Abbatacola : Cubs Lose Opener To Pittsburgh
Cubs lose opener 4-2 as Soriano goes deep late, but offense falls short.
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Cubs lose opener 4-2 as Soriano goes deep late, but offense falls short.
Ryan Vogelsong pitched six innings in a rain-shortened game for his first career shutout and Buster Posey hit an RBI single to lead the Giants to a 3-0 win over the Cubs.
Johnny Cueto was strong in his season debut Sunday, allowing five hits and pitching into the seventh Sunday as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0.
The Chicago Cubs and Matt Garza are both trying to build off recent momentum. The Cubs are going for their first three-game winning streak of the season, and Garza looks to build off his first victory as a Cub.
Alfonso Soriano hit a pair of leadoff homers and Carlos Zambrano bounced back from his first loss in 18 starts, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 4-2 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.
Ryan Dempster had one of the worst, and the shortest, start in his major league career in the Chicago Cubs' series opener with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Before the baseball season started, I was—to put it nicely—a little "hard" on the Chicago Cubs and their chances of competing for the National League Central crown.
Houston Astros pitcher Brett Myers has had two impressive starts so far this season, but is still without a win, largely due to a lack of run support from his offense.
Too often we take for granted the fact that we're lucky to live in a high-major professional sports market that affords such big things as yesterday.
Ryan Dempster has come away with a loss in each of his first two starts this season, but he's headed in the right direction.
A combination of good pitching and hitting allowed the Cubs to return to the .500 mark as they defeated the Diamondbacks 4-1.
If there is one thing I have learned from being a Chicago Cubs fan my whole life, it is the uncanny ability to be overly-optimistic about the teams' chances during the summer.
New Chicago Cubs' manager Mike Quade has already faced a wide range of tests, and he's passed them all.
Jim Hendry and Mike Quade ultimately did the right thing regarding bloated man-child Carlos Silva -- releasing him, eating the remaining salary, starting Andrew Cashner and keeping Marcos Mateo – but only after the aftermath of the move turned ugly.
Chicago Cubs manager Mike Quade has plenty of experience as a manager in the minor leagues, but this will be his first full season as the manager of a major league club.
The Chicago Cubs came within one run of the Cincinnati Reds Saturday, but couldn't overcome the one run deficit. The Reds' lefty Willis was injured, however, after tipping over a bat.
Maybe they're all broke from Illinois' soaring gas prices (and soaring taxes). Perhaps they're just hoarding their pennies to purchase NBA Finals tickets (I mean, the Bulls will be there … right?).
Mike Quade's tenure as the Chicago Cubs manager got off to a pretty rocky start when Carlos Silva and Aramis Ramirez got into a dugout scuffle after errors were committed while Silva was on the mound.
Wednesday was a rough day for the Cubs giving up six runs, two home runs and committing three errors in the first inning alone. A scuffle broke out in the dugout as a result of the team's frustration. Manager Mike Quade is letting that slide, granted the team improves.
The Cubs were just one run behind the Rangers Thursday, despite scoring two runs in the ninth for an attempted comeback. Carlos Zambrano looked good once again at the mound and Wednesday's argument in the dugout didn't seem to phase Aramis Ramirez much.
After the first inning of their third spring training game Carlos Silva and Aramis Ramirez got in to a dugout scuffle after Silva became upset over errors the Cubs' defense committed.
Can Carlos Silva be traded for Charlie Sheen?
After giving up six runs, two home runs and committing three errors in the first inning of a spring training game, a scuffle broke out in the Chicago Cubs dugout.
The Chicago Cubs' 2010 season was miserable, even by Cubs' standards. The team wasn't able to make a huge splash in free agency, but with a couple key acquisitions the team is setup to bounce back.
Imagine Superman signing on as the official spokesman for Kryptonite tights. Then imagine Albert Pujols putting on Cubs pinstripes. What's less likely?
An injury-riddled season forced Jaylon Johnson to miss 10 games last year.
People from different backgrounds joined for a journey towards peace.
The Sky ended its seven-game losing streak against the defending champions.
A boy was found safe after a car was stolen on Chicago's West Side.
The body of a man who went missing along Des Plaines River in Libertyville, Illinois, has been recovered.
The U.S. and Israel plan to hit Iran's energy infrastructure as soon as this weekend, although no final decision has been made, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed sweeping regulations Friday aimed at social media companies and cracking down on "addictive algorithms" that keep kids glued to their screens.
