Saturday, May 18, 2024

ESPN plans ‘The First Dance,’ a 10-part look at Michael Jordan’s high school prom

Panicked executives from ESPN are reportedly rushing to follow up the massively successful "The Last Dance" with a new 10-part documentary about Michael Jordan. Called "The First Dance," it chronicles the future NBA superstar's experience at his high school prom.

Wrigleyville mourns loss of dumpy store no one visited for 20 years

"That place had the coolest stuff," said 42-year-old John Hicks. "I remember my grandma used to take me there after Cubs games and let me pick out one pack baseball cards for $1 each."

Socially distanced Cubs to begin the season by having Javy play all 9 positions...

As MLB works to institute a plan to resume play this summer, the Cubs announced they intend to socially distance their players by having megastar Javy Baez play all nine positions at the same time.

Local man nearly finished designing workout program he’ll get to after quarantine

“I used to think I didn’t have enough time to exercise,” said Balduga. “But now that I have enough time, I realize that the real problem is that I haven’t done enough planning on my workout program.”

Young Utah Jazz fan distraught after tough NBA Finals loss

Jimmy Toegard, an 11-year-old Jazz fan from Ogden, Utah, didn’t enjoy ESPN’s documentary "The Last Dance" about the 1998 Chicago Bulls.

Wellness Check: Second City & SNL writer/performer Katie Rich

Today's Wellness Check is with Katie Rich. She's a writer who spent six years at Saturday Night Live and Second City before that. Listen here!

Local man admits THIS is what he was willing to give up for Cubs...

"Hillary losing the election, a global pandemic, not watching any sports for six months ..." said Tom Johnson, "When my friends I went around about what we would give up, and I went all out."