Tony Womack

The momentum the Cubs built over the last week came to a crashing halt in a span of less than 24 hours at Minute Maid Park. Making his first major-league start, Houston right-hander Chris Sampson combined with two relievers on a 1-0 shutout Wednesday...

On paper, the matchup did not portend well for the Cubs on Thursday night. On the field at Great American Ball Park, the results are in, and it wasn't pretty. Cubs starter Glendon Rusch, who had served up six home runs in two previous starts this...

The Cubs have been bloodied, beaten down and buried during the first three months, but on Saturday night they simply were "Boofed." Mark Prior rebounded in his second start, but Minnesota rookie Boof Bonser stymied the Cubs' offense in a 3-0 victory...

Ryan Dempster said his heart was pumping hard Friday night 20 minutes after the Cubs' 6-5 victory over the Reds. The Cubs closer, pitching for the first time in a week, walked in one run and had the bases loaded with one out when Brandon Phillips smashed...

The baseball gods (finally) smiled down on the Cubs. And the sky, literally, shook with thunder and flashed with lightning at the magnitude of the event. The Cubs had won a game at Wrigley Field. And 40,072 fans stood in amazement. Yes, the gods were...

The Cubs found themselves in a time warp over the weekend at Yankee Stadium, reliving history without really trying. Whether it's Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio or Hideki Matsui doing the damage doesn't seem to matter. The Yankees had the Cubs' number last...

Cubs general manager Jim Hendry will get his first crack at interviewing candidates for the club's manager's position this week when he brings fired Florida manager Joe Girardi to town. Lou Piniella and Bob Brenly also are believed to be on Hendry's short...

There was a hostile takeover of downtown St. Louis on Saturday night, with Cubs fans gathering en masse across the street from Busch Stadium to harass any red-clad bystanders. Things were back to normal Monday afternoon. With most of the road-tripping...

Dusty Baker walked around Wrigley Field at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, taking small handfuls of a dirt-like substance from a bag and spreading it throughout the infield and outfield, sort of like Dusty Appleseed. Baker wouldn't reveal the bag's contents or...

Things tend to happen to the Cubs at Busch Stadium that don't happen anywhere else. Good teams, bad teams, mediocre teams … it doesn't seem to matter. By hook or by crook, they almost always find a way to lose in St. Louis. But after Tuesday's 5-4...

STARTING PITCHING The Dodgers were the only National League team with more effective starters than the Cubs in the regular season. The guys at the front of the Cubs' rotation, Kerry Wood and Mark Prior, ended the season strongly. With Wood, scheduled to...

It would be easy to say Brian Daubach made a big splash Thursday night. It would be true too. Daubach, making his first start in six games, became the first player this season to hit a home run into the pool beyond the right-field fence at Bank One...