White Sox
Rodón set a career high for wins in going 13-5 with a 2.37 ERA and made his first All-Star team. His 24 starts and 132 2/3 innings are the most for him since 2016, well beyond his totals in the previous two years combined.
Cubs
The Cubs used a major league-record 69 players this season. Cardinals long-time broadcaster Mike Shannon was honored in a ceremony before the game. Shannon, 82, called his last game on Sunday after 50 years behind the microphone.
Bears
Fields brushed off a nightmarish first start, and Chicago bounced back to beat the winless Detroit Lions 24-14 on Sunday.
College Sports
Nebraska steamrolls Northwestern, Michigan goes into Camp Randall and dominates Wisconsin, and Notre Dame loses to Cincinnati. The B1G stories of the week.
Preps
All of your Illinois High School Football scores for Week 6.
Bears
Dalton is suffering from a bone bruise to his left knee while Fields wore a brace on his injured right hand all week in practice.
Chicago Journal
The company said Thursday that This is Heaven LLC, a company of the 53-year-old Thomas and Chicago real estate developer Rick Heidner, bought the interests in Go the Distance Baseball owned by the Denise M. Stillman Trust.
Chicago Journal
If the Bears do move, they would be able to develop more than 300 acres around the stadium with dining, shopping, and entertainment — something other teams such as the Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Chargers, and Las Vegas Raiders have done to add revenue.
Chicago Journal
Here are the latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters.
Chicago Journal
Europe has dominated the Ryder Cup, winning nine of the last 12, until getting routed along the shores of Lake Michigan.
Chicago Journal
The former Ohio State star completed just 6 of 20 passes for 68 yards and got X-rays on his throwing hand afterward. The Bears' biggest offensive play came on a pass interference that wiped out an interception and gained 48 yards.
Preps
The Simeon-Phillips game is one of the biggest of the season for the teams.