Kyle Williams

2 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Kyle Williams

Skye Blue started wrestling out of defiance. She remembered being in high school watching tables, ladders, and chairs matches, observing wrestlers perform in dangerous but exhilarating spots. Blue turned to her mom and told her, ‘I’m gonna do that one day.’ Blue said her mom responded, “No, you’re not.” Her mom’s disapproval didn’t deter Blue from wrestling. In fact, it emboldened her. “Later that week, I signed myself up for wrestling school,” Blue told the Sun-Times.

3 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Kyle Williams

All Elite Wrestling is returning to Chicago for an extended stay in July. The wrestling promotion will perform its first multi-week residency at the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom from July 16 to July 31. “It’s a dream come true to be able to do weeks of AEW television at the Aragon Ballroom,” AEW CEO, general manager and head of creative Tony Khan told the Sun-Times on Monday. Khan was born in Urbana and attended the University of Illinois, so the Chicagoland area is significant to him.

6 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Kyle Williams

Linebacker Ruben Hyppolite II’s eyes widened as he explained the whirlwind of information that came his way Friday at Bears rookie minicamp. “Day 1 was a little everywhere for me, personally,” the fourth-round pick said Saturday. But Day 2, Hyppolite said, was better, thanks to a walkthrough after practice that calmed him down. Learning an NFL playbook takes time. The Bears bet big in the draft on athleticism on defense, hoping coordinator Dennis Allen can coach the players up.

1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Kyle Williams

El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. Parece que la serie entre los Cubs y los White Sox comenzó un poco antes esta temporada, ya que ambos querían ganarse a un aficionado famoso. Tras el anuncio de la elección del Papa León XIV como el primer papa estadounidense, se reportó que él era aficionado de los Cubs.

1 week ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Kyle Williams

KANSAS CITY, MO. — The White Sox pitching staff is past the well-intentioned getting to know you stage that they endured over spring training and first week of the season. Like most male friendships, they’ve entered the good-natured ribbing phase of the friendship stage. “We have a lot of characters, and we have a lot of personalities, so it’s been cool seeing how those all start meshing together and being able to give each other a hard time,” starter Davis Martin told the Sun-Times Wednesday.