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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

CATHOLIC – BLUE

Brother Rice at Fenwick, 7:00

Leo at Loyola, 7:00

Mount Carmel at St. Rita, 7:15

St. Laurence at DePaul, 7:00

CATHOLIC – WHITE

Providence-St. Mel at Marmion, 7:00

St. Francis de Sales at De La Salle, 7:00

St. Ignatius at Providence, 7:00

EAST SUBURBAN CATHOLIC

Nazareth at St. Viator, 7:00

FOX VALLEY

Burlington Central at Dundee-Crown, 7:00

Crystal Lake South at Crystal Lake Central, 7:00

Hampshire at Cary-Grove, 7:00

Huntley at Jacobs, 7:00

McHenry at Prairie Ridge, 7:00

ILLINOIS CENTRAL EIGHT

Coal City at Manteno, 7:00

Herscher at Peotone, 7:00

Lisle at Reed-Custer, 6:45

Wilmington at Streator, 6:45

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

Francis Parker at Elgin Academy, 6:00

Morgan Park Academy at Latin, 6:00

North Shore at University High, 6:00

METRO PREP

CPSA at Islamic Foundation, 6:30

METRO SUBURBAN – BLUE

IC Catholic at Riverside-Brookfield, 5:45

St. Francis at Chicago Christian, 7:30

Timothy Christian at Aurora Christian, 7:30

METRO SUBURBAN – RED

Aurora Central at St. Edward, 7:00

Elmwood Park at McNamara, 7:30

Ridgewood at Westmont, 7:30

NIC – 10

Jefferson at Freeport, 6:45

NOBLE LEAGUE – BLUE

Noble Street at UIC, 7:00

Pritzker at Rauner, 7:00

NOBLE LEAGUE – GOLD

Butler at Rowe-Clark, 7:00

Comer at Johnson, 7:00

DRW at Bulls, PPD

NORTH SUBURBAN

Lake Forest at Zion-Benton, 7:00

Lake Zurich at Warren, 7:00

Libertyville at Waukegan, 7:00

Stevenson at Mundelein, 7:00

NORTHEASTERN ATHLETIC

Harvest Christian at South Beloit, 7:00

NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY

Antioch at Grant, 7:00

Grayslake North at Lakes, 7:00

North Chicago at Grayslake Central, 7:00

Wauconda at Round Lake, 7:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE RED-SOUTH / CENTRAL

Bogan at Hyde Park, 6:30

Curie at Corliss, 5:00

Kenwood at Longwood, 5:00

Morgan Park at Phillips, 5:00

Simeon at Brooks, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-CENTRAL

Dunbar at Kennedy, 6:15

Hubbard at Lindblom, 5:00

King at Richards (Chgo), 5:00

Tilden at Catalyst-Maria, 5:00

Urban Prep-Englewood at Solorio, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-SOUTH

ACE Amandla at Harlan, 5:00

Carver at Perspectives-Lead, 5:00

Dyett at Agricultural Science, 5:00

Fenger at Urban Prep-Bronzeville, 5:00

Vocational at South Shore, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-WEST

Perspectives-MSA at Raby, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-CENTRAL

ACERO-Garcia at ACERO-Soto, 5:00

Back of the Yards at Englewood STEM, 5:00

DuSable at Horizon-Southwest, 5:00

Excel-Englewood at Instituto Health, 5:00

Gage Park at Kelly, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-NORTH

Chicago Math & Science at North Grand, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-SOUTH

