Other Sports
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Lincicome: Don't blame the Bears if the Sox take a tumbleAug 06, 2022 1:00 am - I see by the calendar on my Fitbit it is time to play Pick an Alibi. It has not escaped my attention that the local baseball season has turned pretty much into oatmeal, ...
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Zalusky: How Vin Scully brought his trademark eloquence to Chicago baseball momentsAug 06, 2022 1:00 am - The voice of Vin Scully will forever be wedded to Dodger nation. But the legendary broadcaster, who died Tuesday at age 94, also presided over some significant moments i...
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Nadal withdraws from Montreal because of abdominal injury
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - MONTREAL (AP) - Rafael Nadal withdrew from the upcoming hard-court tournament in Montreal on Friday because of the abdominal injury that caused him to pull out of Wimble...
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Coco Gauff beats former No. 1 Naomi Osaka in straight sets
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - SAN JOSE (AP) - Coco Gauff held off four-time major champion Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday night to advance to the quarterfinals at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classi...
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NCAA hoops leagues grapple with unequal pay for women's refs
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - The NCAA earned praise last year when it agreed to pay referees at its men's and women's basketball tournaments equally. The gesture only cost about $100,000, a tiny fra...
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NCAA will have 2 regional sites for 2023 women's tournament
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - The NCAA Tournament for women's basketball is going to a two-host format for its regional rounds next year with eight teams apiece playing in Seattle and Greenville, Sou...
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Jim O'Donnell: Hot flash - Jay Mariotti considers an unauthorized biography of Jerry ReinsdorfAug 05, 2022 1:00 am - IT IS A MATCH MADE in sports publishing heaven: Jerry Reinsdorf and Jay Mariotti. Two longtime antagonists, as simpatico as Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny, inside of the sa...
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Hub: The longer Roquan Smith 'holds in,' the more LB becomes a position of concern
Aug 05, 2022 1:00 am - When a team is rebuilding from basically the ground up, there are rarely any sure things at any position. But throughout the late winter, spring and summer, one position...
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Unvaccinated Novak Djokovic pulls out of Montreal tournament
Aug 04, 2022 7:00 am - MONTREAL (AP) - Novak Djokovic withdrew from the upcoming hard-court tournament in Montreal on Thursday because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and is therefore no...
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Badosa wins tight 3-setter in San Jose; Jabeur tops Keys
Aug 04, 2022 7:00 am - SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Fourth-ranked Paula Badosa of Spain broke serve twice late in the final set before winning a tiebreak to get past 21-year-old Elizabeth Mandlik 6...