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Chicago Sports Recap

Posted by sportszonechicago — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 16:42 GMT

Blackhawks Lose to Sabres - Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and two assists, and the Buffalo Sabres stopped a three-game slide by topping the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Sunday night. Erik Johnson snapped a third-period tie and Jeff Skinner also scored for Buffalo, which dropped four of five overall. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 24 saves. Johnson drove around Chicago defenseman Seth Jones midway through the third before flipping a tough-angle shot over Petr Mrazek's right shoulder for a 3-2 lead. It was the second goal of the season for the veteran defenseman. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/nhl/recap/_/gameId/401559499 Bears Lose to Lions - David Montgomery's go-ahead 1-yard touchdown run with 29 seconds left against his former team lifted the Detroit Lions to a 31-26 comeback victory over Justin Fields and the Chicago Bears on Sunday. The NFC North-leading Lions (8-2) overcame four turnovers, including Jared Goff's season-high three interceptions, and a 12-point deficit over the last 3:06 to rally for the win. Detroit has its best record through 10 games since 1962, giving the franchise a shot to win a division title for the first time in three decades. The Bears (3-8) blew chances to win consecutive games for the first time in nearly two years. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap/_/gameId/401547546

Tiger Woods Commits to Playing in the Bahamas

Posted by sportszonechicago — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 23:19 GMT

Tiger Woods will host and compete in the upcoming 2023 Hero World Challenge, he announced Saturday. It will be his first competition since undergoing ankle surgery in the spring. The 47-year-old will join 19 other players in the pursuit of a $3.5 million purse. It's an elite field, including eight of the world's top 10. Woods, who has 82 tour wins, unveiled the charity tournament in 1999. It has been held annually since then, and will take place at Albany Golf Club in the Bahamas from Nov. 30 to Dec. 3. It's part of the PGA Tour schedule, but it's an unofficial event. This is the competition's eighth time on the islands. In addition to offering philanthropic support for the TGR Foundation and Tavistock Foundation, funds will also go toward the Bahamas Youth Foundation. Read more at: https://sports.yahoo.com/tiger-woods-to-play-in-hero-world-challenge-for-first-competition-since-ankle-surgery-183341615.html

Bears Beat Raiders

Posted by sportszonechicago — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 20:49 GMT

Rookie Tyson Bagent led three touchdown drives with Justin Fields sidelined, D'Onta Foreman ran for two scores and caught a TD pass, and the Chicago Bears beat the Las Vegas Raiders 30-12 on Sunday. The Bears (2-5) won for the second time in three games after dropping 14 in a row. They won a showdown of backup quarterbacks after both teams' starters were injured the previous week. Fields dislocated his right thumb in a loss to Minnesota, while Las Vegas' Jimmy Garoppolo exited a win over New England with a back problem. Brian Hoyer threw for 129 yards and two interceptions, and the Raiders (3-4) got blown out after winning back to back games. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap/_/gameId/401547490

Bears Lose to Vikings

Posted by sportszonechicago — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:15 GMT

The Minnesota Vikings defense dominated with two interceptions and one touchdown in 19-13 win vs. the Chicago Bears. Click below to read more: https://www.foxsports.com/watch/fmc-ogydtl6eoedrh3nn

Blackhawks Beat Penguins 4-2

Posted by sportszonechicago — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 13:51 GMT

Coming into Tuesday night's game in Pittsburgh, all of the talk was about Connor Bedard. ALL. OF. IT. To the point that you might not have noticed that there were 19 other guys wearing Blackhawks' sweaters on the roster tonight. Or a home team with Stanley Cup aspirations on the other side with one of the great centers of all time waiting for Bedard in his debut. The young Blackhawks looked like they were taking on water at times. They looked a little overwhelmed at times, too. But they didn't break much, and hung around with the veteran Penguins a lot longer than probably many thought they would - or could. Read more at: https://www.bleachernation.com/blackhawks/2023/10/10/blackhawks-4-penguins-2-three-stars-key-takeaways/

Bears Beat Commanders

Posted by sportszonechicago — Fri, 6 Oct 2023 13:58 GMT

On a night that began with the news of Dick Butkus' death, the Bears gave one of their franchise legends a performance to be proud of. Chicago went into FedEx Field on a 14-game losing streak and left with a win, one that might not have been possible without a heroic performance from their newly-acquired receiver. D.J. Moore erupted for 230 yards and three touchdowns in a 40-20 victory, torching the Commanders' secondary in the first half and later icing the game with a 56-yard score in the fourth quarter. Moore was the recipient of 82 percent of Justin Fields' passing yardage, playing the role the Bears expected when they landed him from the Panthers for the No. 1 overall pick. Click below to read more: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/bears-commanders-live-score-highlights-thursday-night-football/8026ad9f559be3131447ec12

