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Team Stewart's Skylar Diggins-Smith, center, drives to the basket against Team Wilson's Candace Parker, left, and Sylvia Fowles during the first half of a WNBA All-Star basketball game in Chicago, Sunday, July 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Griner’s name permeates WNBA All-Star Game, Team Wilson wins

by Jay Cohen Associated PressJuly 10, 2022July 10, 2022

Miami's Kameron McGusty sits on the bench during the second half of a college basketball game in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA tournament Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Kansas races past Miami in 2nd half, reaches 16th Final Four

by Jay Cohen AP Sports WriterMarch 27, 2022March 27, 2022

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred smiles Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, during a news conference in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred: Lockout preferred to in-season strike if no deal

by Jay Cohen Associated PressNovember 18, 2021November 18, 2021

FILE - The names of the 2010 Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks, left, are displayed on the Stanley Cup in the lobby of the United Center during an NHL hockey news conference on June 11, 2013 in Chicago. The first game of the Stanley Cup final series is Wednesday in Chicago. Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz wants the Hockey Hall of Fame to cover the name of an assistant coach engraved on the Stanley Cup after the assistant was accused of sexually assaulting a player during the...

Blackhawks ask Hockey Hall of Fame to cover assistant’s name on Stanley Cup

by Jay Cohen Associated PressOctober 29, 2021October 29, 2021

Blackhawks GM resigns, team fined after sexual assault probe

by Jay Cohen Associated Press, and Stephen Whyno Associated PressOctober 26, 2021October 26, 2021

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale delivers against the Tampa Bay Rays during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, Sept. 6, 2021, at Fenway Park in Boston. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

Red Sox lefty Chris Sale has COVID-19, scratched from Sunday start

by Jay Cohen Associated PressSeptember 10, 2021September 10, 2021

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2019, file photo, Virginia Fuchs, left, of the United States, battles Ingrit Valencia, of Colombia, and during a women's flyweight boxing final bout at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. On the eve of the Tokyo Games, it’s clear that just arriving at this point for some of the world’s greatest athletes was more of a mental-health challenge than it was a physical one. The COVID-19 postponement altered years of training plans, and the uncertain landscape amid the ongoing pandemic only added to lingering anxiety. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Olympic athletes confront mental health challenges

by Jay Cohen Associated PressJuly 12, 2021July 12, 2021

FILE - In this February 2020 file photo, Cincinnati Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer poses for a photo during baseball spring training in Goodyear, Ariz. Bauer won the NL Cy Young Award on Wednesday night, Nov. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Cleveland’s Shane Bieber, Cincinnati’s Trevor Bauer win Cy Young Awards

by Jay Cohen Associated PressNovember 11, 2020November 11, 2020

Peter Schnugg stands for a portrait along the beach Friday, July 31, 2020, in San Diego. The former waterpolo athlete missed his chance to go to the Olympics in 1980 when the U.S. decided to boycott the games to protest the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. Now he's unsure if he'll get the chance to see his niece, Maggie Steffens, try for a third consecutive gold medal with the U.S. women's water polo team. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

BOYCOTT GAMES: Former US water polo star looks back on 1980

by Jay Cohen Associated PressAugust 3, 2020August 3, 2020

In this Tuesday, May 12, 2020, photo, Saint Wilkins poses for a portrait outside The Salvation Army's Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center on Chicago's Southside. Growing up in a rough part of Chicago's South Side, Wilkins figured he was headed for a life on the streets. "If it wasn't for the Kroc Center, I'd be gang-banging," Wilkins said. "I promise you that." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Public youth sports concerned about lasting COVID-19 effect

by Andrew Seligman Associated Press, and Jay Cohen Associated PressMay 24, 2020