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No. 22 Illinois tries to reach 9 wins for 1st time since 2007 when it meets Northwestern at Wrigley
3 weeks, 6 days ago

No. 22 Illinois tries to reach 9 wins for 1st time since 2007 when it meets Northwestern at Wrigley

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 22 Illinois at Northwestern at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, Saturday, noon EST BetMGM College Football Odds: Illinois by 7 1/2. Facts & figures Northwestern is 0-4 at Wrigley Field since college football returned to “The Friendly Confines” in 2010 after more than a seven-decade absence. The Illini …

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With big goals in reach, No. 22 Illinois looks to take out Northwestern at Wrigley Field
3 weeks, 6 days ago

With big goals in reach, No. 22 Illinois looks to take out Northwestern at Wrigley Field

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The Illini can match their highest win total in 17 years and move within one of the school record if they beat struggling Northwestern at Wrigley Field to close out the regular season on Saturday. I grew up a Cubs fan, sang there a couple of …

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At Wrigley Field, No. 2 Ohio State looks to stay on playoff path against Northwestern
1 month, 1 week ago

At Wrigley Field, No. 2 Ohio State looks to stay on playoff path against Northwestern

Associated Press  

No one needs to remind coach Ryan Day what’s at stake for No. The Buckeyes probably have to win their remaining games to keep their national championship hopes alive, and they sure can’t afford a letdown against Northwestern at Wrigley Field on Saturday. It’s always a topic of conversation, and it’s going to come down to our seniors and leaders …

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Bobby Miller falters in birthday homecoming as Dodgers lose to Cubs to start trip
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Bobby Miller falters in birthday homecoming as Dodgers lose to Cubs to start trip

LA Times  

Dodgers pitcher Bobby Miller struck out the side in the first inning but gave up five runs and recorded two outs in the second inning before being pulled. ‘I feel like the Dodgers took advantage of us.’ “The first inning went very well,” Miller said. “You really feel for the bullpen on games like that, where the starter doesn’t set …

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NHL Winter Classic is going back to Wrigley Field for Blues at Blackhawks
10 months, 2 weeks ago

NHL Winter Classic is going back to Wrigley Field for Blues at Blackhawks

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — The NHL Winter Classic is going back to Wrigley Field. The league announced Wednesday night that the Chicago Blackhawks will host the St. Louis Blues at the iconic ballpark for the next edition of one of hockey’s marquee events. The second Winter Classic was played at the home of baseball’s Chicago Cubs on Jan. 1, 2009. Wrigley Field …

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Iowa looks to maintain share of Big Ten West lead when it meets surprising Northwestern
1 year, 1 month ago

Iowa looks to maintain share of Big Ten West lead when it meets surprising Northwestern

Associated Press  

Iowa at Northwestern at Wrigley Field, Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Iowa looks to maintain at least a share of the Big Ten West lead when it meets Northwestern at Wrigley Field. Surprising Northwestern hopes to break a lose-one, win-one pattern after beating Maryland last week and string together back-to-back victories for the first time since a 5-0 start to the 2020 …

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For Happ, vision of Wrigley Field comes to life through partnership with artist
1 year, 4 months ago

For Happ, vision of Wrigley Field comes to life through partnership with artist

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Not long after Ian Happ got called up to the majors in 2017 by the Chicago Cubs, a boyhood dream realized with a storied franchise coming off a historic championship run, he was looking for pictures to hang in his apartment. And I thought that was such a cool experience that if I could bring that to more …

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What’s wrong with Cardinals? Are Cubs for real? How will Willson Contreras be received?
1 year, 7 months ago

What’s wrong with Cardinals? Are Cubs for real? How will Willson Contreras be received?

New York Times  

By Katie Woo, Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney The basic assumption is that the Cardinals are going to be good. Sharma: Those who heard Contreras talk about how he envisioned being with St. Louis as early as late last season, or that he prefers the way the Cardinals do things, probably won’t be raucously cheering him on Monday night. But …

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‘Get in the moment.’ How Cubs career, Steve Bartman play shaped Mark Prior as Dodgers coach
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Get in the moment.’ How Cubs career, Steve Bartman play shaped Mark Prior as Dodgers coach

LA Times  

Mark Prior is in his fourth season as the Dodgers pitching coach, leading a staff that has achieved an almost unparalleled stretch of success on the mound. “That one, obviously, is an extreme.” Two decades later, Prior is in his fourth season as the Dodgers pitching coach, leading a staff that has achieved an almost unparalleled stretch of success on …

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New swing, same gratitude: Jason Heyward grateful to be playing at Wrigley Field
1 year, 8 months ago

New swing, same gratitude: Jason Heyward grateful to be playing at Wrigley Field

LA Times  

Dodgers outfielder Jason Heyward celebrates in the dugout after scoring a run against the New York Mets on Wednesday. “That says enough.” A permanent Chicago resident after seven memorable years with the Cubs, where he became a fan favorite and clubhouse leader, Heyward never doubted he’d see Wrigley again. “I think players are hard to, at times, change how they …

