Articles filed under Sports Leagues
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Blackhawks’ Connor Murphy desperately wants to win, but will he be in Chicago to see it?Sep 27, 2025 10:39 am - Blackhawks defenseman Connor Murphy, by far the longest-tenured player as he enters his ninth season in Chicago (no one else has more than three full seasons), has played in 745 regular-season games over 11 NHL seasons but has never played in a Stanley Cup playoff game.
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O’Donnell: All Bears aside, Cubs set to act out season atop Chicago sports marqueeSep 27, 2025 10:00 am - Craig Counsell and the Cubs have as few as two — maybe three — performances on their biggest stage yet to complete 2025 drama.
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Lincicome: The Cubs will celebrate again, and this season tooSep 27, 2025 10:00 am - Having rehearsed their celebration already, the Cubs have the photos and the stained laundry to prove that whatever happens next, the season wasn’t half bad, although it was only half good when you look at where the Cubs were once and where they are now. As Rick may have told Ilsa, they will always have Pittsburgh.
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Tatís grand slam sends Padres past Diamondbacks, keeping Cubs’ magic number at 1 gameSep 27, 2025 12:06 am - Luis Arraez extended his hitting streak to 14 games with his 22nd career four-hit game for the postseason-bound Padres (88-72), who also prevented the Chicago Cubs (90-70) from clinching homefield advantage in the clubs' opening-round playoff series.
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Montgomery’s ninth-inning homer leads White Sox to 10-9 win over NationalsSep 26, 2025 9:23 pm - Colson Montgomery hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the ninth inning, Lenyn Sosa was 3 for 3 with a homer and three RBIs, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Washington Nationals 10-9 on Friday night to snap a five-game losing streak.
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Pete Crow-Armstrong reaches 30-30-30 as Cubs pound Cardinals 12-1 to close in on top NL wild cardSep 26, 2025 4:44 pm - Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a two-run shot to become the first Cubs player with 30 homers, 30 doubles and 30 stolen bases in a season, Seiya Suzuki iced the game with a grand slam and Chicago pounded the St. Cardinals 12-1 on Friday to close in on the top National League wild card.
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Bears say Wright, Jarrett, Edwards will not play Sunday at Las VegasSep 26, 2025 3:40 pm - Right tackle Darnell Wright (elbow), defensive tackle Grady Jarrett (knee) and linebacker T.J. Edwards (hamstring) were all ruled out for Sunday’s Bears game after not practicing all week.
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Caleb Williams’ continued growth still the top storyline for the BearsSep 26, 2025 3:23 pm - Chicago will have a chance to erase an 0-2 start to the season when it plays the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium. A win Sunday will get the Bears back to .500 and give them momentum as they head into their Week 5 bye week.
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Schwarz: Taking an opportunity to praise Joe Mansueto and the Chicago FireSep 26, 2025 11:49 am - After more than a decade of failures, the Chicago Fire is doing something deserving of praise, and a lot of it, writes sports editor Orrin Schwarz.
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A great unknown: Bears are intriguing, scary after 3 weeksSep 26, 2025 11:36 am - Now, in 2025, anything is possible as the 1-2 Bears prepare for a game with the Raiders in Las Vegas with a bye week on the horizon. Not everything, but anything.