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When the Chicago Blackhawks take the United Center ice on Friday they'll be going for their second consecutive victory. But they'll also be taking the ice for the second consecutive game without their head coach.
With 25 games to go the Blackhawks road to the playoffs is anything but easy. A 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild last night helped the 'Hawks playoff cause but the path ahead remains anything but clear.
The Chicago Bulls and the San Antonio Spurs have two of the best records in the NBA. The two teams will square off in their last game before the league's All-Star break.
The Chicago Blackhawks are currently four points out of the playoffs with 26 games left in the season. The Minnesota Wild sit directly above the Blackhawks in the standings and will be their Wednesday night opponent.
Derrick Rose has played himself to the front of the NBA's MVP race so far this season. Most teams have tried and failed to slow down the Chicago Bulls' third year point guard.
During the Chicago Bulls' media day in September, Derrick Rose asked a simple question: "Why can't I be MVP?"
Both the Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Wild have been playing good hockey as of late and are trying to rack up as many standing points as possible.
The Chicago Bulls have been nearly unbeatable at the United Center this season. Monday night the Bulls will have another chance to add to their win column when they take on the Milwaukee Bucks.
After one of Derrick Rose's best games of the season, the Chicago Bulls return home to take on the Charlotte Bobcats.
The Chicago Bulls are leading the Central Division, and are one of the most dominant teams in the NBA when playing in the United Center. However, on the road the Bulls have struggled to start games fast and get wins.
After losing two games to teams that the Bulls should have beaten easily, the Bulls got a big win over the Boston Celtics on Saturday night.
The Chicago Blackhawks haven't been able to maintain a high level of play for long stretches this season. At times they show flashes of last year's dominance, but overall have struggled to get standings points.
Last season, the Chicago Blackhawks and the Philadelphia Flyers met seven times. Six of those games were in the Stanley Cup Finals. This season the two teams will only met once, unless they see each, again, in the Cup Finals.
The Bulls are one of the hottest teams in the NBA, they've won 13 of their last 15 games and sit just three games behind Boston for the top spot in the Eastern Conference.
Hundreds of kids will be cozy this winter, thanks to an effort by the Chicago Bulls called "Operation Warm."
The Bulls ended the calender year on a high note. With Friday's win over the Nets, the Bulls ended 2010 with three straight wins.
The Chicago Bulls have only had their full roster healthy for a few games this season. And despite that they're playing well enough to lead the Central Division and sit in third in the Eastern Conference.
Ok, that's three now. Three times Derrick Rose has launched himself skyward in an NBA game, only to have his flight altered at its peak, causing a crash to the unforgiving floor.
It's not often that a team gets the chance to redeem themselves immediately after a bad loss. Normally they have to wait several weeks before they can face a team again. However, that's not the case for the Blackhawks.
Carlos Boozer's Bulls debut wasn't exactly what anyone expected. The Bulls suffered their worst loss of the season and followed it up with an overtime loss in Boston two days later. But since then the Bulls have won five straight games.
Adam Burish will return to the United Center for the first time since since the Stanley Cup Finals. However, this time he will do so as a visiting player and member of the Dallas Stars.
The biggest question Bulls fans had about Carlos Boozer, after Chicago acquired the talented power forward via a sign-and-trade deal with the Utah Jazz back in July, was not his ability to perform on the basketball court.
Luogno and the Canucks don't play very well in the United Center and the Blackhawks are finally beginning to figure things out. Those two could make for a fun Friday night on Madison.
The United Center has a Michael Jordan statue in front of it and be considered by some as the house that Jordan built. However, there is a new house that Jordan actually built, or at least paid to be built.
Wednesday night at the United Center was supposed to be one of anticipation and excitement for Bulls fans.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
A teenage boy has died after being pulled from Lake Michigan offshore from Waukegan, Illinois, on Monday.
Lanes are closed on I-55 after a crash involving two semi-trucks in Darien, Illinois on Tuesday morning.
A man is in custody after a fight led to a deadly stabbing in Norwood Park on Monday night.
The battle over the Chicago Bears' next home is taking center stage on Tuesday.
Survivors say they'd asked for more medical support before the Iranian drone strike that killed six U.S. soldiers at their command post in Kuwait in the war's first 24 hours.
