Sports Stories from June 18, 2019 (Change date)
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Boomers lose 2-1 to JolietJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - The Schaumburg Boomers dropped a 2-1 decision to the Joliet Slammers in the opener of a homestand on Tuesday night. Orlando Rodriguez, signed before the game, dazzled in...
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Source: White Sox to extend protective netting at Guaranteed Rate Field to foul polesJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - The White Sox and Illinois Sports Facilities Authority are planning to extend the protective netting at Guaranteed Rate Field down the lines to the foul poles, according...
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Big boost for Wilson golf with Woodland's U.S. Open victoryJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - The 119th U.S. Open ended Sunday but it won't be forgotten - certainly not at Chicago's biggest golf equipment company. Tim Clarke, who heads Wilson's golf division, add...
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Rozner: Cubs-White Sox rivalry? Not reallyJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - We can try all we want to sell this as a rivalry, but it is most decidedly not. Maybe it is for you, as Cubs and White Sox fans, but not for the players, managers or man...
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Sox, not Cubs, let Jimenez achieve his Wrigley dreamJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - Reaching Wrigley Field was always the dream. "That was my goal when I signed with them," said Eloy Jimenez, who joined the Cubs at the age of 17. "I have the chance to p...
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Cubs' Hoyer: 'We'll try to take it slow' with injured HendricksJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - To hear Chicago Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer tell it, the team will not rush injured starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks back to the active list. Hendricks went on the in...
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Former senior soccer official Michel Platini detained amid investigation into 2022 World Cup in QatarJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - BERLIN - Three years ahead of the 2022 soccer World Cup in Qatar, questions over how the wealthy Persian Gulf nation was granted the global tournament led to a high-prof...
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White Sox are MLB's first team to announce protective netting extensionJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - Good luck catching Eloy Jimenez without a smile on his face. The Chicago White Sox's rookie left fielder always seems to be in a cheerful mood, whether he's dancing in t...
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Jimenez homer vaults Sox past Cubs 3-1Jun 18, 2019 1:00 am - The Chicago Cubs said all the right things about Eloy Jimenez on Tuesday, and for a while, it looked like his debut at Wrigley Field would be quiet one. Jimenez, after a...
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Collins joins Chicago White Sox from Class AAA CharlotteJun 18, 2019 1:00 am - Removed from the second game of a doubleheader Sunday while playing for Class AAA Charlotte, Zack Collins was initially perplexed. "I wasn't really sure why," he said. "...