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Joe Maddon and ESPN’s Alex Rodriguez make peace before Sunday’s game over Yu Darvish comments

May 31, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.

Cubs manager Joe Maddon made an emphatic point during an afternoon meeting with the ESPN crew calling Sunday night’s Nationals-Cubs game: He will defend his players. “My job, I believe,...

Cubs starting pitcher Cole Hamels in the dugout after he pitched the seventh inning.

David Bote’s walk-off grand slam stuns Nationals, sends Cubs to wild 4-3 victory

May 31, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.

This had the feel of a playoff game, starting with the pitching matchup — three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer versus the ace of the Cubs staff. Wait, you...

Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo smiles in the dugout after getting the 1000th hit of his career during the third inning.

Jon Lester gets rocked — again — in Cubs’ 9-4 loss to Nationals

May 31, 2019 at 4:15 p.m.

It was a sad image: Jon Lester, the sturdy and proud anchor of the Cubs’ rotation, lowering his head and shuffling some mound dirt at Wrigley Field, his team down...

Injured Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish set to throw a simulated game Tuesday

June 1, 2019 at 8:35 a.m.

Yu Darvish, who hasn’t pitched for the Cubs since May 20 because of right triceps tendinitis, will throw a simulated game Tuesday. Closer Brandon Morrow, out since July 15 with...

Kris Bryant starting to swing bat, ‘totally confident’ he will play again this season

May 31, 2019 at 4:15 p.m.

Kris Bryant has a bum shoulder. And for that he says: Thank you. Here is his rationale. If not for the sore left shoulder that has sidelined him since July...

Cubs relief pitcher Carl Edwards Jr. reacts after the final out of the top of the eighth inning.

Anthony Rizzo’s 13-pitch at-bat flips the script in Cubs’ 3-2 victory over Nationals

May 31, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.

The Wrigley Field crowd was so desperate for signs of life from the Cubs offense, fans began cheering foul balls. Granted, these were no ordinary fouls. Anthony Rizzo sent seven...

Willson Contreras and Anthony Rizzo perfectly execute ‘do-or-die’ pickoff play to help escape 8th inning jam

June 30, 2019 at 4:41 a.m.

The details don’t matter, except to Anthony Rizzo and Willson Contreras. One gives a sign, the other sees it. “I don’t know what it is,” said manager Joe Maddon. “I...

Cubs skip Mike Montgomery’s next start: ‘We want to monitor his time’

May 31, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

The Cubs will skip Mike Montgomery’s next start, but manager Joe Maddon said not to sound the alarms. “We’re just trying to be pro-active with Mike,” Maddon said before Friday’s...

Cubs sign reliever Jorge De La Rosa, send Randy Rosario to minors

May 31, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.

The Cubs have signed left-handed reliever Jorge De La Rosa and optioned Randy Rosario to Triple-A Iowa. De La Rosa, who most recently pitched for the Diamondbacks, has joined the...

Notre Dame’s Nic Weishar lost his brother to cancer. Now he’s helping families in need.

May 31, 2019 at 4:40 p.m.

Nic Weishar’s voice trembled as he recalled the most dramatic day in his life: Oct. 12, 2012. His brother Andrew died in the early morning hours, his 21-year-old body overtaken...

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