Richards hopes to play CHICAGO (AP) — Chris Richards is training with the U.S. in a positive sign for the top American defender as he tries to make it back in time for the World Cup. Richards tore two ligaments in his left ankle while playing for Crystal Palace on May 17. He has been ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears are looking to build a stadium in Northwest Indiana after a proposal to provide financial incentives for the NFL team to build its new home in Illinois stalled in the state legislature. The Bears' board of directors voted Thursday to move forward with a ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs president Jed Hoyer isn't panicking over his team's protracted slump so far this season. Routed 18-3 by San Francisco on Friday, Chicago has won just six of its last 25 games and fell to 33-31 overall for fourth place in the NL Central. That follows a 20-3 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred worries the owners' salary cap proposal could lead to a work stoppage like the one that caused the cancellation of the 1994 World Series and says the plan is needed because management concluded that the luxury tax system in place since 2003 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — After carrying the Carolina Hurricanes during the season as their top goal scorers, Seth Jarvis, Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov are ice cold in the playoffs. That was easier to swallow during the first three rounds, when others down the lineup picked up the ...

Two banned for life SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The NBA banned two people for life from its arenas after one of them was arrested after running onto the court during Game 1 of the NBA Finals and appearing to take a selfie next to Victor Wembanyama. The San Antonio Spurs star didn't appear ...