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Chicago Wolves grab a win during trip to WinnipegApr 05, 2025 5:04 pm - The Chicago Wolves opened a set of back-to-back games in Winnipeg by defeating the Manitoba Moose 4-3 in overtime Saturday. Ty Smith scored the game-winner in overtime an...
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Billy Donovan, Sylvia Fowles and Danny Crawford highlight Basketball Hall of Fame classApr 05, 2025 4:55 pm - Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are going into the Basketball Hall of Fame later this year, not once but twice. Anthony and Howard were announced Saturday as members of the Class of 2025, as was the 2008 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team that they played on. Also selected: WNBA greats Sue Bird, Maya Moore and former Chicago Sky center Sylvia Fowles, Chicago Bulls coach and two-time NCAA champion Billy Donovan, Miami Heat managing general partner Micky Arison and longtime NBA referee Danny Crawford of Naperville.
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White Sox lose fourth straight game, drop to 2-6Apr 05, 2025 4:38 pm - Kerry Carpenter homered for the third time in two games and Spencer Torkelson had a home run and a double as the Detroit Tigers beat the White Sox 7-2 for their fourth win in five games following an opening three-game skid. Chicago lost its fourth straight and dropped to 2-6, a year after a 1-9 start en route to a post-1900-record 121 defeats.
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Paige Bueckers’ UConn resume is missing an NCAA title. She says others can ponder her legacyApr 05, 2025 4:33 pm - Paige Bueckers' UConn resume has one glaring omission: She hasn't been able to lead the storied women's basketball program to a 12th NCAA title. Whether she can do that on Sunday against South Carolina — which is trying to win its third in four years — remains to be seen.
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Cubs return to Wrigley Field and give their fans some home-opening hopeApr 05, 2025 11:24 am - Looking at how the Cubs beat the San Diego Padres in a 3-1 matinee win, they might do better than break even … on the field. After two 83-win seasons and a too-long playoff drought, the Cubs look good enough to win 90 games, draw 3 million fans and win the National League Central.
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O’Donnell: Grant Hill keeping it nice with extension at TNTApr 05, 2025 10:15 am - A FEW WINTERS AGO, BILL RAFTERY SAT in a downtown Milwaukee pub, skirting midnight with one old chum and two relatively new ones. The main event that evening had been a B...
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Spring brings the annual fairyland of golf, and pimento sandwiches cheese tooApr 05, 2025 10:00 am - As long as there is a Masters, there will be pimento cheese. On white bread, of course. The signature sandwich, like the place, is comfort food, and never more necessary.
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Strong, Fudd help UConn blow out UCLA in Final Four; South Carolina clobbers TexasApr 04, 2025 10:52 pm - Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd didn't even need much help from superstar Paige Bueckers to propel UConn into the national title game, leading the Huskies to a remarkably easy 85-51 victory over UCLA in the Final Four of the women's NCAA Tournament.
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Vucevic, White, Giddey lead the postseason-bound Bulls past the Trail Blazers 118-113Apr 04, 2025 9:45 pm - Nikola Vucevic and Coby White each had 31 points, Josh Giddey had a triple-double and the post-season bound Chicago Bulls beat the Portland Trail Blazers 118-113 on Friday night. Giddey had 15 points, 19 rebounds and 12 assists for his sixth triple-double of the season. The Bulls are 10th in the Eastern Conference, the lowest position they can finish.
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Ovechkin scores twice to tie Gretzky’s NHL goals record at 894 as the Capitals beat the BlackhawksApr 04, 2025 9:09 pm - Alex Ovechkin tied Wayne Gretzky's NHL record by scoring the 893rd and 894th of his career, the second being the game winner, as the Washington Capitals rallied to beat the Blackhawks 5-3. Ovechkin scored No. 894 on the power play with 13:47 left in regulation to put Washington ahead after Dylan Strome tied it earlier in the third period.