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Meet the 12-year veteran who is mentoring Bears QB Caleb WilliamsMay 30, 2025 6:00 am - Case Keenum has been well-traveled throughout his career. He’s played for the Houston Texans, St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings, Denver Broncos, Washington Commanders, Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills. Keenum spent the last two seasons with the Texans. Now he will mentor Caleb Williams with the Bears.
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Jonathan Toews is planning an NHL comeback after a 2-year hiatusMay 29, 2025 11:16 pm - Jonathan Toews has informed his agent he intends to come back to the NHL after missing the past two seasons.
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Kane County Cougars notch thrilling extra-inning home victoryMay 29, 2025 9:49 pm - An in exciting finish, the Kane County Cougars polished off the series against the Winnipeg Goldeyes in a thrilling 2-1 extra-inning victory Thursday night at Northwester...
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Cardoso scores 23, Vandersloot sets franchise marks in points, FGs in Sky’s 97-92 win over WingsMay 29, 2025 9:42 pm - Kamilla Cardoso scored a career-high 23 points and Courtney Vandersloot set franchise records for points and field goals as the Chicago Sky beat the Dallas Wings 97-92. Arike Ogunbowale scored a season-high 37 points for the Wings and hit a 3-pointer that gave Dallas a 92-91 lead with 2:11 remaining. But Ogunbowale went 0 for 3 the rest of the way and the Sky closed with a 6-0 run.
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Senator tries last-ditch push to boost horse racing industry in IllinoisMay 29, 2025 5:33 pm - City officials from Decatur and Illinois horse racing advocates joined an effort this week by Sen. Patrick Joyce, an Essex Democrat, to push lawmakers to approve legislation intended to revive a long-stalled south suburban “racino” and open a path for a new racetrack and gaming facility in Decatur.
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French Open 2025: Coco Gauff’s serve is not at its best, but she gets the breaks for a winMay 29, 2025 5:15 pm - Coco Gauff has managed to move into the French Open's third round despite some shaky serving. The 2023 U.S. Open champion kept getting herself in some trouble by getting broken on Thursday but kept putting herself back in position to win by breaking right back.
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How Iowa made multimillion-dollar moves with suburbanites to end the jokes and start a new eraMay 29, 2025 5:10 pm - The addition of two former suburbanites, a coach and a player, both commanding big money, could be the key to making Iowa a playoff team.
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‘A fun spot’: Auto racing simulator studio opens in South BarringtonMay 29, 2025 11:12 am - A nightspot offering immersive auto racing simulators has opened at the Arboretum of South Barrington shopping center.
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Silvy: Yeah, I said it, I love Ben Johnson as the Bears’ new coachMay 29, 2025 6:00 am - I didn’t realize that the Halas Hall overhead microphone picks up everything when someone isn’t speaking at the podium. I turned to ESPN 1000’s Pat Morenzoni, WGN’s Caitlin Sharkey, and CHSN’s Ruthie Polinsky and made that statement in approval of the things he was saying and the interesting manner in which he was explaining it.
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Crow-Armstrong homers and Boyd pitches Cubs to 2-1 win over RockiesMay 28, 2025 9:52 pm - Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 15th home run, Matthew Boyd tossed six innings of four-hit ball and the Cubs edged the Colorado Rockies 2-1 for their fourth straight win. Seiya Suzuki doubled in a run and rookie Matt Shaw had two hits for the NL Central leaders, who have won 10 of 12.