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Europe’s Martin Kaymer celebrates after winning the Ryder Cup at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah in 2012. It was the greatest in the history of the event, the visitors completing the biggest comeback ever on foreign soil, and it wouldn’t have been close to the same without the crowd.

Columns | Rozner: Ryder Cup without fans? Hard to imagine

Pro golfers are increasingly pessimistic that the Ryder Cup will have fans at Whistling Straits. If that's the case, they'd like to see it postponed.
St. Charles golfers Hayes Cooper (on the tee) and Chris Zanoni are on the first hole last week at Tanna Farms Golf Club in Geneva. The short par 3 provides a great chance to start the round with a par or birdie, but double bogey isn’t out of the question. “Very picturesque and challenging,” general manager Chad Zipse said.

Sports | Tanna Farms Golf Club a unique experience

Our Hidden Gems series continues with Tanna Farms, a "big-shouldered course" in Geneva that shouldn't be underestimated. It features perhaps the best opening hole in the area.
A Kane County Cougars player high-fives young fans as he runs onto the field before a 2018 game. As major-league baseball is expected to cut an estimated 40 minor-league teams before play begins in 2021, the Cougars are not in danger of being cut.

Pro Sports | Kane County Cougars not on minor-league contraction list

Major-league baseball is expected to cut an estimated 40 minor-league teams before play begins in 2021. The Class A Kane County Cougars are not on the contraction list.
The Chicago Cubs celebrated a World Series win in 2016. But which Chicago team will be next to bring home a championship? It’s an interesting question, but one that’s impossible to answer beyond taking a wild guess.

Blackhawks | Predicting Chicago's next champion is a losing proposition

Which Chicago team will be the next to win a championship? That's an interesting question, but one that's impossible to answer beyond taking a wild guess.
Prep Sports | Clubhouse Chatter: Who is on your Mount Rushmore of Chicago athletes?
Clubhouse Chatter: Who is on your Mount Rushmore of Chicago athletes?
FILE - In this April 29, 2018 file photo taken with a fisheye lens, a flag flies at the Banc of California Stadium prior to an MLS soccer game between Los Angeles FC and the Seattle Sounders in Los Angeles. Los Angeles FC will seek a new name for its 2-year-old Banc of California Stadium after a restructuring of the bank's partnership with the Major League Soccer club. LAFC announced Tuesday, May 26, 2020 that Banc of California will eventually give up its naming rights to the sleek new stadium just south of downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, file)
Pro Sports | MLS players agree to salary cuts, possible tournament
The Major League Soccer Players Association agreed to concessions for this season, including an across-the-board salary cuts, while also agreeing to play in a proposed tournament in Orlando, Florida
FILE - In a Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020 file photo, Houston Rockets forward Thabo Sefolosha (18), left, and Denver Nuggets guard PJ Dozier (35) in the second half of an NBA basketball game, in Denver. Time has not healed all wounds for Sefolosha, the NBA veteran who says he was attacked by a group of New York Police Department officers in April 2015 while they were arresting him outside a nightclub in the city's Chelsea neighborhood. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
NBA | AP Interview: Floyd's death opens old wounds for Sefolosha
Thabo Sefolosha's anger and frustration roared back last week when he saw the video of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019 file photo, Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini gives instructions during the Champions League group C soccer match between Atalanta and Shakhtar Donetsk at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy. Gasperini says he had the coronavirus and was concerned for his life mid-March. Gasperini tells the Gazzetta dello Sport that he started feeling sick on March 9, a day before Atalanta played at Valencia in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)
Pro Sports | Atalanta coach feared for his life as he fought virus
The coach of Italian soccer club Atalanta says he acquired COVID-19 and was concerned for his life mid-March
Cubs | Former Cubs minor-leaguer Picchiotti passes away at 92
John Picchiotti, who played minor-league baseball in the Chicago Cubs' system from 1945-50, passed away. The Arlington Heights resident was 92.
The Georgia National Guard lines up in front of the of the College Football Hall of Fame in the aftermath of a demonstration against police violence on Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
College Sports | College Football Hall of Fame damaged in Atlanta protests
The College Football Hall of Fame is boarded up and assessing damage from a destructive night of protests in downtown Atlanta
FILE - In this May 16, 2020, file photo, Tina Nguyen, left, a nurse at the International Community Health Services clinic in Seattle's International District, takes a nose swab sample from David Carroll, an ICHS employee, during testing for the coronavirus in Seattle. At a cost of $120-130 per test and NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's estimate the league will need 25,000-35,000 in total to get through the playoffs, the price tag he concedes is 'millions of dollars.' But regular testing is something players insisted on in the name of feeling safe to compete.(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
NHL | NHL plans to test players for COVID-19 daily if games resume
The NHL has a coronavirus testing plan for players and staff if it returns to play
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver unveils the NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant MVP Award during a news conference Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks)
NBA | In staff memo, NBA's Adam Silver addresses racial tensions
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver sent a memo to the league's staffers Sunday night to address the latest racial tensions in the country, sparked most recently by the death last week of a black man who was in handcuffs when a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into his neck as he pleaded that he couldn't breathe
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment # 4,209, Larry Cameron photo: Professional golf legend Arnold Palmer waits to putt during the Western Open at the Medinah Country Club in June of 1966. The tournament was won by Billy Casper with a 283, one under par.
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The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment # 29,663, Jim Frost photo: This youngster gets some guidance on hitting the ball during a Pee Wee softball game in Prospect Heights in August of 1973.
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Chicago Cubs infielder Glenn Beckert shown in 1968.
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The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment # 5,395, Bob Strawn photo: Santa Claus invaded the feminine precincts of Duchess Beauty Salon in Rolling Meadows to get a glamour treatment before his official arrival at Randhurst Shopping Center. As Santa sat under the dryer, regular customers appeared to be speculating whether it would be worth while to tell him what they would like for Christmas in December of 1966.
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The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 50,275, Charles Cherney photo: DePaul basketball coach Ray Meyer is mobbed by fans after his team returned from Provo, Utah, where the Blue Demons upset UCLA to win the NCAA West Regional Championship. About 4,000 fans turned out at O’hare Airport to welcome the team home in March of 1979.
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Donovan Carter, right, and Benjamin Chung of Wauconda celebrate a win over St. Francis in Class 3A Rockford Boylan boys basketball sectional semifinal action Tuesday night.
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