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Cubs mailbag: Javier Assad, Nick Madrigal and the Opening Day roster puzzle
1 year, 9 months ago

Cubs mailbag: Javier Assad, Nick Madrigal and the Opening Day roster puzzle

New York Times  

MESA, Ariz. — Javier Assad’s eye-opening performance in the World Baseball Classic calls back the old saying that Joe Maddon liked to reference: A mind once stretched has a very difficult time going back to its original form. With two weeks remaining in spring training, manager David Ross and president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer haven’t yet begun the in-depth …

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Northwestern, Purdue collide with Wrigley adding intrigue
3 years, 1 month ago

Northwestern, Purdue collide with Wrigley adding intrigue

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Pat Fitzgerald remembers the party-like atmosphere and the unusual circumstances the last time Northwestern played at Wrigley Field. In the first football game at Wrigley Field since the NFL’s Chicago Bears left for Soldier Field following the 1970 season — and the first college matchup there since DePaul faced St. Louis in 1938 — Illinois ran away from …

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Fifty years later: How Dick Butkus, Ed O’Bradovich and Kent Nix keyed Bears’ comeback win to begin Soldier Field era
3 years, 3 months ago

Fifty years later: How Dick Butkus, Ed O’Bradovich and Kent Nix keyed Bears’ comeback win to begin Soldier Field era

New York Times  

Restless in the rain, fans booed the Bears. “All my uncles were in World War II, all of them, on both sides of the family, and just the name ‘Soldier Field,’ it really meant something,” O’Bradovich said. I never hit anybody harder in my life.” Rollow wrote, “O’Bradovich, busting into Bankston with the blinding force of a Cape Kennedy rocket …

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What if Mark Cuban bought the Cubs and Wrigley Field from Tribune Co.?
3 years, 7 months ago

What if Mark Cuban bought the Cubs and Wrigley Field from Tribune Co.?

New York Times  

Every Wednesday, The Athletic’s MLB writers will be looking at a key what-if scenario from baseball’s history. Cubs fans probably don’t want to play the what-if game that much, because changing one element could’ve theoretically made this Year 113 without a World Series title. “I’m glad the Ricketts got it,” Cuban said last year on 670 The Score, the Cubs’ …

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In football stadiums and ballparks, he fought for the rights of Black athletes
3 years, 11 months ago

In football stadiums and ballparks, he fought for the rights of Black athletes

LA Times  

On a spring morning almost 80 years ago, Halley Harding marched past the 12-story tower watching over Wrigley Field in Los Angeles in search of a confrontation. “Last season’s baseball contributed many dollars to worthy causes, and rightly so, but baseball also provided America’s enemies with their greatest single piece of propaganda, by barring the colored American.” After months of …

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Whether it’s goodbye or see you later, Jon Lester will always toast to Chicago
4 years ago

Whether it’s goodbye or see you later, Jon Lester will always toast to Chicago

New York Times  

The morning after his first win as Cubs manager, David Ross walked into his Wrigley Field office and saw a gift from Jon Lester on his desk. “My family couldn’t be there for — hopefully not my last start in Wrigley — but that’s stuff that’s going through your mind,” Lester said this week during a conversation with The Athletic. …

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The Cubs are a decimated organization after laying off 100-plus employees
4 years, 2 months ago

The Cubs are a decimated organization after laying off 100-plus employees

New York Times  

Four years ago, the Cubs organization arranged for employees and their spouses or guests to shuttle between Chicago and Cleveland on charter flights so they could witness World Series history. The Cubs are losing valuable manpower, experience and institutional knowledge, according to multiple sources who detailed the team’s downsizing, which included these demoralizing personnel changes: Carl Rice had spent 39 …

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Cubs-Marlins 2020 playoffs: Watching Game 1 outside Wrigley Field.
54 years, 11 months ago

Cubs-Marlins 2020 playoffs: Watching Game 1 outside Wrigley Field.

Slate  

After a weird, truncated regular season in which their most notable accomplishment was having none of their players contract COVID-19, the Chicago Cubs made the MLB playoffs for the fifth time in the past six years. Going to a game is in part an act of reconnecting with my own memories, and the fixtures of Wrigleyville are living avatars of …

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This day in sports: St. Louis Browns make big change at pinch-hitter
4 years, 4 months ago

This day in sports: St. Louis Browns make big change at pinch-hitter

LA Times  

It was a mighty mite day for the St. Louis Browns when 3-feet, 7-inch Eddie Gaedel pinch-hit on this date in 1951 in the second game of a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers. Pitcher Ned Garver summed it up when he said, “If it will help me win my 15th game, it’s all right with me.” After setting the record …

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As big leagues play amid a pandemic, memories of when barrio baseball ruled East L.A.
4 years, 5 months ago

As big leagues play amid a pandemic, memories of when barrio baseball ruled East L.A.

LA Times  

The Dodgers were still in Brooklyn and Dwight D. Eisenhower was still in the White House the last time Southern California went this deep into the summer without a Major League Baseball game. “For the players, both U.S.-born and migrants, the games were a transnational platform by which they could achieve a level of respect and local notoriety that, outside …

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