Air Force at UC-Woodlawn, 5:00

Chicago Military at Julian, 5:00

EPIC at Washington, 5:00

Excel-South Shore at Bowen, 5:00

Hirsch at Goode, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-WEST

Chicago Collegiate at Spry, 5:00

SOUTH SUBURBAN – BLUE

Bremen at Hillcrest, 6:30

Lemont at Oak Forest, 6:30

Thornton Fr. North at Tinley Park, 6:30

SOUTH SUBURBAN – RED

Eisenhower at Evergreen Park, 6:00

Oak Lawn at Shepard, 6:30

Reavis at Argo, 7:00

SOUTHLAND

Thornridge at Thornwood, 6:30

Thornton at Bloom, 6:30

SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE – CROSSOVER

Minooka at Romeoville, 6:30

Oswego at Joliet Central, 6:30

Oswego East at Plainfield East, 6:30

Plainfield North at Joliet West, 6:30

West Aurora at Plainfield Central, 6:30

Yorkville at Plainfield South, 6:30

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – BLUE

Homewood-Flossmoor at Lincoln-Way East, 6:30

Lockport at Bolingbrook, 6:30

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – RED

Lincoln-Way Central at Stagg, 6:15

Lincoln-Way West at Bradley-Bourbonnais, 7:00

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER

Sandburg at Andrew, 6:30

UPSTATE EIGHT

East Aurora at Streamwood, 6:30

Elgin at Bartlett, 7:00

Fenton at Larkin, 7:00

Glenbard East at West Chicago, 7:00

South Elgin at Glenbard South, 7:00

WEST SUBURBAN – SILVER

Hinsdale Central at Oak Park-River Forest, 6:30

NON CONFERENCE

Addison Trail at Hoffman Estates, 7:30

Clifton Central at Milford, 7:30

Earlville at Amboy, 7:30

Foreman at Maine West, 7:00

Grace Christian at Hammond Baptist, 6:30

Grant Park at Illinois Lutheran, 7:00

Hansberry at Intrinsic-Belmont, 6:30

Hersey at Glenbrook North, 7:00

Hinsdale South at Maine South, 7:00

Hope Academy at ITW-Speer, 7:00

Ida Crown at Wolcott, 6:30

IMSA at Mooseheart, 7:00

Kankakee at Marian Catholic, 7:00

Lake Forest Acad-Blk at Highand Park (JV), 5:30

Lake Forest Acad-Org at Highland Park, 7:00

Lake Park at Conant, 7:00

Lake View at Evanston, 7:00

LaMoille at Hiawatha, 7:00

LaSalle-Peru at Dunlap, 7:00

Marengo at Byron, 7:00

Marian Central at Belvidere, 7:00

Metea Valley at Elk Grove, 7:00

Naperville North at Benet, 7:00

Neuqua Valley at Maine East, 7:00

Newark at Morris, 7:00

Noble Academy at Bulls, 7:00

North Love Christian at Westlake Christian, 6:30

Plano at Serena, 7:00

Rochelle at Rock Falls, 7:00

St. Charles East at Naperville Central, 7:00

Sycamore at Dixon, 7:00

Taft at Niles West, 6:30

Tri-Point at Flanagan-Cornell, 7:00

Westminster Christian at Schaumburg Christian, 7:

Winnebago at Hinckley-Big Rock, 7:00

York at Glenbard North, 7:15

TRI-COUNTY TOURNAMENT

at Putnam County

Marquette vs. Dwight, 6:00

Putnam County vs. Roanoke-Benson, 7:30

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CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox added another name to their rich Cuban history when they announced Tuesday they had agreed to a contract with outfielder Oscar Col?s.

Considered one of the top international free agents, Col?s received a $2.7 million signing bonus. The team also announced it had agreed to terms with outfielder Erick Hern?ndez that included a $1 million bonus.

Col?s, 23, is from Santiago de Cuba. He bats and throws left-handed and hit .282 with 28 homers and 116 RBI in 187 games over his foreign league career.

Col?s also has worked as a pitcher, but Marco Paddy, an executive for international operations for the White Sox, said he will concentrate on developing him as an outfielder.

“He wants to be a position player and he feels that he’s got a better chance to be successful as a position player,” Paddy said, “and we feel like his development as a pitcher would take much longer than a position player.

“So, for that kind of player with that type of power, that type of ability on the field, obviously we’re looking for a guy that has the opportunity to get to the major leagues a lot quicker.”

