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Bars, restaurants saw greater customer demand for women's sports during WNBA season
Chicago restaurant owner Josh Pehlke remembers having to beg and plead at bars and restaurants to get them to show WNBA games just a few years ago. Too often, the answer was a flat-out no. These days, he doesn't have to worry as much.
Basketball |
Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese becomes co-owner of women's pro soccer team
DC Power Football Club, a Washington-based women's team set to begin play this summer in the United Soccer League Super League, announced WNBA rookie Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky as the first member of its ownership group on Tuesday.
Basketball |
Dick Butkus, fearsome Hall of Fame Chicago Bears linebacker, dead at 80
Dick Butkus, a middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears whose speed and ferocity set the standards for the position in the modern era, has died, the team announced Thursday. He was 80.
Football -NFL |
Spurs win NBA draft lottery, earning right to draft generational prospect Wembanyama
Victor Wembanyama is set to follow in the footsteps of David Robinson and Tim Duncan, and San Antonio is ready to welcome the French phenom as the Spurs landed the No. 1 pick and the right to draft one of the most highly touted prospects in NBA history.
Basketball -NBA |
Former Blue Jays pitcher Liam Hendriks says he has non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks says he has non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The three-time All-Star was scheduled to begin treatment on Monday.
Baseball -MLB |
Eagles acquire 3-time Pro Bowl defensive end Robert Quinn from Bears
The Philadelphia Eagles acquired three-time Pro Bowl defensive end Robert Quinn from the Chicago Bears for a 2023 fourth-round pick on Wednesday.
Football -NFL |
Rookie Robinson scores 1st career TD to propel Commanders past Bears in low-scoring affair
Christian Holmes recovered a muffed punt by Velus Jones deep in Chicago territory to set up a one-yard touchdown run by Brian Robinson Jr. midway through the fourth quarter, and the Washington Commanders stopped a four-game losing streak, hanging on to beat the Bears 12-7 Thursday night.
Football -NFL |
'I've never felt pain like this': Bulls star Ball admits he can't run, jump due to knee injury
Chicago Bulls point guard Lonzo Ball admitted to media he can't run or jump and still experiences pain in his knee walking up stairs ahead of scheduled surgery in Los Angeles.
Basketball -NBA |
Orlando Magic win NBA draft lottery for 1st time since 2004
The Orlando Magic won the NBA draft lottery Tuesday night and landed the No. 1 overall pick for the first time since they got Dwight Howard in 2004.
Basketball -NBA |
Former Blue Jay Marcus Stroman inks 3-year, $71M US deal to join Cubs
Marcus Stroman rushed to the airport and caught a flight from Los Angeles to Chicago as soon as he got the word from his agent. The right-hander arrived just in time with a lockout looming to complete a $71 million US, three-year contract.
Baseball -MLB |