Formation of Negro Leagues remind us of players breaking down barriers — a lesson for this season’s lockout
By Joseph Acosta Medill Reports The lockout in Major League Baseball where owners and players can’t meet in the middle had players calling for Commissioner Rob Manfred to step down so a compromise can be reached. With the first games of the season canceled, baseball fans were losing faith in owners’ ability to make a […]
If these walls could talk: Murals depicting Kobe, Gianna Bryant across LA help community channel grief
By JP Acosta Medill Reports LOS ANGELES — The walls stand cold, but also warm and vibrant at the same time. Observant, eyes seeming to dart along the rain-soaked buildings in Los Angeles – but still. Silent, yet every stroke of a brush or spray of a paint can tells the story of communities looking to […]
Rams stars shine brightest in 23-20 Super Bowl victory
By JP Acosta Medill Reports INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The NFL couldn’t resist playing up all the Hollywood tropes for the first Super Bowl played in the Los Angeles area since 1993, right through a pregame video shown in SoFi Stadium in which Halle Berry advised fans to think of the game as “the next great […]
Illinois Muslim Civic Coalition honors Martin Luther King, Jr., Muhammad Ali for state’s combined convention
By JP Acosta Medill Reports For the first time in Illinois, and United States history, Martin Luther King Jr. and Muhammad Ali were honored on the same day, commemorating not only Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances, but also the Jan. 17 birthdays of both men. “A Deliberate Dialogue,” hosted at the Chicago History Museum […]
