Chicago's Wild Turns: Avery, Capone, Bears & Tragedies

0:00It's April 27th. This is NFL News Today, powered by AI, Your Gridiron Update. I'm Cory with the story. On April 27th, 1944, Chicago Business took a while turn when Montgomery Ward Chairman Suell Avery defied the War Labor Board by refusing a Union contract renewal. Federal troops stormed in, carried him out of his office chair and all, like he was glued to his desk. He didn't regain control until 1945. Fast forward to 1926, and gang violence lit up Cicero outside a spot called the Pony Inn. Three guys got gunned down, including assistant state's attorney William McSwiggan and two O'Donnell gang members. Al Capone was fingered as the shooter, but dodged a blame, saying he actually liked the kid. Whether on that date swings hard too, from a scorching 87 degrees in 2021 to a chilly 29 in 1945, with over two inches of rain once in snow another time.

1:00Meanwhile, in sports lore, the Bears shocked everyone in 2017 by trading up to grab quarterback Mitch Trubisky's second overall, passing on. Stars like Patrick Mahomes. Reactions poured in over the years, from Avery's stubborn call-tanking Ward's future against rivals, to endless Bears' fan debates on that draft bust. After Trubisky's rocky four seasons, the Capone hit fuelled his bootleger legend. While tragedies like the unsolved death of 16-month-old semi-age Crosby in 2017 still, hot Joliet families. Legal echoes linger, like Larry Demory's guilty plea that day in 1995 for killing Michael Jordan's dad, landing him life to dodge. Execution, or Dennis Haster's 15-month sentence, and quarter-million-dollar fine in 2016, for old abuses. Chicago's pass packs these punches, reminding us history don't fade easy.