Pro Sports
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Lincicome: The Bulls will play this season, which might be as much as we can expectOct 11, 2025 11:44 am - Columnist Bernie Lincicome wonders what will make this a successful season for the Bulls.
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O’Donnell: Bears, Cubs, Kimmel and Pritzker — a marathon Chicago weekendOct 11, 2025 11:15 am - It’s a busy sports weekend in Chicago, and there’s reason to hope for good things from the local teams, writes columnist Jim O’Donnell.
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Polanco hits winning single in the 15th inning as the Mariners beat the Tigers to advance to ALCS
Oct 11, 2025 12:31 am - Jorge Polanco hit a game-ending single in the 15th inning, and the Seattle Mariners advanced to the AL Championship Series by outlasting the Detroit Tigers for a 3-2 victory Friday night in the longest winner-take-all postseason game in baseball history.
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Wilson scores 31 and Aces win 3rd WNBA title in 4 seasons, beating Mercury 97-86 for 4-game sweep
Oct 10, 2025 10:22 pm - A'ja Wilson scored 31 points, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young both added 18 and the Las Vegas Aces won their third WNBA championship in four seasons, beating the Phoenix Mercury 97-86 on Friday night for a four-game sweep of the Finals.
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Winning the first inning will be vital for Cubs in Game 5Oct 10, 2025 7:03 pm - The starting pitcher will be important for the Cubs in Saturday’s Game 5 at Milwaukee, since the first inning has been the key to everything in this series.
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Bears looking for more production, consistency from rushing attack
Oct 10, 2025 5:04 pm - The Bears will face a tough test going against the Commanders in front of a national audience Monday night. Not only does Chicago need to find ways to stop a Washington team that’s a contender in the NFC on the road. But the Bears also have some of their own issues they’ll need to resolve in order to win Monday. Here are three of the most interesting things the Bears said Friday.
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Electric Wrigley Field gets the W as Cubs dominate Game 4 of NLDS vs. Brewers
Oct 10, 2025 3:40 pm - After losing the first two games of this series in lopsided fashion, the Cubs are surging after two wins at home: a one-run nail-biter in Game 3 on Wednesday, followed by a 6-0 beatdown Thursday in front of the biggest, loudest crowd of the season at Wrigley Field.
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Decision day: Happ home run makes history, gets Cubs off to fast start to force Game 5 SaturdayOct 09, 2025 11:23 pm - Cubs starter Matthew Boyd became the first pitcher in this series to post a zero in the first inning Thursday, as the Cubs and Brewers battled in Game 4 at Wrigley Field.
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Dodgers advance to NLCS after Kerkering's 11th-inning error beats Phillies
Oct 09, 2025 9:24 pm - Orion Kerkering made a wild throw past home instead of tossing to first after mishandling Andy Pages’ bases-loaded comebacker with two outs in the 11th inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 Thursday to win their NL Division Series 3-1.
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Cubs run game has virtually disappeared in playoffsOct 09, 2025 8:22 pm - Cubs notes: During their first nine playoff games, the Cubs have just one stolen base, and it happened in Wednesday’s Game 3 against Milwaukee.