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Former Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Lamarr Hoyt, who helpled lead the "Winning Ugly" White Sox to a 1983 American League West title, died after a long battle with cancer. He was 66.

When Hoyt took the mound during his Cy Young Award-season in 1983, a great calm came over the clubhouse.

"Lamarr wanted to play the game. He just loved to pitch. He loved being competitive, and he wanted the ball in his hand no matter what," former teammate Ron Kittle said. "When Lamarr was on the mound, we knew we were going to win that day."

Konkol Column: White Sox 1983 Cy Young Winner Lamarr Hoyt Dies Of Cancer At 66

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• Longtime Logan Square gadfly Larry Ligas got the attention of the feds at the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill. The 62-year-old founder of Logan Square Concerned Citizens faces four federal charges related to including "disorderly and disruptive conduct," Jonah Meadows reports. (Patch)
• A man in his 30s who authorities said appeared intoxicated fell to his death over a railing on a CTA Blue Line platform in Logan Square Tuesday night. (Patch)
• The NBA stripped the Bulls of a second-round draft pick after an investigation found the team violated the league "tampering policy" in its acquisition of star guard Lonzo Ball from the New Orleans Pelicans. The Bulls shrugged. (Patch)
• After a sick staff member at Jesse Brown Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Chicago reportedly came to work for several days, at least 18 hospitalized patients tested positive for COVID-19. And at least one has died. (Patch)

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