An attorney for Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner (45th) on Monday called an ethics investigation into the alderman's conduct a malicious "travesty."
In a move aimed at curbing the growing problem of "teen takeovers," D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is threatening to bring charges against parents if their teens violate the local curfew.
State Rep. Josh Turek and State Sen. Zach Wahls squared off Thursday over which candidate can flip Iowa's open Republican-held Senate seat, as millions in outside spending reshapes the primary's final stretch.
Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin say their concern is there may be more emergency exit doors than flight attendants in the event of an evacuation.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Chatham residents say they're losing a vital resource as Walgreen's prepares to close its store near 86th and Cottage Grove.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas in Chicago was $5.17 on Friday, up from $3.75 a year ago.
Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Company customers are likely to see minor credits on their bills for the next three years, thanks to a $125 million settlement agreement announced Thursday by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
A person suspected of having hantavirus in Winnebago County, Illinois, turned out to be a false alarm, officials said Monday.
The DuPage County Health Department has confirmed its first positive tests for West Nile virus in pools of mosquitoes this year.
The Kane County Health Department was set Monday to offer a free mental health awareness webinar.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
Engineers at Northwestern University have created a wireless polygraph to detect stress.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Flight attendants at Chicago-based United Airlines have approved a new labor contract, marking their first pay increases in six years.
The Chicago Fire FC announced Wednesday morning that its new stadium in the South Loop will be named McDonald's Park.
The Chicago-born house music track, which began as a personal poem in 1982 and became a defining anthem of the city's house music scene, has been selected for permanent preservation by the Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Some youngsters got a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of making opera Sunday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Matt DeCaro, an actor who was a familiar face on the Chicago stage for many years, died this weekend.
Lanes are closed on I-55 after a crash involving two semi-trucks in Darien, Illinois on Tuesday morning.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
The deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego is being investigated as a hate crime, police said.
The battle over the Chicago Bears next home is taking center stage on Tuesday.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has the extended forecast.
The battle over the Chicago Bears' next home is taking center stage on Tuesday.
Lanes are closed on I-55 after a crash involving two semi-trucks in DuPage County on Tuesday morning.
A Chicago high school senior getting ready to graduate and on the verge of playing college soccer next year is now sitting in an ICE detention center in Kentucky, where his mom is also being held at a separate facility.
Gov. JB Pritzker lobbed some strong words about the Chicago Bears straight at Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Monday morning.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
Pothole complaints continue everywhere, but especially on one street in the Pullman neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.
People in Lincoln Park and Lakeview have rallied against a plan to build a new industrial ComEd electrical substation in their neighborhoods, pushing local and state leaders to get involved.
Monday marks one year since Illinois enacted Karina's Law — legislation aimed at taking firearms out of the hands of people accused of domestic abuse.
Tenants at a South Shore apartment building said they've noticed their rent fluctuating by hundreds of dollars a month due to a change in how their utility billing system is set up.
A man from the Chicago suburbs lost $69,000 of his savings to a scam by a thief using an AI-generated U.S. Marshals badge to intimidate him.
The battle over the Chicago Bears' next home is taking center stage on Tuesday.
Touted prospect Colt Emerson launched a three-run homer for his first major league hit, and the Seattle Mariners stopped a three-game slide with a 6-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Jake Bauers homered and drove in four runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 9-3 in the first meeting this season between the longtime NL Central rivals.
Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong says he regrets the words he used during a heated exchange with a fan.
Rookie Gabriela Jaquez set career highs with 20 points and eight rebounds, Kamilla Cardoso had 11 points and 12 rebounds, and the Chicago Sky beat the Minnesota Lynx 86-79.
A truck driver was sentenced to over 13 years in prison for smuggling $9.4 million worth of cocaine in a shipment of Skims, Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand.
Police in Michigan City, Indiana, were searching Monday for the person they said shot and killed a 14-year-old boy.
Burglars hit a string of businesses in Chicago's South Loop early Monday morning.
Burglars broke into a CBD and kratom dispensary on Chicago's Near West Side early Monday morning.
The Cook County State's Attorney's Office will announced a new taskforce Monday bringing federal officers on board to help with crime on CTA.
