chicago

A bad dream is getting worse for Isiah Thomas. The Hall of Fame Pistons point guard was snubbed from the Dream Team in 1992 and Sunday’s new installment of “The Last Dance” may have provided another reminder of why Thomas didn’t get to chase an Olympic gold medal with one of the greatest teams ever. …

Anyone familiar with Dennis Rodman would be pleased to know he was just as eccentric as he is now — if not more — back in his playing days. Sunday night’s episode of “The Last Dance,” ESPN’s docuseries about Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls, focuses heavily on Rodman, who was a key contributor …

Jussie Smollett’s counter-suit against the Chicago Police Department for “malicious prosecution” was thrown out by a federal judge on Wednesday on the grounds that the Empire actor lacks the standing to counter-sue while he has outstanding proceedings against him. U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall also said in her ruling that the police acted properly considering they “had …

Sandy Alderson’s Tim Tebow signing as Mets general manager was deemed by some as purely a publicity stunt. But that doesn’t come close to another move Alderson tried to make that didn’t come to fruition. With Michael Jordan a constant topic these days as ESPN airs “The Last Dance” documentary about the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls, …

Knicks legend Walt Frazier doesn’t remember making this remark about Michael Jordan in 1984, but he isn’t surprised he did. During “The Last Dance’’ ESPN documentary premiere Sunday, a snippet showed Frazier opining about Jordan after he was drafted by the Bulls with the No. 3 pick. “He’s not 7-foot. So he’s not going to …

Draymond Green felt like he was having flashbacks. When Green watched the first two parts of ESPN’s “The Last Dance” documentary — focusing on the final season of the Bulls’ 1990s dynasty, during which the team knew coach Phil Jackson wouldn’t return, prompting the end in Chicago for Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman and …

Like its main subject, ESPN’s “The Last Dance” is quickly putting up the numbers of an all-time great. The documentary on Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Bulls debuted Sunday night and pulled in record viewership, averaging 6.1 million viewers for the first two episodes — instantly becoming the most-watched documentary in ESPN history, the network …

Amid the biggest dearth of sports in a century, ESPN has swooped in to rescue us with “The Last Dance,” a docuseries about Michael Jordan’s final year with the Chicago Bulls. While the highly anticipated show’s first installment doesn’t offer too much that wasn’t already public knowledge, it’s still a fascinating look into perhaps the …

Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls have long been considered the NBA’s model franchise. But before he got there, they were far from it — both on and off the court. When the Bulls drafted Jordan out of the University of North Carolina in 1984, Chicago had missed the playoffs in seven of the previous nine seasons, …

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is facing backlash after she violated her own quarantine advice over the weekend to go to a salon for a haircut. Lightfoot defended her decision by saying that she is the “public face of this city” “I’m on national media and I’m out in the public eye,” she responded to a …