Bears Legend Dick Butkus Dies

Posted by sportszonechicago — Thu, 5 Oct 2023 23:02 GMT

The football world is mourning the loss of one of the greatest defensive players in the history of the game and one of the best athletes to come out of the City of Chicago. Dick Butkus, a College and Pro Football Hall of Famer who first made a name for himself on the high school gridirons of the city, has died at the age of 80. In a statement released through the Bears, the family confirmed that he died in his sleep overnight at his home in Malibu, California. They are gathering with Butkus' widow, Helen, and are appreciative of prayers and support of Dick. A native of the South Side, Butkus was a star at Chicago Vocational School and then the University of Illinois, where he was a two-time All-American and Big Ten Most Valuable Player in 1963. Click below to read more: https://wgntv.com/sports/bears-report/bears-legend-dick-butkus-dies-at-80/

WNBA News

Posted by sportszonechicago — Tue, 3 Oct 2023 00:08 GMT

Fever''s Boston Named WNBA Rookie of the Year - Indiana Fever center Aliyah Boston has been named 2023 WNBA Rookie of the Year, the league announced Monday. The No. 1 overall pick from this year''s draft, Boston put together a historic season and became the fifth player in to win the award unanimously. She joins legend Tamika Catchings as the second Fever player to earn the honor. Boston averaged 14.5 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game on a league-best 57.8% shooting. In addition to leading all rookies in those categories, she finished 24th in the league in scoring, ninth in rebounding and ninth in blocks. She was also the first rookie ever to lead the league in field goal percentage. Along the way, Boston was named an All-Star Game starter, becoming the sixth rookie in league history to accomplish that feat. Click below to read more: https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/2023-wnba-rookie-of-the-year-fevers-aliyah-boston-becomes-fifth-player-to-win-award-unanimously/

Chicago Baseball Recap

Posted by sportszonechicago — Mon, 2 Oct 2023 00:09 GMT

Cubs Lose to Brewers - Tyrone Taylor homered and Adrian Houser pitched five sharp innings as the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-0 on Sunday in their final playoff tune-up. After wrapping up their third division title in six years last week, the Brewers will host the Arizona Diamondbacks in a best-of-three postseason series beginning Tuesday. Chicago heads home for the winter after falling short down the stretch in a crowded NL wild-card race. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473434 White Sox Lose to Padres - Jurickson Profar had two hits and drove in the go-ahead run in the 11th, leading the San Diego Padres over the Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Sunday to complete their season with a sweep after missing the playoffs. Profar singled off Declan Cronin (0-1) to score automatic runner Jos Azocar to put the Padres ahead in the 11th. Rich Hill (8-14) allowed an unearned run and two hits in two innings for the Padres (82-80), who were eliminated from playoff contention Friday after reaching the NLCS and going 89-73 last year. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473442

Chicago Baseball Recap

Posted by sportszonechicago — Sun, 1 Oct 2023 15:11 GMT

Cubs Beat Brewers - The Chicago Cubs seemed to be on their way to a playoff spot after a summertime surge moved them into contention. In a matter of a few weeks, it all fell apart. Yan Gomes hit a grand slam, but the Cubs were knocked out of the playoff picture during a 10-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night. Chicago's game was going into the eighth inning when Miami finished its 7-3 victory at Pittsburgh, securing an NL wild card and eliminating the Cubs. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473419 White Sox Lose to Padres - The Chicago White Sox lost 100 games for the first time since 2018 as Ha-Seong Kim had four hits to lead the San Diego Padres to a 6-1 win on Saturday night. Michael Wacha (14-4) struck out seven, walked one and allowed three hits over seven scoreless innings as the Padres, who were eliminated from playoff contention Friday, moved to above .500 (81-80) for the first time since May 10. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473427

Chicago Baseball Recap

Posted by sportszonechicago — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 14:28 GMT

Padres Beat White Sox - The San Diego Padres will spend the offseason wondering what went wrong. The high-spending Padres were eliminated from postseason contention on Friday night despite a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox, a finality that prompted Manny Machado to give teammates a postgame pep talk. Juan Soto was batting in the seventh inning when the Miami Marlins completed a 4-3 come-from-behind win at Pittsburgh for their 83rd win, ensuring the Padres would not get one of the NL's three wild-card berths. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473412 Cubs Lose to Brewers - Another night, another agonizingly close loss for the Chicago Cubs, and this one pushed them to the brink of playoff elimination. The Cubs rallied from a three-run deficit to force extra innings, only to lose 4-3 to the Milwaukee Brewers on Carlos Santana's run-scoring double in the 10th inning Friday night. Chicago fell 1 1/2 games behind Miami, which beat Pittsburgh, for the NL's third and final wild-card spot. The Marlins hold the tiebreaker over the Cubs. Cincinnati also pulled even with Chicago in the standings. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473404

