Jul 21, 2021

Cubs score 6 in 9th to stun Cards 7-6 | Kimbrel prepared for trade | Bucks win NBA title

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Today’s games on TV

Twins at White Sox, 7:10 p.m. NBCSCH
Cubs at Cardinals, 7:15 p.m., Marquee
DC United at Fire, 7 p.m., Ch. 9

Cubs pull off improbable rally, score six runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Cardinals, 7-6

Ian Happ’s game-winning, two-run double in the ninth helped give the Cubs’ a 7-6 comeback win over the Cardinals on Tuesday.

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Craig Kimbrel is Cubs’ most valuable trade deadline asset

“Show up every day,” he said, “and pitch for the team you’re pitching for.”

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3 questions the Cubs need to answer before the trade deadline

As the trade deadline gets closer, the Cubs will have to decide not only the future of the franchise, but Kris Bryant, Javy Baez and Anthony Rizzo.

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White Sox could ride out Yasmani Grandal’s absence with inexperienced catching tandem

When Grandal will return from his knee injury is unknown, but he is ‘moving around well’ two weeks after surgery.

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Bucks’ 50-year wait ends with a NBA title behind 50 from Giannis

Antetokounmpo capped one of the greatest NBA Finals’ performances ever with 50 points — and a championship Milwaukee waited 50 years to win again.

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The 2021 NHL offseason will redefine the value of cap space

The chaotic confluence of league expansion, salary-cap stagnation and the most loaded free-agent class in recent history will set a precedent for future NHL offseasons.

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High school football: Chicago Academy’s Anthony Dotson finally finds his place

As a youth intervention specialist and football coach in Chicago Public Schools, Anthony Dotson has heard some hard-luck stories. But he also can tell a few of his own.

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