Articles filed under Sports
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‘Lots of loyal golfers’: Village Green golf course in Mundelein closing after more than 60 yearsSep 13, 2025 5:35 pm - The last public rounds since Village Green golf course opened at Winchester and Midlothian roads in Mundelein in 1962 will be played Sunday.
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Bears to add kicker Jake Moody to practice squad, so is the pressure on Cairo Santos?Sep 13, 2025 5:10 pm - The Bears signed kicker Jake Moody to their practice squad, a league source confirmed to The Athletic. This acquisition puts the heat on Santos’ efforts to bounce back. Moody was waived by the San Francisco 49ers earlier this week and will now attempt to unseat the most accurate kicker in Bears history in what seems to be set up as a mini-competition — or at least a little push at the 33-year-old Santos.
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Getting his flowers: Retired Cub Rizzo lives it up watching former team from the bleachersSep 13, 2025 4:42 pm - Anthony Rizzo posed in the outfield ivy with family members before the game. He took a seat in the left-field bleachers and had Moises Ballesteros' first major-league home run bounce off his left hand. He promised to start a cup snake, though there was no evidence of that happening.
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Blackhawks sign Spencer Knight to 3-year, $17.5 million extension: What it meansSep 13, 2025 3:02 pm - The Blackhawks have their core goalie for the future. On Saturday, the team announced it has signed goalie Spencer Knight to a three-year, $17.5 million contract extension ($5.83 million salary cap hit).
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O’Donnell: Tony Romo is already again weakening CBS/NFL coverageSep 13, 2025 10:54 am - Tony Romo isn’t giving CBS its money’s worth on broadcasts of NFL games, writes columnist Jim O’Donnell.
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The White Sox beat their win total. Where do they rank among disappointing Chicago teams?Sep 13, 2025 10:51 am - No one is throwing a parade for a last-place White Sox team, but the bar was set so low that an ordinary bad season, instead of a historically bad one, is a form of success. The Cubs are going to the playoffs, but next to them, the White Sox’ second-half surge might be the second-best sports story in town … if Caleb Williams and the Bears don’t get it together this season.
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Lincicome: Around here we celebrate old warriors and wish we could celebrate the presentSep 13, 2025 10:00 am - Nostalgia is a cruel mistress, both reliable and regrettable, proof of better times and a source of persistent anguish for present misery. Yesterday glows brighter than today and more confident than tomorrow.
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Schaumburg Boomers sweep Gateway to reach championship seriesSep 12, 2025 10:29 pm - The Schaumburg Boomers held off the Gateway Grizzlies and swept the best-of-five Midwest Conference Finals, scoring a 4-2 decision on the road Friday night to reach the championship series for the sixth time in franchise history.
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Chicago Dogs even playoff series vs. Kane County Cougars, will host deciding game tonightSep 12, 2025 9:34 pm - The Chicago Dogs defeated the Kane County Cougars 5-3 on Friday night at Impact Field in Rosemont. The Dogs win sets up a deciding fifth and final game to send someone to the Miles Wolff Cup Finals. Game 5 will be played in Rosemont at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
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Tanner Bibee throws a 2-hitter as the Guardians beat the White Sox 4-0Sep 12, 2025 9:09 pm - Tanner Bibee threw a 2-hitter for Cleveland's first individual shutout in six years, and David Fry and Angel Martínez homered in the Guardians' 4-0 victory over the White Sox on Friday night.