LOS ANGELES -- With news Friday that terms of the Cubs' sale to the Ricketts family were finalized, one of the next major orders of business followed ...
AP | Posted 09.19.2009 | Chicago
SAN DIEGO — Lou Piniella knows just how Chicago White Sox general manager Ken Williams feels. Well, almost. The Cubs manager didn't get a ticke...
Huffington Post | Posted 09.13.2009 | Chicago
The Bleacher Bums got restless at Wrigley Field Wednesday. In the fifth inning, with the Phillies up 12-1 and the Cubs at bat, a fan dumped his beer o...
AP | Posted 08.17.2009 | Chicago
WASHINGTON — Chicago Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano says he dislocated a finger and isn't sure when he'll return to the lineup. Soriano was ...
Chicago Tribune | Posted 08.17.2009 | Chicago
Lou Piniella was touring the White House with his wife and grandchildren Thursday when he got a five-minute meeting with President Barack Obama. ...
AP | RICK GANO | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Just when the Chicago Cubs figured they were getting healthy, a freak accident landed right-hander Ryan Dempster on the disabled list ...
ESPN Chicago | Posted 07.31.2009 | Chicago
Sports Illustrated's player survey in the upcoming issue had some interesting results for Chicago fans as 380 players were asked which manager they wo...
ESPN Chicago | Posted 07.27.2009 | Chicago
Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella on Friday defended catcher Geovany Soto, who tested positive for marijuana during the World Baseball Classic, by adm...
Chicago Tribune | Paul Sullivan | Posted 05.18.2009 | Chicago
Lou Piniella shrugged off a Tribune story that revealed ex- Gov. Rod Blagojevich sent him a lineup suggestion in a 2007 letter. "I've talked to him, b...
Chicago Tribune | Todd Lighty and Robert Becker | Posted 05.17.2009 | Chicago
Like any frustrated Cubs fan, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich had his own ideas about how manager Lou Piniella should run the team....
AP | BEN WALKER | Posted 05.07.2009 | Chicago
Ken Griffey Jr. swinging again for Seattle, K-Rod now closing for the New York Mets. A championship rematch at Fenway Park, a new start for CC Sabathi...
AP | Posted 12.19.2008 | Chicago
The Chicago Cubs will play the first exhibition games at the new Yankee Stadium, meeting New York on Friday night April 3 and again the following afte...
AP | MIKE FITZPATRICK | Posted 12.13.2008 | Chicago
NEW YORK — Joe Maddon had a good reason for interrupting his honeymoon. About an hour after he landed in Rome, the newly married Maddon easily w...
Chicago Tribune | Paul Sullivan | Posted 11.24.2008 | Chicago
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Mark Grace is likely to be on the short list of candidates to replace Bob Brenly in the Cubs broadcast booth if Brenly gets the...
Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 11.06.2008 | Chicago
You can lose Game One and still come back. You can lose Game Two and still come back. But not if you play to lose. Not if those "Not again" fears drown out the optimism.
Jon Greenberg | Posted 11.06.2008 | Chicago
The economy's in the toilet, your 401(k) is worth as much as Neifi Perez's autograph, and the White Sox are still playing while the Cubs are scheduling tee times in Scottsdale.
Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.03.2008 | Chicago
Life-long Cubs fan Bill Murray offered advice to the beleaguered ballclub in an interview with the Tribune: "I think they're going to put more left-...
Jon Greenberg | Posted 11.02.2008 | Chicago
Chicago baseball is in some kind of golden age. You know this. It's been 102 years since both teams made the post-season. Enjoy it while you can.
Jon Greenberg | Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago
The popular sentiment among the ink-stained wretches here at Wrigley Field was the Cubs had to win Wednesday in order to win the series. In other news, you need air to breathe and water gets you wet.
Jon Greenberg | Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago
Carlos Zambrano always seems to invite some kind of controversy, or at the very least, a dose of whimsy.
Joe Aiello | Posted 09.27.2008 | Chicago
By switching out Fukudome for someone like Mark DeRosa in right field, you're significantly weakening your defensive ability in the outfield.
Chicago Sun-Times | Toni Ginnetti | Posted 09.11.2008 | Chicago
Kosuke Fukudome batted second Sunday, with Ryan Theriot getting a game off. But the right fielder's continuing hitting slump is becoming a concern to ...
Chicago Sun-Times | The Big Dead Sidebar | Posted 09.22.2009 | Chicago