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Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY By the time Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association gave the go-ahead to slap advertising patches on jerseys, the modern consumer had long [...]

Byline: Des Bieler The Cubs placed pitcher Colten Brewer on the injured list Sunday with a broken hand he suffered while punching a dugout wall during Chicago's loss the day [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]ASSOCIATED PRESS Cena to retire from pro wrestling after 2025 season John Cena announced Saturday night that he will retire from professional wrestling next year after two decades in [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes Paul Skenes looked so overpowering at times in his much-anticipated major league debut last week that every one of the Chicago Cubs' six hits against him felt [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist PHOENIX - It has been nine weeks and four days since the Texas Rangers celebrated the first World Series championship in franchise history. Well, here we [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Generations of baseball chroniclers have compared the flurry of managerial hirings and firings that takes place this time of year as a game of [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist CHICAGO - Fans are chanting his name from the Murphy's Bleachers rooftops to the patio bar at Rizzo's Bar & Inn in Wrigleyville. They're bowing in [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY MESA, Ariz. - Dansby Swanson, born and raised in Georgia, grew up watching his favorite players become legends, but somewhere along the way money muddied [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY PEORIA, Ariz. - They are baseball superstars, the cornerstones of their teams, worth a combined $386 million. Center fielder Julio Rodriguez is already the face [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY LOS ANGELES - There is so much still ahead for Willson and William Contreras. Already a World Series champion catcher with the Chicago Cubs, Willson [...]

The National League's starting catcher (Willson) and designated hitter (William) will join four other sets of brothers who have started an M.L.B. All-Star Game together. When the National League takes [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY Anthony Rizzo, who as a Chicago Cub said he chose not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine because he was 'taking some more time to see [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist CHICAGO - If Kris Bryant played like this a year ago, he wouldn't be with the Cubs today. If Bryant wasn't playing like an MVP candidate [...]

Byline: THE CANADIAN PRESS Lead The Chicago Cubs will erect a statue of Ferguson Jenkins outside Wrigley Field to honour the Canadian pitcher. The Cubs say a likeness of the [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY The Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals have come and gone, with three weeks remaining to grab free agents before the Christmas holiday. There were [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY Today, the Chicago Cubs will decide whether to harvest that seventh season they essentially stole from Kris Bryant. One year from now, Major League Baseball's [...]

After ending long championship droughts for Boston and Chicago, Epstein plans to take a year off. But the executive will be in demand when he chooses to return. Theo Epstein, [...]

Byline: Dave Sheinin By age 30, he had secured a place in Boston Red Sox lore as the general manager who guided the franchise to its first World Series title [...]

Byline: Jake Russell In the not-so-complex world of Major League Baseball's MVP voting, some interesting snafus can arise when ranking the sport's best players. Take, for instance, a reliever with [...]

Byline: Bob Brookover CLEARWATER, Fla. _ The long-delayed next chapter of Joe Girardi's rather remarkable journey through the often humbling world of professional baseball is finally going to begin at [...]

Byline: Michael Errigo As MLB teams face the risks and uncertainty of a new baseball season thanks to the novel-coronavirus pandemic, the Chicago Cubs need only turn to their pitching [...]

Byline: JAY COHEN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HICAGO -- Lead When the novel coronavirus pandemic stopped spring training last month, Ian Happ offered Nico Hoerner, Zack Short and Dakota Mekkes a [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA TODAY MESA, Ariz. - Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant, one of the intriguing and cerebral players in the game, tries to quietly blend into the [...]

Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO -- Lead The Chicago Cubs thought they needed a new voice in the dugout and they are banking on good ol' 'Grandpa Rossy' to give [...]

Byline: Matt Breen Oct. 24-- Oct. 24--The Phillies' decade-long quest to bring back John Middleton's World Series trophy led them Thursday to hire the manager who ripped their title away [...]

Ross, who helped Chicago to its first World Series title in 108 years in 2016, will replace Joe Maddon, who parted ways with the club after this season. The Chicago [...]

Byline: Dave Sheinin David Ross, the popular and personable backup catcher from the Chicago Cubs' 2016 World Series championship team, has reportedly been chosen to replace Joe Maddon as the [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA TODAY ST. LOUIS - It wasn't a deeply emotional news conference Sunday, rather more of a celebration. Cubs president Theo Epstein thanked manager Joe Maddon [...]

Theo Epstein, the Chicago Cubs' president of baseball operations, said the team would not renew its contract with Maddon, who guided the Cubs to their first championship in 108 years [...]

Byline: Cindy Boren Last fall, Chicago Cubs President Theo Epstein stated that 2019 would be a 'season of reckoning' and, for Joe Maddon, that reckoning came this weekend. The team [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA TODAY NEW YORK - It was casually talked about in clubhouses this summer, even privately discussed in meetings, leaving players to wonder whether they'll need [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA TODAY NEW YORK - Cubs outfielder Nick Castellanos sits in front of his locker, slowly wrapping tape around his bats, while his mind is rapidly [...]

Byline: Des Bieler and Matt Bonesteel A child was taken to a hospital after being struck by a foul ball during a game Wednesday between the Chicago Cubs and Houston [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY Kris Bryant was not among the 11 buzz-worthy players on the podium for Major League Baseball's promotional spot that urged all to 'Let the kids [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA TODAY PHOENIX - Joe Maddon might be 65 going on 45 and cooler than plenty of players at least half his age, but he's still [...]

Byline: JAY COHEN; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO -- Joe Maddon likes to work on his lineups at a local coffee shop. Armed with his iPad, the manager looks over a [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA TODAY MESA, Ariz. - Addison Russell, the old man on the diamond, walks off the field, plops into a golf cart, wipes the perspiration off [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY MESA, Ariz. - Kris Bryant says every spring, he typically sits down with members of the Chicago Cubs front office to discuss the year ahead, [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAYMESA, Ariz. - The Cubs' apology tour continued Monday when chairman Tom Ricketts talked to the team about the embarrassment brought on by his father's racist [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA TODAYMESA, Ariz. - This wasn't the Cubs' annual state-of-the-franchise address Tuesday on the eve of spring training.It was a confessional.Cubs President Theo Epstein spent more [...]