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2 shot, 1 critically, in Humdolt ParkSun-Times Wireon June 20, 2021 at 10:07 am

A man and woman were shot June 20, 2021 in Humboldt Park.
A man and woman were shot June 20, 2021 in Humboldt Park. | Adobe File Photo

A man and woman were shot early Sunday near the 1200 block of North Kedzie Avenue.

Two people were hurt, one critically, in a shooting early Sunday in Humboldt Park.

About 1 a.m., a 28-year-old woman was in a minor crash near the 1200 block of North Kedzie Avenue when she was shot in the head, Chicagoo police said.

She was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said,

Shortly after, a man, 33, was standing on the sidewalk when he was struck in the back, police said. He was taken to Mt. Sinao Hospital, where he was in fair condition.

Officers believe the man was caught in the crossfire and wasn’t the intended target, according to police.

No one is in custody as Area Five detectives investigate.

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Man killed, woman critically injured in shooting in Humboldt Park: policeJermaine Nolenon June 20, 2021 at 5:08 am

A man was killed and a woman was critically wounded in a shooting June 19, 2021, in Humboldt Park. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

About 9:15 p.m., the man and woman, 24 and 25, were in the 3200 block of West Division Street, when they were attacked by up to three males who fired shots at them.

A man was killed, and a woman was critically wounded in a shooting Saturday night in Humboldt Park on the Northwest Side.

About 9:15 p.m., the man and woman, 24 and 25, were in the 3200 block of West Division Street, when they were ambushed by up to three males who fired shots at them, Chicago police said.

The man was rushed to Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. He has not been identified.

The woman was struck in the neck and rushed to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said.

At least five evidence markers could be seen in the street next to a black SUV. Neighbors peered down a usually busy Division Street to get a look at the investigation, some even stopping to ask what happened.


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Area Four detectives are investigating.

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Crew’s Gyasi Zardes scores twice to douse Fireon June 20, 2021 at 4:04 am

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gyasi Zardes scored two goals and the Columbus Crew beat the Fire 2-0 on Saturday night in the final game at Crew Stadium.

Zardes opened the scoring when he put away a failed clearance of a cross from Lucas Zelarayan in the 17th minute. Derrick Etienne ran onto a long, arcing ball by Jonathan Mensah and, Fire goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth came off his line, tapped a pass to Zardes for an empty-net finish to make it 2-0 in the 34th.

Columbus closed out Crew Stadium — the first soccer-specific stadium in Major League Soccer and the club’s first home — before moving downtown to Lower.com Field next month.

Kevin Molino made his debut with Columbus when he came on in the 70th minute. The Crew’s main offseason signing to be an immediate starter missed the first two months of the season with a hamstring injury.

Chicago (1-6-1) has lost back-to-back games.

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Plainfield East beats Lake Park to win the Class 4A state baseball title, its first championship in any sporton June 20, 2021 at 4:27 am

Plainfield East baseball players Gavin Schmitt and Christian Mitchelle aren’t sure if their school even has a trophy case.

“We’ll find one,” Schmitt said. “And if there’s not one we will make it. This is going in there I’m sure.”

Schmitt started the game and earned the win and Mitchelle pitched the final 1 1/3 to close the door on Lake Park and give the Bengals a 6-5 win in the Class 4A state baseball championship game on Saturday at DuPage Medical Group Field in Joliet.

It’s the first state trophy in any sport for Plainfield East, which opened in 2008.

“It’s so special,” Schmitt said. “The whole team can’t even believe that we did it. It’s something that we’re never going to forget for our whole lives.”

Schmitt isn’t the only one that can’t believe the Bengals’ remarkable run. Plainfield East (19-15) started the season 5-12 and lost the last three games of the regular season. The Bengals entered the playoffs as the No. 13 seed in their sectional.

“If you would have told me this in May I would have looked at you like you had three heads,” Plainfield East coach Adam O’Reel said.

O’Reel always knew his team had the pitching to make a run. Sophomore Brady Louck struck out 12 in six innings of the semifinal win against Rockton Hononegah earlier on Saturday.

“We had all this pitching,” O’Reel said. “We just had to figure out how to pick the baseball up because we were struggling defensively so bad. We were fielding at like a 75 percent clip. We made some changes and found where guys fit.”

The Bengals jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the title game but allowed five runs in the sixth inning to let Lake Park (33-4) back into the game.

Plainfield East’s Gavin Schmitt (8) pitches during the game against Lake Park.
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Louck was 2 for 4 with two RBI and a run scored and Mitchelle added two hits, two RBI and a run for Plainfield East.

“We knew we were better than a 13 seed but also with being 13 we had nothing to lose,” Mitchelle said. “So we had no fear going out to play all these better teams.”

