Articles filed under Sports
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With help from suburban players, U.S. women’s volleyball team beats Brazil in semifinal thrillerAug 08, 2024 4:09 pm - Kelsey Robinson-Cook and Lauren Carlini will be playing for an Olympic gold medal in women's volleyball. Extended by Brazil to a tiebreaker, Team USA on Thursday advanced...
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COVID-stricken Noah Lyles finishes 3rd in 200 meters won by Botswana’s Letsile TebogoAug 08, 2024 3:51 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters Thursday, falling to Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, then being tended to by medics who carted him off the track i...
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Bears rookie QB Caleb Williams will play in Saturday’s preseason game vs. Buffalo BillsAug 08, 2024 3:28 pm - Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams and the rest of the team’s starters will play Saturday in a preseason game against the Buffalo Bills. For Williams, this will mark...
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Lyles, suffering from COVID, finishes 3rd in Olympic upset at 200 meters won by Botswana's TebogoAug 08, 2024 2:29 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters Thursday, falling to Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, then being tended to by medics who carted him off the track i...
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Defending champion U.S. women’s volleyball team beats Brazil in semifinal thriller at Paris OlympicsAug 08, 2024 12:44 pm - PARIS — Karch Kiraly made one request when the decisive fifth set began: Win or lose, make sure to enjoy the moment. The coach asked the American women to take in the atm...
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White Sox make a change: Manager Pedro Grifol fired after end of 21-game skid that tied recordAug 08, 2024 9:16 am - The White Sox are on course to finish with baseball's worst record of the modern era. Change clearly is needed. The White Sox made a switch in the dugout, firing manager ...
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The case for Jim Templin as the best fisherman in IllinoisAug 08, 2024 6:00 am - From loyal reader and rabid fisherman Michael Sopocy: “I saw you were looking for the top fisherman from Illinois. Jim Templin is by far the best fisherman to hail from I...
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How ‘Hard Knocks’ can improve its coverage of the Bears and what it did wellAug 08, 2024 6:00 am - There were only two reactions Bears fans could’ve had to the opening scene in “Hard Knocks“ when HBO commissioned Ray Clay to re-create his legendary Bulls introduction f...
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‘It’s a big loss’: Former Lake Park football coach Monken provided ‘a great example’Aug 08, 2024 6:00 am - Salute to former Lake Park football coach Bob Monken, who died Aug. 4.
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Chicago Dogs lose on eighth-inning home runAug 07, 2024 10:33 pm - Brian O’Grady homered off Lucas Galdoni in the bottom of the eighth inning, breaking a 4-4 tie and sending the Cleburne Railroaders to their second straight one run win o...