Articles filed under The Athletic
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D’Andre Swift and the Bears’ soft-spoken running backs are suddenly making noiseOct 25, 2025 10:00 am - If it seems like the Bears’ ground game has reached new heights quietly, perhaps that’s fitting. Running backs coach Eric Bieniemy, known for his fiery coaching style and high-volume enthusiasm, has been taken aback since the spring at how reserved his room has been.
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Why the Chicago Blackhawks aren’t sweating their next NHL draft slotOct 24, 2025 3:26 pm - There was no reason to believe the Chicago Blackhawks were going to be better than the 31st or 32nd team in the NHL this season. Based on their projections and every othe...
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Twenty years later, how do you remember the 2005 White Sox’s epic World Series run?Oct 23, 2025 9:34 am - Twenty years ago this week, the Chicago White Sox returned to the World Series for the first time since 1959. Their series against the Houston Astros, the culmination of ...
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The Blackhawks’ unexpected winning recipe: 11 forwards, 7 defensemenOct 22, 2025 3:45 pm - With Nick Foligno coming back from a personal absence and Landon Slaggert returning last game from an injury, the Blackhawks could have 14 available forwards, depending on Jason Dickinson’s injury status, when they play the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.
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Will the Cubs use the offseason to address second-half hitting slump?Oct 22, 2025 7:49 am - It was hard to come away from Chicago Cubs President Jed Hoyer’s end-of-season news conference and think that this is a front office overly concerned by the offense’s sec...
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Brooklyn FC tabs USMNT great Brian McBride as first GMOct 21, 2025 2:58 pm - Brooklyn FC has named former U.S. national team great Brian McBride as its first general manager, ahead of its inaugural season in USL Championship next year.
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Are Chicago Bulls fans really excited for another 39-win, ninth-place season?Oct 21, 2025 11:41 am - You have to respect the consistency, if not the effort. In the last three seasons, the Bulls finished with 40, 39 and 39 wins, finishing 10th, ninth and ninth in the East...
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Blackhawks’ Frank Nazar, Spencer Knight proving to be worth every centOct 20, 2025 7:28 pm - The dollar signs could have been adding up in Chicago Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson’s head. With every Frank Nazar goal and Spencer Knight save, which there have been a lot of early this season, that could have equated to increasingly larger salaries for both players in the future.
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As Joel Quenneville and the NHL move on, don’t forget what they’re moving on fromOct 20, 2025 3:24 pm - Before we get into the hockey of it all, the relative frivolity of a Ducks-Blackhawks game in October, let’s begin with the most important thing. The actions — or more accurately, the inaction — of John McDonough, Joel Quenneville, Stan Bowman, Al MacIsaac, Jay Blunk and Kevin Cheveldayoff led to a child in Michigan getting sexually abused.
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Blackhawks confused by Tyler Bertuzzi interference vs. Canucks: ‘Not that great of a call’Oct 18, 2025 10:59 am - The Blackhawks were either going ahead or going on a penalty kill when they challenged a goal call with just over five minutes remaining in the third period of a tied game with the Vancouver Canucks on Friday. Even when the officials’ call stood and went against the Blackhawks, that didn’t alter Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill’s mind.