Articles filed under NFL
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2022 report card: With Johnson, Gordon and Vildor, Bears could stand pat at cornerbackFeb 09, 2023 12:00 am - With the first pick of the Ryan Poles era, the Bears drafted Kyler Gordon at 39th overall last spring. Poles approached his first draft with the idea of selecting the be...
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NBA trade deadline sees Irving, Durant bolster West teams, Bulls make no movesFeb 09, 2023 12:00 am - First it was Kyrie Irving to Dallas. Then came Kevin Durant to Phoenix. The breakup in Brooklyn is rebuilding some contenders in the West. Trade deadline day in the NBA ...
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Trout, Betts, Ohtani among 8 MVPs in World Baseball Classic; Cubs and Sox will be well-representedFeb 09, 2023 12:00 am - PALM BEACH, Fla. - The United States' Mike Trout and Mookie Betts, Japan's Shohei Ohtani and Venezuela's Miguel Cabrera and Jose Altuve are among eight Major League Base...
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Patrick Mahomes wins his second NFL MVP awardFeb 09, 2023 12:00 am - PHOENIX - Patrick Mahomes dominated the voting for the AP NFL Most Valuable Player award. Now, he'll try to break the MVP curse. Mahomes, who also won in 2018, easily ou...
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Elgin native Huxtable lands 1st NFL jobFeb 07, 2023 12:00 am - Elgin native and 1975 Larkin High School graduate Dave Huxtable, a career college football coach, has landed his first NFL job. The Atlanta Falcons announced earlier thi...
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2022 Bears report card: Defensive tackleFeb 07, 2023 12:00 am - The biggest-splash free-agent signing for the Bears came when general manager Ryan Poles signed defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi to a three-year contract worth up to $40 ...
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Super Bowl gambling surging as states legalize it? You betFeb 07, 2023 12:00 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - As legal sports gambling proliferates, the number of Americans betting on the Super Bowl and the total amount they're wagering is surging - althoug...
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Super Bowl opening night returns with circus atmosphereFeb 06, 2023 12:00 am - PHOENIX - Nick Sirianni answered questions about Rocky, Santa Claus and even which of his players on the Philadelphia Eagles he'd want to date his 5-year-old daughter wh...
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Lincicome: Silly Super Bowl pregame hoopla all part of the week's sideshowFeb 05, 2023 4:30 am - I missed covering the first two Super Bowls, but I caught up with the thing before Roman numerals did. The game was not given the same stature as world wars until No. IV...
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Why do the greatest athletes seem to have the most reluctant retirements?Feb 04, 2023 8:00 am - Remember when ESPN ranked the top 100 athletes of the 20th century? The No. 35 slot was given to a horse, Secretariat, while Michael Jordan edged out Babe Ruth and Muham...