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Cubs targeting free agent Zac Gallen in their search for more pitching: SourcesDec 06, 2025 5:05 pm - In their wide-ranging search for pitching, the Chicago Cubs are targeting Zac Gallen as an option, according to team and league sources briefed on the negotiations.
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Chivas finalizing $5 million deal for Fire midfielder Brian Gutiérrez: SourcesDec 05, 2025 11:10 am - Chivas is finalizing a deal to sign Brian Gutiérrez from the Chicago Fire, sources briefed on the deal told The Athletic on Thursday.
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What we’re hearing about the Cubs: Renewed interest in Alex BregmanDec 04, 2025 6:19 pm - The Chicago Cubs are preparing for Kyle Tucker’s exit as a free agent, ready to give rookie hitters Owen Caissie and Moisés Ballesteros the runway to develop at Wrigley Field. Pitching remains the club’s primary focus, but team officials have not ruled out adding to a solid group of position players. Once again, a particular name stands out: Alex Bregman.
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Spin class: How Teuvo Teräväinen’s hockey smarts keep the Blackhawks in aweDec 04, 2025 11:39 am - Blackhawks center Teuvo Teravainen can do things on the ice that amaze his teammates. Just don’t ask him to talk about himself.
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How Cade Horton’s emergence eases the Cubs’ starting pitching concernsDec 03, 2025 8:50 am - Historically, the Chicago Cubs aren’t known for dishing out record-breaking contracts to pitchers. Just twice have they signed a starter to a deal north of $100 million, ...
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Greenberg: All sunny with the Bears, but Green Bay awaitsDec 02, 2025 4:00 pm - Jon Greenberg: Everything is brilliant and sunny when the Bears are good, which only happens every seven or eight years, so you might as well appreciate it.
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If Kyle Tucker is out of the picture, Cubs could turn to pair of rookie replacementsDec 02, 2025 7:40 am - The runway for young hitters Owen Caissie and Moisés Ballesteros to develop and improve in the big leagues has been set.
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After poor showing against Predators, we’re about to learn something about these BlackhawksNov 29, 2025 6:01 pm - So what happens now? Now that the Chicago Blackhawks can’t just chalk it up to facing the league’s juggernaut, now that they can’t find solace in an excellent first two periods? Now that the losing streak — technically a “winless” streak thanks to the overtime point against the Wild, but the players know better — has reached five games?
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A $13 million culture shift: Inside Ben Johnson’s transformation of the BearsNov 29, 2025 4:15 pm - If Ben Johnson were a college football coach, his agent would be renegotiating his contract right about now. And someone would be writing a big, fat check, because it’s obvious that Johnson is a culture changer and a program builder, and those kinds of coaches make a lot of money.
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Nearly one year later, Cubs’ deal for Kyle Tucker viewed as a ‘success’ by clubNov 27, 2025 1:22 pm - With each passing day, last year’s trade for Kyle Tucker increasingly looks like a one-off deal for the Chicago Cubs. It’s not just that the Cubs appear ready to collect an MLB draft pick if (or when) the consensus No. 1 free agent signs with a new team. It’s also how, for now at least, the Cubs have seemingly ruled out the idea of repeating another trade with similar short-term structure and magnitude.