Articles filed under Sports Types
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Will Williams, Bears be ready for the Vikings’ blitz?Nov 23, 2024 6:13 pm - A year ago, when the Bears had their first matchup against the Minnesota Vikings in mid-October, the team talked all week about how they were preparing to face the Viking...
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No. 24 Illinois stuns Rutgers on Bryant’s 40-yard TD reception with four seconds leftNov 23, 2024 6:06 pm - PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Trailing by a point at the 40-yard line with 14 seconds to play and no timeouts, Illinois coach Bret Bielema sent in a play known as “church” to Luke A...
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Chicago Wolves fall at ManitobaNov 23, 2024 5:54 pm - The Chicago Wolves continued their three-game road trip with a 4-2 loss to the Manitoba Moose on Saturday in Winnipeg. Josiah Slavin and Noel Gunler scored but the Wolves...
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Jim O’Donnell: Vikings won the GM wheel of fortune in ‘22 and it showsNov 23, 2024 10:00 am - A SCANT 34 MONTHS AGO, both the Bears and Vikings were looking for general managers. In the space of 12 days in January 2022, the teams essentially whittled the cosmos of...
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As an NFL commentator, Fox’s Tom Brady doesn’t add much in the way of colorNov 23, 2024 10:00 am - Those of us who watch NFL football with the sound off may yet have an opinion about the broadcasting chops of Tom Brady because, after all, he is Tom Brady. The Greatest ...
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Rise and whine: Big Ten football fans cry foul over early kickoffsNov 23, 2024 8:00 am - It wasn’t even 9 on Saturday morning, but Matt Chmielewski was outside his Airbnb, a few blocks from Wrigley Field, choking down Wild Turkey from a paper cup. The folding...
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LaVine, Dosunmu and White power the Bulls to a 136-122 win over the HawksNov 22, 2024 10:13 pm - Zach LaVine scored 26 points, Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White each had 20 and the Bulls beat the Atlanta Hawks 136-122 on Friday night in an NBA Cup game. Nikola Vucevic had 1...
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Jalen Leach scores 15 of his 21 points in the second half and Northwestern beats Pepperdine 68-50Nov 22, 2024 10:06 pm - EVANSTON — Jalen Leach scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half, Nick Martinelli added 20 points and Northwestern beat Pepperdine 68-50 on Friday night. Martinelli ...
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System failure: While North Central, Aurora U. ready for playoffs, Wheaton College prepares for bowl gameNov 22, 2024 7:57 pm - It was a head-scratcher last weekend when Wheaton College was left out of the Division III football playoffs. But the Thunder has a consolation prize Saturday with a bowl game against Wisconsin-Stout.
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Mid-American Conference football goes all in on November weeknights for the TV viewersNov 22, 2024 5:48 pm - YPSILANTI, Mich. — On a damp Wednesday night with temperatures dipping into the 30s, fans in sparsely filled stands bundled up to watch Buffalo beat Eastern Michigan 37-3...