Joe Maddon isn’t afraid to take chances — detractors be damned
TV analyst Bob Brenly worked in Chicago long enough to understand the typical Cubs fan's psyche and how he or she might react to the end of 100-plus years of...
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The Chicago Cubs: A history of hope and heartbreak
Cultural anthropologists, cutting-edge sociologists and barroom philosophers agree on one historical certainty: The 1985 Bears are the most popular, iconic, storied team in Chicago's long, colorful and (occasionally) fabled sports...
Which Cubs are on the track to Cooperstown?
Ron Santo was in the middle of much that went wrong for the Cubs during the epic collapse of 1969. He berated rookie Don Young for an outfield misplay. He...
Cubs pitcher John Lackey appears to be headed to bullpen for playoffs
Rick Sutcliffe was the National League Rookie of the Year in 1979 and the American League ERA champ in 1982, but before he pitched the Cubs to a division title...
Kyle Schwarber’s Cubs future no longer a certainty after season of struggle
I was covering the San Francisco Giants when my son was born, and in the manner of "baseball men" the world over, then-manager Joe Altobelli offered a sage tip after...
Bring on the Dodgers? Cubs have to deal with the Nationals first.
Some traditions die hard in sports. Take bulletin-board material, even as bulletin boards give way to computer screens. The generic term still is applied to provocative remarks one contestant might...
‘Boxing totally turned its back’ on battered Gerald McClellan
If enough people are willing to shell out $100 for the pay-per-view telecast, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor could earn nine figures each for the "spectacle" they're staging in...
‘I still like football, but it scares me:’ Joe Kapp a reminder of sport’s dangers
It was a male imperative in the neighborhood where I grew up that if you could walk and chew gum at the same time, you played football for the St....
The stolen base is on a slow, steady decline in Major League Baseball
Last month's interleague series between the Cubs and White Sox featured 33 runs, 65 hits, 11 home runs, two triples, 11 doubles, seven hit batsmen, three errors and six stolen...
With Steve Bartman gesture, Cubs take focus off night-game flap
Reconciling with Steve Bartman is a pretty savvy move by the Cubs. The gesture itself, of course, but also delaying the announcement until it was a fait accompli. Advance word...