Articles filed under Sports
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Happ homers again and Skenes loses his 3rd straight start as the Cubs sink the Pirates 7-2May 28, 2026 9:09 pm - Ian Happ homered for the second consecutive game and the Chicago Cubs handed Paul Skenes his third straight loss with a 7-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday.
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Davis Martin wins 6th straight decision and White Sox cruise to a 6-2 win over TwinsMay 28, 2026 7:59 pm - Davis Martin allowed one run on two hits over six innings to win his sixth straight decision as the Chicago White Sox cruised to a 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Thu...
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Gurnee native Shelton thankful to get second chance at managing in major leaguesMay 28, 2026 7:31 pm - Derek Shelton, a 1987 graduate of Warren Township High School, is very appreciative of getting a second job as an MLB manager. He’s leading the Twins after six seasons with the Pirates.
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More women are watching the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs. There are many reasons whyMay 28, 2026 6:50 pm - The first two rounds of the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs are the most watched in the U.S. in league history. Women are the primary driver of that growth.
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Bears coach Ben Johnson says he is ‘buying Luther Burden stock’ going into the seasonMay 28, 2026 6:44 pm - Luther Burden was hungry when he joined the Chicago Bears. A year later, not much has changed on that front. He has somewhere he wants to go, and he is determined to reach that level.
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Claude Lemieux, a feisty winger and a four-time Stanley Cup champion, dies at 60May 28, 2026 4:38 pm - Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion whose ferocious, hard-hitting style of play angered opponents and sometimes overshadowed his prodigious skills and ab...
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MLB owners have proposed a salary cap for the first time since baseball’s 1994-95 strikeMay 28, 2026 2:02 pm - Major League Baseball owners made their long-expected salary cap proposal to the players’ association on Thursday, a system the union has vowed never to accept, setting t...
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The Cubs’ hitters made this mess. Now it’s their turn to clean it upMay 28, 2026 11:53 am - How bad were things getting with the Chicago Cubs? We were cursing about curses again. And it’s only May. Was it the Chicago White Sox fan who got into an, uh, war of wor...
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What I’m hearing about the Blackhawks: Trading draft picks and expiring contract rightsMay 28, 2026 10:56 am - Outside of the draft lottery, May has been a pretty quiet month for the Chicago Blackhawks. There’s draft prep. They have some players at the World Championships. They ha...
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Top-ranked Jannik Sinner loses in the French Open second roundMay 28, 2026 10:44 am - Overwhelming favorite Jannik Sinner is out of the French Open in the second round. The top-ranked Sinner struggled with dizziness amid the heat wave in Paris and lost to 56th-ranked Juan Manuel Cerundolo 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1 after wasting a chance to serve for the match on Thursday.