Pro Sports
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WNBA breaks single-season attendance record that had stood since 2002Aug 21, 2025 4:58 pm - With 2½ weeks left in the WNBA's regular season, the league has already broken its single-season attendance record. League officials announced Thursday that the league's 13 teams have drawn a total of 2,501,609 fans over 226 games this season, surpassing the previous mark that was set in 2002 when the league had 16 teams. It also took the WNBA 256 games to reach the milestone in 2002.
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Blackhawks sign Frank Nazar to seven-year contract extension
Aug 21, 2025 4:20 pm - The Chicago Blackhawks signed forward Frank Nazar to a seven-year contract extension on Thursday with a cap hit of $6.59 million per season. The contract doesn’t kick in until the 2026-27 season, as Nazar still has a year left on his entry-level deal. The hope — the expectation, really — is that he and Connor Bedard can be the Blackhawks’ 1-2 punch down the middle for the next decade or more.
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Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, aka Sincaraz, rule men’s tennis as the 2025 US Open arrivesAug 21, 2025 11:04 am - Since Jannik Sinner returned in May from a three-month doping ban, Cincinnati was the fourth event both he and Carlos Alcaraz entered — and they met to decide the title in all four.
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Want 2027 All-Star Game tickets at Wrigley Field? The Cubs have a plan for that
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Silvy: It’s all coming into focus for the Bears — so they need to be bold one more time
Aug 21, 2025 6:00 am - We wanted Johnson to arrive and develop Williams. Did that not look like a totally different quarterback? Let’s appreciate the progress. And here’s more food for thought: Micah Parsons could be available via trade, and Ryan Poles needs to be aggressive.
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Chicago Dogs win slugfest against Lake CountryAug 20, 2025 11:17 pm - The Chicago Dogs won the series against Lake Country on Wednesday night in a slugfest that ended 12-5.
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Cubs survive shaky ninth, win third straight over BrewersAug 20, 2025 10:25 pm - A bases-clearing double by Michael Busch in the third inning sent the Cubs to their third straight victory over Milwaukee.
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Schaumburg Boomers rally but fall short against GatewayAug 20, 2025 10:04 pm - The Schaumburg Boomers brought the tying run to the plate but could not dig out of a 6-0 hole, dropping the middle game of the midweek series with the Gateway Grizzlies by a final score of 8-6 on Wednesday night at Wintrust Field.
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First-round pick Conrad visits Cubs, WrigleyAug 20, 2025 8:19 pm - Cubs first-round draft pick Ethan Conrad shared an update on his recovery from shoulder surgery on Wednesday.
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Tears, no fears: Bears give Bagent financial security with new contract extension