First, the team announced it had submitted a bid to buy the Arlington International Racecourse property in Arlington Heights, Ill., about an hour northwest of the stadium. Then, Lightfoot responded with a reminder that the Bears’ Soldier Field lease runs through 2033, and she threw a few shots at the franchise for good measure. “This is clearly a negotiating tactic that the Bears have used before,” Lightfoot posted on Twitter....

I’ve often turned to Beats earbuds for times of physical activity. For example, the Powerbeats Pro’s over-the-ear hooks were helpful for keeping them in place on my ears while running. There’s nothing wrong with those earbuds now—they still work—but in hindsight, Powerbeats Pro are a large, clunky solution. These new Beats Fit Pro are a small, sleek and elegant update to address the same use case. After spending some time with the Beats Fit Pro, I can say they are great for sports....

Newt Gingrich – or Hilton Kramer – could wander into “Johannes Vermeer” at the National Gallery of Art in Washington in November and fear an excess only of beauty. Twenty of the 17th-century Dutch master’s 85 known paintings will be in the show. (It might have been 21 if “The Concert,” from Boston’s Gardner Museum, hadn’t been stolen in 1990. The Gardner’s Joan Norris says the museum and the FBI chat weekly....

The former Manchester United and Real Madrid player first announced his desire to move into club ownership back in February 2014 when he took up the option to buy an expansion team - which had been included in his LA Galaxy contract The ex-England captain has faced a lengthy fight since then to get everything in place, with Minnesota United and Atlanta United added by MLS in 2017 and Los Angeles FC set to follow in 2018....

Yellama was 9 years old when her parents sold her for $4 to an upper-caste man. He gave her a sari and a blouse, and paid for the alcohol at the initiation celebration. After that, she became his unpaid concubine, begging for money and breaking stones for construction sites to support herself. “Whenever I think of it, my blood boils,” says Yellama, who says she is now “about 50 years old....

After weeks of careful deployments–and intransigence from Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, Bush decided on the timing for the strikes last Wednesday, NEWSWEEK has learned. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who had returned from a trip to shore up support in the Mideast on Saturday, mapped out the final details early Sunday morning. So closely held was the plan that even the president’s close friend and advisor, Commerce Secretary Don Evans, had to travel back from Houston on Sunday, administration officials said....

From a woman driving by and yelling “Chinese virus,” to a man kicking a woman’s dog after saying, “Take your disease that’s ruining our country and go home,” to an elderly woman being kicked in the face at a bus stop, to another getting punched in broad daylight while her attacker yelled racial slurs, these attacks are documented—and they keep coming. Yet President Donald Trump continues to call COVID-19 the “China virus....

The government’s restriction on the culture sector was met with protests from workers when it took effect on Sunday. Performers, theater staff and organizers took to the streets in protest while some venues refused to close. They called the government order “baseless” and “unfair.” A member of a suburban Brussels production company appealed the government decision, at which point the Council of State stepped in to suspend the closures....

Gareth Southgate’s side booked their place in the last 16 of the tournament on Sunday by crushing Panama 6-1 in Nizhny Novgorod. Captain Harry Kane grabbed a hat-trick in the rout, sending the Tottenham striker clear in the race for the Golden Boot after he also scored both goals in the 2-1 win over Tunisia. England end their Group G campaign against fellow qualifiers Belgium on Thursday, with the two nations knowing the winners in Kaliningrad will finish top of the table....

Among those to feel that opportunities would be easier to come by away from Camp Nou, the Spaniard left La Masia and headed to England in 2011. He was given a rude awakening at Emirates Stadium, with rigorous training regimes leading Bellerin to question whether he had made the right choice. Wenger: Arsenal still need Giroud The 22-year-old has, however, established himself as a first-team star with the Gunners and acknowledges that his early experiences have helped to make him a better player....

United are turning their attentions from Alvaro Morata to the Everton frontman , both of whom are also high on Chelsea’s list of targets. Morata had been United manager Jose Mourinho’s top target, but a failure to reach a deal with Real Madrid has seen the Red Devils begin to look to Lukaku. This leaves the Blues looking at other options to last season’s Premier League Golden Boot runner-up....

The new flavor is a peanut butter ice cream with salty pretzel swirls and fudge brownies chunks, and the tub’s design features three cows sitting on a sofa, presumably binge-watching their favorite Netflix show. On its website, Ben & Jerry’s said: “We are flipping our lids over our newest Netflix pints! We’ve teamed up with Netflix to churn up something extra special! And just like with Netflix, there’s something in this pint for everyone....

Those three are teaming up with fund-raising platform Omaze to support Water.org, the Eastern Congo Initiative and Brady’s own charity. The hook is that they’re auctioning off a chance to hang out with them, in a group. SN50: Sporting News ranks 50 most influential people in sports Be forewarned, if you get one, you get them all. To promote the drawing, they made a video. The premise seems like a joke, but it probably isn’t....

Mississippi State AD Scott Stricklin became the first in his business, at least the first in a while, to realize Howland’s degree of brilliance is not often available on the college coaching market. So Howland no longer is an ex-coach who built two programs almost from scratch and reenergized one of the game’s greatest brands. He will continue to stand, however, as an example to everyone in college basketball that the game at its highest end is more hazardous than ever....

Longtime Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger announced his retirement Thursday morning, saying in a video posted to his Twitter account that he is walking away from the NFL as “a truly grateful man.” “The journey has been exhilarating, defined by relationships and fueled by a spirit of competition,” Roethlisberger said. “Yet the time has come to clean out my locker, hang up my cleats and continue to be all I can be to my wife and children....

Philadelphia, looking to sweep the Wizards and move onto the second round of the NBA playoffs, saw that opportunity diminish after Joel Embiid left the game in the first quarter with a sore knee. Following Embiid’s exit, Washington targeted Simmons in the fourth quarter, choosing to send him to the free throw line in a new-age Hack-a-Shaq strategy. Entering the game, Simmons was 0 for 9 from the charity stripe in the series....

How about we tweak that question a smidge: Is Ben Simmons one of this season’s top five best players? MORE: Almost All-Americans | Debunking LeBron James comparisons See the difference there? Simmons, an extraordinary basketball talent and likely the No. 1 player to be chosen in the 2016 NBA Draft, has not guaranteed himself first-team All-American status. That is an altogether separate deal; four times in the past five seasons the No....

Line: Arizona -5, Total: 48 Line movement: The Cardinals opened as 3-point favorites in Las Vegas on Sunday night, but betting in their favor pushed the spread to as high as -5.5. On Friday, most oddsmakers were dealing -5, with some at -4.5. Totals ranged from 47.5 to 48.5. Check our odds page for updated NFL lines from Las Vegas . Trends that matter: Cincinnati is 4-0 SU and ATS away this year…The UNDER is 3-0 in Cincinnati’s last three after the OVER started 5-1…The OVER is 7-2 in Arizona’s games this year....

The Bengals announced the stadium would be renamed to Paycor Stadium as Paycor HCM, a Cincinnati-based human capital management company, had expanded its partnership with the team to include stadium naming rights. “Through a strategic partnership with our hometown team, the Cincinnati Bengals, we are beyond thrilled to introduce Paycor Stadium to the world,” Paycor CEO Raul Villar Jr. announced through the Bengals. “As Paycor continues to grow and reach customers throughout the U....