The White Sox have experienced a long run of success with Cuba natives that includes Minnie Mi?oso, who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in December, and extends all the way to their current team with first baseman Jos? Abreu, center fielder Luis Robert, catcher Yasmani Grandal, and third baseman Yo?n Moncada. The team also has Yoelqui Cespedes, Norge Vera, and Yolbert S?nchez in the minors.

Col?s said he talked to Robert, Cespedes and S?nchez before finalizing his decision.

“What they told me is this is a very good organization, that they’re very excited having me,” Col?s said through a translator, “and that they just want me to join them and play hard as they are doing here.”

The 17-year-old Hern?ndez is from Moca, Dominican Republic. He bats and throws left-handed.

The team said it expects to make more international signings in the coming weeks.

“We feel very good with what we were able to accomplish this year,” Paddy said. “Having the ability to sign two high-level prospects with impact-type tools like Col?s and Hern?ndez, I would categorize that as a solid year.”

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DETROIT — Pius Suter has delivered for the Red Wings this season the same efficiency he gave the Blackhawks last season.

Entering Wednesday’s matchup between the two rivals — Suter’s second game against the team that imported him to the NHL, then promptly ditched him — it’s clear how much the Hawks miss having a guy like him.

“I’ve gotten more comfortable,” Suter said Tuesday. “I’ve been playing better. I’m maybe not producing as much [as I’d like] in the stat sheet, but I definitely took a step forward from last year and during this year.”

The 25-year-old Swiss center ranks seventh on the Wings with 19 points in 42 games this year, a scoring pace quite similar to his 27-points-in-55-games line from last year in Chicago.

Ex-Hawks general manager Stan Bowman, hell-bent on shooting for the moon rather than retaining a solid role player, nonetheless shied away from meeting his price tag as a restricted free agent in July.

The Wings swooped in with a two-year offer at $3.25 million per, making him their fourth highest-paid forward, but not before Suter — who’d said in May he wanted to re-sign and was “confident they’ll figure something out” — was shaken by the Hawks’ disinterest.

“You can tell [from the tone of] talks, and with time, you can tell what might be happening,” he said, looking back. “But I didn’t know the NHL that well. I knew the information, but I’d never experienced an offseason. I was, at the end, a little bit surprised.”

In retrospect, the Hawks clearly would’ve been better off giving Suter that raise themselves.

Bowman’s gambles on Henrik Borgstrom — whom trading for required the Hawks to absorb Brett Connolly’s $3.5 million salary cap hit — and Tyler Johnson, with his $5 million cap hit, haven’t paid off. Injury-plagued as they’ve been, all three have combined for just 10 points.

Steady, unheralded Suter, meanwhile, would be a perfect fit as Patrick Kane’s center, just like he was last year. This year, the Hawks haven’t maintained any stability in that spot.

Suter was effective there because he never needed the puck on his stick. Conversely, he’d create open space, drive the net, screen the goalie, find loose pucks and rebounds and then finish at a high rate.

He led the Hawks last season in both expected goals per shot and shot attempt accuracy (judging by the percentage that made it on-goal), statistically demonstrating his efficiency. He’s doing the same thing again now in Detroit: His 0.077 expected goals per shot ranks second among Wings regulars — and would also rank second on the Hawks, behind only MacKenzie Entwistle.

“We can play him with good players because he’s two things,” Wings coach Jeff Blashill said Tuesday. “One, he’s smart offensively and can help facilitate getting guys the puck in good areas. And two, he’s smart defensively and any issues that he wingers have, he does a good job of making up for it. He’s got both those areas covered. He’s been a real versatile player for us.

“He knows that’s where goals are scored, so he’s very committed to finding ways to be…around the cage. And he’s done a good job of it. That’s where a lot of his goals were scored a year ago; that’s where his goals are scored this year.”

