Articles filed under Sports
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Is Dansby Swanson’s offseason work already paying off?Mar 14, 2026 11:22 am - Dansby Swanson, a 10-year veteran, made changes to his workout habits in the winter with the hope he’d be more athletic in the box. In eight spring games, he has a 1.297 OPS with two home runs, a triple and a double.
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Why is Andrew Mangiapane getting more playing time with Blackhawks than Nick Lardis?Mar 14, 2026 11:13 am - Andrew Mangiapane does a lot of things that many Chicago Blackhawks players don’t do. He has good straight-line speed, and he uses it to skate in, well, straight lines. He’s direct. North-south.
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Lincicome: Fans, get your brackets and exclamation marks ready!!!Mar 14, 2026 10:00 am - Columnist Bernie Lincicome writes about the upcoming men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments.
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O’Donnell: Robots and distraction but few surprises in NCAA men’s tourney?Mar 14, 2026 10:00 am - Columnist Jim O’Donnell writes about the upcoming NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
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What’s in these names? New Bears bring speed, mainly on defense, special teamsMar 14, 2026 10:00 am - Here’s a look at every player the Bears have signed so far in free agency.
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Kawhi Leonard scores 28 points in the Clippers’ 119-108 victory over the BullsMar 14, 2026 12:11 am - Kawhi Leonard scored 28 points, Bennedict Mathurin had 26 and the Los Angeles Clippers extended their winning streak to four games with a 119-108 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night.
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U.S. beats Canada 5-3, advances to the World Baseball Classic semifinalsMar 13, 2026 10:46 pm - Aaron Judge doubled and Pete Crow-Armstrong and Brice Turang each had two hits as the United States beat Canada 5-3 on Friday night to reach the World Baseball Classic semifinals.
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Chicago Wolves fall in final visit of regular season to RockfordMar 13, 2026 10:05 pm - The Chicago Wolves made their final regular-season visit to Rockford on Friday night and fell to the IceHogs 4-1 at BMO Center. Ryan Suzuki scored but the rest of the off...
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Blackhawks and Senators to play games in Duesseldorf as the NHL looks to grow hockey in GermanyMar 13, 2026 8:01 pm - The Chicago Blackhawks and Ottawa Senators will play two games in Duesseldorf later this year as part of the NHL and NHLPA’s efforts to grow hockey in Germany, the league announced Friday.
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Close, but no trophy: Illini falter late in loss to WisconsinMar 13, 2026 7:33 pm - Illinois suffered its fourth overtime loss in the last five weeks and was knocked out of the Big Ten Tournament with a 91-88 loss to Wisconsin on Friday at the United Center.