Sox Beat Cubs / Gnats Invade / 'Punched In The Face' / 'Chicagwa'

Former Bears center Olin Kreutz got fired as a football analyst for CHGO Sports after reportedly shoving a co-worker by the neck during a meeting.

Nobody got hurt. Nobody got arrested.

Kreutz tweeted a picture of Mike Tyson and a message:

"Social media made y'all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it."

Jeff Arnold On Sports:Former Bears Center Kreutz Fired After Physically Attacking Co-Worker

Sox-y. High: 45 Low: 42.

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• Chicago has been invaded by an "unusually large" swarm of gnats. (NBC5)
• The White Sox beat the Cubs 3-1 in Game 1 of the crosstown series at Wrigley Field. Tim Anderson hit another first-pitch homer. (MLB)
• Chicagwa, that's a made up word for Chicago tap water in a can. Now, you can get one at certain restaurants around town. It's part of a kind-of-funny public service announcement to celebrate National Drinking Water week and our city's greatest resource, tasty Lake Michigan tap water. (Patch)
• City Hall reporters cited sources in reports suggesting Bally's had been selected to develop a casino in River North on the Chicago River. Mayor Lightfoot called those reports "inaccurate." Anybody taking bets on who is right? (NBC5)
• The city's police accountability watchdog released body cam video of police fatally shooting an armed man who was holding hostages for about 2 hours in an apartment near Ford City Mall last month. (Patch)

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