Pro Sports
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How much does a beer and a hot dog cost you at Wrigley Field or the Rate? I did the math
Apr 10, 2025 10:45 am - It’s not breaking news, but nothing is cheap at a professional sporting event, let alone Wrigley Field, where the Cubs pack ’em in, rain or shine, snow or sun. Starting with tickets, a parent taking a family of four to a game — or one person drinking for four — can experience losses of “biblical” proportions in their bank account.
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Silvy: Here comes the tough love that can make Bears QB Caleb Williams a star
Apr 10, 2025 6:00 am - One year later, as Caleb Williams walked back into Halas Hall for OTAs, he is officially no longer a rookie. Yet the question remains, who is this? While many of us still can’t answer that, I do know that Williams has as much pressure on him as any athlete in Chicago sports history.
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New year, same pain: White Sox have lost 7 straight and are 2-9 for 2nd straight seasonApr 09, 2025 11:26 pm - The White Sox were hoping 2025 would be better after they lost 121 games last year, a major-league record since 1900. Instead, their pain is continuing in new ways. Chicago's 3-2 loss to Cleveland on Wednesday night was its seventh straight. The South Siders are 2-9, the same record they had after 11 games last season.
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This season has been a true running of the BullsApr 09, 2025 10:29 pm - The Bulls took a step toward clinching a home game in the play-in tournament by beating Miami on Wednesday behind Josh Giddey’s seventh triple-double of the season.
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Bulls’ Lonzo Ball meets family of the man who donated knee cartilage he received in transplantApr 09, 2025 9:03 pm - Bulls guard Lonzo Ball got to meet the family of the man who donated the knee cartilage he received in a transplant two years ago. Ball signed jerseys and took pictures with the mother, father, an older and a younger brother and soon-to-be sister-in-law of the late Alex Reinhardt of Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, who died at age 20 in February 2023, prior to Wednesday's game against the Miami Heat. The meeting near the Bulls' bench was an emotional moment for Angie Reinhardt, Alex's mother.
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Tauchman injured on unusual final play that ends in White Sox lossApr 09, 2025 8:38 pm - Carlos Santana homered and the Cleveland Guardians held off the White Sox 3-2 in a game that ended on a bizarre play. The White Sox had the bases loaded with two outs in the ninth inning when Miguel Vargas singled through the hole at shortstop. Jacob Amaya scored and it seemed Mike Tauchman was going to tie the game before he appeared to injure himself while rounding third base.
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Rookie Bradly Nadeau has the Chicago Wolves ready for a playoff runApr 09, 2025 6:37 pm - Wolves forward Bradly Nadeau is a big reason the team has earned a berth in the AHL playoffs.
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‘I was elated’: How Naperville’s Crawford earned the call to be in the Naismith Hall of FameApr 09, 2025 6:33 pm - Naperville resident Danny Crawford, a 32-year referee in the National Basketball Association, will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Years later, Darrell Baker remains one of the best fishermen I ever knewApr 09, 2025 5:53 pm - One of the most memorable characters I ever met in the world of fishing was my old friend Darrell Baker. He was a true phenom.
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Cubs left-hander Justin Steele placed on 15-day injured list because of elbow tendinitisApr 09, 2025 5:06 pm - The Cubs placed left-hander Justin Steele on the 15-day injured list on Wednesday because of left elbow tendinitis. Steele said he began to feel discomfort during the fourth or fifth inning of his most recent start, a 7-0 win over the Texas Rangers on Monday.