Chicago Mascot Co.'s creative work took center stage in college football's 2024 Pop-Tarts Bowl. Benny the Bull; the Cubs, White Sox and Bears mascots; hot dogs; pretzels; pickles — even milkshakes — have all come to life thanks to the company's talented staff.

Having those rights doesn't mean Neymar, currently with Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia, is a lock for Chicago, as was the case late last season when Germany star Marco Reus spurned Charlotte FC to join the eventual MLS Cup winners LA Galaxy.

Major League Baseball is getting set for 2025 spring training, with players descending on camps in Florida and Arizona in the second week of February to prepare for the new season.

Mauricio Pochettino's MLS-heavy USMNT saw first international goals for Jack McGlynn, Patrick Agyemang, and Matko Miljevic in a surprisingly-entertaining affair.

As temperatures are expected to plunge into the single digits this week, homeless advocates are ensuring that towns can provide shelter.

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The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Orlando at SeaWorld canceled the group’s summit one week before it was scheduled. Hotel officials raised concerns the event would bring up support for Gaza and had fears about a public backlash and safety concerns at the hotel, according to the lawsuit that was quickly resolved.

The accuser said Green, the Gators’ point guard of back-to-back national champions in 2006-07, arranged to meet her in March 2024 an on-campus facility. Once there, Green, the report states,

Former Orange County Elections Supervisor Glen Gilzean spent at least $41,500 on attorneys for his lawsuit that ultimately fizzled out in his final month of office as he feuded with county officials over his budget.

The influx of arctic air has forecasters saying this January is, so far, the coldest one since 2018, with locations like Orlando seeing temperature averages 5.4 degrees lower than the average between Jan. 1-9. Orlando saw temperatures 9.8 degrees below average in the same time frame in 2018.

José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and Co-Founder of the Rainbow Coalition, has died.

J.J. Roberts appears to be on the verge of becoming the third high school football player from the Tri-State to play in the current NFL, joining Huntington High tackle Darnell Wright of the Chicago Bears and Coal Grove tackle Austen Pleasants of the San Francisco 49ers.