The end of winter is in sight—pitchers and catchers reported to spring training today. more ›

The rumors have been stewing for months. Last night the Cubs finally pulled the trigger and traded Carlos Zambrano's talents, his mercurial temper and his me-first attitude to South Beach, and they'll be eating a major portion of the $18 million owed Zambrano in the process. more ›

Despite taking a line drive to the face, Zambrano still managed to throw to first to get the out. more ›

Big Z listed his home in River Forest last week. Could he be heading to pitch for Ozzie Guillen in Miami? more ›

Even though Carlos Zambrano is set to come off the disqualified list Sept. 12, the Cubs said he won't return to the club this season. more ›

To no one's surprise, Zambrano now says he wants to be a "Cubbie for life." more ›

The Cubs placed Zambrano on Major League Baseball's disqualified list Saturday, a move certain to be opposed by the players' union. more ›

Carlos Zambrano's latest bout with "me first" baseball may have given the Cubs an out from the remaining money on his $91.5 million contract. more ›

Winning seven games in a row, this is the Cubs' longest streak since August 2008. more ›

Carlos Zambrano pitched well enough to stifle Pittsburgh at PNC PArk, while the White Sox's struggles to plate runs once again led to another loss. more ›

Carlos Zambrano and Zack Greinke locked into a pitchers duel last night at Miller Park. Greinke struck out nine while Big Z gave up a Prince Fielder homer. Advantage: Greinke. more ›

Starlin Castro was magnificent last night as the Cubs took game one of the Crosstown Classic. more ›

Here's Carlos Zambrano displaying a Cubs pitching staff exercise in unity. more ›

Big Z had no one to blame but himself last night. 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 ›

Carlos Zambrano took care of business on the mound and at the plate. more ›

Things are looking brighter for the Cubs and Carlos Zambrano after a win in Arizona. The White Sox however are stuck in yet another slump after a loss to the Orioles Friday night. more ›

Carlos Zambrano was riding a 10-game winning streak dating back to last August, but his teammates bailed him out of some certain losses in the first couple weeks of the season. The Los Angeles Dodgers made sure that couldn't happen yesterday, chasing Big Z for five runs in the first inning en route to a 7-3 win at Wrigley Field. Zambrano only lasted five innings, his shortest outing of the season, allowing six runs. LA outscored the Cubs 27-15 in taking two out of three games in the series. Things aren't getting easier for the North siders as the Colorado Rockies come to town for a three-game series starting at 7:05 p.m. (CSN, WGN-AM 720). more ›

The Cubs got off to a fast start in Houston last night, tagging Astros starter Wandy Rodriguez for five runs, capped by a three-run home run by Alfonso Soriano. That was enough for Carlos Zambrano to claim his tenth consecutive win dating back to last August in the Cubs' 9-5 win, but just barely. Zambrano gave up five runs in 5-2/3 innings, but his solo home run in the top of the sixth inning provided the margin to earn the victory. It was Zambrano's 22nd home run of his career, extending his Cubs record for home runs by a pitcher. more ›

The Chicago White Sox struggled at home, blowing a lead and falling 9-7 to the Tampa Bay Rays while the Cubs put their DL issues to the side brought their offensive game in a 7-4 win over the Milwaukee Brewers Friday. more ›

It's been a busy week out in Arizona, full of drama and suspense on the North and South sides of Chicago baseball. White Sox fans can take a breath after their beloved Jake Peavy's first start and Cubs fans got a taste of a Zambrano-less dugout dispute. more ›

You know spring training is here when Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano tells a scrum of reporters that thing will be different this year, he'll let his play do the talking, he's matured and, oh, yeah, he wants to start Opening Day. It's all cyclical with Big Z. He's like the boy who cried wolf. more ›

Winter is still in the air but baseball is creeping up on us as trade winds continue to blow throughout the city. more ›

As written her earlier in the week, the Streak is now 102 years and counting for the Cubs. With the Ricketts family finally in control of the team and a marketing campaign geared toward the notion that the new ownership wanted nothing more than a title, the Cubs instead went out and had one of their more disappointing seasons in recent memory. more ›

• It seems some aldermen are pretty steamed about Rahm Emanuel's impending run for Mayor.
• It seems Tony Rezko , who pleaded guilty today to another fraud charge, is "ready and willing" to testify against ex-gov Rod Blagojevich if given the chance at the next Blago trial.
• Allan Kustok, the husband of slain teacher Anita Jeanie Kustok and charged with her murder, has been ordered held on $2 million bond.

To say it's been a roller coaster year for Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano would be something of an understatement. So it's understandable that he's thinking of hanging up his spikes come the end of his current contract with the team following the 2012 season. After a year that saw him get shelled on opening day, go back and forth between starting rotation and bullpen, throw a hissy fit at a teammate in the dugout during a game, then sent packing to the restricted list (and therapy), and then finally back on the rotation where he's returned to his former, sharp self on the mound ... yeah, we'd be tired and thinking about retirement, too. more ›

In the last two editions of their weekly feature "Weakside/Strongside," The Onion has broken down two Chicago sports figures: Lou Piniella and Scottie Pippen. We dug through the archives and came across a few others that are pretty entertaining in their own right with a Chicago connection. more ›

• The City Council Transportation Committee O.K.'d a plan to allow companies to display holiday-themed displays on bridge houses even if specifics like the actual size of the displays haven't yet been determined.
• Cocaine and PCP were found in the bloodstream of a local one-year-old boy after he apparently chewed on a piece of tinfoil laced with the drugs.
• While flooding clean-up continues here, our neighbors to the north in Milwaukee are facing their own post-flooding hardships.

Chicago Cubs pitcher and resident hothead Carlos Zambrano is expected to be back in the Cubs' pitching rotation sometime next week according to Cubs manager Lou Piniella. ESPN reports that Piniella chose that time frame because the team will be on the road in Houston and Colorado through August 1st, and he felt it would be "easier" away from the "big media presence." more ›

The Cubs have reached an agreement with Carlos Zambrano's agent and MLB's Players Union on how to handle the hot-tempered pitcher after Friday's outburst. The team will switch Zambrano from the suspended list to the restricted list starting today - which means he's back on the payroll - and also enter a 'treatment' program. The move means Zambrano will be away from the team through at least the All-Star Break and the team has called up Jeff Stevens to take his spot. No one involved has elaborated on exactly what kind of 'treatment' Zambrano will undergo but it seems pretty obvious it'll be for behavioral/anger issues. After all, this is not exactly the first time Zambrano has been involved in an outburst with a teammate (or an outburst in general). From ESPN: more ›