Articles filed under Sports
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O’Donnell: ‘NFL Today’ to dance back to the age of young Walter Payton and Barry WhiteSep 20, 2025 10:00 am - Sunday, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the debut of the breakthrough sports studio show, “The NFL Today,” CBS will go full-bore retro to honor the late-morning Sunday staple, writes columnist Jim O’Donnell.
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Lincicome: The rising temperature of golf’s Ryder CupSep 20, 2025 10:00 am - When last we looked in on Ryder doings, the Europeans were celebrating with wine and song amid Roman cheers while the gloomy Yanks were changing into street clothes to avoid being identified.
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Schaumburg Boomers’ win leaves them one win from Frontier League championshipSep 19, 2025 10:02 pm - The Schaumburg Boomers stirred up some late wonders at Wintrust Field, scoring seven unanswered runs to down the three-time defending Frontier League champion Quebec Capitales by a 10-6 final and take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five Frontier League Finals.
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Kane County Cougars rally in the ninth inning to force deciding Game 5 of championship seriesSep 19, 2025 9:50 pm - In more late-game drama of the Miles Wolff Cup Finals, the Kane County Cougars strung together three runs in the top of the ninth inning against the Sioux Falls Canaries to stun the crowd at the Birdcage with a 3-2 Cougars win and force a deciding Game 5.
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Vargas hits 2-run HR, Martin pitches 6 innings as White Sox beat Padres 4-3 to end 6-game skidSep 19, 2025 9:21 pm - Miguel Vargas hit a two-run homer, Davis Martin pitched six effective innings, and the White Sox beat the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Friday night to end a six-game skid.
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Despite losing Caitlin Clark and other key players to injury, Fever still reach WNBA semifinalsSep 19, 2025 9:06 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Fever finally got a chance to celebrate Thursday night in Atlanta. A smiling Caitlin Clark, dressed again in street clothes, rushed the court t...
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Cubs suffer second straight loss since clinching playoff berthSep 19, 2025 8:51 pm - Spencer Steer hit two of Cincinnati's season-high five homers as the Reds beat the Cubs 7-4 on Friday night to keep pace in the National League wild-card race.
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New U.S. sprint star Melissa Jefferson-Wooden helped save her dad's life when she was 17Sep 19, 2025 7:52 pm - American sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wooden has a gold medal from the world championships. Two of them, in fact. Her biggest win of all might be that her father, Melvin, was on hand in Tokyo to watch her. The country's brightest new sprint star donated stem cells from her bone marrow in 2018 to help her dad overcome a potentially deadly sickness in which the marrow doesn't produce enough white blood cells to enrich the immune system.
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Can Dennis Allen’s Bears defense turn jeers into cheers?Sep 19, 2025 4:21 pm - Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen can break out the folksy aphorism about nobody caring about his problems, but 100% of Bears players, coaches, executives and fans absolutely care about the Bears’ defensive problems right now.
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Williams’ progress at quarterback again the top storyline for Bears this weekendSep 19, 2025 3:55 pm - The Bears face a potential fork-in-the-road moment Sunday afternoon when they host the Dallas Cowboys at Soldier Field. Sunday’s game kicks off at 3:25 p.m. and will be broadcast on Fox. Here are the top five storylines to watch.