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Civic boosterism can’t be the fuel for a successful event.
One has to seriously work hard to find compassion for the Cubs becoming one of the more (most?) disappointing teams of the season so far.
Pass the Blatz. Or the Schlitz. And keep ’em coming.
The network didn’t help itself with a confusing interface on its nascent streaming service, Peacock. It further angered viewers by putting men’s basketball games behind the streamer’s paywall.
The Sox are halfway to the 1962 Mets’ modern-era record of 120 losses in a season.
While he played, it seemed that happiness was all that eluded Sandberg. He has been through the fire — with his health, as a manager who resigned from a failing Phillies team in 2015 — and he is a different person now.
With Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese rivalry rising to another level, this is going to be fun for years to come.
The first Sunday of the season brings Caitlin Clark to Wintrust Arena for one of the games of the day in all of sports. After that, though, Chicago fans might look at the states of some of their teams and realize there’s a lot to complain about.
It’s not just the losing. It’s the way they’re losing. Missing the cutoff man, committing balks, blowing 5-1 leads on consecutive nights against the Cubs.
Another observation on the great year for coho fishing, a bush-trimming velvet buck in the suburbs and sandhill cranes on a famous Wisconsin golf course are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
For the Sox, this disappointing season has become a chance to see what they have in their young players, what they need to work on and how they can help prospects improve.
One of the first Puerto Rican stars in the majors but limited by knee issues, he became Boston’s first designated hitter and credits his time as a DH for getting him enshrined into the Hall of Fame in 1999 as selected by the Veteran’s Committee.
Waiving Gondrezick brings the Sky’s roster to 10 available players, with Elizabeth Williams having season-ending surgery on her right meniscus this week. It’s unlikely the Sky will sign anyone ahead of their game against the Lynx on Sunday.
Blackhawks add to draft haul by taking forwards Sacha Boisvert, Marek Vanacker with 18th, 27th picks
After selecting Boisvert, a 6-2 center from Quebec, the Hawks aggressively acquired yet another first-round selection in a trade with the Hurricanes. That allowed them to take Vanacker, a 6-0 winger from Ontario.
“TV doesn’t do any justice as far as how big he is,” White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said.
The 18-year-old defenseman from Belarus, coming off an impressive freshman year at Michigan State, adds potentially the final piece to the Hawks’ future defensive core.
The Sox play their first of three games against the Rockies.
In this week’s “Polling Place,” we also asked about the Bulls’ offseason and your soccer viewing habits on TV.
Kurt Marks adapted his metholds and caught a string of big carp from the Chicago River, a reminder that the big fish in the system remains the common carp.
But the win did nothing to change the fact that the night before, they’d stumbled to the halfway point of the season with a 4-3 loss that pushed their low-water mark to 37-44, seven games below .500.
Reese finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds, becoming the youngest player in WNBA history to have nine consecutive double-doubles. She tied Candace Parker for most consecutive double-doubles in a season.
The additions of Josh Giddey and Matas Buzelis have not come by accident. The youth movement is alive and well for the Bulls, but now they need help with the start of free agency to continue to push it.
Hammon credited Weatherspoon for setting a standard that she was forced to meet as a rookie. Now, in her rookie year as a coach in the WNBA, Weatherspoon is looking at her “little sister” as the standard.
General manager Kyle Davidson said Thursday he feels “confident with where we’re going to go.” He didn’t name names, but defenseman Artyom Levshunov has emerged as the favorite over Ivan Demidov.
Assad has been dealing with a strained right forearm extensor, the team revealed.
“He’s deserving. It’s a great story,” Grifol said.
Reminders of White Sox trades — future, past and present — were everywhere you looked Thursday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field.
After leading all rookies with 61 points this past season — and doing it in just 68 games — Bedard on Thursday received the trophy he always seemed destined to receive.