With Hawks interim coach Derek King lamenting just Monday his team’s lack of net-front presence in their loss to the Avalanche, having someone like Suter would be quite helpful.

Instead, Suter will be using his skills on Wednesday to try to beat the Hawks.

“It will be fun to see a few guys,” he said, noting he has kept in touch with Philipp Kurashev in particular. “I’m definitely motivated to play them. It was only one year, but [it was] still a really memorable time. It’ll be fun.”

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The NBA issued a correction Tuesday after bettors pointed out an assist erroneously credited to Chris Paul in the Utah Jazz–Phoenix Suns game earlier this week, the latest stat-keeping error to cause controversy in the sports betting community.

Paul was credited with an assist on a Devin Booker basket in the first quarter of Monday’s game. Video replays show Suns forward Mikal Bridges made the pass that led to Booker’s driving bank shot and gave Phoenix a 9-4 lead.

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The over/under on Bridges’ assists was 2.5 at most sportsbooks. He finished with five assists in the official box score, so most bets on his assist total were not impacted. However, many sportsbooks allow bettors to adjust totals on prop bets at alternate odds. It’s similar to buying points on a point spread. For example, on Monday, some bettors moved Bridges’ assist total up to six at around 14-1 odds — and ultimately lost due to Paul being credited with the assist to Booker.

After the correction, Bridges finished with six assists, and Paul, who initially was credited with 14 assists, now has 13 in the box score on NBA.com.

Sportsbooks like BetMGM, an official sports betting partner of the NBA, typically settle bets based on the official box score released the day of the game. If the NBA changes a stat the next day, bets are not impacted.

With sports betting rapidly expanding in the U.S. — and leagues like the NBA partnering with bookmakers — there is more scrutiny than ever on every rebound and every assist. As part of their deals with the NBA, sportsbooks receive official data from the league, which is used to grade wagers.

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In an attempt by the NBA to spice up one of its All-Star weekend events – as well as give the prospects on its G League Ignite team another opportunity to showcase themselves – the league announced significant changes to its Rising Stars Challenge.

The annual game between top rookies and sophomores in the league, which takes place on Friday night of All-Star weekend each year, will have an entirely new format next month in Cleveland. Rather than two teams evenly split between rookies and sophomores, as has been the case in the past, there will now be four 7-man teams, made up of a combination of 12 rookies, 12 sophomores and, for the first time, four G League Ignite players.

The rookies and sophomores will be selected by NBA assistant coaches, while the four G League Ignite players will be selected by G League head coaches.

The teams will be coached by members of the NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team, along with assistant coaches from the coaching staffs selected to coach this year’s All-Star Game, with those coaches drafting their seven-man rosters – which will each include one G League Ignite player.

Each game will be played to a set score rather than on a timer. There will be three games played: two semifinals, with the winners then playing in a championship game.

Using the NBA’s 75th Anniversary theme, the semifinals will be played to a target score of 50, and the championship game will go to 25.

The Ignite, which features players who jump straight from high school for a year before entering the NBA Draft, have several high-profile prospects this season, including Jaden Hardy, currently ranked 10th among 2021 NBA Draft prospects by ESPN, and Dyson Daniels, who is ranked 19th. In addition, Scoot Henderson is currently the No. 2 prospect in ESPN’s 2023 draft rankings.

Last year was the first time players played for the Ignite and then entered the NBA Draft, with Jalen Green going second overall to the Houston Rockets after taking that path to the league.

There will also be a shooting competition in between the semifinals and finals, with each shooting location being tied to an iconic shot made during the NBA playoffs. There will be four teams of two competing in a timed trial to make the shots as fast as possible.

The league’s All-Star weekend will run from Feb. 18-20 in Cleveland, with this game highlighting its Friday night lineup, followed by the typical Saturday night festivities – the skills challenge, 3-point contest and slam dunk contest – and the game itself on Sunday.

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The Cubs announced several changes in their front office today.

