Chicago Cubs News

A more glorious return to Wrigley Field is hard to imagine for a 7-year-old boy.

The Chicago Cubs placed pitcher Kerry Wood on the 15-day disabled list Thursday with a blister on his right index finger.

Carlos Zambrano pitched seven solid innings and the Chicago Cubs snapped a 10-game losing streak to the Florida Marlins with a 6-3 victory Thursday night.

That trade Milwaukee made for CC Sabathia just keeps looking better and better. Every time the Brewers' new ace takes the mound, he gets them closer to October.

The Tribune Company has made its first round of cuts among those in the bidding process for the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field.

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Real estate executive Hersch Klaff is one of the bidders for the Chicago Cubs baseball team in an auction that could top $1 billion, a source familiar with the process said.

Joe and I are friends and we have been good friends for a long time. But when he asked me to do the recap of this game I had no idea that he could be so cruel to a close friend.

Jerome Holtzman, a longtime baseball writer who made the Hall of Fame, created the baseball saves rule and later became Major League Baseball's official historian, has died.

Florida Marlins' Rick VandenHurk pitches against the Atlanta Braves in the third inning of a baseball game in Miami, Tuesday, July 22, 2008.

Yusmeiro Petit became the latest starter to shut down sputtering Chicago, and the Diamondbacks made it two in a row over the Cubs with a 9-2 romp on Tuesday night.

The finger blister that forced Cubs closer Kerry Wood to miss the All-Star Game may also land the right-hander on the disabled list.

Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano will begin a rehab assignment on Monday with Chicago's rookie league team in Arizona and is expected to come off the disabled list on Thursday.

The Cubs are going to have to wait another day -- or perhaps days -- until Kerry Wood is ready to resume closer duties.

Jason Bay and Adam LaRoche also homered in the inning off Houston closer Jose Valverde, who came in with the Astros leading 3-2. Sanchez's shot off Tim Byrdak was Pittsburgh's first inside-the-park home run ...

Randy Johnson improved to 13-0 in 14 career starts against the Chicago Cubs on Monday night, outdueling Rich Harden in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 2-0 victory.

The blister on Kerry Wood's right index finger is likely to send him to the disabled list for the 12th time in his career.

Some Chicago Cubs fans are already shelling out the dough for a chance at history.

All games on WGN-AM 720 Season series: Tied 3-3. Friday: 7:05 p.m.; WGN-Ch. 9. LHP Ted Lilly vs.

On the mound: The Cubs boast one of the National League's better rotations. Carlos Zambrano and Ryan Dempster are All-Stars, and Rich Harden - acquired this month in a six-player deal with Oakland - brings ...