After months of bickering, the Cubs and Red Sox agree on the players Boston will receive in exchange for letting Theo Epstein head to the North side. more ›

Sveum is widely respected within baseball, although his stint as the Red Sox’s third-base coach seems somewhat controversial. But he was there when the team won the World Series in 2004, so he’s undoubtedly familiar with the methods of Cubs’ prez Theo Epstein et al. more ›

It took long enough. more ›

At this rate the negotiations to extricate Epstein from Yawkey Way are beginning to rival the Billy Goat Curse, the College of Coaches and the black cat on the field in Cubbie lore. more ›

Given the star-crossed history of the Chicago National League Ballclub and the current dysfunction of the Red Sox, is anyone surprised a deal to bring Epstein to the team has become filled with drama? more ›

The Red Sox take two of three against the White Sox, while the Cubs salvaged the last game of their series in St. Louis. more ›

The fifth inning was the undoing for both the Cubs and White Sox last night. more ›

The White Sox are to Boston as the Twins are to the White Sox. more ›

The White Sox recent run of success in Boston continues. more ›

The Cubs usually automatic closer blows a rare save opportunity. Meanwhile, the White Sox put up enough runs to survive an appearance by Will Ohman. more ›

Lost among the White Sox' struggles this season is how good Jake Peavy looks coming back from unprecedented surgery. more ›

The Cubs leave Boston for New York hurting, figuratively and literally. more ›

On a night when Marlon Byrd had to be hospitalized after getting beaned, the Cubs rallied to beat the Red Sox. more ›

The Cubs and White Sox had inauspicious starts to interleague play last night. more ›

Spring is almost here and I can smell the baseball in the air; or at least hear it. What’s a South Side season without some controversy? And what’s controversy without a lethal mix of social media and White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen? While his socks may be red, former White Sox reliever Bobby Jenks’ issues remain in black and white. The now Boston Red Sox reliever said he was affected by some front office controversy last season and some choice words have been shared through the airwaves. more ›

White Sox Lose Game, First Place more ›

It's going to be a gorgeous weekend, according to Chicago Weather Godfather Tom Skilling, and both of Chicago's MLB teams are at home for important series. Up on the North Side, the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry (tied at three games apiece this season) is renewed this weekend when Ted Lilly squares off against Braden Looper. The Cubs have been on a hot-streak, winning eight of their last ten and widening their NL Central lead to five games over the Brewers and six over the Cards. Carlos Zambrano is scheduled to take the mound for the Cubs tomorrow while Ryan Dempster will start on Sunday. The current incarnation of the Cubs rotation is 43-23 so far this year. more ›

The 2005 regular season ended yesterday, so there's a lot of baseball to discuss. As expected by many, one of our two teams heads into the post-season. Of course, the specific team many thought would be playing in October will be starting their off-season today. The other team is the one who's still gunning for the first Chicago World Series title in more than 85 years. more ›

As ususal, baseball's trading dealine brought a flurry of deals as teams tried to fill in wholes for the pennant run while others look to dump salary or get something for soon-to-be free agents. Satruday, as the dealine approached, both Chicago teams pulled off big trades. The White Sox traded Esteban Loaiza to the Yankees in return for Jose Contraras. While both pitchers were having mediocre seasons, Contreras is said to have great stuff if... more ›