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Renovations are underway on the southeast corner of Wrigley Field Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, in Chicago. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Offseason renovations resume at Wrigley Field — and Captain Morgan Club is the first to go

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

The Captain got the hook. Offseason renovations at Wrigley Field have begun — a few weeks earlier than the Cubs would have liked, thanks to the Brewers and the Rockies...

Steve Bartman and others go for a ball that Cubs left fielder Moises Alou is trying to catch in the eighth inning of Game 6 of the NLCS against the Florida Marlins on Oct. 14, 2003.

7 things to know about the ‘Steve Bartman game,’ 15 years later

May 31, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

The “Steve Bartman game,” otherwise known as Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series between the Cubs and Marlins, was 15 years ago Sunday at Wrigley Field. Here...

How to qualify for the 2019 Chicago Marathon

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

It seems as if it was just yesterday that the city held the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Now it’s time to start planning for 2019. Marathon officials announced Monday...

Kenya's Rita Jeptoo celebrates winning the women's Chicago Marathon on Oct. 13, 2013. Jeptoo's time of 2:19:57 was the fastest since Paula Radcliffe's record-setting race in 2002.

10 things to know about 2018 Chicago Marathon

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

The Bank of America Chicago Marathon continues Sunday. Here are some things to know about the race. 1. Watch for the Americans This was one of the deeper American women’s...

Chicago Marathon forecast is chance of rain and high humidity; race officials raise alert level

May 31, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

Running a marathon is challenging enough. Now there’s the rain. And the humidity. The forecast for the start of Sunday’s Bank of America Chicago Marathon is roughly 60 degrees with...

Beau Zanca runs near Montrose along the Chicago lakefront. "Everybody has bad days when they don't want to go out," he said. "When life gets in the way you have to block out the negative energy and force yourself to run."

Chicago Marathoners’ remarkable stories of why they run: ‘My brain was like, we’re running the marathon’

June 7, 2019 at 5:57 a.m.

There will be 45,000 stories making their way along the Chicago Marathon course Sunday. Some are competing to lose weight or to qualify for other races or simply to reach...

Cubs’ ‘L’ flag gains popularity — among Brewers fans

May 31, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

It’s the flag Cubs fans don’t want to see. While the “W” flag has become ubiquitous — unfurled at games after wins, flapping from front porches — its counterpart, the...

Cubs centerfielder Ian Happ presents pitcher Cole Hamels with waffle makers in the dugout after Hamels solo homer Monday night against the Pirates.

What’s with the Cubs and the waffle makers? Ian Happ explains.

May 31, 2019 at 4:14 p.m.

The Angels had the rally monkey. The Cardinals had the rally squirrel. And now the Cubs have the waffle maker. It all started on Aug. 31 in Philadelphia when Javier...

Cubs broadcaster Jim Deshaies calls Kris Bryant’s swimming pool HR: ‘He’s going deep. Right here.’

May 31, 2019 at 4:14 p.m.

Kris Bryant had not hit a home run since July 20, but Cubs broadcaster Jim Deshaies had a feeling. With Bryant at bat, no outs in the top of the...

Cubs announce drawing for playoff tickets

May 31, 2019 at 4:14 p.m.

The Cubs have a 99 percent chance of making the playoffs, so say the oddsmakers. And the team Friday announced how fans can get their chance to buy postseason tickets....

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