White Sox Beat Diamondbacks

Posted by sportszonechicago — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 22:42 GMT

The D-backs will have to wait at least one more day to clinch their first postseason berth since 2017 as they lost to the White Sox, 3-1, on Thursday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field. The D-backs scored their only run on Ketel Marte's sac fly that plated Corbin Carroll in the top of the third. Carroll reached with a one-out triple, his 10th of the season. With that triple, Carroll became the first MLB player to record 10+ triples, 25+ home runs and 50+ stolen bases in a season. Click below to read more: https://www.mlb.com/news/corbin-carroll-hits-historic-triple-in-d-backs-loss-vs-white-sox

Chicago Baseball Recap

Posted by sportszonechicago — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:08 GMT

White Sox Lose to Diamondbacks - Rookie Brandon Pfaadt pitched shutout ball for the second time in three starts, and the Arizona Diamondbacks moved closer to an NL wild card berth by beating the Chicago White Sox 3-0 Wednesday for their eighth win in 10 games. Corbin Carroll hit a two-run double in a three-run third, giving the rookie 76 RBI, and Tommy Pham had an RBI single for the Diamondbacks, who were outhit 8-4. Arizona (84-74) is in position for the second of three NL wild card slots, two games ahead of the Chicago Cubs and Miami (both 82-76). The Diamondbacks were 50-34 on July 1 before a 7-25 slide. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473378 Cubs Lose to Braves - Ronald Acu a Jr. slid into second base ahead of the throw, adding another slice of history to an already unprecedented season. He grabbed the bag and hoisted it above his head, soaking up the cheers from the home crowd after becoming the charter member of the 40-70 club. A short time later, Acu a rounded third and barreled for for home, diving headfirst across the plate with the run that gave the Atlanta Braves another comeback victory - and provided baseball's most thrilling player with his MVP statement. Ozzie Albies drove in Acu a with a 10th-inning single that clinched home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs for the Braves, who dealt the faltering Chicago Cubs another devastating setback by rallying time and time again for a 6-5 victory Wednesday night. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473379

Chicago Baseball Recap

Posted by sportszonechicago — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:41 GMT

Cubs Lose to Braves - Sean Murphy reached on a two-run fielding error by right fielder Seiya Suzuki in the eighth inning and the major league-leading Atlanta Braves overcame a six-run deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs 7-6 on Tuesday night. "I thought it was going to get caught, but it (was lost) in the lights or whatever happened, I don't know," Murphy said. "It's good to be lucky some days." The victory eliminated wild-card contending Chicago from the NL Central race, giving the title to the Milwaukee Brewers. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473363 White Sox Lose to Diamondbacks - Christian Walker broke into the club Tuesday. Smashed through the front door with three sweet swings for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Walker homered twice and drove in six runs, and the Diamondbacks added to their wild-card push with a 15-4 victory over the lowly Chicago White Sox. Ketel Marte hit his 25th homer and Geraldo Perdomo also delivered at the plate, but Walker recorded the biggest blows while notching a career achievement. The first baseman pushed his numbers to 33 homers and 103 RBI on the season, going 30-100 for the first time. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473362

Chicago Baseball Recap

Posted by sportszonechicago — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 18:17 GMT

White Sox Lose to Nationals - Joey Meneses pinch-hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning, and the Washington Nationals defeated the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Tuesday night. Jackson Rutledge, a former first-round selection, allowed two runs in 6 1/3 innings in his first home start for Washington. The Nationals had lost six of seven. Luis Robert Jr. and Yo n Moncada homered for Chicago, which has lost eight of 11 and 13 of 18. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473277 Cubs Rout Pirates - Rookie Alexander Canario hit a grand slam for his first major league home run in an eight-run eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs ended a five-game losing streak with a 14-1 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Cody Bellinger hit a three-run homer later in the eighth for the Cubs, who are a half-game ahead of Miami for the final NL wild card, with Cincinnati one game behind Chicago. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473284

White Sox Beat Nationals 6-1

Posted by sportszonechicago — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:33 GMT

Mike Clevinger pitched a six-hitter for his third career complete game, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Washington Nationals 6-1 on Monday night. Luis Robert Jr. hit a three-run homer for Chicago, which improved to 5-12 in September. Tim Anderson had four of the team's 15 hits. Clevinger was working on a shutout before Dominic Smith hit his 10th homer with two out in the ninth inning. Smith walked slowly to first while watching the shot to right-center, and then flipped his bat .Clevinger (8-8) took exception and exchanged words with Smith, prompting benches to clear in an incident that didn't escalate beyond shouting. Clevinger struck out Carter Kieboom for the final out. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473265

