhere.”

Since adopting the track in August 2021, Chicago House AC has found creative ways to integrate the team’s anthem into many different facets of Chicago’s new sports brand. ‘This Is Chicago House’ is the music fans hear during matches at SeatGeek Stadium, in team videos and social media content, and more.

“The two things that bring people together, more than anything, are soccer and music. This is what makes Chicago House music and Chicago House AC special,” explains Chicago House AC midfielder and Team Captain, Drew Conner. “To have our team named after House music and it’s birthplace was something that immediately drew me and many others to the club. After hearing our team’s anthem ‘This is Chicago House’, I knew it was something special that both music and soccer fans could rally behind. The energy in this song is infectious and the message is clear. House is all about inclusivity, self-love and respect for others. Although the House music genre has spread all over the world, and split into many different sub-genres, this song is a reminder of where it all started. 10/10 great walkout song.”

Fans can listen to both tracks here:

‘This Is Chicago House‘ by Vince Lawrence and Chuck Roberts |

‘This Is Chicago House‘ Remix by Marshall Jefferson |

About Chicago House AC

Founded in 2020, Chicago House Athletic Club is a community-based professional soccer team that plays its home matches at the 20,000 capacity SeatGeek Stadium at 71st and Harlem in Bridgeview, Illinois. The team competes in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA,) a U.S. Soccer sanctioned third division league. Led by Managing Partner, President & CEO Peter Wilt, Chicago House AC is a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) committed to using its platform for social justice, diversity, equality, inclusion and community improvement. The club’s name is a tribute to House Music, which was created in Chicago in the early 1980’s. Fans can help #BuildTheHouse by purchasing tickets at www.chicagohouseac.com/tickets or by calling our Ticket Sales Team at (312) 444-0976. For more information on Chicago House AC, please visit www.chicagohouseac.com and follow the club on social media @ChicagoHouse_AC. Our City, Our House.

About Slang Music Group

Slang Music Group is a minority owned, multi-featured music and sound house that produces national Gold & Platinum award winning recording artists and delivers modern sounds to the ad industry seamlessly. The group’s producer/engineer/remixers have worked for top selling acts such as Beyonce, Pink, Johnathan Davis (KORN), John Legend, Enrique Iglesias, Kanye West, Iggy Azalea, Charles Jenkins & Wyclef Jean to name a small portion of a very diverse list. While composing and licensing music for commercials, film and TV, members of The Slang Music Group have also been working with burgeoning new talent from all over the world. For more information about Slang Music Group, please visit www.slangmusicgroup.com.

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The Chicago Bears are in a weird position. On one hand, it’s only halfway through the season. At 3-5, the Bears could still see a turnaround and push for a Wildcard spot. On the other hand, it doesn’t look as though Chicago could do something so gutsy. This is a team with plenty of issues, […] Chicago Bears: 3 contenders to trade with at the deadline – Da Windy City – Da Windy City – A Chicago Sports Site – Bears, Bulls, Cubs, White Sox, Blackhawks, Fighting Illini & MoreRead More