Read Part I of our interview with Dmitry Samarov from last Friday more ›

Pirates 7, Cubs 5 more ›

Pirates 3, Cubs 1 more ›

Brewers 6, Cubs 4 more ›

Brewers 5, Cubs 2 more ›

The firing of Jim Hendry seems to have lit a fire under the Cubs, and Alex Rios overcomes his slump. more ›

Cubs put in a lackluster defensive performance, but still managed to pull out a win. Lillibridge hit a three-run homer in the Sox win. more ›

The Sox won at home after losing seven straight at U.S. Cellular. The Cubs have won 10 of their last 13 games. more ›

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

Do you want to recreate Bueller's historic day of hooky? If not, what other Chicago icons could be turned into bar crawls? more ›

The St. Louis Cardinals completed the series sweep of the Cubs, with the help of yet another walk-off homer by Albert Pujols -- his fourth of the series. At the top of the tenth inning, Pujols' slammer put the Cards ahead. This was the sixth straight loss for the Cubs, and it ended Cubs closer Carlos Marmol's franchise record scoreless inning streak at 25 1/3 innings. more ›

Every time you bite into a Wrigley Field hot dog, you're biting into two Chicago classics at the same time. You are, of course, eating the Chicago Hot Dog, a culinary institution being served at the second-oldest park in major league baseball. But you are also biting into a Gonnella bun, made right here in Chicago. Not out in a suburb - on West Chicago avenue, four miles from Wrigley. Gonnella has been making bread in Chicago for over a hundred years, and baking at the Chicago Avenue plant since 1956. Join us on a tour of the entire factory including the baguette line, the hot dog buns and just about everything else. more ›

Spring is undoubtedly here, and we're getting ready for baseball season to really kick into full gear. But before you rush to Wrigley Field to stuff four hot dogs in your mouth and wash it down with a stadium cup full of beer next month, we hope you've got bleacher seats. more ›

It's a small mystery to us how, after The Mountain Goats' feel-good show at The Vic Tuesday night, John Darnielle didn't wind up with the whole audience going home with him. Darnielle is best known for his vivid and robust lyricism, which is easily his greatest strength and the likeliest reason behind the band's consistent wave of critical praise. Perhaps less well-known is Darnielle's surprising skills as a front man, able to disarm a crowd with his lyrics before simply charming the pants off them with his banter. more ›

Just because the Cubs chose to hire Mike Quade as their new manager doesn't mean Cubs legend and minor league manager Ryne Sandberg won't be in a Chicago dugout come spring. White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen stated recently on WSCR-AM that Ryno would make his short list to replace Joey Cora as bench coach should Cora land the Milwaukee Brewers manage job. When filling other recent vacancies on his staff, Guillen has considered the likes of Rene Lachemann, Jerry Royster and Pat Corrales. more ›

White Sox 6, Indians 5: Alexei Ramirez had a home run and three RBI to help the Pale Hose close out an 88-74 campaign and earn Ozzie Guillen his 600th victory as Sox manager. Edwin Jackson went 5-2/3 innings to earn his fourth win since coming to the Sox in a trade with Arizona. Before the game, Paul Konerko and AJ Pierzynski ran out to their positions in the field to standing ovations from the crowd; both are in free agent years. more ›

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It was the Casey Coleman show last night as the youngster threw seven scoreless innings and doubled in a run as the Cubs dispensed Houston 2-0. Coleman scattered six hits and struck out only two across the seven innings of work but he shut down Houston as the Cubs continued to roll under interim manager Mike Quade. Carlos Marmol pitcheda thankfully drama-free ninth for his 38th save of the season. The Cubs have won 4 of 5 and look to play out the season on a high note when they take on the 'Stros in game two of the weekend series later this evening (6:05 p.m., WGN). more ›

An RBI single in the top of the ninth by Brad Snyder broke a scoreless tie in a pitcher's duel as the Cubs beat the Padres 1-0 in the series finale. Tom Gorzelanny was sharp, pitching six scoreless innings (which only earned him the dreaded 'no-decision'). The Cubs' bullpen was even sharper, allowing no hits and no walks as the Cubs played spoiler for Padres who are still trying to make their way into the post-season. With the series done, the Cubs now move to Houston where they'll close out the season with a three-game set this weekend against the Astros starting tonight (7:05 p.m., CSN). more ›

Freddy Garcia pitched seven solid innings, allowing just two runs, as the Sox claimed a 5-2 victory from the visiting Red Sox; the win put Garcia's 2010 record at 12-6. Down 1-0, A.J. Pierzynski tied the game at 1-1 with solo homer in the bottom of the fourth. The Sox then used a series of singles and an intentional walk to move runners around the bases in bringing in three runs in the seventh inning to pull ahead for good. An RBI on a Juan Pierre double play put an exclamation point on the night. Ozzie had nothing but good things to say about Garcia after the game: "A lot of people talk about [John] Danks and [Gavin] Floyd, all those guys. The best pitcher we had every five days was Freddy." Speaking of Danks, he gets his final start of the year tonight as the Battle of the Sox draws to a close (7:10 p.m., WCIU). more ›

A verdict in the 2008 acid attack, CTA's 2011 budget, a visit from Mr. Belding and more. more ›

