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Chicago Fire prepares for rematch against FC Cincinnati
Chicago City Wire - Illinois
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July 5, 2025
Chicago Fire FC is set to face off against FC Cincinnati in a rematch at TQL Stadium on Saturday night, with the game starting at 6:30 p.m. CT. The match will be available globally via MLS Season Pass on Apple TV and locally through wlsam.com in...
Chicago Fire FC defeated by FC Cincinnati; prepares for next match against San Diego
Chicago City Wire - Illinois
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July 5, 2025
Chicago Fire FC faced a 2-1 defeat against FC Cincinnati at TQL Stadium on Saturday night. The result leaves Chicago with a record of 8-8-4 and 28 points, while Cincinnati improved to 13-5-3 with 42 points. Philip Zinckernagel scored his ninth...
Sports scoreboard for Saturday, July 5, 2025
Winnipeg Free Press
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July 6, 2025
Saturday’s Scoreboard CFL B.C. 21 Montreal 20 — MLB American League Toronto 4 L.A. Angels 3 (11 innings) Minnesota 6 Tampa Bay 5 Detroit 1 Cleveland 0 National League St. Louis 8 Chicago Cubs 6 Philadelphia 5 Cincinnati 1 Miami 4 Milwaukee 2...
Chicago-area priest accused of sexual abuse of a minor at Melrose Park church, Archdiocese says
ABC 7 Chicago - Illinois
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July 5, 2025
MELROSE PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- A priest who served at multiple Chicago-area churches is facing an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor, the Archdiocese of Chicago said Saturday. Father Curtis Lambert will be stepping away from ministry during an...
Chicago weather: Beach Hazards Statement in effect 4th of July weekend through noon Monday
ABC 7 Chicago - Illinois
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July 6, 2025
3-6 feet waves to cause life-threatening swimming conditions at all Chicago-area Lake Michigan beaches Sunday, July 6, 2025 2:36AM Live streaming newscasts, breaking news, weather & original, local programming. CHICAGO (WLS) -- Swimming conditions...
Chicago starting lineup: Shane van Gisbergen wins NASCAR Cup pole
NBC Sports
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July 5, 2025
Shane van Gisbergen won the pole for Sunday’s Cup race on the streets of Chicago. The pole is the third of van Gisbergen’s Cup career. He earned the No. 1 starting spot with a lap of 88.338 mph Saturday. His most recent pole came in Mexico. He...
Denny Hamlin Drops Bombshell Solution for NASCAR’s Chicago Dilemma
Essentially Sports
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July 6, 2025
With NASCAR’s schedule flirting more and more with road and street courses, the spotlight has increasingly turned to Chicago’s downtown circuit. The Grant Park 150, set against the skyline of the Windy City and Lake Michigan, is entering its final...
Denny Hamlin Risks Old-School Wrath With Bold 5-Word Chicago Street Race Claim
Essentially Sports
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July 6, 2025
It’s no secret that Denny Hamlin is openly advocating for the Chicago Street race to stay on the calendar. Despite the practice malfunction that robbed him of a qualifying run for Sunday’s Grant Park 165, the Joe Gibbs Racing #11 is a fan of the...
Unhappy Connor Zilisch Faces Tough Reality as SVG Snatches Chicago Win in Final Laps
Essentially Sports
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July 6, 2025
The streets of Chicago were unforgiving. The Loop 110 delivered chaos, strategy, and a late-race heartbreak, but no one embodied the emotional arc of Sunday’s Xfinity Series thriller quite like Connor Zilisch. Starting deep in the field after a...
Carson Hocevar Reignites Chicago Flame With Blunt Admission Ahead of Street Battle
Essentially Sports
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July 6, 2025
The Chicago Street Race is entering the final year of its deal, and fans and drivers are dropping verdicts on a potential return. Denny Hamlin, the pole sitter at the inaugural event in 2023, said recently, “I mean, I personally would like to see...
SVG Lets His Raw Emotions Flow as He Does Justice to Chicago Odds
Essentially Sports
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July 5, 2025
Shane van Gisbergen, the Kiwi, is a road-course ringer who’s been turning heads since he stormed onto NASCAR’s scene. His jaw-dropping debut at the 2023 Grant Park 220 in Chicago was one for the history books. Driving the No. 91 Trackhouse Racing...
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Warns Connor Zilisch After Dodging Consequences for Chicago Antics
Essentially Sports
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July 6, 2025
Connor Zilisch might be one of the brightest young stars in NASCAR’s rising generation, but he’s not just doing it alone. He’s got none other than Dale Earnhardt Jr. in his corner, a veteran voice he can trust. Earlier this season, Jr. even put on...
SVG Upsets Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Star as He Breaks NASCAR Record at Chicago
Essentially Sports
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July 6, 2025
Earlier this year in Mexico City, Shane van Gisbergen made waves by crushing the field with a dominant NASCAR Cup Series win. He won by more than 16 seconds, a feat unheard of in the last decade of Cup Series racing. But instead of universal...
One of the Most Underrated Horror Movies of the Late ‘90s Crawls Its Way Onto Streaming
Movie Web
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July 5, 2025
One of the most underappreciated creature features of the 20th century is now streaming on a new platform, and it derseves a rewatch. Lake Placid, the critically panned film from 1999, is now available to stream on Shudder, the streamer that's...
Former MLB pitcher Bobby Jenks dies at 44, Chicago White Sox announces
NBC Los Angeles - California
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Former Chicago White Sox closer Bobby Jenks has died at the age of 44 after a battle against a terminal form of stomach cancer. Jenks, who won a World Series championship with the White Sox in 2005, had been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma earlier...
Uninsured US musicians turn to crowdfunding as health crisis deepens
Malay Mail
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July 6, 2025
CHICAGO, July 6 — In 2019, American musician Jon Dee Graham suffered a heart attack that left him “dead” for several minutes—a scare that inspired his album, Only Dead For a Little While. Eighteen months later he had a stroke. And now, the...
Bowman looking for 2nd straight Cup win in Chicago
Times Leader - Pennsylvania
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July 6, 2025
CHICAGO — Alex Bowman thinks he is moving in the right direction. With the NASCAR Cup Series back in Chicago on Sunday, it’s good timing for the Hendrick Motorsports driver. Bowman raced to a sorely needed victory in downtown Chicago a year ago,...
Bowman looks for second straight NASCAR win in Chicago
Fulton Sun - Missouri
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July 6, 2025
CHICAGO -- Alex Bowman thinks he is moving in the right direction. With the NASCAR Cup Series back in Chicago today, it’s good timing for the Hendrick Motorsports driver. Bowman raced to a sorely needed victory in downtown Chicago a year ago,...
Shane Van Gisbergen Wins 3rd Title As 2025 NASCAR Chicago Street Race Gets Underway
Block Club Chicago - Illinois
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July 6, 2025
DOWNTOWN — Shane van Gisbergen took home another NASCAR Chicago Street Race title — his third since the Chicago event’s 2023 debut — winning Saturday’s The Loop 110 race. The 36-year-old New Zealander was favored to win both Saturday’s race and...
In Already Precarious Industry, US Musicians Struggle For Health Care
International Business Times
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July 6, 2025
In 2019, American musician Jon Dee Graham suffered a heart attack that left him "dead" for several minutes -- a scare that inspired his album, "Only Dead For a Little While." Eighteen months later he had a stroke. And now, the 66-year-old is...