Articles filed under Sports Leagues
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Harley scores on OT power play, Stars beat Jets 2-1 to reach 3rd straight West finalMay 17, 2025 10:37 pm - Thomas Harley scored on a power play 1:33 into overtime and the Dallas Stars advanced to the Western Conference final for the third season in a row, beating the top-seeded Winnipeg Jets 2-1 in Game 6 on Saturday night. Mark Scheifele scored for the Jets hours after the unexpected death of his father, but also had the tripping penalty with 14.8 seconds left in regulation that set up Dallas to start overtime with a man advantage.
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Brian Gutiérrez scores twice and Chicago blasts Charlotte 4-1 in MLSMay 17, 2025 9:32 pm - Brian Gutiérrez had two goals and an assist and Chicago defeated Charlotte 4-1. In the 42nd minute, Jonathan Bamba opened the scoring with a right-footed shot from the left half-space outside the box to the lower left central zone. Gutiérrez assisted. Gutiérrez and Philip Zinckernagel added back-to-back goals in a four-minute stretch of the second half, giving Chicago a commanding 3-0 lead.
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Scottie Scheffler storms into a 3-shot lead in the PGA Championship with another major in sightMay 17, 2025 8:28 pm - Scottie Scheffler has gone from a 3-shot deficit to a 3-shot lead in the PGA Championship. Scheffler pulled away Saturday by playing the last five holes at Quail Hollow in 5-under par. That gives him a 65 and the lead over Alex Noren.
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The potential Pete Crow-Armstrong MVP season is starting to happen for the Chicago CubsMay 17, 2025 8:19 pm - The Cubs in first place. Pete Crow-Armstrong making leaping catches at the ivy and hitting home runs into the bleachers. Fans chanting “P-C-A!” and roaring when he drives the ball into the right-field corner, knowing that’s an easy triple with his speed. It’s already picking up, the All-Star Game buzz and MVP chatter.
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Taking control: Walks, wind bury White Sox as Cubs win seventh straight in City SeriesMay 17, 2025 7:07 pm - While White Sox pitchers took a walk on the wild side, the Cubs took advantage of 11 walks to post a 7-3 victory on Saturday at Wrigley Field, their seventh straight win in the series.
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Caitlin Clark receives flagrant foul for hacking Angel Reese in Fever’s blowout win over SkyMay 17, 2025 5:49 pm - The Indiana Fever blew out the Chicago Sky in the teams’ WNBA season opener, and the margin was so big that the postgame talk was on a flagrant foul by Indiana’s Caitlin Clark on Chicago’s Angel Reese.
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Shaw heats up in Iowa, but no word on when he’ll return to CubsMay 17, 2025 5:31 pm - Matt Shaw clubbed 4 home runs the past two days for the Triple-A Iowa Cubs. Does that mean he’s ready to return to the big leagues?
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PGA Championship gets storms and a late startMay 17, 2025 10:50 am - The PGA Championship is going to threesomes for the third round because of weather. It was a stop-and-start morning at Quail Hollow. Storms caused the warm-up session to be halted for 17 minutes. And right when Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele were close to teeing off, play was stopped again.
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O’Donnell: Bears get a Ditka-class dig from the father of Caleb WilliamsMay 17, 2025 10:00 am - WAS IT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WHO FIRST WROTE: “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death, taxes and annual hikes in Bears season-ticket prices?” Maybe, pr...
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Lincicome: Can it be a baseball rivalry without Eddie Vedder?May 17, 2025 10:00 am - Without apology Major League Baseball has concocted something called “Rivalry Weekend,” depending on stunt scheduling and geography to juice what the 1-2-3 inning cannot.