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Don’t check in late for #Cubs vs. #Brewers #NLDS decider. This series is all about the first inning tinyurl.com/muz42t2r

Don't check in late for Cubs-Brewers NLDS decider. This series is all about the first inning

Working as a starting pitcher in the NL Division Series between the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers has been one tough job.

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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 4h

Don’t check in late for #Cubs vs. #Brewers #NLDS decider. This series is all about the first inning tinyurl.com/muz42t2r

Don't check in late for Cubs-Brewers NLDS decider. This series is all about the first inning

Working as a starting pitcher in the NL Division Series between the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers has been one tough job.

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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 15h

Myles Turner says his experience losing Game 7 of Finals with Pacers adds to his motivation as he joins #Bucks tinyurl.com/4728n8fz

Myles Turner says his Finals experience at Indiana adds to his motivation with Milwaukee

Myles Turner says coming so close to a championship last year made him that much hungrier to win it all.

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This week's Big Ten schedule includes two Top 25 matchups in Indiana-Oregon and Ohio State-Illinois tinyurl.com/3z4p4xtk

Big Ten schedule includes two Top 25 matchups in Indiana-Oregon and Ohio State-Illinois

This week in the Big Ten Conference, the spotlight is on the game between No. 7 Indiana and No. 3 Oregon.

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Joe Flacco already beat #Packers this season with #Browns. Now he’s trying to do it with #Bengals tinyurl.com/ys5zpkue

Flacco already beat Packers this season with Browns. Now he's trying to do it with Bengals

Joe Flacco has a chance to do something in his Cincinnati Bengals debut that only one quarterback has accomplished.

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Not currently playing and not a coach, Damian Lillard has a unique role with the Blazers tinyurl.com/44m98vuv

Not currently playing and not a coach, Damian Lillard has a unique role with the Blazers

Damian Lillard is in a unique position with the Portland Trail Blazers, back on the team but sidelined for the season because of an Achilles injury.

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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 15h

Ian Happ’s homer sets the tone for the #Cubs in a playoff victory against the #Brewers tinyurl.com/32smepsk

Ian Happ's homer sets the tone for the Cubs in a playoff victory against the Brewers

With one big swing, Ian Happ sent a charge through an electric crowd of 41,770 at Wrigley Field. After a rough start to the playoffs, it was a pretty sweet moment for the longest-tenured player with t...

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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the beloved chaplain for Loyola Chicago's men's basketball team, has died at 106.

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola Chicago's beloved chaplain, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the beloved chaplain for Loyola Chicago's men's basketball team, has died at 106. The university announced her death on Thursday night.

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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 1d

Matthew Boyd stars as the #Cubs blank the #Brewers 6-0 to send the #NLDS to a deciding Game 5 tinyurl.com/57dmvjw8

Matthew Boyd stars as the Cubs blank the Brewers 6-0 to send the NLDS to a deciding Game 5

Matthew Boyd pitched two-hit ball into the fifth inning, and the Chicago Cubs shut down the Milwaukee Brewers for a 6-0 victory that pushed their NL Division Series all the way to a decisive Game 5.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Orion Kerkering made a wild throw past home instead of throwing to first after mishandling Andy Pages’ bases-loaded comebacker with two outs in the 11th inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 Thursday to win their NL Division Series 3-1.

Dodgers advance to NLCS after Kerkering's costly error in 11th inning beats Phillies

Orion Kerkering made a wild throw past home instead of throwing to first after mishandling Andy Pages’ bases-loaded comebacker with two outs in the 11th inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 to win their NL Division Series 3-1.

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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 1d

Bard-ball: #Brewers manager Pat Murphy references Shakespeare ahead of playoff game tinyurl.com/37arkyur

Bard-ball: Brewers manager Pat Murphy references Shakespeare ahead of playoff game

The MLB playoffs have taken a Shakespearean turn, courtesy of Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy. With Freddy Peralta going to the mound for Milwaukee for Game 4 of its NL Division Series against th...

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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 1d

Not currently playing and not a coach, Damian Lillard has a unique role with the Blazers tinyurl.com/44m98vuv

Not currently playing and not a coach, Damian Lillard has a unique role with the Blazers

Damian Lillard is in a unique position with the Portland Trail Blazers, back on the team but sidelined for the season because of an Achilles injury.