Chicago Baseball Recap

Posted by sportszonechicago — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 13:53 GMT

White Sox Beat Twins - At the end of a miserable season for the Chicago White Sox, Gavin Sheets just wants to see the team finish on a high note. With one big swing Saturday night, Sheets did his part to help with that goal. Sheets and Eloy Jim nez homered during Chicago's five-run first inning, leading the White Sox to a 7-6 victory over Pablo L pez and the Minnesota Twins. Touki Toussaint struck out eight in five effective innings as lowly Chicago stopped a four-game slide. Tim Anderson had three hits and started a key double play in the seventh. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473240 Cubs Lose to Diamondbacks - Gabriel Moreno singled to right to score Evan Longoria in the 13th inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 7-6 on Saturday night. With runners at the corners and two outs and Arizona down to its last strike, Emmanuel Rivera hit a liner off right-hander Hayden Wesneski's pitching arm that rebounded toward shortstop. Dansby Swanson let the ball bounce, but it spun away from him for a hit that allowed the tying run to score. Moreno followed with his single, and Longoria slid headfirst and got his left hand around Yan Gomes' mitt after the catcher gloved Seiya Suzuki's throw. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473235

Chicago Baseball Recap

Posted by sportszonechicago — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 15:32 GMT

White Sox Lose to Twins - Royce Lewis set a franchise record with his fourth grand slam of the season in the Minnesota Twins' 10-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night. Minnesota got to Chicago early with help from Lewis in the second inning. The Twins loaded the bases with two outs before the rookie followed with a homer to left field for a 4-0 lead. Lewis, who entered Friday hitting .323 over his last 45 games, has five grand slams in 66 career games (4 this season, 1 last season), passing Alexei Ram rez for the most grand slams by a rookie in MLB history. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38410058/royce-lewis-4th-grand-slam-sets-twins-single-season-record Cubs Lose to Diamondbacks - Left-handed batter Alek Thomas took a confident swing at a slider and hit a crucial three-run homer off one of baseball's top left-handed pitchers. It was another indication that these young Arizona Diamondbacks are growing up fast, getting better by the game in a pressure-packed September playoff chase. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Thomas both hit three-run homers, rookie Brandon Pfaadt delivered 5 1/3 quality innings and Arizona beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 on Friday night.Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473220

Chicago Baseball Recap

Posted by sportszonechicago — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 20:34 GMT

White Sox Beat Royals in G1 - The White Sox scored five in the first inning off Kansas City starter Brady Singer and cruised to a 6-2 victory during Game 1 of a doubleheader Tuesday at Guaranteed Rate Field. Dylan Cease (7-7) earned the win, striking out eight and walking one over 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball. Singer struggled to find the strike zone in the first, throwing 36 pitches, but finished with 79 in total over 5 1/3 innings. Read more at: https://www.mlb.com/news/dylan-cease-five-run-first-spark-white-sox-win-in-game-1-vs-royals White Sox Lose to Royals in G2 - Maikel Garc a hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning after Kansas City wasted a nine-run lead, and the Royals hung on to beat the Chicago White Sox 11-10 on Tuesday night for a doubleheader split. Chicago took the opener 6-2 as Dylan Cease won consecutive decisions for just the third time and the White Sox ended a strange run of losses when their pitchers struck out 14 or more, Chicago had been 0-11 this year. Read more at: Read more at: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401598109 Cubs Lose to Rockies - Kris Bryant hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning and had three RBI against his former team, helping the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 on Tuesday night. El as D az had three hits for Colorado, which denied the Cubs a chance to gain ground on Philadelphia in the NL wild card. The Phillies lead Chicago by 1 1/2 games for the first wild card, and the Cubs trail NL Central-leading Milwaukee by four games. Read more at: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473192

Chicago Sports Recap

Posted by sportszonechicago — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:50 GMT

White Sox Lose to Tigers - Sawyer Gipson-Long won his major league debut, Spencer Torkelson hit a two-run double in a three-run third inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Sunday. Torkelson had two hits for the Tigers, who have gone 5-1 against Chicago over the past two weekends. They won the season series 8-5 after going 21-45 versus the White Sox from 2019-22. Click below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473152 Cubs Beat Diamondbacks - Christopher Morel, Cody Bellinger and Dansby Swanson each hit solo homers in the third inning, and the Chicago Cubs snapped a three-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. Swanson added two singles and Kyle Hendricks tossed 5 2/3 effective innings to help Chicago (77-67) strengthen its hold on the second NL wild card spot and close to within three of first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central. Clicl below to read more: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401473150