“We are only about 12 years old,” O’Reel said. “All the alumni that have come up and started this and helped us move on, they are part of this. It’s not this team only. They got us to it. These guys just finished the deal. I thank them all. It’s unreal. We were the running joke for awhile. We still didn’t hit 20 wins.”

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Bucks edge Nets in OT in Game 7, withstand Kevin Durant’s 48 pointson June 20, 2021 at 4:35 am

NEW YORK — The Milwaukee Bucks withstood Kevin Durant’s NBA-record 48 points in a Game 7, advancing to the Eastern Conference finals by beating the Brooklyn Nets 115-111 in overtime Saturday night.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 40 points and 13 rebounds, and Khris Middleton made the tiebreaking shot with 40 seconds left in the first overtime Game 7 in 15 years.

The Bucks held on from there when Durant missed two jumpers, the last an airball with 0.3 seconds remaining.

Middleton added 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Bucks, who reached the East finals for the second time in three years. They will play either Philadelphia or Atlanta in a series that starts Wednesday night.

“I can say for sure I’ve never been in a game like this, a Game 7 on the road with one of the best players in the world,” Middleton said.

Durant played all 53 minutes and forced OT with a turnaround jumper that was just inches from being a 3-pointer that would have won it with a second left.

He added nine rebounds and six assists, but didn’t have enough help with injured Kyrie Irving watching from the baseline and James Harden unable to locate his shot after missing most of the first four games with right hamstring tightness.

Harden had 22 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, but was 5 for 17 from the field.

“I was just going out there and trying to give everything I can and it’s just frustrating,” Harden said.

In a series where the teams often didn’t produce the quality of play that was anticipated between the league’s two highest-scoring teams, Game 7 was a thriller, the first do-or-die game to need extra time since Dallas beat San Antonio in the 2006 Western Conference semifinals.

The Bucks had a 109-107 lead before Middleton missed a 3, but the Bucks got the rebound. They then turned it over on a shot clock violation to give the Nets a final chance with 6 seconds left. They threw it in across the court to Durant, who hit a spinning, turnaround jumper from just inside the 3-point line — maybe even on top of it — to tie it at 109.

Bruce Brown scored on a follow shot to open overtime but neither team scored again until Antetokounmpo’s basket with 1:12 to play. Brook Lopez blocked Durant’s shot on the other end before Middleton broke the final tie of the series.

Durant tried to prolong it again, dribbling up the floor and running the clock down before launching a long look that came up well short.

Lopez had 19 points for the Bucks, who were knocked out in this round last year after finishing with the NBA’s best record. Jrue Holiday shook off a poor shooting night to finish with 13 points, eight assists and seven rebounds.

“Those guys, they’re great competitors. I love the way they just kept coming, keep playing, find a way to win an overtime game on the road, Game 7,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. “They all made big plays down the stretch, and we needed every one of them.”

Blake Griffin had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Nets, who thought they had a title contender after acquiring Harden but had their three superstars on the floor together for just 43 seconds in this series. They lost for the first time at home in the postseason.

The Nets had struggled with slow starts but put together a good one in Game 7, getting 10 points from Durant to lead 28-25 after the opening quarter.

Middleton and Holiday were both 2 for 11 in the first half, combining to miss all six 3-pointers in a rehash of their shooting struggles from when the series began in Brooklyn.

The Nets capitalized on the Bucks’ misfires — Antetokounmpo shot an airball on a free throw and Lopez and Holiday hit the side of the backboard on long jumpers during one ugly stretch — to open a 51-41 lead on Harden’s three-point play with 1:59 left in the half.

Down six at halftime, the Bucks came out of the break with a 7-0 burst to grab a 54-53 edge. The Nets regrouped and were ahead 79-74 with under 2 minutes remaining, but the Bucks closed strong to take an 82-81 lead to the fourth.

TIP-INS

Bucks: Antetokounmpo had his fifth straight game with 30 points and 10 rebounds, tying Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s franchise playoff record that he set in 1974.

Nets: Durant had his third 40-point game of these playoffs. The Nets have only had three other 40-point postseason games in their NBA history. … Brown had 14 points after playing just 4 1/2 minutes in Game 6.

No. 7 IN GAME 7s

Durant fell to 3-2 in Game 7s. though his average rose to 36.2 points. His average of 33.3 coming into the game was third among all players who had appeared in more than one Game 7, behind LeBron James (34.9 PPG in 8 games) and Michael Jordan (33.7 PPG in 3 games), according to Elias.

