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Kane County Cougars sweep doubleheader at homeAug 12, 2025 7:08 pm - In your not-so-typical doubleheader, the Kane County Cougars took both games against the Lake Country Dockhounds on Tuesday afternoon at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva. The first game saw Konnor Ash go the distance in a 10-2 win, then the Cougars, behind Claudio Finol, clawed back in and stole the second game 7-6.
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WNBA ratings and attendance are still strong despite top stars missing games with injuriesAug 12, 2025 5:35 pm - Even with many of its top stars sidelined, the WNBA has still had strong ratings and attendance numbers this season.
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CFP Bracket Watch: No. 12 Illini would be bumped from 12-team field based on preseason pollAug 12, 2025 12:07 pm - Texas, Penn State, Ohio State and Clemson would be the top four seeds in the College Football Playoff based on The Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll with Georgia, No...
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What’s led to Pete Crow-Armstrong’s rough start to August?Aug 12, 2025 12:00 pm - From the All-Star break through the end of July, a span of 46 plate appearances, Pete Crow-Armstrong had a 188 wRC+ with nine doubles and two home runs. July was actually his best month at a 170 wRC+. So Crow-Armstrong is just being hard on himself. His struggles started in August, and we’re just a little over a week into the month. He has just three hits, just one for extra bases, and no walks in these nine games.
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Was Caleb Williams’ dad right to be worried about the Bears? New book suggests soAug 12, 2025 11:35 am - Carl Williams became a bogeyman of sorts to skittish Bears fans in the run-up to the 2024 NFL Draft, as rumors persisted he was going to pull a move akin to Jack Elway and Archie Manning to get his son out of Chicago’s quarterback-cursed clutches. Then there were the outlandish demands he wanted to make about equity in the franchise.
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O’Donnell: The Bears have words but little leverage regarding Arlington ParkAug 12, 2025 8:00 am - The Bears might want the state to provide them with property-tax certainty before they build a new stadium for themselves, writes columnist Jim O’Donnell, but they don’t have the negotiating leverage to get what they want.
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Prep sports are back as fall practice startsAug 12, 2025 6:49 am - Our 2025 prep newsletter debuts today with the start of practices for football, girls volleyball, boys soccer and more fall sports. Dick Quagliano reports on Palatine an...
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Cardinals purchase contract of Boomers’ SojkaAug 11, 2025 9:38 pm - The St. Louis Cardinals on Monday purchased the contract of the Schaumburg Boomers’ Andrew Sojka.
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Sky tries to stay positive during another lost seasonAug 11, 2025 8:48 pm - Where did things go wrong for the Sky? Expectations weren’t high before the season, but they were certainly higher than the current 8-23 record.
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Texas is No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 for first time, edging Penn St, Ohio St; 10 SEC teams rankedAug 11, 2025 12:28 pm - For the first time, Texas will open a college football season ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25. The Longhorns hardly have a mandate in the poll released Monday...