1987 — Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76ers becomes the third player to score 30,000 points in his pro career. Erving scores 38 points to join Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Kobe Bryant is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, although he never saw it that way ...

1976 — Mike Schmidt hits four consecutive home runs and drives in eight runs as the Philadelphia Phillies overcome a 13-2 deficit to beat the Cubs 18-16 in 10 innings at Chicago’s Wrigley Field.

An online silent auction for the jerseys is currently underway, and proceeds will benefit four charities Uecker supported.

Also in 1947: Chicago Cardinals owner Charles Bidwill died of pneumonia, leaving the team to his widow Violet Bidwill. She ...

Robert Gomez, a longtime Chicago restaurant owner, says he’s still in the dark about why the city didn’t renew his lease for a Riverwalk spot that had previously generated about $3 million in annual ...

Kelly threw a fastball over the heart of the plate, and the Chicago White Sox center fielder made him pay — hitting a game-tying, two-run home run to right-center. It was Robert’s first home ...

Several attendees of this week's Summit conference for the tourism and hospitality industry saw a silver lining amid a ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit and two cosmonaut colleagues will ... [email protected]. Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World, New ...

Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. Shamus has details on: After Another Pedestrian Killed Crossing ...

From Dan Woike: JJ Redick had validated Austin Reaves all season, publicly and privately praising the Lakers guard as a key ...