Sports Stories from August 31, 2022 (Change date)
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Bears safety Jaquan Brisker returns to practice, optimistic for Week 1 returnAug 31, 2022 1:00 am - Bears rookie safety Jaquan Brisker injured his thumb in the preseason opener Aug. 13 at Soldier Field, but didn't think much of it. Trainers taped it up, but he played o...
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Leyden gets ready for Thursday Night FootballAug 31, 2022 1:00 am - Friday Night Lights are going to Thursdays for Leyden this year. The Eagles have moved all four of their home games to Triton College in River Grove. Leyden will play th...
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Ramblers football wins handily on ESPN national broadcastAug 31, 2022 1:00 am - At halftime of Loyola Academy's football season opener on Sunday, an ESPN camera operator caught a happy Ramblers fan holding a sign in the Hoerster Stadium home grandst...
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Naperville North hopes to cut down on penalties; mixed emotions for St. FrancisAug 31, 2022 1:00 am - Naperville North coach Sean Drendel was impressed with his team's 40-21 Week 1 win over Homewood-Flossmoor. "That was the great. We beat a very good team," he said. Dren...
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Girls cross country: Cook County and Lake County season previewAug 31, 2022 1:00 am - The Prospect girls cross country team enters the teams without many question marks. The Knights, who finished in second place in Class 3A last season, are deep, talented...
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Bears make 6 waiver claims, including Raiders' LeatherwoodAug 31, 2022 1:00 am - Many of us figured the rebuilding Bears might make a few tweaks to their roster Wednesday by digging into the NFL scrap heap, better known as the waiver wire. But six cl...
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Grayslake Central girls, Barrington boys shine at Lake County cross country inviteAug 31, 2022 1:00 am - There's more to cross country than churning legs and beach ball-sized hearts. Take Grayslake Central's Will Welty's voice, for example. He used it to inspire his team an...
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O'Donnell: In sports media, Linda Hamilton came a long way before there was any way for womenAug 31, 2022 1:00 am - FIFTY YEARS AGO, women attempting to gain a toehold in prime-time sports were being told, "You've come a long way, baby." The fact that it was a teasing laurel from Virg...
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Plenty for Lake Zurich to like about opening winAug 31, 2022 1:00 am - Lake Zurich coach Ron Planz had plenty to like coming out of his team's 21-7 season-opening win against Fremd. "I thought we played hard, didn't have many mental errors ...
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Boomers clinch fifth trip to the playoffsAug 31, 2022 1:00 am - The Schaumburg Boomers secured a return trip to the postseason, the fifth in franchise history, by scoring a 4-3 win at Wintrust Field over the Lake Erie Crushers on Wed...