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White Sox closer Liam Hendriks made his emotional return to the Guaranteed Rate Field mound Monday. When he explained his quick return, he highlighted a message from Taillon.
“If I didn’t give up two runs, that’s a tie game,” Liam Hendriks said. “We are looking at a chance to win and continuing to play.”
McGovern was an assistant coach for 39 years in the college ranks and in the NFL.
As befits the unofficial start to summer on the Memorial Day weekend, the start of summer fishing leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
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The Heat, champions of the Eastern Conference even after getting in as only the No. 8 seed, will take on the Western Conference champion Nuggets in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The series starts in Denver on Thursday night.
The White Sox All-Star reliever allowed two runs and three hits in the Angels’ 6-4 win.
No matter how many insults he levels, Pippen always will be in Jordan’s shadow.
It’s too soon for the White Sox to determine buy or sell status before the trade deadline.
Tauchman, a veteran from Palatine and Fremd High School, is hitting .308 (8-for-26) in 10 games since being called up from Triple-A Iowa.
The overall trend has been that homer streaks of at least five games have gone hand-in-hand with staying power.
Right-hander Jimmy Lambert lands on injured list with ankle inflammation to make room for Hendriks.
The veteran right-hander no-hit the Rays — the best-hitting team in the majors — for six innings in a command performance that halted the Cubs’ four-game losing streak.
Pete Riedesel caught the walleye of his life last week to earn Fish of the Week honors and now aims for his dream muskie.
“Having an opportunity to make an impact, whatever that role may be, I’m looking forward to it. I have that starting role right now, but I’m taking it game by game.”
Heuer has been working his way back from Tommy John surgery at Triple-A Iowa.
If good teams find different ways to win, then the bad ones find different ways to lose — and the Cubs find themselves square in the latter category right now.
There are great college teams, then there’s this pre-eminent one that outscored its final three NCAA tournament opponents by an astonishing 30-goal margin.
Hendriks is coming back to the team after his battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
The two-time IndyCar Series champion slingshotted around defending champion Marcus Ericsson on a late restart and held him off through the last two turns.
Jimenez doubled in two runs and walked twice in his first game back from an appendectomy.
Signed to a four-year, $68 million free-agent contract in the offseason, Taillon failed to last five innings for the fifth time in a row as the Cubs lost their third straight.