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Byline: Jorge L. Ortiz, @jorgelortiz, USA TODAY Sports As they search for a way to attack redoubtable Madison Bumgarner and close out their first-round series in three games, the Chicago [...]

Byline: Jorge L. Ortiz, @jorgelortiz, USA TODAY Sports As they search for a way to attack redoubtable Madison Bumgarner and close out their first-round series in three games, the Chicago [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, bnighten@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports Jon Lester and his wife, sitting around the kitchen table recently, turned the conversation to the Chicago Cubs' upcoming postseason, and Farrah had [...]

Jon Lester will start the Chicago Cubs' playoff opener. Manager Joe Maddon announced that he was going with Lester over Kyle Hendricks and the 2015 National League Cy Young Award [...]

Byline: BILL PENNINGTON CHICAGO -- Five years ago, Theo Epstein took a job that even his friends called career suicide. A boy genius who had guided the Boston Red Sox [...]

CHICAGO -- Five years ago, Theo Epstein took a job that even his friends called career suicide. A boy genius who had guided the Boston Red Sox to their first [...]

Byline: Jeremy Gottlieb The Chicago Cubs clinched the National League Central title Thursday night, marking a second consecutive trip to the postseason for just the fourth time in the 140-year [...]

Byline: LA VELLE E. NEAL III; STAFF WRITER DETROIT û The Twins have contacted the Chicago Cubs for permission to speak with executive Jason McLeod about taking over their baseball [...]

Byline: Mike Vorkunov, @Mike_Vorkunov, Special for USA TODAY Sports By now, the tweet is entrenched somewhere in the lore of Jake Arrieta. Perhaps not too high up -- it is [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDMost major trades involve some level of pain. A good deal rarely comes without a downside, without something each team will sorely miss. The Yankees traded Aroldis Chapman to [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDCHICAGO -- Adam Warren is a perpetually patient man. So when Zack Cozart, the first batter Warren faced on Wednesday, smacked a full-count fastball over the ivy-covered wall in [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDCHICAGO -- When the All-Star rosters were revealed Tuesday night, the biggest winner did not swing a bat, throw a baseball or even wear a particular uniform. His impact [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDWhen the bullpen phone rang in the 15th inning of Tuesday's road game in Cincinnati, Pedro Strop assumed he would start warming up. Strop is a relief pitcher, after [...]

Byline: Joon Lee If Hollywood decides to remake 'Groundhog Day,' Ryan Zimmerman should be the leading candidate to play the Bill Murray character. After all, he'd probably be able to [...]

Boston's David Ortiz moved into 20th place on the career home run list, then hit a game-ending double in the 11th inning as the Red Sox beat Houston, 6-5, on [...]

Byline: Rob Biertempfel May 06--ST. LOUIS -- Stuck in postgame traffic near PNC Park on Wednesday afternoon, Tony Krizmanich turned on his radio and heard Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen assert [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, bnighten@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports Jake Arrieta's dark-brown eyes flash that stare that's become all too familiar to hitters, but instead of rage or indignation there's almost empathy. [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, bnighten@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports He's racing go-karts one night and watching Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant play the next. He's playing golf with stock car driver [...]

Byline: Jorge L. Ortiz, @jorgelortiz, USA TODAY Sports The Chicago Cubs had a losing record and finished fifth in each of Starlin Castro's first five seasons in the major leagues, [...]

TAMPA, Fla. -- Dread had given way to resignation on a late October night at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs, already trailing the Mets by three games to none in [...]

Byline: Jorge Castillo;Barry Svrluga As the Washington Nationals begin the search for their next manager, the club has been granted permission to interview Chicago Cubs bench coach Dave Martinez and [...]

NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- The following information was released by the University of Notre Dame: by Carol Elliott Top executives from organizations ranging from Chick-fil-A to the Chicago Cubs will [...]

Byline: Dave Sheinin When it was pointed out to Theo Epstein over the weekend that the Chicago Cubs' farm system, for the first time in Epstein's tenure as president of [...]

Byline: Dave Sheinin On the same night the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs opened a compelling, four-game series at Nationals Park in Washington against one of the top challengers [...]

Byline: Matt Bonesteel The Chicago Cubs cut catcher Miguel Montero on Wednesday. Sure, he had allowed the Washington Nationals to steal seven bases the night before, but pitcher Jake Arrieta's [...]

Byline: Samantha Pell Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant had to be helped off the field in the fifth inning of Wednesday's night's 8-4 loss to the Nationals after spraining [...]

Byline: Rachel Podnar See Belichick's awkward photo shoot. @jemelehill, noticing that Patriots coach Bill Belichick's photoshoot for Nantucket Magazine with longtime girlfriend Linda Holliday looks like an ad for erectile [...]

Byline: Scott Allen Several members of the 2016 World Series champion Chicago Cubs visited with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday ahead of the third game of a [...]

Byline: Dan Steinberg Manager Joe Maddon will be part of a Chicago Cubs contingent that revisits the White House on Wednesday, and he'll do so happily. He said Tuesday that [...]

Byline: Samantha Pell Chicago Cubs Manager Joe Maddon said he and a few players may visit the White House this week while they're in town for a four-game series against [...]

Original Grain Watch Co. Named 'The Official Timekeeper of the World Champion Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field' SAN DIEGO and CHICAGO, June 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Original Grain Watch Co. [...]

Byline: Des Bieler Major League Baseball did not approve of Monday's Bryce Harper-Hunter Strickland brawl, if the combined 10 games' worth of suspensions the players received is any indication. But [...]

New Agency Will Represent the Chicago Cubs, Park at Wrigley, Hotel Zachary, American Airlines Conference Center and Wrigley Rooftops CHICAGO, May 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- As the Ricketts family continues [...]

South Bend, Indiana (PRWEB) May 01, 2017 For most Millennials, moving into a retirement community isn't on a list of priorities. But for two young, minor league baseball team pitchers, [...]

Byline: Jeff Zeleny, Senior White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Todd Ricketts has withdrawn his nomination as deputy commerce secretary, officials said Wednesday, becoming the latest casualty of President Donald [...]

Byline: Matt Bonesteel The wind was blowing out at Wrigley Field on Saturday, with gusts of up to 30 mph. And then Kris Bryant stepped to the plate in the [...]

Byline: Jena McGregor Being named the world's greatest leader might go to some people's heads. Not the Chicago Cubs' Theo Epstein, who helped bring home the club's first World Series [...]

'asset-content' data-asset-uuid='e871aa8c-c832-5c3e-a328-561b84f6b329'> It's almost time again. From opening day to a couple of potentially big games in September, here are a handful of dates to mark on the calendar: SUNDAY, [...]

Byline: Marissa Payne Retired Chicago Cubs player David Ross is no stranger to historic moments. Just five months after participating in a World Series Game 7 win to help earn [...]

Byline: Matt Bonesteel The worlds seemed to be aligning for Chicago Cubs Manager Joe Maddon to appear on HBO's 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' at the request of co-star Jeff Garlin, a [...]

Byline: ALEX BUTLER LAS VEGAS, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Joe Maddon's Chicago Cubs clubhouse promotes perennial pranking. The chief prank artist, other than the manager, is third baseman Kris Bryant. [...]