Articles filed under Chicago
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Bears cut LB Freeman, creating $3.5 million in cap savingsFeb 20, 2018 12:00 am - The Bears have released twice-suspended inside linebacker Jerrell Freeman. The six-year veteran was the Bears' leading tackler in 2016 with 127, despite a four-game susp...
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Loyola lives up to preseason promise, has clinched share of MVC titleFeb 20, 2018 12:00 am - Remember back in November when there was a theme of college basketball is on the rebound in Chicago? Well, the results have been uneven. A year after its first NCAA Tour...
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Darvish wows Maddon, Cubs with his pitching presenceFeb 20, 2018 12:00 am - MESA, Ariz. - Yu Darvish drew a crowd Tuesday. Cubs fans gathered outside the backstop on one of the practice fields as Darvish got ready to throw live batting practice...
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Chicago Bears reportedly decline Sitton's optionFeb 20, 2018 12:00 am - Guard just became a much bigger offseason priority for the Bears with the news that they will decline their $8 million option for four-time Pro Bowler Josh Sitton, as fi...
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Mavis Staples headlining 2018 Chicago Blues Festival in JuneFeb 19, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grammy-winning singer Mavis Staples is among the headliners for this year's Chicago Blues Festival planned the weekend of June 8-10 in the city's Millenni...
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Police: Attack on couple part of son's murder-for-hire plotFeb 19, 2018 6:00 am - GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (AP) - A 23-year-old from suburban Chicago has been charged with hiring another man to kill his parents. The DuPage County Sheriff's Office says deputie...
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All-star Garcia facing uncertain future with White SoxFeb 19, 2018 12:01 am - GLENDALE, Ariz. - Avisail Garcia is 26 years old. He finished second in the American League with a .330 batting average last season. He was the Chicago White Sox's lone ...
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Chicago Cubs' Maddon likes the paceFeb 19, 2018 12:01 am - MESA, Ariz. - There was no easing into spring-training workouts Monday for the Chicago Cubs as position players took part in their first formal workouts. Batters faced p...
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Chicago White Sox take another step to promising futureFeb 19, 2018 12:01 am - GLENDALE, Ariz. - It was the first full-squad workout of spring training for the Chicago White Sox on Monday. For most major-league teams knocking the rust off in Arizon...
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Rizzo returns to Chicago Cubs, with heavy heart but ready to goFeb 19, 2018 12:00 am - MESA, Ariz. — Anthony Rizzo faced down pitchers Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw while standing in the batter's box last fall. But that was nothing compared to what Rizz...