Cubs Cut Ties With Reliever Veras
Welington Castillo has also been placed on the DL, while Hector Rondon has been activated.
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Welington Castillo has also been placed on the DL, while Hector Rondon has been activated.
Hector Rondon goes onto the paternity leave list as well.
Baez is hitting .464 in his last seven games at Triple-A Iowa.
The Big Ten yearns to own two regions, which would be unprecedented for a collegiate conference.
In the money-driven culture of collegiate athletics, the Chicago market and continued gridiron success make NIU appealing.
Ohio State makes a visit to Louisville in another marquee matchup.
Baez suffered the injury taking ground balls during batting practice.
This state could benefit from a true rivalry between public universities, as the likes of Iowa and Michigan have.
The Cubs continue to insist Javier Baez will be the everyday shortstop at Triple-A Iowa.
Let these picks "un-guide" you in your quest to win your NCAA Tournament.
"There's no magic formula," Iowa coach Fran McCaffery says.
Tre Demps had 20 points, including four 3-pointers and Drew Crawford added 15 points and six assists to lead 11th-seeded Northwestern to a 67-62 victory over No. 6 Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament Thursday night.
There's no salvation waiting for Purdue, but hope resides for Minnesota, Illinois and Indiana.
Jon Ekey hit a 3-pointer in the final second to lift Illinois to a 66-63 victory over No. 24 Iowa on Saturday night.
Pretty sure this isn't allowed in basketball, folks.
Somewhat miraculously, Illinois and Indiana have climbed into NCAA Tournament contention.
Center Adam Cracknell posted two goals and one assist to lead the Chicago Wolves to a 4-0 victory over the Iowa Wild on Sunday afternoon at Allstate Arena. In the process, the Wolves set a franchise record by running their home point streak to 17 games.
It's crazy to think about, but a late-season hot streak could still put Illinois in the Big Dance.
A piece of metal about eight feet long fell into the lower bowl, damaging seats.
Javier Baez still needs to work on his defense and become more refined before becoming a regular at Wrigley.
It's taken a physical, black-and-blue effort for the Gophers to stay in the NCAA Tournament hunt.
Illinois needs a pick-up from Aaron Cosby, Ahmad Starks and Darius Paul next fall.
Investigators have found a 6-day-old infant, who disappeared from a home in southern Wisconsin, alive along an interstate in Iowa.
Northwestern's stealing the Big Ten headlines as others falter.
New search data shows "fascism" drew roughly 264,700 monthly searches nationally in 2026, but in Illinois the most-searched word definition was "bias."
All eyes are on Chicago as the city gets set to host the WNBA All-Star Weekend for the second time.
Chicago is a city known for its street art, with murals covering the city's bridges, buildings, train stations and more.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
Wrigley Field is now the first Major League Baseball Park to be considered a Certified Autism Center.
New search data shows "fascism" drew roughly 264,700 monthly searches nationally in 2026, but in Illinois the most-searched word definition was "bias."
Parents of students in the Chicago Public Schools system had a chance Monday to weigh in on the next budget.
Local leaders and housing advocates on Monday called on Chicago's City Hall to push back on a so-called FAIR Ordinance, which would scale back some of the plans in Mayor Brandon Johnson's Protect Renters Ordinance.
Homeland Security Investigations is an arm of ICE, meaning the immigration enforcement agency would effectively be investigating incidents involving its own agents.
This is the first time in more than 150 years that a vice president's family had a child while in office.
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.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
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.
The north Chicago suburb of Glenview became the latest Illinois municipality this week to confirm mosquitoes testing positive for the West Nile virus this year.
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.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is the first film shot entirely on 70mm IMAX cameras, and Cinemark Seven Bridges in Woodridge is 1 of roughly 30 theaters nationwide equipped to show it that way.
Brenda Fricker won an Academy Award for 1989's "My Left Foot," played the Pigeon Lady in "Home Alone 2" and appeared in "A Time to Kill" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer."
The actor's agent said he was providing more information following news reports "which contain inaccuracies and outright falsehoods."
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
The 46th Taste of Chicago is cashless for the first time, accepting only credit cards, with a drone and fireworks show scheduled for approximately 9:15 p.m. Friday near Buckingham Fountain.
All eyes are on Chicago as the city gets set to host the WNBA All-Star Weekend for the second time. Chicago Sky co-owner Nadia Rawlinson joins Audrina Sinclair.
A man is in custody after allegedly stabbing two American tourists near the famed Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
One of Chicago’s early graffiti artists, Tyrue Jones, is now the focus of a retrospective exhibit at Connect Gallery in Hyde Park called “True Chicago Slang.”
Join a cooking class at Junior Chefs Kitchen in West Loop with Jackie Kostek.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
An officer's weapon fired during an arrest attempt in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
Charges were pending Tuesday morning for a man accused of shooting a woman and a Chicago police SWAT officer in Chicago's Albany Park community the day before.
New search data shows "fascism" drew roughly 264,700 monthly searches nationally in 2026, but in Illinois the most-searched word definition was "bias."
All eyes are on Chicago as the city gets set to host the WNBA All-Star Weekend for the second time.
Neighbors in the Avalon Park neighborhood said their community has been plagued by squatters, weeds, rats, and water leaks – all thanks to an abandoned home that's been sitting vacant for years.
Chicago has been feeling the heat this week, with highs in the 90s the past five days, but officials are making moves to cool off some of the hottest parts of the city, specifically Chicago Park District fieldhouses where many turn to keep cool.
Gene Rush survived throat cancer, but he didn't survive a trip to the Porter County Jail over 4th of July weekend. His family said jail staff failed to provide lifesaving medical care.
Haze from Canadian wildfire smoke that has settled in Chicago on Thursday is directly connected to climate change, according to experts, who said days like this could be more problematic moving forward.
A pair of jewelry importers have been charged in federal court in Chicago with smuggling millions of dollars in gold jewelry into the U.S. to avoid taxes, schemes uncovered by a federal task force that has surpassed $1 billion in recoveries and penalties over the past year.
All eyes are on Chicago as the city gets set to host the WNBA All-Star Weekend for the second time.
Chicago right-hander Jameson Taillon allowed four runs and five hits over 4 1/3 innings in his first big league start since June 7.
Benintendi was hitless in 10 at-bats against deGrom before hitting a two-out, 2-2 pitch to right field to give the AL Central-leading White Sox a 5-2 lead.
Spain topped Argentina in extra time, one-nil, after playing scoreless for 90 minutes at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Jordin Canada didn't score a point in the first half. With 0.3 seconds on the clock and the game tied at 91, she scored the biggest basket of the night.
A man was shot and wounded early Tuesday in the Wentworth Gardens public housing development just south of Rate Field.
Charges were pending Tuesday morning for a man accused of shooting a woman and a Chicago police SWAT officer in Chicago's Albany Park community the day before.
A man stabbed two tourists near the ancient Acropolis in Athens, Greece's top tourist attraction, police said.
A man was shot and killed in a fight in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood Sunday night.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
