Articles filed under Sports
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Sovereignty beats Journalism to win the Belmont Stakes at SaratogaJun 07, 2025 8:49 pm - Sovereignty beat Journalism in a Kentucky Derby rematch to win the 157th Belmont Stakes, the second hosted at Saratoga. Sovereignty and jockey Junior Alvarado traversed the field of eight on a fast Saratoga track after downpours throughout the morning and early afternoon dried up before post time.
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Elko hits 2-run HR, Houser pitches 6 strong innings as White Sox beat Royals 4-1Jun 07, 2025 6:21 pm - Tim Elko hit a 2-run homer, Adrian Houser pitched six strong innings and the White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1. Chase Meidroth also went deep for the White Sox, who have won three straight for the second time this season. Houser (2-1) gave up a run and six hits while striking out six and walking one.
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Dueling dingers: Suzuki-PCA power rivalry helps push Cubs past TigersJun 07, 2025 5:30 pm - The Cubs clubbed 5 home runs, two by Seiya Suzuki in a 6-1 victory over Detroit on Saturday, evening the series at 1-1.
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Matt Shaw completes an already dangerous Cubs lineupJun 07, 2025 4:44 pm - The Cubs always saw Matt Shaw as the best-case solution to their hole at third. Whether he could actually produce was the only question worth asking. From the time Shaw was sent to the minors on April 14 to when he arrived back on May 19, Cubs third basemen posted a 38 wRC+ with just four doubles in 105 plate appearances.
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Cubs hope pitcher Ben Brown’s upswing will continueJun 07, 2025 4:26 pm - Cubs pitcher Ben Brown certainly held his own Friday against Detroit’s reigning Cy Young winner, Tarik Skubal. Can Brown stay at that level?
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Coco Gauff handles bad memories and top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka to earn first French Open titleJun 07, 2025 11:34 am - Coco Gauff has won the French Open for the first time by defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4. The second-ranked Gauff came out on top of a contest that was full of tension and momentum swings to claim her second major trophy after the 2023 U.S Open, where she also came from a set down to beat Sabalenka in the final.
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A $2.8 billion settlement will change college sports forever. Here’s howJun 07, 2025 11:29 am - A federal judge has approved terms of a sprawling $2.8 billion antitrust settlement that will upend the way college sports have been run for more than a century. In short, schools can now directly pay players through licensing deals — a concept that goes against the foundation of amateurism that college sports was built upon. There are many questions about how this monumental change will impact college athletics.
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O’Donnell: Mansueto, Fire win the week in Chicago sportsJun 07, 2025 10:00 am - FOR ONE BRIEF SHINING CORNER KICK, Joe Mansueto provided The Captive Sports City with the assertiveness that refreshes. On Tuesday the billionaire owner of the Chicago Fi...
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Lincicome: No question, the White Sox have done ... somethingJun 07, 2025 10:00 am - To the kinds of news that have become more or less familiar — late news, breaking news, fake news — the White Sox have added non-news; that is, news that seems to be news...
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Marchand scores in 2nd OT, Panthers beat Oilers 5-4 in Game 2 to even the Stanley Cup FinalJun 06, 2025 11:36 pm - Brad Marchand scored on a breakaway in double overtime and the defending champion Florida Panthers punched back against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 2 of their Stanley Cup Final rematch, winning 5-4 on Friday night to even the series. Marchand's second goal of the night 8:04 into the second OT allowed Florida to escape with a split after Corey Perry scored to tie it with 17.8 seconds left in the third period and Stuart Skinner pulled for an extra attacker.