Sports Stories from July 5, 2014 (Change date)
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Boomers win in 12 inningsJul 06, 2014 12:03 am - The Schaumburg Boomers walked off with 12-inning win over the Normal CornBelters by a 2-1 final on Saturday night. Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the ninth, Brian McConke...
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Bandits fall 4-3 to RacersJul 06, 2014 8:15 am - Jessica Garcia's 8th inning RBI single turned out to be the game winner Saturday night as the Racers took game three of the series, 4-3. Akron's win Saturday was their f...
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With trade, Cubs' Epstein sees light at end of tunnelJul 06, 2014 5:56 pm - A few days ago in this space, we talked about the Cubs' recent trend of rinse, wash, repeat. They'd go into a season, and at some point they'd trade veteran pitching for...
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Attention shifts to 2018 U.S. soccer teamJul 07, 2014 5:41 am - Hank Steinbrecher has been to many World Cups and enjoyed every one of them, but he doesn't regret skipping this one. In fact, the former U.S. Soccer secretary-general f...
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Facebook's score: 1 billion World Cup interactionsJul 05, 2014 8:35 am - NEW YORK - Facebook has passed the 1 billion mark in World Cup interactions. No other single event has generated this much activity on Facebook in the history of the soc...
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Kittel wins 1st stage of Tour de FranceJul 05, 2014 11:03 pm - HARROGATE, England - Marcel Kittel of Germany won the first stage of the Tour de France for a second straight year after a late crash brought down British rival Mark Cav...
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Cubs pitchers pounded in 13-0 loss to NationalsJul 06, 2014 4:37 pm - WASHINGTON - Chicago Cubs manager Rick Renteria didn't even wait for the question to be asked. His team had been routed by the Washington Nationals just hours after trad...
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Newcomers win men's doubles at WimbledonJul 05, 2014 10:00 pm - LONDON - American Jack Sock and Canadian Vasek Pospisil could have trouble improving on their first tournament as a doubles team. Sock and Pospisil defeated Americans Bo...
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Big trade brings Cubs closer to winningJul 06, 2014 7:47 pm - John Adams, many historians argue, was too smart for his own good, but Adams was adequately self-aware to argue that chance could bequeath power to some for explanations...
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Cubs had trade in mind when Hammel was pulledJul 06, 2014 8:15 am - It turns out now-former Cubs pitcher Jason Hammel was right in being irritated about being yanked from Friday's start. So says Cubs president Theo Epstein. Hammel, whom ...
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