Articles filed under Sports
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Five bits of trivia about Virginia Halas McCaskey, who died Thursday at age 102Feb 07, 2025 6:14 pm - Bears owner Virginia Halas McCaskey died at the age of 102 on Thursday. McCaskey was the matriarch of the franchise and she was both the NFL’s oldest owner and its longest-tenured owner. Here are five things to know about McCaskey.
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Tiger Woods to play at Torrey Pines, his first PGA Tour event since JulyFeb 07, 2025 4:48 pm - Tiger Woods has committed to playing the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines, returning to one of his favorite venues for his first PGA Tour start since the British Open last July. Woods will be playing 18 holes in competition for the first time since he had a microdiscectomy in September to alleviate pain down his legs, his sixth surgery on his lower back.
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Super Bowl parties are out. ‘Taylor Bowl’ parties are in.Feb 07, 2025 2:33 pm - Taylor Swift fans are embracing football and hosting Super Bowl parties themed around the pop star and her Chiefs player boyfriend Travis Kelce.
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Emma Hayes wants to change the way you think about women’s soccerFeb 07, 2025 12:19 pm - Emma Hayes does not want to talk about her U.S. women’s national soccer team roster, potential lineups or evolving tactics. She doesn’t want to discuss players leaving t...
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How Josh Allen beat out Lamar Jackson for AP NFL MVPFeb 07, 2025 12:04 pm - For the past 11 seasons, being named the AP first-team All-Pro quarterback was a prelude to winning the NFL's MVP award. There was some logic to that with quarterbacks providing the most value to a team and the same panel picking the All-Pro team and all of the awards.
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The Super Bowl three-peat eluded Bradshaw, Brady, Montana and Aikman. Now Mahomes takes his shotFeb 07, 2025 11:55 am - Terry Bradshaw is on the list of Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterbacks who fell short of a Super Bowl three-peat. Same with the Hall-bound Tom Brady. Patrick Mahomes is the first to get his team back to the Super Bowl with a chance to win three in a row. Bradshaw wonders what might have been if the Steelers could have gone as far as the Chiefs either time they were two-time champs.
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Los Angeles Angels sign 3B Yoán Moncada to a 1-year deal for $5 million, AP source saysFeb 07, 2025 11:48 am - The Los Angeles Angels are signing third baseman Yoán Moncada to a $5 million, one-year contract for the upcoming season. That's according to a person with knowledge of the deal who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Angels hadn't announced it. Moncada spent the past eight seasons with the Chicago White Sox, who acquired him in a trade after his major league debut with Boston in 2016.
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Wyndham Clark shoots 7-under 64 to take 1st-round lead in Phoenix OpenFeb 06, 2025 8:24 pm - Wyndham Clark saved par after hitting his tee shot into the water on the par-4 17th hole and shot a bogey-free 7-under 64 to take a one-shot lead in the first round of the Phoenix Open.
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Blame the middlemen? Karnisovas willing to keep Bulls on same course for nowFeb 06, 2025 7:21 pm - Bulls boss Arturas Karnisovas met with reporters Thursday after the NBA trade deadline passed. He still thinks the team could reach the play-in or playoffs, even after sending Zach LaVine to Sacramento.
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Edwards and Rudd walked away from NASCAR and never looked back. Their reunion is at the Hall of FameFeb 06, 2025 5:29 pm - Carl Edwards and Ricky Rudd had very little overlap in their respective NASCAR careers. Edwards only entered the the elite Cup Series in 2004 — a mere 67 races before Rudd ended his 32-year career — so the two never got a chance to know one another. But two things tie Edwards and Rudd together — when each decided to retire, both essentially vanished from the NASCAR scene, and, on Friday night they will return to their old racing community as inductees of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.