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Toews returned to Blackhawks morning skate Tuesday — two months to the day since his last game — and will try to make a few appearances before the season ends April 13. But he has battled through immense pain and fatigue to get to this point.
The Bears closed on the 326-acre former Arlington International Racecourse property last month and will decide in the coming months whether to pursue building stadium — in addition to hotels, shops and restaurants — on the property.
Video gamers are now able to venture into a storyline mode involving eight Negro League legends through the game, which was released Tuesday.
Everything will be different this season. The expectations will be serious, as opposed to when everyone understood the Bears were in a necessary teardown. Eberflus seemed ready for that as he sat in a banquet room at the Arizona Biltmore on Tuesday
“We’ve always got to find a way to get better,” first-year manager Pedro Grifol said.
Rodgers wants a trade to the Jets, but the two sides have yet to agree on trade compensation.
Take a look at some of the Cubs’ top pitching prospects.
The Bears believe in Fields, but they also believe he needs to improve on his performance from last season.
Moncada will participate in the team’s optional workout Wednesday in Houston.
Coho on southern Lake Michigan continue to lead the sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report, but fishing really gets going Saturday around the Chicago area with opening days at Heidecke Lake, the statewide inland trout season and smelt netting on the Chicago lakefront (well, opening night for that).
Gumbel’s career has spanned more than 50 years on NBC, CBS and HBO. He has hosted “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” on HBO since 1995. It has received 36 Sports Emmys.
The fifth-tier Welsh side has become a fan favorite since Hollywood stars Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought it and launched a documentary series, “Welcome to Wrexham.”
Coach Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks are looking to become the 10th team to go through a season unbeaten and the first to repeat as champions since UConn won four in a row from 2013-16.
With seven games left, DeMar DeRozan hopes the Bulls’ 10-6 record in the last month will harden them for not only the next few weeks but the postseason.
Hoerner has been in the organization since the Cubs drafted him in 2018.
New Bears president/CEO Kevin Warren said that the team’s focus remains on building a stadium – in addition to hotels, shops, restaurants and more — in Arlington Heights.
‘Air’ film shows how MJ’s deal with Nike transformed sports and fashion simultaneously — and why he still holds sway
Throughout the first half of the season, Bulls coach Billy Donovan went with a point guard-by-committee attack late in games, with LaVine and DeMar DeRozan taking over much of the responsibility. Now that Patrick Beverley has arrived, LaVine and DeRozan can focus on what they do best.
MLB
PECOTA and Fangraphs projections for the Cubs and White Sox aren’t anything to get excited about.
The Cubs traded Zach McKinstry, outrighted Rowan Wick, optioned Christopher Morel and reassigned Mike Tauchman and Roenis Elias to minor-league camp.
General manager Ryan Poles said he’ll sit down with chairman George McCaskey and incoming president/CEO Kevin Warren as he tries to decide whether the team has interest in drafting Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter.
The Bears thought they had made a competitive offer to keep Montgomery. Then he signed a three-year deal with the Lions for similar money: $18 million.
Facing the Cubs in his final tuneup before making his Sox debut Sunday against the Astros, Mike Clevinger failed to finish a four-run first inning.