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Chicago Cubs Baseball
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38 minutes ago
Chicago Cubs acquire left-hander David Peterson in a trade with the New York Mets

The Cubs placed Ben Brown and Edward Cabrera on the 15-day injured list on Wednesday, adding to their injury woes in their rotation. Brown has a neck strain, and Cabrera is sidelined with a left hamstring strain.

United Way of Central Illinois
Local
24 hours ago
Ride Route 66 for a good cause this weekend

A motorcycle and Jeep ride along Route 66 helps the United Way of Central Illinois.

Illinois' Keaton Wagler advances the ball as Oregon's Drew Carter pursues during an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Craig Pessman)
Sports
1 day ago
Keaton Wagler goes #5 to the LA Clippers in 2026 NBA draft

Wagler becomes the second-highest draft pick ever at Illinois, and the highest since Deron Williams went No. 3 overall in 2005.

IL State News
1 day ago
Chinese supercomputer displaces US machines as world’s fastest for first time since 2017

El Capitan, at the U.S. government’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, now ranks second, ahead of two other U.S. supercomputers at national laboratories in Tennessee and Illinois.

Chicago Blackhawks
Sports
1 day ago
Sabres land No. 4 draft pick in trading Byram to Blackhawks. Capitals acquire Kyrou from Blues

Chicago also acquired hard-hitting forward Jordan Greenway.

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Edward Cabrera looks to the scoreboard during the third inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers in Chicago, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Sports
1 day ago
Cubs pitcher Edward Cabrera headed to IL after being carted off the field with a left leg injury

Cabrera has a left hamstring/adductor strain.

Wrigley Field in Chicago
Sports
1 day ago
Cubs manager Craig Counsell perplexed by rainout and irked by ‘terrible rule’

“Major League Baseball tells you the game’s canceled, and that’s it. Especially on the road. That’s all you get,” he said.

United Center
Sports
1 day ago
NBA draft provides another look at Bryson Graham’s vision for the rebuilding Chicago Bulls

“We’re definitely not where we want to be, but we’re establishing an identity,” Graham said.

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