Craig Counsell, baseball’s most coveted free-agent manager since Joe Maddon, was hired by the Chicago Cubs on Monday in a cold-blooded move that harked back to the time former Cubs President Theo Epstein brought Maddon to the North Side nine … Continued
Searchers on Wednesday evening recovered the body of one of two Minnesota men who disappeared while canoeing in northwestern Wisconsin last month. Ryan J. Busch, 26, of New Ulm, Minn., was found dead in the Minong Flowage in Wascott. Authorities … Continued
The Ravens have won four straight games and five of their past six, but the second half of the season will be tougher. Their streak includes big wins against top NFC teams — Detroit (38-6) and Seattle (37-3) — but … Continued
For the final eight minutes of the Chicago Bulls’ Wednesday loss to the Phoenix Suns, Alex Caruso drove Kevin Durant into a state of frustration. The guard acted as a shadow for Durant throughout the night, poking and prodding to … Continued
Justice Samuel Alito challenged voters to decide the future of abortion when he wrote the U.S. Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade last year. “We do not pretend to know how our political system or society will respond,” he … Continued
Providence’s Leo Slepski said he tries to his model his game after Justin Herbert. The sophomore quarterback has followed Herbert’s career from when he was a star at Oregon to being a standout behind center in the NFL with the … Continued