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Fast Facts: Bears DC Eric Washington
Do you have a favorite Bears player you coached?
I loved Anthony Adams. I love Spice. Gritty, tough, but just the way he is now from a media standpoint, he was exactly that way as a player. This life can be a grind. There’s ups and downs, all types of things and he was always having a great day. He was a hard worker. He was tough. He was trying to make every play, but he was always having a great day and that’s infectious.
I had a chance to meet Andre Dawson and I was a big Andre Dawson fan growing up. Even in Louisiana, WGN is a channel that was on all over the country so I used to watch the Cubs. He was a great player, and I had a chance to meet him and shake his hand. He was really nice to my son, who is a big baseball fan, so Cubs.
Is there a restaurant you were excited to go back to when you returned to Chicago?
Yes, but it’s not here anymore. It was Heaven on Seven. It was a Cajun-inspired restaurant, me being from Louisiana. They had a nice run and I read recently that they tried to reopen and finally they just closed it down. That was my spot. Every time we went down to the city, I had to find a way to stop there.
Yes, very simple. Black coffee. Every morning. I’m very direct when it comes to that.
Who would play you in a movie?
Who are your role models or mentors?
My parents are my role models. They’re my point of reference. In terms of professionally, Lovie Smith was a huge mentor for me. Rod Marinelli, same thing. And then coach Eberflus.
Favorite away stadium to play in?
Seattle. They really get after you. It is loud. To me, it’s the loudest stadium in the NFL. They take pride in the noise. And there’s one guy in particular when you come out of the visiting team locker room, he’s screaming at you the entire time. He’s doing that to get you angry, to get you mad.
Toughest player you’ve ever had to game plan against?
Tom Brady, without question.
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Man charged with shooting co-worker in Washington Heights
A 26-year-old man had an argument with a co-worker before allegedly fatally shooting the colleague in Washington Heights, prosecutors said Friday.
Bobby Martin, who was charged with first-degree murder Thursday, made his first appearance Friday in Cook County court.
Martin, is accused of killing his co-worker, Antoine Alexander, 32, in a parking lot at 9411 S Ashland Ave about 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to Chicago police.
Prosecutors said Martin and Alexander worked together at an armed security company and got into a verbal altercation inside the guard shack on Tuesday afternoon. During the altercation, prosecutors said Alexander removed his bullet proof vest and threw it to the ground. A witness, another co-worker, then told the defendant and the victim to take the altercation outside.
After stepping outside, the defendant pulled his firearm and fired one shot into the victims abdomen, prosecutors said. The victim’s firearm was holstered at the time of the argument and the shooting. The defendant fled the scene and came into contact with another co-worker, whom he told that he had just shot Alexander.
Alexander was then taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead.
Martin was arrested by authorities three blocks from his home approximately 20 minutes after the shooting, prosecutors said.
Martin was detained and will appear in court again on March 17, authorities said.
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Washington
Washington Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury announces she’s pregnant
Trinity Rodman signs record deal with Washington Spirit
USWNT forward Trinity Rodman signed a three-year deal with the NWSL’s Washington Spirit. The deal makes Rodman the highest-paid female footballer in the world.
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Washington Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury has announced that she and her husband Matt are expecting a baby in July.
The couple made the announcement in a video on the Spirit’s social media channels, holding a baby goalkeeper jersey on the pitch at Audi Field.
Kingsbury becomes the most recent Spirit star to go on maternity leave, following defender Casey Krueger, midfielder Andi Sullivan and forward Ashley Hatch.
Sullivan gave birth to daughter Millie in July, while Hatch welcomed her son Leo in January.
Krueger announced she was pregnant with her second child in October.
Kingsbury has served as the Spirit’s starting goalkeeper since 2018, and has been named the NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year twice (2019 and 2021).
The 34-year-old has two caps with the U.S. women’s national team, and was named to the 2023 World Cup roster.
The club captain will leave a major void for the Spirit, who have finished as NWSL runner-up in back-to-back seasons.
Sandy MacIver and Kaylie Collins are expected to compete for the starting role while Kingsbury is on maternity leave.
The Spirit kick off their 2026 campaign on March 13 against the Portland Thorns.
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Washington state board awards Yakima $985,600 loan for Sixth Avenue project design
YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima could soon take a major step toward redesigning Sixth Avenue after the Washington State Public Works Board awarded the city a $985,600 loan.
The loan was approved for the design engineering phase of the Sixth Avenue project. The funding can also be used along Sixth Avenue for utility replacement and updated ADA use.
The Yakima City Council must decide whether to accept the award. If the council accepts it, the city’s engineering work will move forward with the design of Sixth Avenue.
The cost of installing trolley lines is excluded from the plan. The historic trolleys would need to raise the funds required to add trolley lines.
The award is scheduled to be discussed during next week’s City Council meeting.
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