Sports Stories from August 23, 2025 (Change date)
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Tucker adds 2 more homers, Cubs offense finally explodesAug 23, 2025 11:16 pm - Kyle Tucker hit 2 home runs, giving him 3 in two days, and Reese McGuire belted a grand slam as the Cubs offense had a big night against the Angels on Saturday.
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Chicago Dogs blown out at homeAug 23, 2025 10:38 pm - The Dogs may have used up all their luck and clutch supply during the first four games of the homestand, as they dropped Game 2 to the visiting RedHawks 17-1 on Saturday evening in Rosemont.
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Venus Williams’ age gets attention at the US Open but players think her icon status matters moreAug 23, 2025 8:21 pm - It's a given that much of the coverage and attention devoted to Venus Williams' return to the U.S. Open, where play begins Sunday, has focused — and will focus — on how old she is. The American is, after all, 45, an age at which no one has competed in singles in New York since 1981.
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Cubs pitcher Cade Horton reflects on trying to be a two-sport college athleteAug 23, 2025 7:01 pm - Before being drafted by the Cubs in 2022, pitcher Cade Horton had his sights set on starting at quarterback for Oklahoma.
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O’Donnell: No winner in Fitzgerald settlement with NorthwesternAug 23, 2025 12:09 pm - The settlement announced Thursday by Northwestern University and former football coach Pat Fitzgerald closes an ugly chapter in program history.
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Final Bears 53-man roster projection: Deeper team puts a few draft picks on the bubbleAug 23, 2025 11:54 am - Breaking down what the Bears’ 53-man roster might look like after cut day Tuesday.
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Ryne Sandberg remembered for how he played the game and treated people on way to Hall of FameAug 23, 2025 11:30 am - Priests wore vestments adorned with the Cubs logo and 23, the jersey number the franchise had retired 20 years ago to honor the late Ryne Sandberg. A contingent of Cubs officials from the business and baseball sides of the organization — including Tom Ricketts, Jed Hoyer, Carter Hawkins and Crane Kenney — gathered in the pews near the front. A group of Sandberg’s beloved teammates — including Larry Bowa, Bob Dernier, Rick Sutcliffe, Andre Dawson and Shawon Dunston — sat to the side of the altar.
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A diaper dandy no more, Fremd graduate Walsh still feels at home at WyomingAug 23, 2025 11:14 am - Entering his final college football season, Fremd graduate Jack Walsh could have left Wyoming for more money at a bigger school. Walsh never considered leaving the university that he’s called a second home since he was a baby. “You can’t put a price on loyalty,” he said.
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Football Top 20Aug 23, 2025 10:54 am - Maine South, Batavia and Downers Grove North are the top three teams in the Daily Herald’s preseason football Top 20.
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Lincicome: Maybe Arlington Heights is willing to meet Chicago halfway for the Bears?Aug 23, 2025 10:00 am - Pop quiz. What do Chicago and Arlington Heights have in common? Well, let’s see. Both are collateral in the stubborn stadium hustle of the Bears, often identified as a professional football team. And this just in. Both are in Cook County.
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