Amarillo wins three way coin flip to land spot in Texas high school playoffs. Late night flip held at the Toot ’n Totum gas station in Plainview. Tie caused after Amarillo was forced to vacate six wins due to an ineligible player. Peak West Texas.

🚨 USA vs. Germany in Chicago as the World Cup send-off game for the #USMNT! 🇺🇸🇩🇪

🚨Seton Hall becomes the first unranked team to beat a ranked team this season with its win over NC State. Including Tennessee's win today, ranked teams had been 96-0 against unranked opponents - the longest win streak of its kind in AP poll history, according to ESPN Research.

Chicago #hotels are building powerful career pathways for workers—offering quality pay and benefits, advancement, and long-term growth opportunity. Read today’s Crain's Chicago Business piece for a great look at workforce development in action: chicagobusiness.com/crains-content…

Tonight we celebrate the incredible career and well-earned retirement of Patrick Donelly—nearly 40 years with hyatt and a true leader of Chicago’s hospitality industry. Thank you for your lasting impact and leadership. Wishing you the best ahead! 🎉

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See you there, Chicago!

Learn more at Chicago.gov/NYE!

I hope if I ever face the fight Senator Sasse is, that I’ll handle it with the same sense of humor. Hoping for the best for Ben and his family.

PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY STAND UP.

whatever “IT” is this seton hall team has it forreal! finding ways to winning games when times are hard is a special skill to have in college basketball 🏴‍☠️ PROUD SETON HALL ALUM 🫡

MTV officially shut down its 24-hour music channels on 31st Dec, 2025. They ended their final broadcast with 'Video killed the radio star' by The Buggles, the very first video broadcasted by MTV on August 1st, 1981.

A NBA rainout in Chicago in January. This is WILD.

What’s believed to be the first appearance in its 51-year flying history, the Boeing 747 E-4B Nightwatch, also known as the “Doomsday Plane,” showed up at LAX during Thursday’s Airline Videos Live broadcast and will most likely be the highlight of 2026!

4th and 8. Bears fans may remember this pass the rest of their lives.

Bears sensation “Cheese Grater Man” is Brandon Martinez, 38. He’s exactly who you want him to be: 🧀 From city’s Southwest Side 🔪 Grater undetected by security 🧀 Owns cheese wheel b/c kids like parm 🔪 Union man at chemical plant, worked OT to buy tix blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/13/blu…

Jim Cornelison's National Anthem had Soldier Field rocking 👏 (📺 NBC)

HEARTWARMING: #Rams star quarterback Matthew Stafford’s four young daughters left him a beautiful video informing him that he was the #NFL MVP. 🥹🥹🥹 This is extremely special, Matthew was emotional watching this video.

This is beyond insane.

The Langham hotel in Chicago was third out of nearly 4,000 hotels ranked on U.S. News & World Report's 16th annual list of the best hotels in the country. bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2…