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Morning Sports Report
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Ernie Clement and Daulton Varsho homered, and the Toronto Blue Jays became the first AL team to reach 70 wins by beating the Chicago Cubs 5-1 on Tuesday night.
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Former Buffalo Grove, Notre Dame and NFL star Tom Zbikowski has taken a new path as head coach at St. Patrick High School in Chicago.
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Carl Williams became a bogeyman of sorts to skittish Bears fans in the run-up to the 2024 NFL Draft, as rumors persisted he was going to pull a move akin to Jack Elway and Archie Manning to get his son out of Chicago’s quarterback-cursed clutches. Then there were the outlandish demands he wanted to make about equity in the franchise.
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From the All-Star break through the end of July, a span of 46 plate appearances, Pete Crow-Armstrong had a 188 wRC+ with nine doubles and two home runs. July was actually his best month at a 170 wRC+. So Crow-Armstrong is just being hard on himself. His struggles started in August, and we’re just a little over a week into the month. He has just three hits, just one for extra bases, and no walks in these nine games.
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The Bears might want the state to provide them with property-tax certainty before they build a new stadium for themselves, writes columnist Jim O’Donnell, but they don’t have the negotiating leverage to get what they want.
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Even with many of its top stars sidelined, the WNBA has still had strong ratings and attendance numbers this season.
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Texas, Penn State, Ohio State and Clemson would be the top four seeds in the College Football Playoff based on The Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll with Georgia, No...
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The Schaumburg Boomers set a single-season franchise record for homers while amassing six extra-base hits to power past the Sussex County Miners 7-3 on Tuesday night in the opener of a six-game roadtrip to New Jersey.
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Sal Frelick and Brice Turang homered off Paul Skenes, and the Milwaukee Brewers pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 14-0 on Tuesday night for their 11th consecutive victory.
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This week’s High Five looks at five more area football players ready to contribute this season for their college teams.
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