America’s oldest Black town is Brooklyn, Illinois. Once an Underground Railroad stop, it’s now dying. A race is on to save it.

After 20 years in Chicago, landscape architect Abie Baldwin and restaurateur Taylor Aue moved to Brooklyn, Michigan, and invested $2 million into an upscale restaurant.

BOTTOM LINE: Chicago plays Brooklyn in Eastern Conference action Friday. Brooklyn finished 32-50 overall, 24-28 in Eastern Conference games and 20-21 at home during the 2023-24 season.

Unlike his 2008 trial in Chicago, R. Kelly’s alleged victims are willing to testify in Brooklyn — including one young groupie who attended the Cook County proceedings before being targeted ...

Brooklyn trails Chicago by five full games for the Eastern Conference's 10-seed, creating a must-win atmosphere on the road. ODDS: Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook.