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Chicago Cubs owner Joe Ricketts made a strong statement against unions this month by shutting down two independent news websites he owns and laying off all workers over what appears to be a threat by employees to unionize.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Addison Russell drove in four runs, Wade Davis earned a seven-out save, and the Chicago Cubs reached their third NL Championship Series in a row by edging the Washington Nationals 9-8 in a thriller of a Game 5.

CHICAGO — Game 4 of the NL Division Series was postponed by rain on Tuesday, giving Chicago Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta another day to rest his troublesome right hamstring and putting ace Stephen Strasburg in play for the Washington Nationals.

WASHINGTON — Things were looking bleak for the Washington Nationals and their dormant offense until Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman took over.

The Chicago Cubs broke a 100-year curse winning the World Series last year, but this year the team made history yet again by being the first team to award a diamond-studded World Series Ring to a fan, albeit an aggrieved one.

Monday, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) defended his actions over the weekend at a Chicago Cubs-Milwaukee Brewers game where he confronted a Cubs fan after being heckled. Christie told CNN’s Jake Tapper that he has always given it right back to hecklers

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie got up close and personal with a Chicago Cubs fan Sunday, calling the alleged heckler a “big shot” after getting within inches of his face.

If you found yourself sitting there, wondering what Sammy Sosa was up to nowadays. I urge you not to ask the man currently running about with his name. Because it might prove impossible to believe that he’s Sammy Sosa.

Chicago sports columnist Rick Morrissey is wondering why baseball players need rest. After all, he says, baseball is an easy sport to play.

Wednesday, the Chicago Cubs designated catcher Miguel Montero after he blamed teammate and star pitcher Jake Arrieta for allowing seven stolen bases by the Washington Nationals in a 6-1 loss the night before. According to MLB Network’s Peter Gammons, the

A salute in the presence of the commander-in-chief is a respectful and time-honored tradition, but not necessarily the kind of salute Cubs Centerfielder Albert Almora Jr appeared to give.

The defending World Champion Chicago Cubs are in town to play the Nationals this week, and when in DC, you do the kinds of things that DC people do. You go to the White House.

Not everyone thought that the brawl between the Nationals and the Giants, headlined by outfielder Bryce Harper and reliever Hunter Strickland, was necessarily a great look for major league baseball. But, don’t count Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta among them.

Chicago Cubs outfielder Kyle Schwarber is known more for his bat than his defense, but Sunday night he showed what he can do with the glove. In the top of the 12th inning, New York Yankees third baseman Chase Headley

April 22 (UPI) — The Cincinnati Reds were straight savage Saturday with a roast of the Chicago Cubs at Great American Ball Park.

With the release of the new indie flick, “Landline,” the Chicago Cubs have become the first Major League Baseball team to allow its logo and name to be licensed for a gay-themed movie, a report reveals.

In a new editorial, a sports writer for NBC Sports attacked members of the Chicago Cubs who announced displeasure at Major League Baseball’s new anti-hazing rules, which could prevent the practice of forcing rookies to parade around the clubhouse dressed like women.

Former Chicago Cubs star Sammy Sosa again denies he ever used steroids, and even compares the constant accusations he receives to the trials faced by Jesus Christ.

Chicago Cubs third baseman and 2016 National League MVP Kris Bryant met his match when he faced someone working as the sound guy for a Red Bull ad. As Bryant took swings for the ad, the sound guy critiqued his

Tuesday, Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo told TMZ Sports that he is not a politician, so as an athlete he cherishes the opportunity to visit the White House. “To each their own, right?” Rizzo said of athletes deciding to not

All of you out there who think Fox should retire Joe Buck because he’s hopelessly biased against your team, your city, your family, and your person, well, you can just “grow up.” That, according to Buck himself, who went on Chicago radio to defend his broadcast exuberance for certain teams.

Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta, who knows a thing or two about revelry coming off of a World Series celebration 108 years in the making, took to Twitter on Wednesday to remind the Hollywood Clinton supporters who promised to exit stage north and head to Canada if Trump won that the time to say goodbye has come.

One does not simply win the World Series to undo a curse that lasted for more than a century.

As part of their celebration tour, 2016 World Series champs Chicago Cubs players Anthony Rizzo, David Ross and Dexter Fowler, along with former SNL cast member and Cubs fan Bill Murray, sang “Go Cubs Go” on this week’s broadcast of

Thursday, Fox Sports 1 “Undisputed” co-host Skip Bayless reacted to the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series, suggesting “a segment of Cubs fans” did not want the team to actually win the World Series because doing so “forever destroys their

One of the rueful sayings Chicago Cubs fans have consoled each other with after decades of failed seasons was “wait ’til next year.” But after Wednesday’s World Series win, hundreds of Cubs fans took to one of the outer walls of Wrigley Field to leave messages for those many fans who didn’t live long enough to finally see “next year” arrive at long last.

Comedian and lifelong Chicago Cubs fan Bill Murray was elated when the Cubs ended the 108-year World Series drought late Wednesday night. A somewhat inebriated Murray interviewed Cubs outfielders Dexter Fowler and Jason Heyward, as well as team president Theo Epstein,

David Ross exited a baseball field the way every boy dreams and few middle-aged men experience.

Whenever the unstoppable force and the immovable object collide, drama ensues. Wednesday night, that clash happens in Game Seven of the World Series.

“Buy the ticket, take the ride,” Hunter S. Thompson tells us in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. That ticket might cost you more than tuition at an Ivy League school if you plan on watching Wednesday’s seventh game of the World Series between the Cubs and the Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland.

During an interview with fans outside of the Chicago Cubs’ Wrigley Field after their Game 5 3-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians, a man interrupted to yell, “Go Cubs! Bill Clinton is a rapist.” The man was also holding a sign

Comedian and lifelong Chicago Cubs fan Bill Murray led the Chicago Cubs faithful in the traditional 7th inning stretch “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” Friday night. In Bill Murray fashion, the comedian requested everybody to sing like the

A Mission Viejo High School grad predicted in 1993 that the Chicago Cubs would win to the World Series in 2016.

Last night Indians starter Corey Kluber devastated the Cubs lineup, mowing down batters with reckless abandon and setting a World Series strikeout record for the first three innings. Kluber, along with the rest of the Indians staff, treated runners in scoring position with a particular ferocity.

For Cubs fans the hope remains that a combination of youth and ignorance does away with any curse and brings a World Series championship. If you pay close attention, you’ll realize that baseball fans and the media make up 99.8% of the people talking about history and curses.

The Chicago Cubs aim to win their first World Series since the Roosevelt Administration, the Theodore Roosevelt Administration, within the next 10 days.