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With Assad back in town, Cubs consider the possibilities

Cubs pitcher Javier Assad was back with the team Saturday at Rate Field for the first time since suffering an oblique injury in spring training.

Robert, Sox’ hottest hitter, not in lineup for series opener vs. Cubs

White Sox outfielder Luis Robert Jr. was not in Friday’s starting lineup with a muscle issue, one of several injury updates for the Cubs and Sox.

Chris Brady makes it back-to-back clean sheets in Fire’s 1-0 win over Red Bulls

Hugo Cuypers scored a penalty late in the first half, Chris Brady earned his second consecutive clean sheet, and the Chicago Fire defeated the New York Red Bulls 1-0 on Saturday night.

Michael Jordan will be one of the hottest names at next week’s National Sports Collectors Convention in Rosemont.

Jordan, Crow-Armstrong, and Clark: Who’s hot in the sports card market heading into The National

There’s no doubt hobby darlings like Jayden Daniels, Caitlin Clark and Shohei Ohtani should command attention across the National, especially with Clark setting yet another women’s sports card record on Thursday night. But what’s amazing is that even with so much sports culture caught up in “the now,” Michael Jordan still remains supreme in the collectibles and memorabilia world.

He’s a keeper: Instead of trade, White Sox could use another year of Tauchman

Ahead of this weekend’s Cubs-Sox series on the South Side, the White Sox will have a decision to make in the next week about whether to trade outfielder Mike Tauchman.

Boomers smash Slammers in 20-5 rout

The Schaumburg Boomers scored in seven of their eight trips to the plate and equaled the franchise’s single game record for runs in a 20-5 rout of the Joliet Slammers at Wintrust Field on Saturday night.

FILE — Big Ten Conference commissioner Tony Petitti speaks during a news conference after meetings with the Southeastern Conference, Oct. 10, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

One thing is clear after Big Ten media days: The conference is in la-la-land

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti, whose background is in professional sports, not college, doesn’t just want to expand the postseason. He wants to alter the sport fundamentally. He wants it to look less like college football and more like the NFL.