Pro Sports
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Cougars’ losing streak hits 5Jul 17, 2011 12:00 am - The Kane County Cougars’ losing streak reached five games Sunday with a 6-4 loss to the Great Lakes Loons at Elfstrom Stadium. The five-game skid is the Cougars’ longest...
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Cubs lose in a hot mess at WrigleyJul 17, 2011 12:00 am - Greg Dobbs hit a two-run homer and drove in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded walk in the eighth inning, leading the Florida Marlins to 7-5 victory over the Cubs on S...
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Clarke wins British Open for 1st major titleJul 16, 2011 11:00 pm - SANDWICH, England — Darren Clarke has won his first major title at the British Open. The 42-year-old from Northern Ireland shot an even-par 70 Sunday that gave him a thr...
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Justin who? White Sox have some funJul 16, 2011 12:00 am - Go ahead and try to figure out the White Sox, but do so at your own risk. Opening the unofficial second half of the season against the Tigers on Friday night at Comerica...
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Cubs’ run of good starting pitching ends in lossJul 16, 2011 12:00 am - In the first two games back from the all-star break, the Cubs received 15 scoreless innings from starting pitchers Matt Garza and Ryan Dempster. Maybe it wasn’t much to ...
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Belgium’s Vanendert wins Tour de France 14th stageJul 16, 2011 12:00 am - PLATEAU DE BEILLE, France — French cyclist Thomas Voeckler retained the lead of the Tour de France on Saturday after the last stage in the Pyrenees, which was won by Jel...
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Bowyer moves on from New Hampshire penaltyJul 16, 2011 12:00 am - LOUDON, N.H. — Clint Bowyer put the trophy from last year's victory at New Hampshire in his house. The rest of his memories from that weekend, well, they're not so good....
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Cubs have Marmol working on his gripJul 16, 2011 12:00 am - Manager Mike Quade didn’t have to worry about choosing a closer on Saturday, since the Cubs trailed the Marlins for the full nine innings. Quade plans to give Carlos Mar...
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Sorry, I get no kicks from soccerJul 16, 2011 12:00 am - Sorry, still can't go there no matter how hard I try. Or, come to think about it, no matter how hard the American women try to beat Japan in today's World Cup fin...
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Scott welcomes help in the toughness departmentJul 16, 2011 12:00 am - John Scott’s role won’t change this season for the Blackhawks, but the big difference is he will have plenty of help doing it. Nobody was happier than Scott when the Haw...