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Safety Precautions Before and After Getting the COVID Vaccineon June 20, 2021 at 2:22 am

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White Sox lose third in row to AstrosDaryl Van Schouwenon June 20, 2021 at 2:26 am

Lance Lynn walks back to the mound after Houston Astros’ Robel Garcia hit a three-run double during the third inning of a baseball game, Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith) | AP Photos

Lance Lynn tagged for six runs over four innings

HOUSTON — The White Sox seemed out of it as soon as Yoan Moncada made a two-base throwing error on leadoff man Jose Altuve’s ground ball and right-hander Lance Lynn’s run-scoring wild pitch in the first inning.

And when Robel Garcia scored three runs with a double to give the Astros a four-run lead Saturday, the Sox (43-28) were well on their way to a 7-3 loss, their third defeat in as many games in a series matching two of the best records in baseball. The Astros (42-28) won their sixth in a row. Two of the three against the Sox weren’t close.

Lynn (7-3), the AL earned run average leader going in, saw his ERA rise from 1.51 to 2.02 with his worst start as a Sox, allowing six runs (five earned) on seven hits and one walk.

“Just didn’t make the big pitch against them when I needed to when they scored the four runs that inning,” Lynn said. “It’s that simple. They do a good job of being on top of every pitch there is. In and out, up and down. Seems like they’re ready for it.”

Astros lefty Framber Valdez (4-0, 1.67) won his sixth straight start dating to last season. Andrew Vaughn’s opposite field homer, his sixth, and Danny Mendick’s single, advances on Tim Anderson’s fly out, a Valdez wild pitch and catcher Martin Maldonado’s throw into left field got the Sox within 6-3 in the seventh.

“They’re not playing any harder than we are, they’re just playing better,” manager Tony La Russa said. “Better pitching at a certain time and a better at-bat.”

“It’s been a tough couple days but we need to get back on the horse [Sunday],” Vaughn said.

Ruiz leaves with sore knee

After right-hander Jose Ruiz allowed a homer to Carlos Correa in the eighth, he exited the game with discomfort in his right knee. Ruiz was being further evaluated, the Sox said.

It’s up to Keuchel

Left-hander Dallas Keuchel starts against the Astros Sunday where he won a Cy Young and was part of a World Series winner, trying to prevent a four-game series sweep.

“I don’t know if it’s really going to register with me until in the moment or afterward,” said Keuchel, who has been exchanging pregame handshakes and embraces with Astros personnel before every game. “It’s going to be a little weird. It’s a place I never thought I was going to leave.

“I have a lot of guys over there I have big-time admiration for, still, and I have a lot of contact with. And [former general manager Jeff] Luhnow’s not there anymore, so I don’t have anybody to dislike. We never got along, no bones about it. But I like everybody else over there, so it’s going to be weird.”

Luhnow was fired in 2020 after Major League Baseball he was suspended the Astros for involvement in the electronic sign-stealing scandal.

“We’re out there winning ballgames essentially for him, because he ran the front office, and there was just no communication whatsoever from that front office to the players,” Keuchel said. “As I grew into my role and a couple other guys grew into their roles, it was just a complete lack of respect. And I didn’t like him.”

Keuchel is 5-0 with a 3.21 ERA over his last eight starts.

Cespedes sighting

His visa problems behind him, top Cuban outfield prospect Yoelqui Cespedes started for Class A Winston-Salem after being added to the roster Saturday.

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Lincoln Museum podcast explores Illinois music legendsAssociated Presson June 20, 2021 at 2:26 am


The State of Sound podcast is a companion to an exhibit launched earlier this year at the Springfield-based museum showcasing the achievements and contributions of Illinois artists, from Muddy Waters to Earth Wind and Fire and Chance the Rapper.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A new podcast from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum features conversations about legendary Illinois musicians and bands, sometimes with the performers themselves.

The State of Sound podcast is a companion to an exhibit launched earlier this year at the Springfield-based museum, called The State of Sound: A World of Music from Illinois. It showcases the achievements and contributions of Illinois artists, from Muddy Waters to Earth Wind and Fire and Chance the Rapper.

The podcast is another way for people to explore the history of Illinois music, museum officials said. Episodes available now include discussions with Kevin Cronin from REO Speedwagon, Tim McIlrath from Rise Against and Rosanna Goodman, daughter of singer-songwriter Steve Goodman.

A new, official gallery guide includes dozens of photos of artifacts such as a red trumpet that belonged to Miles Davis and mementos John Prine carried on stage to help with his performance anxiety.

“This exhibit is packed with sound, pictures and stories that we wanted to share with as many people as possible,” said Christina Shutt, executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. “The podcast will give people around the world a chance to hear those stories, while the guide provides the detail that visitors can’t absorb in a single trip through the exhibit.”

The State of Sound exhibit runs through Jan. 23, 2022.

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