The Battle of the Sox took a turn for the dramatic at U.S. Cellular Field last night as the White Sox rallied past the Red Sox for a 5-4 walk off win. The lost was extra hard on the Red Sox as before the game even finished other action officially eliminated them from playoff contention. The BoSox took an early 3-0 lead but Carlos Quentin's two-run homer in the fourth brought the Pale House to within 3-2. After a David Ortiz homer extended Boston's lead in the sixth, the White Sox scored in the seventh and eighth innings to tie it up at 4-4. That's when Juan Pierre came through for the Sox, singling to get on base and, with two outs, stealing both second and third base before pinch-hitter Dayan Viciedo delivered the game-winning single. Edwin Jackson gave up all the Red Sox' runs over seven innings, striking out six but it was Chris Sale getting the win with two innings of relief work. With the series tied 1-1, the White Sox try to take an edge later tonight (7:10 p.m., WCIU). more ›

It was a pitcher's duel at Petco Field Monday night, one that the Cubs came up on the winning side of with a 1-0 victory. Carlos Zambrano continued his dominant second half performance this season, allowing three hits over seven innings while striking out five. Not that the game was without drama. In the ninth, Carols "Drama" Marmol recorded two quick outs before, yes, loading the bases. Fortunately, with his back against the wall, Marmol got the Padres' Nick Hundley to fly out to left field, ending the attempted rally and the game. We're beginning to think Marmol does this all on purpose. A Blake DeWitt RBI single in the seventh was the only scoring hit of the game, driving home Alfonso Soriano, but it was enough with Zambrano's dominant performance; Big Z is 7-0 over his last 10 starts, striking out 55 but only giving up 9 runs and this was the third time in four outings he gave up zero earned runs. Where the hell was this Zambrano in April? The Cubs hope they can keep playing spoiler for the in-the-playoff-hunt Padres when the two teams meet again tonight (9:05 p.m., WGN). more ›

The Sox completed a sweep on the Left Coast while the Cubs finished a bad season at home with ... another loss. more ›

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In something of a pitcher's duel, the Sox got their second straight win, downing the Angels 2-1 in their series opener. The Sox fell behind 1-0 early but Paul Konerko evened up the game in the fifth with a solo shot. Then, in the top of the ninth, still tied 1-1, Juan Pierre walked and Omar Vizquel singled to put two on and Alex Rios drove home Pierre with an RBI single to put the Sox up 2-1. Freddy Garcia gave up a run and struck out five over six innings for the Sox but got a no-decision, the win going to Matt Thornton in relief. Ozzie remained upbeat despite the Sox' elimination from playoff contention earlier this week: "Well, everything you do, you take a little pride about it. You didn't make it to where you want to make it, but you want to finish the best you can." The Sox keep playing for pride later tonight against the Angels once more (8:05 p.m., CSN) more ›

• The FBI executed search warrants on several homes in Minnesota and Chicago as part of a terrorism investigation of a group of anti-war protesters.
• The investigation continues in Elk Grove Village of an incident believed to be a double murder-suicide.
• Police caught a suspect in the act of raping a woman in her apartment near DePaul University and have charged with with home invasion and aggravated criminal sexual assault.

We figured something would eventually have to give. After two close games against the Giants, still fighting for their playoff lives, including a shutout win, we figured the Cubs were due for a bad loss. Sure enough, it happened last night as the Giants stomped the Cubs by a 13-0 final. But, really, it wasn't that bad if you don't count that nine-run second inning. It was a rough night for starter Ryan Dempster who gave up nine runs total in less than two innings of work. Said Dempster after the game, "In baseball, you don't get mulligans and can't start over. They did a good job tonight. More so, I didn't do my job. It [stinks], but what are you going to do? You go back to the drawing board and get ready for your next start." Yep, there's really not much else to say, especially with the offense failing to score a single run, though. Maybe something will get lit under the team as they head into their final home series today against the rival St. Louis Cardinals (1:20 p.m., CSN). more ›

For the 16th straight game, the Giants held their opponents to under three runs but it didn't matter because they scored, well, none as the Cubs shutout San Francisco 2-0. Randy Wells scattered six hits and struck out six over 7.2 innings for his eighth win of the season and Carlos Marmol came in in the top of the eighth to get the Cubs out of a jam; Marmol slammed the door shut with a 1-2-3 ninth for his 34th save of the year. Offensively, the Cubs got a boost from Kosuke Fukudome who delivered a solo homer in the third and Koyie Hill scored on a wild pitch in the fifth. Interim manager Mike Quade said the Cubs, who are utilizing a large number of youngsters in the season's final month, still have something to play for: "The rally cry right now is, 'Look, we've got 12 left, and give everything we've got for 12. That's not just 22-year-olds [on the team] -- that's 30-year-olds as well. How you get that out of those guys I think depends on how you use them, and I think you'll get it out of them if you use them correctly." And right now, the Cubs are playing spoiler for the Giants who are locked in the throes of their own pennant race. The two teams square off once more this evening (6:05 p.m., CSN). more ›

There's an Emmylou Harris song that goes, "But one thing they don't tell you about the Blues/ When you got em/ You keep on falling cause there ain't no bottom." That must be about how the White Sox feel right now as they lost their eighth straight game and the shot at the playoffs seems as distance as the Cubs' right now after last night's 7-2 loss to Oakland. In fact, the loss officially eliminated the Sox from playoff contention last night, all hope of a once-in-a-million-years miracle comeback gone. Mark Buehrle gave up 11 hits and five runs over six innings pitched while reliever Lucas Harrell gave up two more. After the game, Ozzie reflected on the elimination: more ›