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Kevin Cross, the president and general manager of NBC 5, Telemundo Chicago and NBC Sports Chicago, personally began meeting with those affected Thursday. He’s focused on making sure employees land on their feet.
Repeat offender Eloy Jimenez has a strained hamstring, the latest in a string of physical problems for the team.
The two-time Gold Glove winner at short says he’s back to 100% physically, and that’s not all. He’s also clearer in between the ears after having tried to play through pain — and done poorly at it — while holding a bit too stubbornly to the ideal of taking the field whenever possible.
Since 2021, college athletes have been allowed to make money off their name, image and likeness and to enter the transfer portal. In essence, college athletes can get rich and relocate yearly — just like the coaches always could.
Cubs' Shota Imanaga is crushing it on the mound, but life as a Chicagoan is coming along more slowly
Imanaga makes success look so simple, it’s easy to forget to ask him how he’s handling life alone in a huge new city halfway around the world from home.
Scottie Scheffler’s recent arrest brings up a man who followed an ideal.
The endgame for them could be the 2027 draft, not the next two: the JuJu Watkins/MiLaysia Fulwiley/Madison Booker/Mikaylah Williams/Hannah Hidalgo generational, unicorn lottery that will change the trajectory of several WNBA franchises.
They’ll play the entire AFC South before facing an NFC North foe for the first time — in Week 11. They have a stretch of three consecutive home games followed by three consecutive road games. What gives?
One side roots passionately for the league’s success. The other resents being told to root passionately for the league’s success.
For those who followed Boo Buie’s remarkable career with the Wildcats, it might be a bit surprising to see him on the NBA’s pay-no-mind list so soon after it ended — and in his own backyard, no less.
The good — and not so good — for the rookie quarterback.
MLB has been experimenting with the automated ball-strike system in minor leagues since 2019.
Su calendario de seis semanas se ha reducido a cuatro y su regreso está previsto para el 1 de junio.
The city’s police chief noted that the department’s officers are expected to maintain their body-worn cameras in a “constant state of operational readiness.”
David Moore of St. John’s, Indiana, faces multiple charges in the alleged cheating case in a Cal Sag Bass Anglers event on May 11.
A look at how the locals performed at the EYBYL, Under Armour and Adidas competitions.
“Bringing a WNBA team to Toronto represents an important milestone for our league as we continue to expand both domestically and outside the United States,” commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a statement.
Notes: Cubs reliever Adbert Alzolay is expected to be shut down from throwing for at least two weeks.
The Cubs offense’s May slog continued through the team’s 9-2 loss on Wednesday.
Eight of the runs were earned for the righty, who walked six in his third start.
A hamstring strain is the latest in a long line of injuries and IL stints.
In the five weeks since being drafted by the Sky, Reese is proving she has no ceiling.
Zach DeLoach, Nick Nastrini recalled from Charlotte
The NFL has turned the draft into a traveling road show in the last nine years.
Wheaton North seniors Zach Widelski and Ty Nielsen made the most of late bites Saturday to win the state title in bass fishing; plus cicadas, cottonwood fluff and monarchs fill the spring air.
Dansby Swanson and Luis Vazquez also returned from injury for the Cubs.
Manager Craig Counsell revealed the decision Tuesday before the Cubs opened a three-game series against the Braves at Wrigley Field.
Her six-week timetable was trimmed to four as she eyes a June 1 return.
The rookie is a Maryland native and a soccer fan.
Mr. Fent was an engineer who loved baseball. Friends and family remember him as a kind, introverted man who looked out for his family, his dogs and his teammates.