Floyd Patterson — at 21 years, 10 months, 3 weeks, and 5 days — became the world’s youngest heavyweight boxing champion by ...

2024: The Bears fired head coach Matt Eberflus — the first time the organization fired its coach midseason in 105 seasons. It ...

When Prof. John W. Boyer published his landmark book on the history of the University of Chicago in 2015, his work gave a valuable new window into UChicago’s past. But for Boyer, a renowned historian ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Open outcry trading pit relics, an immersive theater, and ...

This week's "History Mystery" looks at a forgotten stretch of Chicago. The reveal: This 1973 photo was taken on Chicago's South Side, along the then-bustling 47th Street corridor near the "L" tracks, ...

Since 1936, there have been as many Allied victories in Europe as there have been Steelers victories in Chicago. One. In 1995 ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

"Give us candy, give us cake, give us something sweet to take. Give us cookies, fruit and gum, hurry up and give us some. You had better do it quick or we'll surely play a trick." That quote is from ...