Articles filed under Sports 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.
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Brunson, Knicks beat Celtics in Game 6 and advance to face Pacers in Eastern Conference finalsMay 16, 2025 9:52 pm - The New York Knicks reached the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years and ended the one-year NBA title reign of the Boston Celtics with astonishing ease, rolling to a 119-81 victory in Game 6. Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby each scored 23 points for the Knicks, who will face the Indiana Pacers, the same team they met in their last conference finals appearance in 2000.
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Vegas stays ahead in PGA Championship as Scheffler looms largeMay 16, 2025 9:13 pm - Jhonattan Vegas remains in the lead at the PGA Championship on a day where the drama was everywhere else. Vegas made a double bogey on the last hole for a 70. He leads by two. It's the name three shots behind that has everyone's attention. Scottie Scheffler has been scrapping by and not making many mistakes. He shot a 68 and was tied with Max Homa.
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Crowd pleaser: Another statement game by PCA sends Cubs to easy win over White SoxMay 16, 2025 6:31 pm - Pete Crow-Armstrong had 4 hits, including a momentum-changing 3-run homer, and 6 RBI as the Cubs rolled to a 13-3 victory over the White Sox on Friday in the City Series opener.
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What we’re hearing about the Blackhawks coaching search, changes, prospects and moreMay 16, 2025 3:52 pm - A league source said Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson recently met with Jeff Blashill in Chicago. Blashill isn’t believed to be the Blackhawks’ only candidate, but outside of interim coach Anders Sörensen, Blashill is the only known candidate at this point.
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‘We want to be better than the Cubs’: Sox GM Getz leans into rivalryMay 16, 2025 12:56 pm - White Sox general manager Chris Getz welcomed the start of the City Series on Friday by acknowledging he’d love to ruin the weekend of Cubs counterpart Jed Hoyer.
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Cubs bullpen power rankings: Which Chicago relievers are the most reliable?May 16, 2025 11:37 am - Here’s a power ranking of the Cubs’ bullpen group as presently constructed. Like relievers themselves, this list is volatile and could shift from day to day. But heading into play Friday, here’s a subjective look at the current trustworthiness of each reliever in the Cubs bullpen.
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Chicago Sky expecting Courtney Vandersloot to help growth of Angel Reese, Kamilla CardosoMay 16, 2025 11:19 am - Courtney Vandersloot wanted a seat. She had just finished a long practice (more than two hours) and then followed that up with a 3-point shooting drill. If she was going ...