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Back then, there were no three-pointers. Each bucket counted for a single point. Players weren't allowed to dribble, but rather just pivot and pass.
The Chicago Police Department's program for using confidential and registered informants is shrouded in secrecy and is lacking full accountability. This important crime-fighting tool helps officers get tips on where to find illegal guns and drugs. But we found officers often simply rely on the word of informants and fail to do the police work required to verify the tips. This has led to, at least, dozens of search warrants being executed at the homes of innocent people.
For months we've tried to find out how much the Chicago Police Department is spending on this crime fighting program. We also want report just how many crimes they've been able to solve because of confidential informants. We will continue to fight to get this information.
New developments in a parking scam first exposed by the CBS 2 Investigators. Conmen have been ripping off fans outside Chicago sports venues for years. Posing as parking attendants, they lure in fans, take their cash and often guide them into illegal parking spots. Those fans later find parking tickets from the city on their cars.
Now one sports team, the Chicago White Sox, plans to take action to try to protect fans.
In a stunning move, a Cook County Juvenile Court judge issued two contempt of court orders against Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Director Marc Smith for violating the rights of two children left languishing in facilities for months.
Now accountability - in a stunning move, a juvenile court judge issued two contempt of court orders against Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Director Marc Smith for violating the rights of two children left languishing in facilities for months. DCFS could soon be fined as much as $2,000 a day until those children are properly placed.
A masking controversy is bubbling up at an elementary school in Wicker Park – with regard to whether kids need to be masked during outdoor recess as a mitigation against COVID-19.
“I did think to myself, right in that moment, 'Oh God, he could shoot me,'” Father Bernie Carman said. “He could fire this thing.”
Unsuspecting drivers trying to find parking outside city sports venues get caught up in a costly scam. First they pay to park, then they get stuck paying parking tickets.
Deena Mora got caught in this parking trap outside Guaranteed Rate Field this summer while she and her husband attended the White Sox - Chicago Cubs Crosstown Classic.
"This is the Cadillac of them all," Kenny Jary said. "It's like $10 million to me. Right now, there's not words I can say I'm so happy."
The gunman had a longstanding grudge against the newspaper for an article they published about his stalking of a former classmate.
We've all grown frustrated with speed bumps at one time or another, but a Brighton Park man was so fed up with the one behind his house that he removed it piece by piece.
A Minnesota veteran who's become a social media sensation is using his newfound fame to help other veterans.
A new strain known as the Delta variant is now making its way through the country after originating and quickly spreading through India a few months ago.
Trinity Ottoson-Smith, the 9-year-old girl who was struck by a stray bullet 12 days ago while jumping on a trampoline at a friend’s birthday party in north Minneapolis, has died from her injuries.
Daunte Wright’s girlfriend, Alayna Albrecht-Payton, who was in the car earlier this month when a Brooklyn Center police officer fatally shot her boyfriend, suffered a fractured jaw during the police encounter, her family says.
The extension for those who had their driver’s license, instruction permits or ID cards expire during the COVID-19 pandemic has now ended, and thousands now have invalid licenses.
"Comment below and tag three friends" is your chance to win free items from your favorite brands on Instagram. It's also becoming a quick and easy way for scammers to target Instagram users' information.
A Stillwater man has ridden the GameStop stock wave to some big bucks that he's using on charitable giving.
The second round of federal stimulus payments have been slow in reaching some bank accounts, and they're causing some confusion.
Demonstrators gathered in cities around the country on Wednesday, calling for every vote cast in the 2020 presidential election to be counted.
When Jaren Johnston, Tom Douglas and Jeffrey Steele initially wrote the ACM Award-nominated song "Meanwhile Back at Mama's," they never intended for it to be a duet.
For country music superstar Jason Aldean, it all comes down to the strategy of baseball and the pageantry of college football.
Bono and U2 may have had to cancel their Tonight Show residency, but the guys of Metallica were in tip-top shape to kick off their week-long stay at The Late Late Show.
It was only a matter of time before Florida Georgia Line played the tailgate party of the big Florida-Georgia college football game. That time has finally come.
Despite his English upbringing, Rossdale has been living on this side of the Atlantic long enough to pick up on American sporting traditions, including the NFL and NBA. But that doesn't mean he's lost any respect for the art of tennis.
The "Take It on Back" singer does just that as he reminisces about the glory days of the Houston Astros and watching the legendary Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan hurl when he was a kid.
"The NFL was a very, very attainable goal," the country music star and former North Carolina Tar Heels linebacker revealed during the exclusive video interview.
The Florida native almost bypassed a career in music as a budding young athlete with his eye on playing golf in college at Florida State University before an injury derailed that plan.
For the Sept. 9 special, Bryan joins a previously announced lineup that includes Afrojack, Duran Duran, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Lopez, KISS, MAGIC!, Miranda Lambert, Nico & Vinz, Pitbull, Rita Ora, The Band Perry and Usher.
The "Drink to That All Night" singer-songwriter wants another stab at making NFL game picks for CBS Local after a less than stellar showing against fellow country artists including Justin Moore and Rodney Atkins back in 2012.
He will play a hacker named Brody “Baby Face” Nelson, a who must work with the police or go to jail, Deadline reports.
The Rays have been in Texas all week eating 3lb hotdogs called “Boomsticks” and honestly all I have been doing is watching Shark Week, but I’m sure there has to be some Stories We Missed! Thursday night the SEC Network launched with our very own Booger McFarland. The network will cover over 1,000 games and […]
It’s been a very busy week with Tiger showing up to play Valhalla, the Bucs getting ready for their first preseason game and the Rays on a long 10 game road trip but there’s plenty of stories we missed. Early in the week The Princeton Review came out with its annual list of the nation’s […]
A recent Change.org petition hoping to get Weird Al onstage during halftime of the year's biggest football game got the "Eat Singer" thinking just what he would do if ever given the opportunity.
