Articles filed under Sports Leagues
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Back-to-back wins after rough start have Williams, Bears breathing easier at byeOct 03, 2025 8:35 pm - Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears headed into their bye breathing easier, with back-to-back wins and a .500 record. They'll take that after a rough start to the season.
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Another round: Will Brewers still have that summer magic against the Cubs?Oct 03, 2025 8:24 pm - The Cubs will begin the division series against Milwaukee on Saturday afternoon at American Family Field. After a scorching summer, have the Brewers cooled off?
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Winning kick was special family moment for Illini’s OlanoOct 03, 2025 3:02 pm - In this week’s local college football roundup, Naperville North grad David Olano sends Illinois to a last-second victory, while Benedictine couldn’t build off an upset win.
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What to watch during MLB’s best-of-5 Division SeriesOct 03, 2025 11:17 am - Major League Baseball’s playoffs now move into the Division Series, which will include Shohei Ohtani's postseason pitching debut, an unwelcome reunion in Milwaukee, a matchup of teams that tied for the most wins in the American League, and a switch-hitting catcher who finished the season with 60 home runs.
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Dansby Swanson leads stellar defensive performance for Cubs in NL Wild-Card SeriesOct 03, 2025 11:11 am - Dansby Swanson just kept making plays for the Chicago Cubs in the NL Wild-Card Series. Grounders up the middle and in the hole. Soft liners and popups.
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Grading Bears after four gamesOct 03, 2025 6:00 am - The Chicago Bears will get a chance to take a break and evaluate where they are four games into the season. The team has an early Week 5 bye, but it might come at a perfe...
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One for the fans: Cubs credit crowd energy for getting past Padres, advance to face BrewersOct 02, 2025 11:28 pm - Pete Crow-Armstrong had messages for Cubs fans both before and after Thursday’s 3-1 victory over San Diego to clinch the wild-card series.
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Cubs Game 3 pitching plan had rough moments, but it workedOct 02, 2025 10:09 pm - Rather than let starting pitcher Jameson Taillon go as far as he could, the Cubs used six pitchers on the way to a Game 3 win over the Padres.
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Marc Silverman: The Bears need to be smart during the bye weekOct 02, 2025 8:47 am - Marc Silverman believes the Bears need to take advantage of the bye week by finding solutions to their problems.
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Cubs’ offense goes quiet, Padres force Game 3Oct 01, 2025 11:12 pm - San Diego Padres pitchers brought the heat Wednesday, and the Cubs offense didn’t have much of a response in a Game 2 loss at Wrigley Field.