Articles filed under The Athletic
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What we’re hearing about the Cubs: Pete Crow-Armstrong, Sammy Sosa, Jaxon Wiggins and moreSep 08, 2025 7:39 am - Pete Crow-Armstrong gave a thumbs-up while walking through the Wrigley Field clubhouse Sunday morning, signaling that he wasn’t worried about his right knee. The Cubs, though, are treating their all-star center fielder with caution, and it’s becoming clear that his condition is not the club’s only issue.
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Chicago Sky can’t handle the truth — Angel Reese suspension exposes deeper franchise issuesSep 06, 2025 10:00 am - The Chicago Sky doesn’t have the appetite for a rebuild. All of the moves it made last off-season indicate a certain level of impatience. However, on Friday, the Sky punished its star player for espousing those same views.
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Bears coach Ben Johnson is driven by his quest to entertain — and embarrassSep 05, 2025 11:57 am - By now, it has been well established that ingenuity is new Bears coach Ben Johnson’s calling card, a primary fuel source for the next-level offense he built with the Detroit Lions and is now trying to replicate in Chicago. But to be clear, all the creative flair that helped make the Lions’ highlight montage so riveting the past three seasons — and particularly last year when Detroit scored an NFL-high 564 points — is only a fraction of the story.
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With October drawing near, the Cubs need Seiya Suzuki back in his comfort zoneSep 05, 2025 9:00 am - Seiya Suzuki’s comfort level has been an ongoing story ever since the Cubs aggressively recruited him after MLB’s lockout ended in 2022. The total cost of the five-year contract approached $100 million when factoring in the posting fee owed to Suzuki’s Japanese club, a sizable commitment that made him a building block for what president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer envisioned as “The Next Great Cubs Team.”
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How to watch 2025 Chicago Bears: Schedule, streaming for Year 2 of Caleb WilliamsSep 04, 2025 2:09 pm - Actually finding and accessing Bears games is more cumbersome than ever. In addition to the usual channel rotation of CBS, Fox, NBC, ABC/ESPN and NFL Network, this season’s streaming rights also extend to Amazon Prime, Netflix, Peacock and YouTube. It can get exhausting (and annoying) to keep up with all these changes, so we’ve compiled a league-wide overview of how the current broadcast carousel works.
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Angel Reese calls out Chicago Sky: ‘I might have to move in a different direction’Sep 03, 2025 5:58 pm - Chicago Sky second-year forward Angel Reese appears to be frustrated with the state of the franchise, telling the Chicago Tribune that she is “not settling for the same s— we did this year.”
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Oliver Moore pleased with off-season, ready to make Blackhawks out of campSep 03, 2025 2:55 pm - While 20-year-old Blackhawks forward Oliver Moore officially moved on from college when he decided to turn pro in April, that change really sank in lately as his hockey friends returned to school and he didn’t.
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The Bears’ roster, by the numbersSep 02, 2025 4:47 pm - The Athletic’s Kevin Fishbain breaks down this season’s Bears roster by the numbers.
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How Patrick Kane plans to play his way onto one final Olympic teamAug 31, 2025 12:26 pm - Former Blackhawks great Patrick Kane is working to play on one final Olympic team.
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Evaluating the Cubs after the trade deadlineAug 31, 2025 12:13 pm - Outside of a small inner circle, no one got to see the full array of options presented to the Cubs at Major League Baseball’s trade deadline. But club officials say rival teams constantly asked about Cade Horton and Matt Shaw, who are already key contributors to a real playoff contender.