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Goodbye to a GOAT. Tennis star Serena Williams jumps into the air with arms outstretched after winning a 2012 championship match.

FILE - Serena Williams reacts after beating Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, in the championship match at the 2012 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in New York. Saying “the countdown has begun,” 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams announced Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, she is ready to step away from tennis so she can turn her focus to having another child and her business interests, presaging the end of a career that transcended sports.AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Charles Krupa

Goodbye to a GOAT. Tennis star Serena Williams jumps into the air with arms outstretched after winning a 2012 championship match.

FILE - Serena Williams reacts after beating Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, in the championship match at the 2012 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in New York. Saying “the countdown has begun,” 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams announced Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, she is ready to step away from tennis so she can turn her focus to having another child and her business interests, presaging the end of a career that transcended sports.AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Charles Krupa

Goodbye to a GOAT

FILE - Serena Williams reacts after beating Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, in the championship match at the 2012 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, in New York. Saying “the countdown has begun,” 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams announced Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, she is ready to step away from tennis so she can turn her focus to having another child and her business interests, presaging the end of a career that transcended sports.AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Charles Krupa

   

This week, City Cast Chicago host Jacoby Cochran and Chicago Tribune music critic Britt Julious team up with us to unwind and talk about this week’s biggest news stories. Guest host Araceli Gómez-Aldana shares her heartbreak over Serena Williams’s announcement that she plans to leave tennis. Plus, we get into why Gen Z TikTokers are making fun of millennials and the rise of the Italian beef sandwich featured on The Bear.

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