Shepkowski: Schedule Not In Blackhawks Favor
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.
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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.
Carlos Boozer's long awaited Bulls debut could happen tonight, when the Bulls take the United Center floor to play Dwight Howard and the Magic.
A man has been charged with drunk driving in a fatal car crash last week in DuPage County, accused of driving with a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit.
Some U.S. importers reported problems filing tariff refund claims after Customs and Border Patrol launched its dedicated portal on Monday.
Chicago is in the midst of its wettest spring on record, following multiple rounds of heavy rain and severe storms in recent weeks.
President Donald Trump's influence on the Republican Party is facing a test in Indiana's upcoming primary.
D4vd, whose real name is David Burke, is charged with first-degree murder with special circumstances, lewd and lascivious acts with an individual under 14 and mutilating a body.
President Donald Trump's influence on the Republican Party is facing a test in Indiana's upcoming primary.
FBI Director Kash Patel filed a defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic, saying a recent story about his alleged frequent drinking and absences included "false and obviously fabricated" claims.
Chicago's faith community stood up for Pope Leo XIV over the weekend, as the pope pushed back on claims that he is clashing with President Trump.
Former Illinois House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, who served 40 years in the General Assembly, died Thursday at 85.
President Trump spoke with CBS News Friday in a new telephone interview.
A passenger on an American Airlines flight from New York to Chicago has been charged with making a false bomb threat that forced an emergency landing at Detroit Metro Airport last month, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Skyrocketing property taxes continue to be a hot-button issue in Cook County — particularly since last fall, when many residents saw their tax bills increase by 100% or more.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias this weekend issued a warning about a surge in text messages that falsely claim to come from his office or the DMV within it.
Tenants at a South Loop luxury high-rise that has been plagued with problems like broken elevators are vowing to fight five-day eviction notices.
It's become an annual March Madness tradition at CBS Chicago, pitting our city's best eateries in direct competition in a foodie bracket challenge. We did pizza, we've done Italian beef, we've done Chicago dogs. This year, we're taking flight with wings.
It has been several weeks since West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, abruptly shut down — and then on Wednesday, it just as swiftly partially reopened, with some services available.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 80% of deaths related to pregnancy are preventable, and Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.
The United States has long struggled with understanding and finding ways to help treat mental illness. A new documentary, which is screening Saturday in Chicago, examines the reality of living with mental illness in America.
Allergy season is here, and the dreaded pollen can trigger sneezing, congestion, wheezing, and shortness of breath.
Northwestern Medicine and the American Red Cross teamed up for a community blood drive in Chicago on Monday morning.
Whole Foods will soon be moving into a vacant space in a relatively new commercial building in Chicago's Lakeview community, a local chamber of commerce group said.
Philz Coffee will once again sport the Pride flag at its cafés after a directive to have them and other flags removed created a backlash.
A new restaurant has joined the busy stretch of Halsted Street toward the south end of Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood that is also home to Alinea and Boka.
The federal government is suing Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona over efforts to regulate prediction market operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
The owners of the popular Uncommon Ground restaurant, live music venue, and brewery in Chicago's Wrigleyville community announced this week that they're looking for a successor to take over the business.
Emily Saliers, one-half of the Atlanta folk duo The Indigo Girls, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with two incurable movement disorders that will forever change the way that she sings.
Blues icon and world music pioneer Taj Mahal will be headlining the Chicago Blues Festival this June.
The United States has long struggled with understanding and finding ways to help treat mental illness. A new documentary, which is screening Saturday in Chicago, examines the reality of living with mental illness in America.
Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.
Mozart's "Don Giovanni," the local premiere of the 2022 opera "Omar," and a fresh production of "Guys and Dolls" are among the highlights of the 2026-2027 season for Chicago's Lyric Opera.
A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook Tokyo after striking off the coast of Japan and triggering a tsunami warning for coastal areas.
Dolton police are trying to find a teenage mother and her twin infants who were reported missing from the south suburb.
Meteorologist David Yeomans has your 11 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, April 20, 2026.
Several people started shooting at each other in North Carolina, after a fight Monday morning at a park in Winston-Salem.
Starting Monday, the Trump administration will begin processing some $166 billion in tariff refunds to American businesses.
A former teacher from Plainfield School District 202 was in court Monday on charges of grooming, soliciting a minor and aggravated battery.
An extra-alarm fire spread to multiple homes on Chicago's West Side Monday morning.
For the second year in a row organizers cancelled the Cinco de Mayo parade in Little Village over concerns about federal immigration enforcement .
A tornado that touched down in the community of Lena late last week has been estimated as an EF-2, but may be upgraded, officials said Monday.
A man has been charged with drunk driving in a fatal car crash last week in DuPage County, accused of driving with a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit.
A specially designed playground in the West Pullman neighborhood is making a difference, addressing flooding and the impact of climate change across Chicago.
A tree planting initiative has kicked off in Chatham, among the Chicago neighborhoods most plagued by flooding, to help with the persistent problem.
Chicago residents, businesses, and city employees altogether owe the city more than $8.1 billion in overdue debt, some of it dating back to the 1990s, according to a report from the city's inspector general.
Some parents in southwest suburban Oswego are fired up, saying the school district invited all non-white students to participate in summer remedial programming, regardless of how they're doing in school.
New proposed Illinois legislation would allow renters or people who can't install massive rooftop panels to also harness the power of the sun.
Murakami has more home runs than any Japanese-born player through his first 22 games.
Chicago had at least one baserunner in each of the first seven innings.
Megan Coronado is helping ignite the Flames in her first season as head coach at UIC.
The Chicago Cubs handed the New York Mets their 10th consecutive loss with a 4-2 victory on Saturday.
Moisés Ballesteros, Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ homered, and the Chicago Cubs handed the Mets their ninth straight loss, pounding New York 12-4.
D4vd, whose real name is David Burke, is charged with first-degree murder with special circumstances, lewd and lascivious acts with an individual under 14 and mutilating a body.
Burglars targeted a sports card and comic store in a smash-and-grab in Chicago's Dunning neighborhood early Monday morning.
A former teacher from Plainfield School District 202 was in court Monday on charges of grooming, soliciting a minor and aggravated battery.
Officers from the Iowa City Police Department heard gunfire while responding to a report of a large fight, the department said.
The gunman, who is also dead, shot 10 people in total, according to police. All eight who died were children from 3 to 11 years old, police said.
