Articles filed under Sports
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Lincicome: Will the new Pope take requests from hometown pro sports fans?May 10, 2025 10:00 am - A happy few days of nonsense welcomed Chicago’s Pope to his new job, usually a solemn time for pontiffs, but then baseball — and religion, too — needs all the nonsense it...
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Dogs lose on Opening Day, fall to Lake Country 5-4May 09, 2025 11:14 pm - Despite late-game heroics from Jacob Teter, and a good evening for the bullpen, the Chicago Dogs came up just short on Opening Day, losing to the Lake Country DockHounds ...
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Kane County Cougars see ninth-inning rally go for naught vs. Sioux CityMay 09, 2025 11:04 pm - The Kane County Cougars strung together three runs to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth inning, but the Sioux City Explorers got the job done in extra innings to ho...
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Help from above? White Sox win one for most famous fanMay 09, 2025 10:22 pm - While the White Sox played up their status as the favorite team of Pope Leo XIV, they took care of the Miami Marlins 6-2 on Friday at Rate Field.
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Schaumburg Boomers can’t get clutch hit in shutout loss at JolietMay 09, 2025 9:53 pm - The Schaumburg Boomers placed runners on base in eight innings and outhit the home-standing Joliet Slammers but suffered a 5-0 loss on the road Friday night.
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Cubs lose third straight game as Mets hit four solo home runsMay 09, 2025 9:37 pm - Francisco Lindor led off with the first of New York's four solo homers and the Mets rolled to a 7-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series. Brett Baty and Jeff McNeil went deep in the second while Juan Soto homered in the fourth to help the Mets improve to 14-3 at Citi Field.
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Despite losing Swanson and firing their coach, last-place Stars thinking positiveMay 09, 2025 7:34 pm - The Chicago Stars are 1-1-5, the worst record in the NWSL. Mallory Swanson, the team’s leading scorer last year and a U.S. national team mainstay, likely will miss the entire season after announcing her first pregnancy.
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How the Cubs put Cade Horton back on the fast track, leading to his debut in New YorkMay 09, 2025 5:50 pm - The first-place Cubs didn’t promote pitcher Cade Horton from Triple-A Iowa to save their season in May or give a dragging team a jolt of energy. Rather, the buzz is more about what Horton, 23, could eventually become by October for a legitimate playoff contender.
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Step won: New coach Johnson sets foundation in first Bears practice at rookie minicampMay 09, 2025 4:36 pm - New Bears coach Ben Johnson stood on one of the two farther practice fields at Halas Hall on a sunny Friday morning. He watched around as Bears rookies and other rookie m...
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The rise of women’s soccer has led to more professional options for athletesMay 09, 2025 3:33 pm - The opportunities for players looking to make soccer a career have increased as the popularity of women's soccer grows. The National Women's Soccer League was once the lone professional women's league in North America. But others have more recently jumped into the market, including the USL's Super League and the Northern Super League in Canada.