Sports Monday, June 23, 2025 | | |
| | | | | Good morning, Chicago. The shade — under the roof and the upper deck, in every dugout and tunnel — was a popular place at Wrigley Field on Sunday. The sunny seats, not so much. Several major league teams played through a second straight day of muggy conditions as dangerously hot temperatures dominated parts of the United States during a rare June heat wave. The game-time temperature was 92 degrees for the series finale between the Mariners and Cubs. “We don’t have any secrets,” Cubs manager
Craig Counsell said of playing in the heat. “You know, we’ll do the best we can. … I think it’s the catcher you worry about the most, and the pitcher. They get some time in the shade. They get some downtime between innings. People like the umpires, some of the people working, some of the fans, that’s kind of who you worry about even more, actually.” Stay connected with us all day: Sign up for our newsletters to get the latest news in your inbox. And you can follow us on social media: X, Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Not a Tribune subscriber? Here's our latest offer. | | | | The Chicago Cubs and Seattle Mariners used the windy conditions to hit 21 home runs in a three-game series. Nine of those blasts came Sunday in the Mariners’ 14-6 win. | | | | | Sammy Sosa’s story finally has some closure, for Sosa, Tom Ricketts, Chicago Cubs fans and the media who covered him on a daily basis. | | | | | The Chicago White Sox scored three runs in the eighth inning to rally for a 4-2 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday at Rogers Centre. | | | | | The Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday traded depth forward Joe Veleno to the Seattle Kraken for veteran winger André Burakovsky. | | | | | There’s a deep set of high-end guard prospects in Wednesday’s NBA draft. | | | | | Khaman Maluach and Derik Queen are the headliners among big men in the upcoming NBA draft. | | | | | Chicago Cubs lefty Shota Imanaga, on the injured list since May 5 with a left hamstring strain, will return and pitch in St. Louis next week. | | | | | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished off his MVP season with 29 points and 12 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder pulled away in the second half to beat the Indiana Pacers 103-91 and win the NBA championship. | | | |