Uncle Kracker is coming to Ruth Eckerd Hall this weekend alongside Sugar Ray, Blues Traveler & Smash Mouth for the Under The Sun tour. We got the chance to wake up Kracker and get him on the phone to talk about his recent tour experience and find out what the one album is that he […]
"What are the rules about biting the Wold Cup?" Springsteen wondered when asked his thoughts on this week's most infamous sports moment.
By Scott T. Sterling
Rob Halford has made a career out of defying expectations.
After more than four decades of fronting the pioneering heavy metal band Judas Priest, Halford still has the power to surprise, as he did recently during an interview with Radio.com when he declared a genuine passion for basketball, specifically the NBA.
“It’s the speed and it’s the skill. And if you’ve ever watched it live, these big giant guys, 7-foot, running up and down the court. I don’t know how they do it,” Halford marveled. “It’s just this remarkable feat. They’re so agile and athletic…it’s just a very exciting game. Of all the sports that I know of, I can’t get enough of basketball.”
Halford was far more conflicted at the mention of embattled former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who was ousted from his position by the NBA after recordings of him making inflammatory and racist statements were leaked to the press.
“You just don’t know,” he pondered. “Parts of me feels some sympathy for the guy, some parts of me feels that he was stupid, some parts of me feels she’s a gold digger,” he added in regards to V. Stiviano, the woman who leaked the recordings. “Some parts of me feels she’s really smart and she’ll soon have her own reality TV show. But the actual substance of [the recordings] was very, very hurtful. There’s no time for that in today’s world, and regardless of whether this guy’s from another generation, that’s not the point. You have to face the facts and deal with the issues and stamp it out the best you can.”
Watch Halford and Judas Priest guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner talk all things sports, including which song on the band’s upcoming new album Halford thinks would make for an ideal NBA theme (hint: it’s one of the bonus tracks).
Redeemer of Souls is due out on July 8, and is available for iTunes pre-order here.
By Scott T. Sterling
There’s no two ways about it, rapidly rising country star Cole Swindell is a Georgia boy through and through.
“I went to a small high school in down in south Georgia. Terrell Academy is the name of it,” he said during a recent interview with Radio.com about his sporting life. “I graduated with about 23 people, so if you were the least bit athletic, you kind of had to play everything. So I played baseball, basketball, football, ran track and played golf. Georgia Southern [University] is my team. It’s where I went to college. It’s the only sport where they have an actual hat, so I just want to show support for my school. Georgia Southern was such a big part of me getting my start.”
The lifelong and diehard fan of the Atlanta Braves, who was recently honored with commemorative signs in his hometown of Bronwood, GA, gets a special thrill out of the baseball team’s third baseman, Chris Johnson, using his platinum-selling 2013 single, “Chillin’ It,” as walk-up music for his turn at bat.
Related: Watch Video of Cole Swindell’s Acoustic Version of ‘Chillin’ It’
“I actually got to go to a game and hear it,” he said. “It’s weird hearing all the people singing it. I was like, ‘I bet they have no idea I’m here, this is so awesome.'”
Formerly hired to be Luke Bryan’s merch guy, Swindell will be spending most of his summer opening for Bryan on his ‘That’s My Kind of Night’ tour. “Being on this tour with Luke Bryan and Lee Brice, we’re getting to play some pretty crazy places,” Swindell said. “But none better than Madison Square Garden I think. That’s a world famous arena.”
“I’m a big [Atlanta] Falcons fan, but we’re not playing the Georgia Dome,” he added in reference to his favorite NFL squad’s home turf. “Still…we’re playing places like Pittsburgh, and Solider Field in Chicago. Just huges places that are going to be cool.”
Ultimately, though, it all comes back to his beloved home town and state.
“Being a big Braves fan, Turner Field would be cool to play a show at,” he said. “Maybe one day we can book me a show at Turner Field.”
Watch Swindell elaborate on all things sports in the video clip above.
By Scott T. Sterling
This year’s Super Bowl was a particularly bitter pill for Denver Broncos fans to swallow. The Peyton Manning-led squad was systematically dismantled by the Seattle Seahawks, reflected in the lopsided final score of 43-8.
For Denver band The Fray, it was an especially tough slog, as the members performed at the Super Bowl Kickoff Spectacular event alongside Daughtry and the Goo Goo Dolls. Not only that, but they were graced with great seats for the game, where they endured the brutal on-field shellacking of their hometown heroes up close and personally.
“We’re Denver boys,” explained the Fray’s guitarist Joe King during an exclusive interview with the band’s frontman, Isaac Slade. “We grew up watching games and wishing we could go to games…We were Row 1 on the 20 yard line, there’s not a better seat,” he added in regards to the Super Bowl. “You could jump on the field to the most soul-crushing game I’ve ever seen. I’m still proud, it was just tough to watch. I was with my fiancé next to me, and I don’t think she’s ever seen me cave in like that where I just wouldn’t talk to her. It was hard to see.”
Watch King and Slade relive every heart-wrenching moment of Super Bowl XLVIII, as well as Slade finding something inspiring about their bitter rivals, the Seahawks, in the exclusive video clip above.
The Fray is currently on tour across North America in support of the band’s most recent album, Helios, which was released in February of this year.