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Sports Wednesday, March 18, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Good morning, Chicago. The WNBA and its players’ union reached an agreement in principle on a transformational new collective bargaining agreement early Wednesday morning. Specifics still need
to be finalized over the next few weeks as lawyers on both sides work on the new CBA. A term sheet should be done in the next day or two. It will then need to be ratified by the players and then approved by the league’s Board of Governors. The deal is expected to greatly increase player salaries with million-dollar players — a first for the league entering its 30th season that will start on time. That would increase salaries fourfold from last season. “For the first time player salaries are tied to a truly meaningful share of league revenue, driving exponential growth in the salary cap, increasing average compensation beyond half a million dollars and raising the standard across facilities, staffing and support,” union president Nneka Ogwumike said. Today’s eNewspaper edition | Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History | | | | Are the Chicago Bears really “broke”? Will they sign a veteran end to boost the pass rush? Brad Biggs answers your Bears questions weekly. | | | | | The Chicago Cubs might be without Seiya Suzuki to start the season, but they appear to have avoided worse news about their right fielder’s injured right knee. | | | | | The Chicago White Sox have their rotation order set for the beginning of the season, and optioned a sixth pitcher to Triple A on Tuesday. | | | | | Chicago White Sox’s Munetaka Murakami said he’s focused on remaining healthy and seeing as much big-league pitching as possible before the regular season. | | | | | Venezuelan Daniel Palencia of the Chicago Cubs struck out two in a perfect bottom half of the ninth to get his third save of the WBC. | | | | | It’s the busiest week on the NFL’s offseason calendar. Here’s the latest Chicago Bears news in free agency. | | | | | It didn’t take long for Nick Foligno to come back. He returns proud of what he instilled during his Chicago Blackhawks tenure. | | | |
