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Despite losing Caitlin Clark and other key players to injury, Fever still reach WNBA semifinalsSep 19, 2025 9:06 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Fever finally got a chance to celebrate Thursday night in Atlanta. A smiling Caitlin Clark, dressed again in street clothes, rushed the court t...
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Cubs suffer second straight loss since clinching playoff berthSep 19, 2025 8:51 pm - Spencer Steer hit two of Cincinnati's season-high five homers as the Reds beat the Cubs 7-4 on Friday night to keep pace in the National League wild-card race.
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New U.S. sprint star Melissa Jefferson-Wooden helped save her dad's life when she was 17Sep 19, 2025 7:52 pm - American sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wooden has a gold medal from the world championships. Two of them, in fact. Her biggest win of all might be that her father, Melvin, was on hand in Tokyo to watch her. The country's brightest new sprint star donated stem cells from her bone marrow in 2018 to help her dad overcome a potentially deadly sickness in which the marrow doesn't produce enough white blood cells to enrich the immune system.
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Can Dennis Allen’s Bears defense turn jeers into cheers?Sep 19, 2025 4:21 pm - Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen can break out the folksy aphorism about nobody caring about his problems, but 100% of Bears players, coaches, executives and fans absolutely care about the Bears’ defensive problems right now.
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Williams’ progress at quarterback again the top storyline for Bears this weekendSep 19, 2025 3:55 pm - The Bears face a potential fork-in-the-road moment Sunday afternoon when they host the Dallas Cowboys at Soldier Field. Sunday’s game kicks off at 3:25 p.m. and will be broadcast on Fox. Here are the top five storylines to watch.
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Bears rule out five players for Sunday’s game against the Cowboys, two more questionableSep 19, 2025 3:06 pm - The injury news didn’t get much better for the Chicago Bears on Friday. Five players were ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys at Soldier Field while two more are questionable.
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Cubs rookie Ballesteros OK after being struck in helmet by deflected 105-mph line driveSep 19, 2025 6:00 am - Cubs rookie Moisés Ballesteros said he felt fine after taking a 105-mph line drive off the helmet in Thursday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds.
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Iowa’s Gronowski sets win record, faces ultimate Big Ten challengeSep 18, 2025 9:49 pm - Iowa quarterback Mark Gronowski, a Naperville native, tied an impressive record last week, and will lead the Hawkeyes against Rutgers on Friday.
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Kane County Cougars fall behind in championship seriesSep 18, 2025 9:19 pm - Pitching was the name of the game for the Sioux Falls Canaries as they put the Kane County Cougars on the ropes with a 5-3 Cougars loss in the Miles Wolff Cup Finals on Thursday Night at Sioux Falls Arena. The Canaries lead the best-of-five series 2-1.
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A day after celebrating playoff berth, Cubs blanked by Reds’ GreeneSep 18, 2025 8:44 pm - Hunter Greene pitched a one-hitter and Will Benson drove in the only run with a fourth-inning double as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Cubs 1-0 on Thursday night.