Articles filed under Sports
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Museum piece: Soldiering on toward an IBCA hall of fameMar 28, 2024 6:00 am - A couple weeks ago we reported on the annual Fox Valley Basketball Reunion retired Batavia boys basketball coach Jim Roberts puts together. In the crowd was Bob Ward, the...
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Opening Day 2024: What to watch for on the first full day of the MLB seasonMar 28, 2024 6:00 am - After the Dodgers and Padres soft-launched the 2024 MLB season with a two-game series in South Korea last week, the rest of the league was scheduled to start play today.
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Our baseball story starts with Wrigley Field’s outfield wallMar 28, 2024 6:00 am - In March 1922, my father arrived in Chicago from Sweden, a month shy of his 20th birthday. He initially stayed with his faster (aunt), and in a letter to his parents he wrote that he was told that he could find every kind of work. All he had to do was choose.
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It’s Opening Day: Here’s how the Cubs and Sox are stepping up to the plateMar 28, 2024 5:15 am - Baseball is back, as White Sox fans head to Opening Day at Guaranteed Rate Field on the South Side Thursday afternoon, while Cubs fans return to Wrigley Field on Monday. But there’s much more to the ballpark experience than what happens on the diamond.
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Researchers explore how climate change will affect Wrigley, Guaranteed RateMar 28, 2024 5:15 am - A group of researchers at Argonne National Laboratory are taking a look at how weather can vary widely from ZIP code to ZIP code, neighborhood to neighborhood — and even ...
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Wolves rally from deficit three times but fall to RockfordMar 27, 2024 10:43 pm - The Wolves rallied from deficits on three occasions but in the end fell to the Rockford IceHogs 5-4 in a shootout Wednesday night at Allstate Arena.
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DeRozan, Vucevic lead Bulls past Pacers 125-99 to end 3-game losing streakMar 27, 2024 9:59 pm - DeMar DeRozan scored 27 points and Nikola Vucevic added 22 with 12 rebounds to lead the Bulls past the Indiana Pacers 125-99 on Wednesday night to snap a three-game skid.
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Windy City Bulls fall in overtime to the Cleveland ChargeMar 27, 2024 8:47 pm - The Windy City Bulls lost to the Cleveland Charge 103-98 Wednesday night. Windy City was led guard Evan Gilyard with 21 points, 5 assists and 5 steals.
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Next test for Illini: Solve nation’s best defenseMar 27, 2024 8:42 pm - Illini coach Brad Underwood has waited a long time to get to this point. Now in the Sweet Sixteen, he just needs to solve Iowa State’s top-ranked defense.
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Bears GM Poles evaluates Daniels, Nabers, Thomas at LSU pro dayMar 27, 2024 5:11 pm - Bears general manager Ryan Poles, assistant general manager Ian Cunningham and coach Matt Eberflus were all present at LSU pro day Wednesday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.