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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 1d

Four coaches new to the Big Ten look to get their programs back on track tinyurl.com/4k4e3rm2

Four coaches new to the Big Ten look to get their programs back on track

Dusty May led Michigan to a Big Ten Tournament championship and an appearance in the Sweet 16 last season, his first as coach of the Wolverines.

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Teresa Walker 👑 @teresamwalker.bsky.social · 1d

No team has been ranked more in the poll than Tennessee, which has appeared in 794 of the 885 polls:

50 years of the women’s basketball poll: From scrappy beginnings to a force in the sport
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50 years of the women's basketball poll: From scrappy beginnings to a force in the sport

Women’s college basketball wasn’t always the behemoth with storied programs like UConn, Tennessee and South Carolina dominating the headlines and the Final Four.

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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 1d

Joe Flacco already beat #Packers this season with #Browns. Now he’s trying to do it with #Bengals tinyurl.com/ys5zpkue

Flacco already beat Packers this season with Browns. Now he's trying to do it with Bengals

Joe Flacco has a chance to do something in his Cincinnati Bengals debut that only one quarterback has accomplished.

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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 1d

This week's Big Ten schedule includes two Top 25 matchups in Indiana-Oregon and Ohio State-Illinois tinyurl.com/3z4p4xtk

Big Ten schedule includes two Top 25 matchups in Indiana-Oregon and Ohio State-Illinois

This week in the Big Ten Conference, the spotlight is on the game between No. 7 Indiana and No. 3 Oregon.

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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 1d

Miami's Erik Spoelstra top pick to coach US men's basketball team at 2028 Olympics, AP sources say tinyurl.com/pdnemc68

Miami's Erik Spoelstra top pick to coach US men's basketball team at 2028 Olympics, AP sources say

Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat has emerged as the frontrunner to become the next coach of the U.S. men’s basketball team for the 2027 World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 1d

Devin Williams open to re-signing with the Yankees after adjusting to New York in rocky first season tinyurl.com/2v5fhy9d

Devin Williams open to re-signing with the Yankees after adjusting to New York in rocky first season

Devin Williams is open to re-signing with the New York Yankees after a challenging first season in pinstripes.

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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago #Cubs use 4-run 1st inning to top the #Brewers 4-3 and avoid NL Division Series sweep shorturl.at/XbtZT

Cubs use 4-run 1st inning to top the Brewers 4-3 and avoid NL Division Series sweep

Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a tiebreaking two-run single and the Chicago Cubs avoided a sweep by holding off the Milwaukee Brewers for a 4-3 victory in Game 3 of their NL Division Series.

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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 2d

JuJu-less Big Ten prepares for another women’s basketball season with UCLA a favorite tinyurl.com/4vcebbvn

JuJu-less Big Ten prepares for another women's basketball season with UCLA a favorite

Southern California star JuJu Watkins propelled the Trojans to a Big Ten regular-season title and a second consecutive Elite Eight appearance last season.

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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago #Cubs once again turn to Jameson Taillon to avoid postseason elimination tinyurl.com/2mevb7v4

Cubs once again turn to Jameson Taillon to avoid postseason elimination

For the second time in a week, the Chicago Cubs play a win-or-go-home game, this time against the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 3 in their best-of-five NL Division Series.

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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 3d

He sat in the nosebleeds during the #Cubs' historic 2016 World Series. Now Milwaukee's Quinn Priester has a chance to end their season. #brewers #nlds tinyurl.com/3s2sbx39

He sat in the nosebleeds for the Cubs' historic World Series. Now Quinn Priester can end their year

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Quinn Priester has experienced postseason baseball at Wrigley Field before.

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Steve Megargee @stevemegargee.bsky.social · 3d

He sat in the nosebleeds during the #Cubs' historic 2016 World Series. Now Milwaukee's Quinn Priester has a chance to end their season. #brewers #nlds tinyurl.com/3s2sbx39

He sat in the nosebleeds for the Cubs' historic World Series. Now Quinn Priester can end their year

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Quinn Priester has experienced postseason baseball at Wrigley Field before.

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