Kathy Bergen

Mayor Richard Daley came within striking distance Tuesday of securing a final endorsement to make an unlimited financial guarantee for the 2016 Summer Olympics -- a critical step in his...

Support in Chicago for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games has dwindled, with residents now sharply divided over whether the city should host the Games, a Tribune/WGN poll has found. Nearly...

A member of Mayor Richard Daley's team working to bring the Olympics to Chicago has quietly arranged to develop city-owned land near a park that would be transformed for the...

At the first City Council meeting since Mayor Richard Daley increased the likelihood of Chicago being responsible for any losses from the 2016 Summer Olympics, aldermen countered Tuesday with measures...

State historic preservation officials are withdrawing from the battle to save buildings on the Michael Reese Hospital campus, which is slated for development as an athletes' village if Chicago wins...

International Olympics officials finished up their tour of Rio de Janeiro as a potential host of the 2016 Summer Games on Saturday and offered the same sort of high praise...

Tokyo The city has financial and technical aspects of hosting covered, but public apathy could prove to be a problem By Kathy Bergen, Tribune reporter Seiko Hashimoto was born just...

Counting on the glare of celebrity to drown out blustery weather, protests by unhappy police officers and political-corruption headlines as an Olympic evaluation team arrives in town, Chicago 2016 revealed...

Olympics supporters are asking for a much higher financial guarantee from the state -- $250 million -- to help Chicago win its bid for the 2016 Games. The request dwarfs...

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts said it is dropping plans for a 200-room luxury hotel in the long-stalled Waterview Tower project overlooking the Chicago River at 111 W. Wacker Drive. "Under...