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Cubs RHP Kyle Hendricks gets another chance to start
Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks will make his first start in a month when Chicago concludes a three-game home series on Wednesday against the San Francisco Giants. ,Hendricks, 34, hasn't started since giving up eight runs (seven earned) on 11 hits in 4 2/3 innings of a 9-3 home loss to the Pittsbur...
Cubs, Cardinals jockey for position in NL Central
Ian Happ will try to build on what he hopes was a slump-busting performance when the host Chicago Cubs wrap up a three-game set with the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon. ,Happ blasted a three-run homer on Saturday, going 2-for-3 with a walk to lead Chicago to a 5-1 victory over St. Louis. Th...
Ian Happ 3-run homer helps Cubs beat Cardinals
Shota Imanaga recorded his eighth quality start of the season, Ian Happ blasted a three-run homer and the host Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Saturday afternoon.,Imanaga (7-1) went seven innings, allowing just one run on four hits. He didn't issue a walk and struck out six as Chica...
Cubs LHP Jordan Wicks (oblique) back on 15-day IL
Jordan Wicks' return from the injured list didn't last long, as the Chicago Cubs placed the left-hander on the 15-day IL on Saturday due to a right oblique strain.,Wicks, 24, had been activated from the list on June 7 after dealing with a left forearm strain. He was making his first start since Apri...
Way Too Early Fantasy Football NFL First Round Mock Draft
This is our way too early fantasy football first round mock draft with 12 teams....
Three MLB Trade Deadline Deals That We Want To See Happen
The MLB's July 20 trade deadline is just over a month away, and here are three trades we want to see go down....
Scrounging for runs, Cubs face rematch with Cardinals
The Chicago Cubs' offense has started to go from bad to worse.,After being shut out for the sixth time this season, Chicago will try to get its lineup going on Saturday afternoon when it continues a three-game set with the visiting St. Louis Cardinals.,St. Louis beat the Cubs 3-0 in the opener on Fr...
Martin Truex Jr. confirms he will retire from full-time racing
NASCAR veteran Martin Truex Jr. confirmed his plans to retire from full-time racing at season's end Friday, saying at a news conference that he has "achieved more than I ever thought I would.",Truex, who will turn 44 later this month, was the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion and finished the series i...
Pedro Pages, Kyle Gibson lift Cardinals past Cubs
Pedro Pages chose a good time to hit his first homer of the season, opening the top of the eighth with a solo shot to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-0 victory over the host Chicago Cubs on Friday afternoon. ,Pages had one of the nine hits on the day for St. Louis, which opened a three-game seri...
Cubs' Jordan Wicks (oblique) exits game vs. Cardinals
Chicago Cubs left-hander Jordan Wicks exited Friday afternoon's game against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals after just 1 2/3 innings due to an oblique injury.,After striking out the first two batters of the second inning, Wicks allowed a single by Dylan Carlson and appeared to be experiencing some...
Kyle Gibson looks to break career-long curse vs. Cubs
In 12 major league seasons, St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Kyle Gibson has yet to solve the Chicago Cubs.,Gibson has four losses in four career starts against Chicago, a skid he will try to break on Friday afternoon when St. Louis opens a three-game series with the host Cubs.,Chicago has gotten to...
Three-run seventh lifts Rays to series win over Cubs
Yandy Diaz's RBI single capped a three-run, seventh-inning rally as the Tampa Bay Rays pushed past the Chicago Cubs for a 3-2 win on Thursday in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Trailing 2-0, the Rays rallied in the seventh against Mark Leiter Jr. (2-4) after Cubs starter Justin Steele was removed.,Pinch hitter...
Report: Martin Truex Jr. expected to announce retirement
Martin Truex Jr. is planning to retire at the end of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, The Athletic reported Thursday.,Truex, 43, is expected to announce his retirement Friday at his pre-race news conference at Iowa Speedway ahead of this weekend's Iowa Corn 350.,Truex was the 2017 NASCAR Cup Serie...
Shane van Gisbergen's meteoric rise ushering in a new era
When it comes to drivers in the top three series of NASCAR, Shane van Gisbergen is the biggest anomaly in the garage.,A 35-year-old road course ace from Auckland, New Zealand, van Gisbergen stunned the circuit by winning in his NASCAR debut last summer in Chicago. ,Van Gisbergen has since won two ra...
Cubs look to end road trip on high note vs. Rays
One day after Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell was not pleased with his team's lack of offensive punch, Cody Bellinger landed a big blow.,Bellinger hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning as the Cubs beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Wednesday. Chicago will attempt to win the three-gam...
Cubs hang on in ninth to edge Rays
Cody Bellinger stroked a go-ahead three-run homer as the Chicago Cubs evened their three-game series with Tampa Bay, edging the Rays 4-3 Wednesday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,With two outs in the seventh and the Cubs trailing 2-1, Bellinger won a lefty-lefty matchup by launching a slider from Garr...
Rays aim to ride momentum of walk-off HR into rematch vs. Cubs
Brandon Lowe was not lying when he said he hopes his dramatic hit Tuesday night will turn around the Tampa Bay Rays' sour season.,With two outs in a tie game in the ninth inning, Lowe rocked a walk-off, three-run homer in a 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs. The Rays will host the Cubs in the middle con...
Brandon Lowe's walk-off blast allows Rays to beat Cubs
Brandon Lowe crushed a walk-off three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning as the Tampa Bay Rays rallied and broke a four-game losing with a 5-2 win over the Chicago Cubs Tuesday night in St. Petersburg, Fla.,Down 2-1 and with Cubs closer Hector Neris (6-1) on the mound, Jose Caballero slashe...
Cubs look to make move in division with series at Rays
Heading to St. Petersburg, Fla., for the first time in nearly seven years, the Chicago Cubs will be looking to make some headway in baseball's most competitive division, the National League Central.,One of three clubs sitting seven games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers, the Cubs start a thr...
Ian Happ, Shota Imanaga help Cubs snap Reds' 7-game winning streak
Ian Happ continued to torment the Cincinnati Reds with a three-run double and a clutch defensive play late in the game to help the visiting Chicago Cubs salvage the finale of a four-game series with a 4-2 win on Sunday. ,Chicago lefty ace Shota Imanaga (6-1) won for the first time since May 1 after...