Sports Stories from January 24, 2025 (Change date)
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Boys basketball: Kirby sinks go-ahead free throw with 2.5 seconds left to help Geneva defeat Wheaton Warrenville SouthJan 24, 2025 10:24 pm - Geneva senior Hudson Kirby has made it a priority this season to get better at the free-throw line. After struggling early in the season from the charity stripe, the Wisc...
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Amber Glenn defends her title at the US Figure Skating Championships as Alysa Liu falters lateJan 24, 2025 10:19 pm - Amber Glenn defended her title as the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, landing a massive triple axel early in the program and then watching in stressful anticipation as Alysa Liu came up just short of surpassing her.
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Girls basketball: Fisher leads Libertyville past Stevenson with big second halfJan 24, 2025 10:09 pm - After losing to Libertyville 52-25 on Dec. 11, host Stevenson was looking to make a statement in the rematch Friday night in a North Suburban Conference girls basketball ...
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Kucherov scores in OT to give Lightning 4-3 win over BlackhawksJan 24, 2025 10:04 pm - Nikita Kucherov scored 58 seconds into overtime and had two assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3. Jake Guentzel had a goal and an assist, Nick Paul and Mitchell Chaffee also scored and Victor Hedman had two assists to help the Lightning end a two-game skid.
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Girls basketball: Huntley keeps perfect season alive, improves to 23-0 with win over Cary-GroveJan 24, 2025 9:55 pm - Huntley senior guard Anna Campanelli feels that her team has a distinct advantage. “I think we have one of the deepest benches, and that helps us get better a lot,” said ...
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Blackhawks trade Hall to Hurricanes in three-team dealJan 24, 2025 9:36 pm - The Carolina Hurricanes have acquired forwards Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche and Taylor Hall from the Chicago Blackhawks in a three-team trade.
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Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has grown and matured over the years, both on and off the fieldJan 24, 2025 8:47 pm - Patrick Mahomes was just a young hotshot when he led the Chiefs to the first of their seven straight AFC title games. Now, he's a two-time MVP with three Super Bowl rings and the same number of kids, and how he goes about the game — and life in general — is a whole lot different.
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White Sox announce statue for Buehrle to be unveiled in JulyJan 24, 2025 7:44 pm - One highlight of Day 1 of SoxFest was the announcement of a Mark Buehrle statue, which will be unveiled this summer during the 20-year anniversary celebration of the 2005 World Series champs.
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Still growing, Schultz works to live up to top billing for White SoxJan 24, 2025 6:51 pm - Oswego native Noah Schultz, the top-rated White Sox prospect, has grown to 6-feet-10. When the left-handed pitcher makes it to the majors is to be determined. Schultz and others were on the South Side for Friday’s opening night of SoxFest.
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Johnson will be a very different Bears coach than Eberflus wasJan 24, 2025 3:08 pm - New Bears coach Ben Johnson was not shy about how much the quarterback position mattered when he was deciding where he wanted to be a head coach. “It’s clear that modern...