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Sports Monday, June 29, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Good morning, Chicago. Two words that strike fear into the hearts of Cubs fans: Bullpen day. That was what manager Craig Counsell went with in Milwaukee last October in Game 5
of the NLDS after deciding Shota Imanaga wasn't a viable option for a win-or-go-home matchup. And it's what Counsell went with again on Sunday in a 4-3, 10-inning win over the Brewers, after the neck injury to Ben Brown and a rainout without rain in New York that forced the Cubs to play a doubleheader Wednesday against the Mets. It wasn't exactly the way Counsell would prefer to manage a game against the division-leading Brewers, but on Sunday it worked. Today’s eNewspaper edition | Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History | | | | After a busy week that included trading the No. 4 pick, the Chicago Blackhawks ended up with five Day 2 selections in the NHL draft. Here’s a closer look at all of them. | | | | | The Chicago White Sox dropped Sunday’s series finale to the Kansas City Royals 5-4, falling back into a first-place tie in AL Central with the Cleveland Guardians. | | | | | Jaden Fauske, a Nazareth grad, had multiple hits in four of his last six games for Class A Kannapolis. The outfielder is rated the No. 7 prospect in the Chicago White Sox system. | | | | | The Chicago Cubs used their no-name bullpen to great effect to escape with a wild 4-3, 10-inning win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. | | | | | Jed Hoyer needs a history lesson, America feels the love from World Cup fans, Caitlin Clark takes a beating and other takeaways from the summer of love and soccer. | | | | | The weirdness around a 2024 neck injury that cost Chicago Cubs right-hander Ben Brown the final 3½ months of the season has gained unexpected clarity two years later. | | | | | The Chicago Blackhawks traded André Burakovsky to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for a 2027 sixth-round pick Friday, ending the forward’s lackluster one-season tenure with the team. | | | |
