BOUND FOR GLORY: An oral history of how Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, and the rest of the 1991 NBA champs learned to play together and started the greatest pro sports dynasty the town has ever seen Read more
Derrick Rose might not be the best player in the league, or more important to his team than any other player is to any other team. But he's the most valuable to his franchise and his city... and the league. Read more
Cubs fans are always worrying about something. Since we're not far into the season, and nothing terribly exciting has happened so far, this week they're worried about low attendance. (For a Monday afternoon game.) But attendance is the last thing the Cubs need to worry about. Read more
By Michell Eloy, Geoffrey Johnson, Jenna Marotta, Graham Meyer, and Shane Tritsch
What do star athletes do after their playing days are over? We tracked down a onetime Bears cornerback who’s now a practicing dentist and a missionary; a former Blackhawks star who copilots jetliners; an ex-Cub who became a jazz trumpeter; and more Read more
Today the court of appeals for the federal circuit court is hearing arguments in the Myriad gene patent case, aka Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. It's the latest development in the attempt to patent the human body, a long story that's touched the lives of Chicagoans and won't go away any time soon. Read more
THE TIPPING POINT: This season the soft-spoken Chicago native has blossomed into one of the most dazzling basketball players on the planet. Here's how he did it Read more
In a face-to-face interview Thursday afternoon, Hermene Hartman said she has felt neglected by President Obama since he left Chicago for the White House. Read more
U-TURN: For decades, undergraduates at the University of Chicago seemed to live by the ancient notion that scholars must “suffer into learning,” and over time applications and enrollment declined. As a result, school officials have worked to reinvent the place, and today Hyde Park has become a hot destination among students applying to the country’s top-tier colleges Read more
Yesterday, when lame-duck mayor Richard M. Daley finally got some of what he wanted in the building of a new runway and a new air traffic control tower at O’Hare, he got to take center stage. But people who follow city politics saw the hand of Rahm Emanuel, who has an old friend in Ray LaHood, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation... Read more