A judge sided with the Wisconsin Elections Commission Wednesday, ruling that state law does not allow absentee voters to change their ballot after it has been returned — a setback for Democrats amid a scrambled governor's primary field.
Barnes withdrew from the Democratic primary less than two weeks before the Aug. 11 election, on the same day a newspaper reported it had asked him about allegations of inappropriate behavior reviewed by the state party.
For years, Deborah Witzburg sounded the loudest alarm when uncovering hundreds of cases of corruption and fraud inside Chicago city government.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
A Wisconsin appeals court reversed a lower court ruling that had declared Act 10 unconstitutional, keeping the 2011 law limiting public workers' collective bargaining rights in place as unions prepare to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
The changing developments at 1800 N. Clybourn Ave. represent a microcosm of 40 years of changing development priorities on the Clybourn Corridor as a whole, and in Chicago and beyond.
The food deserts on Chicago's South and West sides could spread even wider if seven Save A Lot grocery stores close.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
If weather forces an evacuation, shelter sites are located at Grant Park North, Grant Park South, and Millennium Lakeside Garages, accessible through the vehicle entrance on Michigan Avenue.
Grant Park was filled with tens of thousands of people Thursday for the start of Lollapalooza, as warm weather greeted festivalgoers on day one of the four-day music festival.
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
Actor William Shatner and his daughter, Melanie Shatner Gretsch, recall how they helped each other as they fought Stage 4 cancer side by side.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Sources tell CBS News the U.S. military is now contemplating a harsh attack against Iran’s energy infrastructure amidst concerns that Iran waged a cyberattack against seven U.S. states earlier this week.
The American Lung Association says nearly 125,000 people are expected to die this year alone from the disease. A new national survey found only about a third of people were aware of quick, low-dose c-t scans available for people at highest risk of the disease.
The event featured free fitness demonstrations including dancing, yoga and aerobics. Residents also took advantage of free medical screenings and got connected with local health resources.
Community leaders passed out more than 600 backpacks to immigrant, migrant, and refugee children.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller is tracking the latest in First Alert Weather.
The festival will be delayed until 3 p.m. due to "current and overnight heavy rains," according to the Lollapalooza website.
A boy was found safe after a car was stolen on Chicago's West Side.
People from different backgrounds joined for a journey towards peace.
The body of a man who went missing along Des Plaines River in Libertyville, Illinois, has been recovered.
A woman was shot during an attempted carjacking in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood.
A clean energy initiative on the South Side of Chicago is increasing access to solar energy and electric vehicle charging stations, and community members say it's making a difference.
A glitch in the Illinois Tollway system earlier this month left about 100,000 drivers with unexpected warnings about unpaid tolls, some dating back about a year.
Chicago's Office of Emergency Management, which oversees roughly 200 traffic aides, says two were seriously injured by drivers this summer — leaving many uneasy on the job as Lollapalooza brings heavy traffic downtown.
Shavonne Worthy said she visited her mother's grave at Oakridge-Glen Oaks Cemetery in Hillside and found an empty hole where the headstone had stood for nearly 10 years — and the cemetery's new owner told her it was removed intentionally.
Earlier this month, charges were dropped in one case against Weinstein, but he still faces charges in New York and California.
An injury-riddled season forced Jaylon Johnson to miss 10 games last year.
The Sky ended its seven-game losing streak against the defending champions.
Miguel Vargas, Andrew Benintendi, Munetaka Murakami and Colson Montgomery homered and the Chicago White Sox beat the American League-leading Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 on Friday night.
Founded in a garage in 2009 and later based on 16th Street, Boxing Out Negativity is now opening a significantly larger facility at Lawndale Plaza in North Lawndale.
Will Warren pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning, Amed Rosario and rookie Spencer Jones each homered and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0.
Savannah Guthrie said she and her family have been "in agony and despair ever since" her mother Nancy's disappearance in February.
A popular Little Italy neighborhood bar was the target of an early morning break-in this week. While the owners said they are upset, they are responding with some levity.
Three men accused of attacking a CBS News Chicago crew during a crime spree last month pleaded not guilty to the charges on Friday.
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board ruled Friday that Sean Grayson, convicted of second-degree murder in the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey, will remain in prison despite a medical release application citing advanced colon cancer.
Two Mundelein-area men are facing charges connected to the murder of a man who disappeared last November.
