Nielsen Radio's winter ratings book is out. THE SCORE's breakdown for men 25-54:
(Mon-Fri)
5:30-10a: 4.9, 1st in market
10a-2p: 4.4, 4th
2-6p: 5.9, t-1st (WBEZ)

Prime (6a-7p Mon-Fri): 5.0, 1st
Full week (6a-12a Mon-Sun): 4.2, t-5th (WBEZ)

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring Caleb Williams, who said he'll probably talk with George Gervin about "Iceman" dispute.

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For Cubs-Dodgers on Saturday night, Joe Davis, John Smoltz and Ken Rosenthal will have the call on Fox.

For Cubs-Dodgers on Friday night, Wayne Randazzo, Dontrelle Willis and Heidi Watney will have the call on Apple TV.

THE U (WCIU-Ch. 26) will air the SKY’s two preseason games:

- April 25 vs. Mercury, 3 pm (Sioux Falls, SD)
- April 29 vs. Dream, 6 pm (Wintrust Arena)

The U’s regular-season broadcast schedule will be released later.

New York Post Sports on X: "The back page: 11 & HELL Devin blows it as Mets' skid keeps growing Read more: https://t.co/IT42agX2H8 https://t.co/mEdkOE2W9J" / X The back page: 11 & HELL Devin blows it as Mets' skid keeps growing Read more: https://t.co/IT42agX2H8 https://t.co/mEdkOE2W9J

THAT'S a back page!

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring the Cubs, who completed a sweep of the reeling Mets with a late rally.

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The Sun-Times Sports Sunday cover, featuring Bears GM Ryan Poles, who has a tough act to follow in the NFL Draft, by
@patfinley.bsky.social.

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Cubs' Nico Hoerner doesn't feel pressure of new contract Hoerner wouldn’t be the first player whose numbers were affected by new money. But it’s certainly not making him complacent, and there are no signs of him succumbing to pressure to perform better.

Daryl Van Schouwen spoke to #Cubs 2B NICO HOERNER about how his new contract has affected him.
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Cubs lose Daniel Palencia, get back Matthew Boyd, will be without Cade Horton for longer Friday was a good-bad-ugly kind of day for the health of the Cubs’ pitching staff.

UPDATES with postgame comments from Craig Counsell, Daniel Palencia. #Cubs
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Cubs getting back Matthew Boyd, lose Daniel Palencia, will be without Cade Horton longer Friday was a good-bad-ugly kind of day for the health of the Cubs’ pitching staff.

#Cubs getting back MATTHEW BOYD, lose DANIEL PALENCIA, will be without CADE HORTON longer.
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White Sox head west with that familiar losing feeling As they embark on road series against the Athletics and Diamondbacks, both teams with winning records, the Sox are a major-league worst 6-13 after losing eight of their last nine games and six in a ro...

Longtime White Sox reporter Daryl Van Schouwen sums up the team before it heads out west.
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White Sox righty Davis Martin could fill void of staff ace With Opening Day starter and 2025 All-Star Shane Smith trying to recapture his form in the minors, the top spot in the Sox’ rotation is there for the taking.

I'll be dabbling in baseball coverage in addition to media. Worked the #WhiteSox game today and spoke with DAVIS MARTIN and KYLE TEEL.
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The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring Billy Donovan, whose gut might tell him it's time to move on from the Bulls.

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The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring Noah Schultz, who gave up three runs in the first inning of his Sox debut but still flashed his sky-high potential.

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NEWSPAPER VIEW

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring former Sky star Angel Reese, who sees a brighter future after trade to Dream.

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Darn, right! Thank you!

Looking for sports to watch for free? Here's a FAST way to do it FAST stands for free ad-supported streaming television. Granted, FAST channels don’t carry the biggest games, but in a world where watching sports only gets more expensive, I refer you back to the wor...

Looking for sports to watch for FREE? Here's a FAST way, including for my childhood favorite, indoor soccer (GO, STING!).
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The White Sox-Royals game Thursday night on CHSN+2 can be found ...
- on Xfinity 1258
- on DirecTV 665-2
- on Astound/RCN 374
- on the CHSN app/website via authentication through a pay-TV provider

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Big night on Crawly’s Clubhouse YouTube channel. We go live at 4:30pm CT for the Fly the W podcast where we recap the #Cubs series win in Tampa and discuss the latest Cubs news

At 6:30pm CT, NoahHiles joins us to preview Cubs vs Bucs at Wrigley!

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The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring White Sox pitcher Shane Smith, the team's latest Opening Day starter to be demoted.

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Probably a library, which should have access to infoweb.newsbank.com.

Can't take credit, but thank you.

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring Bulls president Michael Reinsdorf and coach Billy Donovan, who have a big meeting coming up.

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Here's the deal with CHICAGO SPORTS NETWORK'S three-game Thursday:
- Bulls at Wizards, 6 pm, CHSN
- Hurricanes at Blackhawks, 7:30, CHSN+
- White Sox at Royals, 6:40, TBD overflow channel on Comcast/Xfinity & DirecTV
*Each game will be available on the CHSN app/website*

The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring the Bulls, who fired their top two executives but are hoping to keep coach Billy Donovan.

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The Sun-Times Sports cover, featuring the White Sox, who swept the AL champion Blue Jays for their first 3-0 start at home since 2004.

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The Sun-Times Sports Sunday cover, featuring the Illini, whose Final Four run came to a disappointing end.

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For those wondering where White Sox TV voice JOHN SCHRIFFEN is, he’s working the UFC event. He hosts and announces for the circuit.