Sports Stories from August 1, 2024 (Change date)
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Something in reserve: Bears beat Texans in preseason game ended in the third quarterAug 01, 2024 10:30 pm - The Bears are back. Or at least they were back on the football field for the first time in six months. The Bears defeated the Texans 21-17 at the Hall of Fame Game on Thu...
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Cubs rally with 3 runs in 9th to top Cardinals 5-4Aug 01, 2024 10:10 pm - Pinch-hitter Mike Tauchman doubled in Dansby Swanson with the winning run as the Cubs scored three times in the ninth inning to rally for a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Car...
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Mahle, Kane County Cougars rout Chicago DogsAug 01, 2024 9:23 pm - Starting pitcher Greg Mahle twirled a gem and the offense provided plenty of run support, as the Kane County Cougars ran away with a 13-2 victory over the Chicago Dogs on...
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Hall of Famer Julius Peppers drew motivation from working hot summers in North CarolinaAug 01, 2024 9:01 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Julius Peppers remembers the long, grueling dawn-until-dusk summer days he spent working in the cotton and cucumbers fields of North Carolina's Nash Cou...
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Devin Hester rewrote NFL record book with his spectacular returns. Now, he goes into Hall of FameAug 01, 2024 8:54 pm - A few years before Devin Hester began to etch his name into the NFL's record book with one spectacular return after another, Mark Sadowski was scouting a Miami-North Caro...
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U.S. women clinch quarterfinal berth and stretch Olympic win streak to 57 straightAug 01, 2024 5:56 pm - VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France — The U.S. faced a challenge from Belgium that only a few countries have provided during the Americans' long Olympic win streak. The pro-Belgium...
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Ledecky wins record 13th medal with a silver. Summer McIntosh and Kate Douglass strike goldAug 01, 2024 5:50 pm - NANTERRE, France — It wasn't the medal Katie Ledecky would've preferred. Still, it was good enough for the record books. On a night when Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh r...
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Suburban teams prepping for first season of IHSA flag footballAug 01, 2024 5:14 pm - Preparations are underway for more than 150 Illinois flag football teams as the 2024 season approaches. With just over a month to go before the season starts, girls flag ...
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Simone Biles edges Brazil’s Andrade for 2nd Olympic all-around gold medal; Lee takes bronzeAug 01, 2024 1:50 pm - PARIS — Simone Biles huddled with Sunisa Lee. She looked to her husband Jonathan Owens in the stands. Lost in the moment. And maybe a touch frantic. The American gymnasti...
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Olympics on her mind, Ukraine in her heart, world-record high jumper goes for a gold medal in ParisAug 01, 2024 11:26 am - SAINT-DENIS, France — The best high jumper in Ukraine, and maybe the world, hasn't spent much time at home the last few years. Home for Yaroslava Mahuchikh is Dnipro, a c...
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