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Gov. J.B. Pritzker needs to stand firm in the face of team’s demands for a new stadium.
Entering the Big Ten Tournament semifinals on her home field in Evanston, Scane is six goals shy of tying the Division I career mark. After that, she and the No. 1-ranked Wildcats will go for a second straight national championship.
Déjà vu is a heck of a thing. Whether it’s 1970 or 2024, war weighs heavily on campuses — and on athletes.
In 2024 in sports, everybody who’s anybody is being called “generational” by somebody. The overuse of the term is rampant and comical.
Have the years of quarterback frustration been worth this moment? We’re about to find out.
So the Sox have that going for them, which is, you know, something.
The Bears have been here before in their search for a quarterback — Jay Cutler, Mitch Trubisky, Justin Fields — and have found only disappointment. But Williams not only is a cut above as a prospect, the Bears are set up for him to succeed where others failed.
If presumed No. 1 pick Caleb Williams is as good as advertised, Chicago won’t know what to do with itself.
It would be beyond shocking to this city if the Bears’ future had any other path than following Williams as a trailblazer.
The city is willing to put private interests ahead of public benefit and cheer on a wrongheaded effort to build a massive domed stadium — that would be perfect for Arlington Heights — on Chicago’s lakefront.
In exchange for billions of dollars in public money, the public deserves an ownership stake in the franchises.
We all love sports teams, but regular people don’t own the buildings or the land they frolic upon. We just pay homage to the teams — and to the power-laden who own them.
Less than a month ago, both rookies were competing in the NCAA Tournament. Cardoso’s run extended all the way to a title. The immediate turnaround to the draft and now training camp is a unique experience in the women’s game.
Cristian Guzman, who has worked for the Mets and Mariners, meets players “where they are at for what they need.”
Garrett Crochet, who retired the last 11 Twins he faced, was pulled after five innings.
With No. 1 pick Caleb Williams, proven weapons in DJ Moore, Keenan Allen and D’Andre Swift and a touted rookie in Rome Odunze, it’s up to the Bears’ new offensive coordinator to make it work.
The Cubs scratched out a 3-1 victory, thanks to Christopher Morel’s two-run home run in the ninth inning.
The team has been snakebitten by injuries early this season.
Schaefer made his name as the Bulls’ trainer during their dynasty years. But with executive vice president Arturas Karnisovas looking for changes, the Bulls parted ways with him Monday.
The retiring Parker’s legendary career started at Naperville Central, and she continued to influence others through her 16-season tenure in the WNBA.
“This has been entirely a Nike issue,” a memo from the union to players read. “At its core, what has happened here is that Nike was innovating something that didn’t need to be innovated.”
Dave Strobel caught and released his personal-best walleye Thursday at Heidecke Lake.
Notes: The team also made a series of bullpen moves, and Cody Bellinger made progress in his rehab.
Wesneski held the Red Sox to one earned run in four innings in the Cubs’ 5-4 loss Sunday.
As the organization checks major boxes on its list, it still will spend this coming season evaluating whether it has the right guy in Eberflus. He has no more margin for mistakes.
“He’s all about business,” rookie reliever Jordan Leasure said.
“A great deal of energy in here,” Weatherspoon said. “When you have that, as a coach, you feel the buy-in is there. That’s what you want. That was important for us to gain a little bit of chemistry and continuity.”
“I promised I’d never cheat the game,” Parker wrote on Instagram. “And that I’d leave it in a better place than I came into it.”
“It meant a lot because our bullpen had gone through a lot the last two days,” Fedde said, as manager Pedro Grifol praised his outing as “big-time.”
Once again, dozens of players with local ties are moving on from their previous college stops in search of a better or different opportunity.
The Sky open training camp with a 14-player roster that will need to be trimmed to 12 by May 13.
Saturday was a series of firsts: the season’s first back-to-back Sox wins, Benintendi’s first career walk-off home run and the Sox’ first series victory of the season.
Since April 20, White Sox outfielder Eloy Jimenez is slashing .286/.355/.607 with a .962 OPS.
After the blowout, the Cubs announced Jordan Wicks was scratched from his start Sunday with forearm tightness.
Notes: The Cubs traded first baseman Garrett Cooper to the Red Sox, and left-hander Justin Steele is taking the next step in his rehab.
The Bears began signing undrafted free agents not long after the end of the NFL Draft on Saturday.
Poles and the Bears have a four-year window to make an aggressive push for the Super Bowl while Caleb Williams is on a cheap rookie contract.
Everyone’s got their origin story. This is Caleb Williams’.
Can Williams and wide receiver Rome Odunze finally push the Bears over the top?
The Bears ended up taking five players after giving up a 2025 fourth-rounder to pick Kansas defensive end Austin Booker in the fifth round.
Just when it appeared the Bears had used their final pick on Iowa punter Tory Taylor, they traded a 2025 fourth-round pick to the Bills to take the 6-4, 253-pound edge rusher from Kansas who had eight sacks and 12 tackles for loss in 2023.
Taylor figures to replace Trenton Gill.