Cade Horton tosses 2-hit ball over 5 innings as Cubs beat Orioles 1-0
Rookie Cade Horton tossed two-hit ball over five innings, and the Chicago Cubs overcame a terrific start by Trevor Rogers to beat the Baltimore Orioles 1-0.
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Rookie Cade Horton tossed two-hit ball over five innings, and the Chicago Cubs overcame a terrific start by Trevor Rogers to beat the Baltimore Orioles 1-0.
"These are not mini-casinos in any way. They will not have slot machines, card games, roulette wheels, or table games. The sportsbooks will, however, have a large and positive impact on the city," Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts said.
Epstein's deal expires after next season, and he's always been clear that 10 years the magic number before a change in executive leadership is necessary for any organization.
"The majority of people that I've hired, if I'm being honest, have similar backgrounds as me and look a lot like me," Epstein said. "That's something that I need to ask myself why. I need to question my own assumptions, my own attitudes. I need to find a way to be better."
Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts on Monday insisted his father is not racist, after the publication of several emails from Joe Ricketts in which he shared Islamophobic jokes, comments, and conspiracy theories.
Some of the emails Splinter News published Monday featured Joe Ricketts making Islamophobic comments, such as "Islam is a cult and not a religion."
Sterling Bay said it will redesign its $6 billion, 54-acre Lincoln Yards project on Chicago's North Side excluding the stadium.
Tom Ricketts owns the Cubs and most of Wrigleyville. Now some are saying he wants to own the alderman.
The owner of the Chicago Cubs is now getting into the soccer game.
WBBM's George Ofman recently shared that view and thoughts from Ricketts about his team's chances to win another World Series, Anthony Rizzo's stature and how the Cubs will navigate a star studded free agent class for 2019.
"Everyone is in a good place," Ricketts says. "Everyone is hungry."
The Cubs have never seemed to acknowledge that Sosa's time with the team produced far more positives than perceived slights since.
Ricketts pointed to Sosa's place as a controversial figure in baseball's steroid era as the reason why he hasn't been welcomed back.
"We're in really good position," Ricketts says as the Cubs enter the playoffs.
The two posed for a photo Wednesday with the Cubs' championship trophy.
The Cubs wouldn't trade their situation for anyone's in MLB, but they're eyeing more pitching depth.
The Cubs will be presented with their championship rings ahead of Wednesday evening's game.
"I hope that with continued success, we will make that 'C' into a symbol of winning," Ricketts says.
"We'll figure out something that provides closure for everybody," Ricketts told USA Today.
"We have a unique situation where we had such an incredible fan base," Ricketts says.
"This was on schedule in the grand scheme in a way," Ricketts says of the Cubs being in the World Series. "Let it roll."
"The fans staying with the team through some pretty lean years deserve all the credit," Ricketts says.
"I never considered leaving," Epstein says after agreeing to a five-year extension.
After spending millions top oppose him, Joe Ricketts has promised at least $1 million to Donald Trump.
"We have the best fans in baseball," Ricketts says.
Financial exploitation is the leading type of elder abuse in Illinois. One Streamwood woman learned that personally, when her brother took hundreds of thousands of dollars from their parents' financial accounts.
Chiquita Brown said she was violated on the crowded CTA train, and her defense instincts kicked in.
They worry that any escalation could put civilian infrastructure and innocent lives at risk.
The Cubs announced before the game that ace Cade Horton would miss the rest of the season after an MRI revealed UCL damage in his right elbow.
In the first game since they fired their top two basketball executives, the Bulls were in firm control by the end of the first quarter.
Illinois Democrats on Capitol Hill decried President Trump's threats against Iran as his deadline for the country to reopen the Strait of Hormuz draws closer, calling on their Republican colleagues to join them in stopping the escalation.
President Trump posted on social media that "a whole civilization will die tonight," adding "but I don't want that to happen, but it probably will."
President Trump and top national security officials shed new light on the daring rescues of two American airmen who were shot down over Iran last week.
A U.S. crew member who went missing when an F-15E fighter jet was shot down over a remote area of Iran has been rescued by U.S. forces.
President Trump ordered the Department of Homeland Security to find a way to pay "each and every employee" of the agency.
A passenger on an American Airlines flight from New York to Chicago has been charged with making a false bomb threat that forced an emergency landing at Detroit Metro Airport last month, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Skyrocketing property taxes continue to be a hot-button issue in Cook County — particularly since last fall, when many residents saw their tax bills increase by 100% or more.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias this weekend issued a warning about a surge in text messages that falsely claim to come from his office or the DMV within it.
Tenants at a South Loop luxury high-rise that has been plagued with problems like broken elevators are vowing to fight five-day eviction notices.
