Joe Knowles

Joe Knowles is a former Chicago Tribune sports editor.

Daniel Carcillo (left) tangles with Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid during a fight in 2015.

Daniel Carcillo, Nick Boynton suing NHL over concussion-related injuries

May 31, 2019 at 4:36 p.m.

Former Blackhawks Daniel Carcillo and Nick Boynton are suing the NHL for withholding information about concussion-related brain injuries. The suit, filed Friday by attorneys Thomas A. Demetrio and William T....

White Sox outfielder Avisail Garcia #26 slides home during a game against the Tigers on April 5, 2018 in Chicago.

White Sox activate Avisail Garcia and Leury Garcia, designate Trayce Thompson for assignment

May 31, 2019 at 4:37 p.m.

The White Sox will get some much-needed roster upgrades in time for Friday’s doubleheader with the A’s at Guaranteed Rate Field. Avisail Garcia and Leury Garcia were activated from the...

Adam Silver understands why some fans hate the Warriors

May 31, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

The NBA has become a league of haves and have-nots, a fact driven home emphatically by the Warriors’ four-game sweep of the Cavaliers in the NBA Finals, the fourth straight...

<p>Actor Jim Belushi and the Blackhawks' Scott Foster present the Vezina Trophy onstage at the 2018 NHL Awards inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on June 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. </p>

Accountant-turned-Blackhawks emergency goalie Scott Foster returns at NHL awards show

May 31, 2019 at 4:40 p.m.

Scott Foster came out of nowhere and immediately returned there after serving as an emergency goalie for the Blackhawks in March. Instead of milking his fleeting fame, the 36-year-old Foster...

Milwaukee police officer in Sterling Brown case mocked arrest, J.R. Smith and Kevin Durant in social media posts

August 22, 2019 at 4:18 a.m.

One of the Milwaukee police officers involved in the January arrest of Bucks rookie Sterling Brown later posted on social media mocking two other NBA players, the Warriors’ Kevin Durant...

Rod Laver (from left), John McEnroe and Roger Federer visited Millennium Park in March to promote the upcoming Laver Cup.

Laver Cup holding tryouts for ball kids Monday

May 31, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

Want to be part of the biggest tennis event to hit Chicago in decades? Here’s your chance. The Laver Cup is holding tryouts for ball kids Monday at the Midtown...

Blackhawks left wing Vinnie Hinostroza (48) can't get a shot by Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) in the first period Monday, Jan. 22, 2018 at the United Center.

Vinnie Hinostroza agrees to 2-year extension with Blackhawks

May 31, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

Homegrown Blackhawks forward Vinnie Hinostroza has agreed to a two-year contract extension, the team said Friday. The deal runs through the 2019-20 season. The Bartlett-born Hinostroza was a sixth-round draft...

Former Cubs catcher David Ross and former White Sox star Bill Melton will appear at the Chicago Tribune's Printers Row Lit Fest on June 9.

Bill Melton and David Ross to appear at Printers Row Lit Fest

May 31, 2019 at 4:36 p.m.

North Sider or South Sider, there’s a session for you at the Printers Row Lit Fest. Former White Sox slugger and current TV analyst Bill Melton will discuss his place...

Reynaldo Lopez and the White Sox wore their '80s throwback uniforms in Sunday's win over the Rangers.

Baseball’s weirdest uniforms get shredded in ‘Winning Ugly’

June 1, 2019 at 8:18 a.m.

Where were the baseball fashion police in the 1970s and ’80s when we really needed them? “Once upon a time,” writes sports design expert Todd Radom, “the Padres looked like...

Bobby Portis gets pumped up during the second half against the Cavaliers at the United Center on April 9, 2016.

Bulls’ Bobby Portis and Blackhawks’ Anthony Duclair go big for Mother’s Day

May 31, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

If you feel like you should have done more for your mom this Mother's Day, you may not want to read any further. Bulls forward Bobby Portis and Hawks winger...

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