Cody Bellinger signs $80m contract extension with Chicago Cubs
Deal includes opt-outs after the first two seasons and makes the slugger the first of five Scott Boras represented free-agents to blink in spring training
November 2023
Cubs to make $40m Craig Counsell highest paid MLB manager in history
The Chicago Cubs hired manager Craig Counsell away from Milwaukee on Monday in a surprising move, replacing David Ross
June 2023
Home runs and cricket greats mean happy welcome for MLB in London
London calling for devout MLB fans as historic rivalry goes international
August 2022
Hack Wilson: the hard-living Chicago Cubs star whose epic 1930 endures
Chicago Cubs and St Louis Cardinals bringing rivalry to London in June 2023
March 2022
Chicago Cubs owners and Ken Griffin join forces in bid to buy Chelsea
The owners of the Chicago Cubs, the Ricketts family, have said they will bid to buy Chelsea and have joined forces with Ken Griffin, a billionaire hedge fund tycoon
July 2021
LA Dodgers land Max Scherzer and Trea Turner on frenzied trade deadline day
After a run-up that saw the likes of Nelson Cruz, Anthony Rizzo and Joey Gallo swapped, even more big names changed teams during a whirlwind Friday
March 2021
Chicago Cubs prospect arrested with 21lbs of meth in team duffel bag
A minor league baseball player is facing drug charges after police found 21lbs of meth and 1.2lbs of oxycodone pills in his equipment bag
August 2020
Entire Cubs-Cardinals series postponed after eighth St Louis player tests positive
The Cardinals game Friday against the Chicago Cubs was postponed after another St Louis player tested positive for Covid-19
April 2020
My favourite game
My favourite game: Cubs v Indians, World Series 2016, Game 7
The Cubs had gone 108, mainly inept, seasons without winning the World Series and I was in a bar in Pasadena the day they ended the drought
February 2020
Will mindbending proposed changes to MLB's playoffs change the game?
Major League Baseball may restructure its playoffs to add teams and primetime drama. The changes would pit purists against progressives
May 2019
Albert Almora in tears after striking child with foul ball in Cubs-Astros game
A young fan at Wednesday night’s game between the Cubs and Astros was struck by a foul ball hit by Albert Almora Jr, shaking up the Chicago center fielder
February 2019
The Cubs are no longer lovable losers - but has the team lost its soul?
The Ricketts family helped the Cubs end their 108-year wait for a World Series. But some fans think the club has lost what made it unique
October 2018
Chicago Cubs' World Series hopes end with wildcard defeat to Rockies
Kyle Hendricks gave up a tiebreaking single to Tony Wolters in the 13th inning, sending the Cubs to a 2-1 loss to the Colorado Rockies in a marathon wildcard game
August 2018
See you next year: why homophobia ended this Cubs fan's season
Parker Molloy
My Cubs are that much deeper after trading for Daniel Murphy, but the second baseman’s homophobia is a dealbreaker for me
April 2018
'We play too much': Chicago Cubs' Anthony Rizzo calls for shorter season
The Chicago Cubs first baseman said he believes that baseball’s 162-game schedule should be shorter even if it means a smaller paycheck for players
October 2017
LA Dodgers trounce Chicago Cubs to reach first World Series since 1988
Cubs reach third straight NLCS after rallying past Nationals in 9-8 thriller
July 2017
Steve Bartman, America's most infamous fan, receives Cubs redemption
Steve Bartman, the Chicago Cubs fan vilified and blamed for ending the team’s championship hopes in 2003, has been awarded a World Series ring
