DePaul Men’s Basketball Coach Dave Leitao Emphasizes Leadership In Moving Forward On Issues Of...

CBS Chicago (Sports) 6/2 6:24P Chicago Sports News And Updates

CHICAGO (CBS) DePaul University men’s basketball coach Dave Leitao is trying to help his players through a difficult time. The Blue Demons have Zoom meetings where the dialogue has shifted from a global pandemic to racial injustice. “They’re angry...

NWSL Players Association Vice President Rachel Corsie On Challenge Cup: ‘It’s Extremely Exciting’

CBS Chicago (Sports) 6/2 5:55A Chicago Sports News And Updates

( CBSNewYork /CBS Local)- The National Women s Soccer League will likely be the first major professional sports league to return to play on U.S. soil when it kicks off the 25-game Challenge Cup tournament June 27 on CBS. The league announced its...

Jonathan Toews Pens Emotional Instagram Post in Aftermath of George Floyd’s Death

NBC Chicago (Sports) 6/1 9:38P

In a lengthy social media post, Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews weighed in on the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, saying that white Americans and Canadians need to “open our eyes and our hearts” in the aftermath of the incident....

‘Marijuana Is Not Why I Left The League’: Larry Sanders On NBA Career, Milwaukee Bucks, Giannis...

CBS Chicago (Sports) 6/1 9:05A Chicago Sports News And Updates

(CBS Local)   Former Milwaukee Bucks center Larry Sanders never planned to play professional basketball. Sanders didn t start playing hoops until he was 15 years old and was interested in things like oceanography and architecture while growing...

Harness Racing Returns Next Weekend At Hawthorne Race Course

CBS Chicago (Sports) 5/30 1:26P Chicago Sports News And Updates

CHICAGO (CBS)   Harness racing returns next weekend at Hawthorne Race Course in west suburban Stickney. They had their season abruptly stoped in mid March by the coronavirus pandemic. People will not be allowed in the stands for now, but sports...

Gurnee Native And Former Illini Star Fundraises For Hospitality Workers

CBS Chicago (Sports) 5/29 3:07P Chicago Sports News And Updates

CHICAGO (CBS) Gurnee native and former Illini basketball star Brandon Paul is helping out people in Chicago, even as his professional career takes a hit. Paul has teamed up with Chicago Supports Everybody to raise money for hospitality workers...

Sloane Stephens Disappointed She Won’t Play In Chicago This Summer

NBC Chicago (Sports) 5/28 9:54P Mike Berman

There are a bunch of reasons Sloane Stephens was excited to spend some of her summer in Chicago. Among them: her obsession with a sandwich chain headquartered downtown. ” I love Potbelly,” Stephens said with a smile. “That’s like, literally, my...

Is There A Benefit To The Bulls Returning This Season?

CBS Chicago (Sports) 5/28 3:10P Chicago Sports News And Updates

CHICAGO (CBS) Bulls players may begin voluntary workouts on Friday. Right now, most of the players are not in town, and the Bulls have been sitting out of a traditional playoff spot. So unless the NBA returns by resuming the regular season after...

White Sox, At Least 8 Other Major League Teams Pledge More Stipends To Minor League Players

CBS Chicago (Sports) 5/28 11:54A Chicago Sports News And Updates

NEW YORK (AP) — At least nine major league franchises have informed minor leaguers they will continue to provide allowances after the May 31 expiration of Major League Baseball’s policy guarantying those players $400 per week. The San Diego...

In Adorable Video, Kris Bryant Re-lives Game 7 of the 2016 World Series With His Son

NBC Chicago (Sports) 5/27 7:08P

Chicago Cubs star Kris Bryant has accomplished a lot in his baseball career, and he shared one of those memories with his newborn son this week. Bryant, who won the National League Most Valuable Player award and helped the Cubs to a World Series...

Players: MLB Economic Proposal `Extremely Disappointing’

CBS Chicago (Sports) 5/27 7:26A Chicago Sports News And Updates

(AP) — A rookie at the major league minimum would keep about 47% of his original salary this year while multimillionaire stars Mike Trout and Gerrit Cole would lose more than 77% under a sliding-scale proposal by big league teams that players...

‘I Feel Physically Like The Best I’ve Ever Felt,’ Says WWE NXT’s Tommaso Ciampa

CBS Chicago (Sports) 5/27 6:00A Chicago Sports News And Updates

( CBSNewYork /CBS Local) Tommaso Ciampa wasn’t looking for a fight with a behemoth. He had already gotten his fill of working with oversized gladiators in the ring when Karrion Kross came calling. Ciampa was coming off of the latest — and perhaps...

Former Bears WR Kevin White Opens Up About His Struggles to Stay Healthy in NFL

NBC Chicago (Sports) 5/26 8:20P

Former Chicago Bears first round draft pick Kevin White didn’t exactly pan out for the team after they selected him with the seventh overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, but he’s not letting his struggles on the football field define his life...

In Shortened Playoff Season, Chicago May Not Be As Farfetched Of Choice For NHL Hub City As You May...

CBS Chicago (Sports) 5/26 6:16P Chicago Sports News And Updates

CHICAGO (CBS) The Blackhawks were last in their Central Division with a few weeks left in the season before it was halted, but they were 12th in the Western Conference standings. So when the NHL decided to expand the postseason from 16 to 24 teams...

Blackhawks to Face Oilers in Play-In Series as Part of NHL’s Plan to Resume Play

NBC Chicago (Sports) 5/26 4:05P

If the NHL’s proposed plan to resume play comes to fruition, the Chicago Blackhawks will be playoff-bound, taking on the Edmonton Oilers in a best-of-five series later this summer. According to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, 12 teams from each...