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Bears to open regular season on Monday Night FootballMay 14, 2025 7:53 pm - The Bears will play two games on Monday Night Football, including the season opener Sept. 8 against the Vikings at Soldier Field, the NFL announced Wednesday.
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Sarley: How to master setting the hook while topwater fishingMay 14, 2025 7:01 pm - Let me start my follow-up story on topwater fishing with an apology. Eagle-eyed reader Craig Chisholm caught my error in recommending a lure called the Pop-R manufacture...
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‘That piece of paper opened up a door to the future’: Suburban students win Evans ScholarshipsMay 14, 2025 4:58 pm - Lake Zurich High School’s Allan Lavrov and Dundee-Crown’s Sophie Morawski were two of the 130 Illinois high school seniors selected to receive 2025 Evans Scholarships from the Western Golf Association.
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The 150th Preakness is the last at old Pimlico before demolition. Winners share their top memoriesMay 14, 2025 3:32 pm - The wrecking ball is just about hovering over Pimlico Race Course, with a complete knockdown and rebuild of the grandstand and other facilities coming. But first comes the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes. Without Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty in the field, the event this year is about the history of the middle jewel of the Triple Crown and the last at the Pimlico track that has been around since 1870.
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As WNBA popularity soars, player salaries remain a big hurdle for the league to addressMay 14, 2025 3:22 pm - Breanna Stewart will start her ninth WNBA season in a few days. The New York Liberty All-Star and WNBA champ has been around the league long enough to watch her peers fight for visibility. She's seen a small uptick in player salaries over the years and watched the WNBA's meteoric rise in popularity.
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The PGA Championship’s identity might be that it has no identity at allMay 14, 2025 3:09 pm - The PGA Championship has long been the major that has struggled to find an identity outside of getting the top 100 players in the world. The Masters is at Augusta National every year. The U.S. Open is known as the toughest test. The British Open is links golf.
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Schaumburg Boomers’ bats crank out a lopsided victory over Windy CityMay 14, 2025 2:39 pm - The Schaumburg Boomers scored five times in the bottom of the first inning to set the early pace and did not look back, scoring in six innings to log a season-high total ...
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The Reds will pay tribute to Rose a day after he was reinstated by MLB before game with White SoxMay 14, 2025 12:01 pm - The Cincinnati Reds are paying tribute to Pete Rose a day after baseball's career hits leader was posthumously removed from the major leagues' permanent ineligibility list. The Reds are handing out a replica No. 14 Rose jersey to fans in attendance for their game against the Chicago White Sox.
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Overnight, Cubs prospect Moisés Ballesteros went from playing MLB The Show to being in The ShowMay 14, 2025 11:34 am - Moisés Ballesteros was playing MLB The Show on Monday when Triple-A Iowa manager Marty Pevey called to deliver the stunning news that left the Chicago Cubs prospect feeling like he should throw the controller in celebration and disbelief.
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Gilgeous-Alexander scores 31 as Thunder beat Nuggets 112-105 and take 3-2 lead in West semifinalsMay 13, 2025 11:52 pm - OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Denver Nuggets 112-105 on Tuesday night to go up 3-2 in their Western Con...