Articles filed under Sports
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About the Games, not to mention the games, and the people who play themAug 03, 2024 12:42 pm - Some things you suspect, some things you guess and some things you just know. All those socks, all those years, that got lost in all those driers have shown up as the Par...
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Bears DE Austin Booker will ‘get better in the shadows’ during rookie seasonAug 03, 2024 12:30 pm - Austin Booker believes the NFL is sleeping on him, and he’s fine with that. The Bears rookie defensive end flew under the radar when he transferred to Kansas last year, a...
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Simone Biles and Leon Marchand headline memorable moments at the halfway point of the Paris OlympicsAug 03, 2024 12:13 pm - PARIS — The Paris Olympics at the halfway mark have brought the world "The Pommel Horse Guy, " a rugby star and social media sensation who wants to be on reality show "Lo...
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Schauffele and Rahm share lead in a star-heavy chase for Olympic gold in golfAug 03, 2024 12:03 pm - SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Xander Schauffele erased a two-shot deficit with a 25-foot eagle putt and Jon Rahm answered with a big putt of his own Saturday, leavi...
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Jim O’Donnell: Thayer delivers moving ad-lib tribute to ‘Mongo’ on AM-1000Aug 03, 2024 10:00 am - THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME WEEKEND in Canton was intended to serve in part as tribute to Steve McMichael — almost elegiac in tone — and it was. The storm-shortened...
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Big Ten expansion doesn’t end the era of change in college sportsAug 03, 2024 6:00 am - USC, UCLA, Washington and Oregon officially joined the Big Ten on Thursday, meaning the formerly Midwestern conference now stretches from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Tha...
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Moving target: Golfers take pleasure in aiming at ball pickerAug 03, 2024 6:00 am - Golf is a game with a stationary target. Unless you are at a driving range. Then, golfers take a bit of pleasure in aiming for the ball picker.
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Cougars crush Sioux City after visitors survive fire on busAug 02, 2024 10:37 pm - For a second straight game, the Kane County Cougars put double digits on the scoreboard, as the home team collected 18 hits in an 11-1 romp over the Sioux City Explorers ...
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Three Chicago Dogs players hit home runs as the team cruises past Gary 12-3Aug 02, 2024 10:33 pm - The Dogs finally returned home after the all-star break and an eight-game road trip, hosting Gary for a three-game series. The Dogs hit three home runs to win 12-3 Friday...
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Twins send White Sox to 18th straight loss with 10-2 rompAug 02, 2024 10:05 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — Royce Lewis homered and had a season-high 4 RBI and the Minnesota Twins sent the White Sox to their 18th straight loss, romping to a 10-2 victory Friday nig...