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Former Seattle Mariners reliever Matt Festa has been designated for assignment by the Chicago Cubs, according to the team. The Cubs needed the roster spot in or

The Ford School of Public Policy hosted former Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and former Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan Wednesday evening.

A pair of former Seattle Mariners pitchers have received invites to spring training with the Chicago White Sox: Right-handers Justin Dunn and Dan Altavilla. The

The Chicago Bears have inspired plenty of hope with their hire of head coach Ben Johnson, but the 2025 NFL Draft will mark a key point in their journey back to contention.

The Seattle Mariners American League West foes, the Houston Astros, dealt their 12-year veteran reliever to the National League.

Temperatures will plunge into the single digits by early Sunday, and likely won't rise above the single digits until Wednesday.

Free agent guard Courtney Vandersloot is headed back to Chicago, her agent confirmed to The Associated Press on Wednesday. The veteran guard will sign with the team that drafted her in 2011 after spending the last two seasons in New York, agent Lindsay Kagawa Colas said. WNBA free agents can’t sign contracts until Feb. 1.

Preliminary autopsy findings show a 28-year-old patient dressed only in a medical gown and found unresponsive on the roof of a Chicago-area medical center died of hypothermia as a result of cold exposure.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group Nine Inch Nails are bringing their Peel It Back Tour 2025 to Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena on Tuesday, August 12. Folks in the Pacific Northwest can also catch Nine Inch Nails live on Friday, Aug. 8 in Portland, Oregon, and Sunday, Aug. 10 in Vancouver, B.C.

— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) January 28, 2025 The 31-year-old Festa made his major league debut with the Mariners back in 2018 and then appeared in games in that season, 2019, 2022 and 2023.

This is an inevitability as MLS further assimilates into the global transfer market in all of its arenas. A club in a league like MLS can never fully be a “buyer” or a “seller,” instead having to remain nimble to upgrade in key areas while staying one step ahead with their roster evolution.