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With a big draft ahead, the Chicago Sky is looking for more big playersApr 10, 2025 6:29 pm - With college stars like Paige Bueckers, Hailey Van Lith and Aneesah Morrow in the pool of draftees, there’s a lot of players who could make a big impact right away in their rookie seasons. The Chicago Sky wants to make sure its draft picks provide not only big impacts but big wingspans as well.
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Sloan makes pro debut, former Wheaton North kicker joins Marlins bullpen and more in an early-season rundown of local players in pro baseball.Apr 10, 2025 6:12 pm - Temperatures have reached 40 degrees, so it must be baseball season in Chicago. With that in mind, here's a rundown of where some former local stars will be playing this ...
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White Sox remain winless in April after Cleveland completes series sweepApr 10, 2025 4:55 pm - Steven Kwan had a homer and three singles and drove in four runs to help Cleveland complete a three-game sweep and hand the White Sox their eighth straight loss with a 6-1 victory. Kwan singled leading off the first and scored on Kyle Manzardo's fourth home run of the season for a 2-1 lead, and the Guardians never trailed again.
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White Sox players Korey Lee and Mike Tauchman placed on 10-day injured listApr 10, 2025 2:57 pm - The Chicago White have placed catcher Korey Lee and outfielder Mike Tauchman on the 10-day injured list. The team announced the moves prior to its series finale at Cleveland. Lee has a sprained left ankle and Tauchman is back on the IL for the second time this season with a strained right hamstring. In corresponding moves, Chicago added outfielder Joshua Palacios from Triple-A Charlotte and catcher Omar Narváez from Double-A Birmingham.
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How much does a beer and a hot dog cost you at Wrigley Field or the Rate? I did the mathApr 10, 2025 10:45 am - It’s not breaking news, but nothing is cheap at a professional sporting event, let alone Wrigley Field, where the Cubs pack ’em in, rain or shine, snow or sun. Starting with tickets, a parent taking a family of four to a game — or one person drinking for four — can experience losses of “biblical” proportions in their bank account.
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Silvy: Here comes the tough love that can make Bears QB Caleb Williams a starApr 10, 2025 6:00 am - One year later, as Caleb Williams walked back into Halas Hall for OTAs, he is officially no longer a rookie. Yet the question remains, who is this? While many of us still can’t answer that, I do know that Williams has as much pressure on him as any athlete in Chicago sports history.
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New year, same pain: White Sox have lost 7 straight and are 2-9 for 2nd straight seasonApr 09, 2025 11:26 pm - The White Sox were hoping 2025 would be better after they lost 121 games last year, a major-league record since 1900. Instead, their pain is continuing in new ways. Chicago's 3-2 loss to Cleveland on Wednesday night was its seventh straight. The South Siders are 2-9, the same record they had after 11 games last season.
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This season has been a true running of the BullsApr 09, 2025 10:29 pm - The Bulls took a step toward clinching a home game in the play-in tournament by beating Miami on Wednesday behind Josh Giddey’s seventh triple-double of the season.
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Bulls’ Lonzo Ball meets family of the man who donated knee cartilage he received in transplantApr 09, 2025 9:03 pm - Bulls guard Lonzo Ball got to meet the family of the man who donated the knee cartilage he received in a transplant two years ago. Ball signed jerseys and took pictures with the mother, father, an older and a younger brother and soon-to-be sister-in-law of the late Alex Reinhardt of Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, who died at age 20 in February 2023, prior to Wednesday's game against the Miami Heat. The meeting near the Bulls' bench was an emotional moment for Angie Reinhardt, Alex's mother.
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Tauchman injured on unusual final play that ends in White Sox lossApr 09, 2025 8:38 pm - Carlos Santana homered and the Cleveland Guardians held off the White Sox 3-2 in a game that ended on a bizarre play. The White Sox had the bases loaded with two outs in the ninth inning when Miguel Vargas singled through the hole at shortstop. Jacob Amaya scored and it seemed Mike Tauchman was going to tie the game before he appeared to injure himself while rounding third base.