Sports Thursday, May 1, 2025 | | |
| | | | | Good morning, Chicago. More than 15 months after signing a free-agent deal with the Red Sox, right-hander Lucas Giolito looked sharp in his long-awaited debut. He allowed three runs and five hits in six innings, exiting with a 6-3 lead. He walked two and struck
out seven. “I’m happy with how I competed,” Giolito said. “I’m just not pleased with how I finished. I can definitely
finish stronger than that.” He threw 90 pitches, 61 for strikes. It was Giolito’s first major league appearance since Oct. 1, 2023, when he started for Cleveland at Detroit. In 2023, Giolito went 8-15 with a 4.88 ERA in 33 starts with the White Sox, Angels and Guardians. He allowed 41 homers, second-most in the majors. 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. | | | | For the first time this season, the Cubs finally played a team below .500. And the White Sox jump back into division play next week. | | | | | A fan fell from the 21-foot Clemente Wall in right field at PNC Park during Wednesday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs. | | | | | Hailey Van Lith will play her first preseason game with the Chicago Sky on Friday at LSU — where she spent the toughest year of her collegiate career. | | | | | Lawmakers across the country are working to ban or severely restrict access to the very products that helped Steve McMichael. | | | | | Dansby Swanson’s offensive production hasn’t been what he and the Chicago Cubs envisioned after he underwent offseason surgery to be fully healthy coming into the year. | | | | | Looking back at April and ahead to May for the Chicago White Sox, who at 7-23 sit in last place in the American League Central. | | | | | The Chicago Stars fired second-year coach Lorne Donaldson as the team flounders in one of the worst starts in franchise history. | | | | | A California sheriff’s office is investigating the death of sports agent Jeff Sperbeck after he fell from a golf cart driven by former Denver Broncos quarterback and Hall of Famer John Elway on Saturday. | | | |
