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LAKE FOREST — The Chicago Bears know who they’re taking with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft and so does just about everyone else too.

BASEBALL

CINCINNATI — Elly De La Cruz hit a two-run home run, Christian Encarnacion-Strand went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and the Cincinnati Reds ended the Philadelphia Phillies’ seven-game win streak with an 8-1 victory on Tuesday night.

CLEVELAND — José Ramírez homered in the eighth inning, Tyler Freeman and Bryan Rocchio had RBIs in the seventh when Cleveland finally got to Boston’s Tanner Houck and the Guardians kept up the best start in their 124-year history with a 4-1 win over the Red Sox on Tuesday night.

For Lima Central Catholic 1967 graduate Jim Lippincott, the game of football has always consumed him. Despite his diminutive size at 104 pounds as a freshman, so small he remembers being told by a coach that, because of safety reasons, he wouldn’t play him, Lippincott was determined to make football his life’s work. A combination of his networking skills back before the term “networking” was in vogue, and a tireless work ethic made it happen.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — What’s the old saying that surfaces every spring?

Caitlin Clark appears to be on the cusp of setting another record.

Former Cleveland Browns running back Trent Richardson is transitioning to coaching a decade after his NFL career ended.

OTTAWA – When the test of Carder Daily’s troublesome elbow didn’t go as well as hoped, Shawnee had an answer waiting in the wings.

Unsurprisingly, Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams is BetMGM Sportsbook’s favorite to be the No. 1 overall pick in this week’s NFL draft.