American League Central W L PCT GB Cleveland 45 45 .500 – Minnesota 45 46 .495 .5 Detroit 39 50 .438 5.5 Chi White Sox 38 54 .413 8.0 Kansas City 26 65 .286 19.5 American League East W L PCT GB Tampa Bay 58 35 .624 – Baltimore 54
Sports means much more than games played on the field, even if we want to make it just games played on the field. Northwestern University’s firing of head football coach Pat Fitzgerald is stunning given the circumstances. He was fired Monday this week following confirmation of continual hazing of players,
The Illinois High School Association has released the composite football schedules for the 2023 high school football season in Illinois. To see the schedules, go to IHSA.org. Key 2023 IHSA Football dates: —Illinois High School Association
Sat, July 1, Oakland, L 7-6 Sun, July 2, Oakland, W 8-7 Tue, July 4, Toronto, L 4-3 Wed, July 5, Toronto, postpone due to rain Thu, July 6, Toronto, L 6-2, L 5-4 Fri, July 7, St. Louis, W 8-7 Sat, July 8, St. Louis, L 3-0 Sun, July
Sat, July 1, Cleveland, L 6-0 Sun, July 2, Cleveland, L 8-6 Mon, July 3, Milwaukee, L 8-6 Tue, July 4, Milwaukee, W 7-6 Wed, July 5, Milwaukee, W 4-3 Thu, July 6, Milwaukee, L 6-5 Fri, July 7, N.Y. Yankees, W 3-0 Sat, July 8, N.Y. Yankees, L 6-3
Chicago Dutch Lions Alex Barger (11) and Julian Cisneros (17) are in a battle with a Springfield ASC defender at Aurora University’s Spartan Athletic Park July 1.
By Bobby Narang Both the Yorkville High School boys basketball team and the football team experienced a solid Summer that could lead to another banner showing in the upcoming season. On the basketball front, the Foxes played in several highly competitive tournaments. In past years, the Foxes dealt with a
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Grant Park 200, Chicago downtown street race, Chicago, Ill., Sunday, July 2. After a month of drought, record-breaking rain fell on Chicago, which flooded many streets. The race had a late start due to water on the track, but NASCAR pulled it off. The
By Woodrow Carroll Thanks to an eight-game winning streak through Sunday, July 2, the Atlanta Braves possessed the best record in Major League Baseball with record of 56-27 (.675). The Braves are well-positioned to win another World Series championship to go with the Atlanta championship in 2021. Were he to
American League Central W L PCT GB Minnesota 43 43 .500 – Cleveland 41 43 .488 1.0 Detroit 37 46 .446 4.5 Chi White Sox 37 49 .430 6.0 Kansas City 25 60 .294 17.5 American League East W L PCT GB Tampa Bay 57 30 .655 – Baltimore 49
2023 LSU def. Florida2022 Ole Miss def. Oklahoma2021 Mississippi St. def. Vanderbilt2020 Canceled due to Covid-192019 Vanderbilt def. Michigan2018 Oregon State def. Arkansas2017 Florida def. LSU2016 Coastal Carolina def. Arizona2015 Virginia def. Vanderbilt2014 Vanderbilt def. Virginia2013 UCLA def. Mississippi State2012 Arizona def. South Carolina2011 South Carolina def. Florida2010 South Carolina
West Division Team W L PCT GB Gateway 28 16 .636 – Schaumburg 27 18 .600 1.5 Evansville 26 19 .578 2.5 Florence 21 25 .457 8.0 Joliet 21 25 .457 8.0 Windy City 20 25 .444 8.5 Washington 19 26 .422 9.5 Lake Erie 19 27 .413 10.0 East
East Division Team W L PCT GB Milwaukee 27 18 .600 – Cleburne 26 22 .542 2.5 Chicago 24 23 .511 4.0 Kane County 23 24 .489 5.0 Gary SouthShore 20 28 .417 8.5 Lake Country 19 27 .413 8.5 West Division Team W L PCT GB Kansas City 30
1. Martin Truex Jr. 591 2. William Byron 582 3. Ross Chastain 573 4. Christopher Bell 570 5. Kyle Busch 560 6. Denny Hamlin 538 7. Kevin Harvick 523 8. Kyle Larson 521 9. Ryan Blaney 506 10. Joey Logano 491 11. Chris Buescher 476 12. Tyler Reddick 463 12.
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Justin Marks 1
Andre Castro 1
Dexter Stacey 2
Brent Sherman 3
Natalie Decker 3
Mason Massey 5
The draft took place June 28-29 in Nashville, Tenn.. Round 1, top 15 picks1, Connor Bedard, Center, 5-10, 185 pounds2, Leo Carlsson, C, 6-2, 1943, Adam Fantilli, C, 6-2, 1954, William Smith, C, 6-0, 1805, David Reinbacher, D, 6-2, 1946, Dmitriy Simashev, D, 6-4, 1987, Matvei Michkov, R, 5-10, 1728,
Reflection on the sports whirl often varies from season to season, from purpose to purpose, and locale to locale. July is for conclusions of baseball and softball in our communities. On the national scene the focus includes Major League Baseball (MLB), professional golf tours, auto racing, especially NASCAR this month
Chicago Bears general manager Kevin Warren said this week the Chicago Bears are now “in a position to start exploring other places and opportunities and no longer considers Arlington Heights as a singular focus.” This is ideal timing because the City of Aurora submitted to Warren a letter of interest
