Holding a first-ever trio of national titles in football, women’s basketball and men’s basketball, the Big Ten’s financial advantage may now be having a real competitive impact

Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti says he’s “optimistic” the College Football Playoff will expand to 24 teams during ESPN’s exclusive negotiating window

Jo Adell and José Ramírez powered Cleveland with a pair of two-out triples, and the Guardians avoided an AL Division Series sweep by cooling off the Chicago White Sox with a 9-3 victory in Game 3

Pretty typical game for José Ramírez, and that was a big deal for the Cleveland Guardians

Big Ten women’s basketball has shown a decidedly West Coast tilt of late

Sam Rinzel and rookie Anton Frondell scored 2 minutes apart in the second period and the Chicago Blackhawks held on in their home opener for their first win of the season, 4-2 over the St. Louis Blues

Philip Zinckernagel scored early in the second half, Maren Haile-Selassie had a late goal and an assist, and the Chicago Fire beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1 in a matchup of former Bayern Munich teammates Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Müller

The Chicago White Sox last clinched a postseason series at home when they defeated the Chicago Cubs in Game 6 of the 1906 World Series

Not having Caleb Williams has not been a problem for the Chicago Bears so far