Sports Stories from April 5, 2025 (Change date)
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Girls water polo: Simpson sisters making major impact at LibertyvilleApr 05, 2025 5:45 pm - Ciara and Leah Simpson entered a different world when they came to Libertyville High School last April. Their dad’s job transfer with AbbVie to North Chicago meant the Si...
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Boys volleyball: West Aurora overcomes adversity to claim own tourney title over Naperville NorthApr 05, 2025 5:42 pm - Playing without 4-year starter and captain Evan Camp, out with mono, and losing its second match of the day to Oswego East and dropping the first set to Naperville North,...
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Chicago Wolves grab a win during trip to WinnipegApr 05, 2025 5:04 pm - The Chicago Wolves opened a set of back-to-back games in Winnipeg by defeating the Manitoba Moose 4-3 in overtime Saturday. Ty Smith scored the game-winner in overtime an...
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Billy Donovan, Sylvia Fowles and Danny Crawford highlight Basketball Hall of Fame classApr 05, 2025 4:55 pm - Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are going into the Basketball Hall of Fame later this year, not once but twice. Anthony and Howard were announced Saturday as members of the Class of 2025, as was the 2008 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team that they played on. Also selected: WNBA greats Sue Bird, Maya Moore and former Chicago Sky center Sylvia Fowles, Chicago Bulls coach and two-time NCAA champion Billy Donovan, Miami Heat managing general partner Micky Arison and longtime NBA referee Danny Crawford of Naperville.
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White Sox lose fourth straight game, drop to 2-6Apr 05, 2025 4:38 pm - Kerry Carpenter homered for the third time in two games and Spencer Torkelson had a home run and a double as the Detroit Tigers beat the White Sox 7-2 for their fourth win in five games following an opening three-game skid. Chicago lost its fourth straight and dropped to 2-6, a year after a 1-9 start en route to a post-1900-record 121 defeats.
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Paige Bueckers’ UConn resume is missing an NCAA title. She says others can ponder her legacyApr 05, 2025 4:33 pm - Paige Bueckers' UConn resume has one glaring omission: She hasn't been able to lead the storied women's basketball program to a 12th NCAA title. Whether she can do that on Sunday against South Carolina — which is trying to win its third in four years — remains to be seen.
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Boys volleyball: South Elgin takes 3rd, Barrington 5th at Vernon Hills inviteApr 05, 2025 4:14 pm - The ninth annual Barrington-Vernon Hills Invitational had some dramatic finishes for area boys volleyball teams Saturday afternoon at Vernon Hills. Brother Rice (8-1) won...
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Cubs return to Wrigley Field and give their fans some home-opening hopeApr 05, 2025 11:24 am - Looking at how the Cubs beat the San Diego Padres in a 3-1 matinee win, they might do better than break even … on the field. After two 83-win seasons and a too-long playoff drought, the Cubs look good enough to win 90 games, draw 3 million fans and win the National League Central.
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O’Donnell: Grant Hill keeping it nice with extension at TNTApr 05, 2025 10:15 am - A FEW WINTERS AGO, BILL RAFTERY SAT in a downtown Milwaukee pub, skirting midnight with one old chum and two relatively new ones. The main event that evening had been a B...
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Spring brings the annual fairyland of golf, and pimento sandwiches cheese tooApr 05, 2025 10:00 am - As long as there is a Masters, there will be pimento cheese. On white bread, of course. The signature sandwich, like the place, is comfort food, and never more necessary.
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