It's become an annual March Madness tradition at CBS Chicago, pitting our city's best eateries in direct competition in a foodie bracket challenge. We did pizza, we've done Italian beef, we've done Chicago dogs. This year, we're taking flight with wings.
Allergy season is here, and the dreaded pollen can trigger sneezing, congestion, wheezing, and shortness of breath.
Northwestern Medicine and the American Red Cross teamed up for a community blood drive in Chicago on Monday morning.
Ending domestic violence is the goal of groups and advocates all over the world, and some experts in Chicago say it is time to become less reactive and more proactive when it comes to the people causing harm.
A new Iowa law bans local nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity after the state became the first in the U.S. to roll back its civil rights code last year.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
A new restaurant has joined the busy stretch of Halsted Street toward the south end of Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood that is also home to Alinea and Boka.
The federal government is suing Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona over efforts to regulate prediction market operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
The owners of the popular Uncommon Ground restaurant, live music venue, and brewery in Chicago's Wrigleyville community announced this week that they're looking for a successor to take over the business.
Chicago consistently ranks in the top three cities in Fortune 500 company headquarters, and now a competition has been launched to build on Chicago's power in business.
The flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community will be moving later this year, a restaurant representative said Tuesday.
"Beverly Hills, 90210" actress Tori Spelling was involved in a two-car crash in Temecula on Thursday night, according to her manager and Riverside County Sheriff's Office officials.
Chicago blues legend Muddy Waters' birthday is Saturday, and in his memory his eldest son is putting on a concert in Chicago.
A federal judge in New York has tossed out actor Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims against actor Justin Baldoni over their roles in the movie "It Ends With Us," but left intact a claim for retaliation.
Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane was lured to a Dallas studio for a meeting, then allegedly kidnapped and robbed by a group including rappers Pooh Shiesty and Big30.
When Jean-Luc Godard's "Hail Mary" opened in Chicago on April 4, 1986, it drew a throng of angry protesters who considered the film an affront to their faith.
Chicago Bulls president Michael Reinsdorf said he received at least 60 calls on Tuesday from potential candidates after firing head of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley.
Goldman Sachs economists found that workers could make less money over the long term.
The 9-year-old Hanoverian hound spent seven years on the job sniffing out narcotics and helping catch suspects.
Researchers at Duke University and University of Colorado Boulder are creating injections or infusions that may help rebuild cartilage and bone. Another team at Columbia University is working on regrowing an entire knee using a 3D printed scaffolding filled with bone and cartilage cells.
By the afternoon, it will be warmer across Chicagoland as highs reach the mid-60s. Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest.
President Trump announced Tuesday evening that the U.S. and Iran had agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the war that was contingent on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Financial exploitation is the leading type of elder abuse in Illinois. One Streamwood woman learned that personally, when her brother took hundreds of thousands of dollars from their parents' financial accounts.
They worry that any escalation could put civilian infrastructure and innocent lives at risk.
Illinois Democrats on Capitol Hill decried President Trump's threats against Iran, calling on their Republican colleagues to join them in stopping the escalation.
Chiquita Brown said she was violated on the crowded CTA train, and her defense instincts kicked in.
Financial exploitation is the leading type of elder abuse in Illinois. One Streamwood woman learned that personally, when her brother took hundreds of thousands of dollars from their parents' financial accounts.
One year after a teenage girl was shot outside her home in Country Club Hills, Illinois, and was told she would never walk again, she continued to defy the odds and reclaim her independence.
A Morgan Park family is still in shock after a staggering 300% spike in their latest property tax bill, and the man poised to take over as Cook County Assessor at the end of the year says it's an error he wants to make sure doesn't happen again.
Researchers at the University of Chicago have built a "self-driving" lab that uses robotics and artificial intelligence to accelerate work that would take humans weeks or months to complete.
Johnson said the position was temporary, but when the chief homelessness officer was first appointed, she told CBS News Chicago that her role was funded for three years, not two.
The Cubs announced before the game that ace Cade Horton would miss the rest of the season after an MRI revealed UCL damage in his right elbow.
In the first game since they fired their top two basketball executives, the Bulls were in firm control by the end of the first quarter.
The Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Tuesday for their eighth straight victory over the South Siders.
Chicago Cubs pitcher Cade Horton will undergo elbow surgery and miss the rest of the season, manager Craig Counsell announced on Tuesday before their game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Some young Chicago White Sox ACE players got the trip of a lifetime recently.
Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert about car break-ins targeting patrons of a gym in the city's Irving Park neighborhood.
Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert about a rash of car break-ins in Jackson Park on the city's South Side.
A shooting left a 16-year-old boy dead Tuesday morning in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood.
A man from the northwest Chicago suburb of McHenry was facing felony charges Tuesday after police said he secretly recorded people in men's restrooms.
The woman accused of killing her on-and-off-again boyfriend and his parents in Chicago's south suburbs was due in court Monday.
