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CHICAGO (AP) — Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men’s basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school’s fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night. She was 106. Health issues caused Sister Jean to step down from her role with …

General manager Bill Schmidt, the longtime overseer of the Rockies‘ “draft-and-develop” philosophy, resigned on Wednesday following the worst season in franchise history, the team announced. Historically bad starting pitching, an anemic offense for the first half of the season, and an overdependence on several untested young players led to a 119-loss disaster this summer. The Rockies have begun an external …

The Rockies announced Wednesday that general manager Bill Schmidt is stepping down from his post. While Schmidt and the team framed it as a mutual parting of ways, Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post reports that Schmidt was fired. Regardless, they’ve begun a search to bring in a new head of baseball operations from outside the organization, according to the …

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says work-from-home culture means US struggles to compete with China  TechSpot Would You Work ‘996’? The Hustle Culture Trend Is Taking Hold in Silicon Valley.  The New York Times Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt says flexible working is fine for government jobs, but winning in tech means ‘trade-offs’  Business Insider Google’s ex-CEO Eric Schmidt raises ‘China alarm’, tells American technology …

October is a month away, but Citizens Bank Park was rocking Thursday night as Kyle Schwarber made history. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Schwarber knocked out his fourth home run of the night, a bomb to right field that sent the hometown crowd into a frenzy. He actually had the rare chance for a fifth, but popped out …