Articles filed under Sports
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Baseball welcomes another season, with most pitchers and catchers reporting WednesdayFeb 12, 2025 7:50 pm - There's a new No. 2 in the New York Yankees' rotation behind Gerrit Cole. A familiar face is getting a fresh start leading the Cincinnati Reds. Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani & Co. are preparing title defense.
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Quick return to Torrey Pines brings familiar setting with a lot more of golf’s best playersFeb 12, 2025 6:03 pm - So much about Torrey Pines looks just like it did three weeks ago. Only it's a new tournament with a far stronger field. The Genesis Invitational typically is held at venerable Riviera. But the LA wildfires burned up so much of the Pacific Palisades community that organizers were forced to relocate.
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Monahan says bringing LIV players back into the fold is a top priority for golfFeb 12, 2025 5:39 pm - PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan says the White House meeting with President Donald Trump last week gets golf closer to reunification. The tour is negotiating with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf to become a minority investor.
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NASCAR’s lone Black Cup driver Bubba Wallace ‘couldn't care less’ if Trump attends Daytona 500Feb 12, 2025 5:23 pm - Bubba Wallace said he "couldn't care less" if Donald Trump attends the Daytona 500 on Sunday, nearly five years after the president accused the NASCAR Cup Series' only Black full-time driver of perpetrating "a hoax" when a crew member found a noose in the team garage stall.
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The 1994-95 Hersey boys are back in townFeb 12, 2025 5:01 pm - Hersey High School on Friday will honor the 1994-95 boys basketball team, which advanced to the Class AA Elite Eight with a record of 26-5, best in school history.
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Paying their respects: Bears matriarch Virginia Halas McCaskey laid to restFeb 12, 2025 4:47 pm - The Chicago Bears laid their matriarch to rest on a snowy Wednesday morning in the northwest suburbs. Hundreds of friends and family, including fellow NFL owners and many former Bears players, attended the funeral of team owner Virginia Halas McCaskey.
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Bears’ Montez Sweat to head celebrity softball game at Schaumburg’s Wintrust Field June 7Feb 12, 2025 4:28 pm - Chicago Bears defensive end Montez Sweat will headline a celebrity softball game at Schaumburg’s Wintrust Field Saturday, June 7.
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White Sox and CF Michael A. Taylor agree to $1.95M, 1-year contractFeb 12, 2025 2:53 pm - Center fielder Michael A. Taylor and the Chicago White Sox have agreed to a $1.95 million, one-year contract. Taylor spent last season with the Pittsburgh Pirates, batting .193 with five home runs, 21 RBIs and a .543 OPS in 113 games. He struck out 105 times in 269 at-bats. Taylor, who turns 34 next month, provides another option in center field for the rebuilding White Sox if they decide to trade Luis Robert Jr. Or, the team could use Taylor to spell Roberts in an effort to keep him healthy. Taylor won a Gold Glove in 2021 with the Kansas City Royals.
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UNLV senior offensive lineman Ben Christman diesFeb 12, 2025 2:50 pm - UNLV senior offensive lineman Ben Christman has died. The university said he was found dead in an off-campus apartment on Tuesday morning. The university said it didn't have other details and a cause of death would later be determined by the Clark County Coroner's Office. UNLV said Christman's family and the team have been informed and that counseling services would be provided. The 21-year-old transferred from Kentucky after last season. He began his college career at Ohio State.
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The Case of the Missing TurkeysFeb 12, 2025 10:00 am - Ever since I have been fortunate enough to appear on the Sports page of this fine newspaper, I have written about fishing. There’s more to the outdoors, like hunting and nature and conservation, and I hope to get into all of those subjects as time passes.