Matt Dorey moves to vice president player personnel. He had been VP of player development since November 2020 and has been with the organization since 2012.

Replacing Dorey as VP of player development is Jared Banner. He moves from VP of special projects. He joined the Cubs in 2019 after working in the Mets and Red Sox front offices.

The Cubs also promoted Andrew Bassett to director of pro scouting/special assistant to the president and general manager. He joined the Cubs in 2011 and spent the last two years as director of pro scouting.

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The Chicago Bears started the offseason off by firing the general manager and head coach. The Ryan Pace/Matt Nagy tenure was a disaster and they finally moved on. Following that was an extensive search for a general manager. It came out on Tuesday that they are going with Ryan Poles.

In the middle of the night between Monday and Tuesday, a video surfaced of George McCaskey picking Poles up at the airport. Fans had their mixed reactions to the video that had nothing to do with football but seeing him in town gave pause.

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Tuesday wasn’t Ryan Poles’ first visit to Halas Hall. It won’t be his last, either.

The Bears interviewed the Chiefs’ 36-year-old executive director of player personnel in person on Tuesday after talking to him virtually Friday. By midday, the Bears were finalizing a deal to make him their next general manager, sources confirmed.

Poles was in high demand for general manager jobs — a finalist for the Panthers job last year, he conducted two interviews with the Giants before they chose Joe Schoen as their GM last week. He’s reached the final round of the Vikings’ GM search, too — he was scheduled to fly to Minneapolis for an in-person interview Wednesday.

Instead, the Bears got their man, less than 24 hours after chairman George McCaskey picked Poles up at O’Hare International Airport. McCaskey was captured on social media walking through baggage claim Monday night while wearing a Bears letterman’s jacket.

Poles has come a long way from his last extended trip to Halas Hall. A Boston College guard who tore his Achilles tendon during his senior season, Poles was signed by the Bears as an undrafted free agent in May 2008. The Bears cut him at the end of training camp.

About a month or so later, he was back at BC, working as a graduate assistant. Less than a year later, he joined the Chiefs organization, working his way up from a scouting assistant to college scouting coordinator, a job he held for six years. He was the team’s college scouting director for two years after that before, in May 2018, taking over as the team’s assistant player personnel director. In June, his title changed to executive director of player personnel.

While he was involved in the Chiefs’ college operation, the franchise drafted quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce, who are each considered the league’s best player at their position. Other stars the Chiefs drafted during that span include defensive lineman Chris Jones, receiver Tyreek Hill, cornerback Marcus Peters and defensive tackle Dontari Poe. [Hill should not be held up as a scouting coup, though: many teams were uncomfortable drafting him after was thrown off Oklahoma State’s team and pled guilty to abusing and choking his pregnant girlfriend.]

Poles’ first order of business is to hire a head coach. Jim Caldwell, the former Colts and Lions head coach, is at Halas Hall on Tuesday, ESPN reported. Caldwell first interviewed with the Bears’ five-person committee Jan. 15. He has ties to consultant Bill Polian through Tony Dungy, for whom Caldwell coached in Indianapolis.

Poles has ties to another coaching candidate, Dan Quinn, the former Falcons coach and current Cowboys defensive coordinator. Quinn coached Poles’ college teammate, quarterback Matt Ryan, from 2015-20. They reached the Super Bowl five years ago, infamously blowing a 28-3 lead to the Patriots.

Former Dolphins coach Brian Flores is also a Boston College alum. Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus was also due for a second round of interviews.

In the 15 days since the Bears fired general manager Ryan Pace, they interviewed at least 13 candidates to take his place. Patriots executive Eliot Wolf and Titans player personnel director Monti Ossenfort were two other candidates who reportedly were set to conduct a second interview. Wolf is the son of former Packers architect Ron Wolf.

Poles was chosen by a five-person interview panel: McCaskey, president/CEO Ted Phillips, Polian, vice president of player engagement LaMar “Soup” Campbell and senior vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion Tanesha Wade.

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