Other Sports
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Top accessory this year at the Little League World Series? A bat that looks like sour gummy wormsAug 16, 2025 8:25 pm - It’s not an ice-cream cone. It’s not an Italian rainbow cookie. It’s the baseball bat being used at the Little League World Series. Easton’s 2026 Hype Fire USA Bat with the neon green grip and the pink-and-neon yellow barrel is hard to miss at the plate. And the players love them.
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The Savannah Bananas have a South Side sellout. Here’s how to watch their stopover in Chicago
Aug 15, 2025 7:56 am - Another weekend in which the Savannah Bananas liberate a house of losing baseball. Rate Field, home of the flailing Chicago White Sox, hasn’t hosted sustained fun in quite some time. Enter Friday and Saturday batches of Banana Ball in front of sellout crowds.
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‘Twelve terrific boys’: Clarendon Hills reaches the Little League World SeriesAug 11, 2025 12:20 pm - Winning its first state and regional titles in program history, Clarendon Hills Little League prepares for Wednesday’s Little League World Series opener in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
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Olympian Hezly Rivera edges Leanne Wong for victory at the US gymnastics championships
Aug 10, 2025 10:28 pm - NEW ORLEANS — Hezly Rivera was the fresh face a year ago. The newcomer. The teenager on a team of 20-something Olympic gymnasts, doing her best to absorb what she could f...
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USA Gymnastics is entering a new era both on and off the floor as the US championships begin
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‘Putting us on the map’: LIV Golf expected to generate about $40 million in local revenue, boost regional tourismAug 05, 2025 1:43 pm - LIV Golf Chicago returns to Bolingbrook Golf Club for the second straight year Aug. 8-10. The tournament is expected to generate about $40 million for the host city.
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Bad blood. Lyles shoved by Bednarek after his win in 200 meters at US nationals
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U.S. swimmers hear the criticism, even as they finish on top at worlds
Aug 03, 2025 3:30 pm - It was the middle of the night in Singapore, Friday giving way to Saturday, when the caustic Instagram story began making its way around the American swim community. For ...
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Finally healthy, Barrington’s Butler thriving on the linksAug 03, 2025 3:17 pm - After winning the Illinois State Women’s Amateur Championship in June, Barrington High School graduate Bridget Butler will compete next week in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship.
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Americans set a relay world record in swim worlds in Singapore and Ledecky wins again