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Pat Hughes works a Cubs-Brewers game at Wrigley Field on Sept. 15, 2016.

Three throat surgeries later, Cubs announcer Pat Hughes gives voice to health scare that threatened career

May 31, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

The smoothest voice in Chicago sports felt rougher than usual. Cubs games on the radio sounded the same to the untrained ears of so many fans that 2014 season, with...

The Cubs' Kyle Schwarber hits a home run during the fourth inning against the Pirates, Thursday, April 12, 2018.

Seeing a slimmer Kyle Schwarber is believing Cubs should hold on to him

June 1, 2019 at 7:35 a.m.

Without saying a word, Kyle Schwarber told the Cubs, “Keep me.” The outfielder showed up at baseball’s winter meetings in Orlando, Fla., at least 20 pounds lighter and noticeably leaner,...

Chicago investment banker who overcame homelessness savors her shot at WBA title

May 31, 2019 at 4:39 p.m.

Under the word “MISSING” on the side of a homemade milk carton, a picture of Irish Olympic gold-medal boxer Katie Taylor sat above a description of her physical traits. Eyes:...

Assumption kicker Cole Tracy is the 2017 Fred Mitchell Award winner

May 31, 2019 at 4:40 p.m.

Cole Tracy couldn’t sleep. A restless Tracy lay in bed lamenting why he suddenly couldn’t kick straight at training camp, a development that surprised everyone familiar with the typically consistent...

Mitch Trubisky returns home to Ohio and enjoys his best day as a pro

May 31, 2019 at 4:33 p.m.

With Bears wide receivers catching more flak than footballs this season, Kendall Wright seized a rare opportunity to enjoy a little redemption. “You guys said we had no wideouts, but...

Pride all that’s left for John Fox, but is this the end of his career?

May 31, 2019 at 4:31 p.m.

Without prompting the other day at Halas Hall, John Fox reminded everybody of something easy to forget watching him coach the Bears the past three seasons. “Playoff games are not...

Chicago Cubs' Brooks Kieschnick and Montreal Expos catcher Darrin Fletcher watch as Kieschnick hits his second home run of the game during the third inning of a game on April 29, 1997, at Wrigley Field. (AP Photo/Frank Polich)

Remember Brooks Kieschnick, the Cubs power hitter who also could pitch?

May 16, 2019 at 1:27 a.m.

Before Shohei Ohtani, there was Brooks Kieschnick. And some days Kieschnick still wonders how different his major-league baseball career might have gone if the Cubs had completed their experiment and...

Shohei Otani pitches against South Korea during the first inning of their semifinal game at the Premier12 world baseball tournament at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2015.

Caution makes sense when predicting stardom for Cubs target Shohei Ohtani

May 31, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

Stardom needs no interpretation. You know it when you see it, and apparently everything about baseball import Shohei Ohtani of Japan screams international sensation, with a gaggle of sports experts...

The Huskers hit rock bottom in 2017, yet guess how many fans showed up for their final home game? More than 90,000, extending a Memorial Stadium sellout streak that began in 1962. The fan base is the league's best, and the Tunnel Walk brings chills. The industry has caught up to Osborne's pioneering emphasis on weight training, academic support and walk-ons but this is still a great place to coach if you can lure players from out west and mollify all those fans (and Osborne) who have a stake in this life-consuming program.

Northwestern deserved better than the Music City Bowl

May 31, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

Cry not for Northwestern football. Playing Kentucky in the Music City Bowl represents Northwestern’s best chance at a 10-win season, and history would remember that distinction more than any disrespect...

Allowing 49ers to score would have improved Bears’ win probability, history shows

May 31, 2019 at 4:32 p.m.

Defiance is a bad look for a coach with the worst winning percentage in Bears history, but John Fox wears stubbornness as comfortably as beard stubble, undermining whatever credibility he...

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