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Sports Monday, September 28, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Good morning, Chicago. The baseball regular season is over. And now it's onto the postseason for the Cubs and White Sox. The Cubs will face the Padres in their wild-card round, with all the games played in San Diego beginning Tuesday. The Cubs went 5-1 against the Padres this season, outscoring them 55-28 — including a 23-3 win on July 1. The only time the Cubs have played a postseason series in San Diego was the 1984 National League Championship Series, in which the Padres won all three home games to come back and win the series 3-2. The White Sox are headed to Houston to face the Astros in their wild-card series, which begins Tuesday as well. The Sox had a 2-5 record against the Astros during the regular season. They did a nice job containing AL MVP candidate Yordan Alvarez, who went 4-for-20 (.200) with one RBI, eight walks and six strikeouts in the seven games. | | | | Tyson Bagent is out of concussion protocol, but the Chicago Bears will turn to Case Keenum to start Monday night’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Soldier Field. | | | | | The 1-1 Chicago Bears will play the 2-0 Philadelphia Eagles at Soldier Field in a Week 3 matchup. Here’s what you need to know before kickoff. | | | | | Week 4 in college football: A missed opportunity for Northwestern, a blowout loss for Illinois and another easy step in a march toward bigger games for Notre Dame. | | | | | The Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres meet again in the wild-card series, which moves this year from Wrigley Field to Petco Park. | | | | | The Chicago White Sox closed out the regular season with a 4-2 win against the Colorado Rockies. Up next, the playoffs. | | | | | Chicago Blackhawks training camp ended as fast as it started. With the regular-season opener Tuesday in Las Vegas, here’s who stood out during the preseason. | | | | | The Chicago Cubs will face the San Diego Padres in a best-of-three National League wild-card series beginning Tuesday at Petco Park. | | | | | The Chicago White Sox will be the No. 6 seed in the AL playoffs and play on the road against the Houston Astros in a best-of-three AL wild-card series. | | | |
