Matt Murton

When Mike Fontenot's fly ball settled into the glove of Cincinnati right fielder Norris Hopper at the warning track in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday night, the Cubs' chances of gaining on first-place Milwaukee died in the vines. Instead of a...

Angel Guzman was on the verge of his first major-league victory in his 13th start Thursday. The Cubs were about to leave Shea Stadium with a split of their four-game series against the Mets. But misery happens, especially when the Cubs invade New York....

In Carlos Zambrano's mind, the season is still too young to be overly concerned with his lackluster numbers. After giving up six runs in six innings Thursday in the Cubs' 6-4 loss to Pittsburgh at Wrigley Field, Zambrano repeated his mantra."This is...

Carlos Zambrano went winless in April 2006 but still managed to tie for the National League lead with 16 victories by season's end. After Saturday's 8-1 triumph over St. Louis at Busch Stadium, Zambrano ended another subpar April with two victories....

One relies on power, the other on precision. One predicted a Cy Young season, the other only that he would do the best he could. One is a hulking right-hander from South America, the other a mid-sized left-hander from Middle America. Carlos Zambrano...

Unlike some of his predecessors, Cubs manager Lou Piniella doesn't seem to care much about the rivalry with the White Sox. So after the Cubs came back to beat the Sox 6-3 on Friday in the first game of the opening round of the City Series, Piniella...

On a peculiar Saturday in Philadelphia, the Cubs had two runners thrown out at the plate, stranded eight on base, looked clueless on a suicide-squeeze play and gave up six two-out runs in the seventh after scoring six in the top of the inning. The end...

Michael Barrett ducked his head into Lou Piniella's office Sunday morning to remind him it was time for chapel. "We've got church?" the Cubs manager replied. "We need it." A few hours later, all of Piniella's prayers were answered in a 4-1 win over...

The Cubs have until 10 a.m. Wednesday to finalize their 25-man roster for the division series, and general manager Jim Hendry might wait until Tuesday night to make the final decisions. Can Sam Fuld sneak in? Will Kevin Hart make the cut? Hendry wasn't...

Just when you think you have seen everything in the 115 years the Cubs and Cardinals have compromised family friendships, along comes Friday's game. Something new was added to the collection that includes such recent scrapbook memories as beanball wars,...

It has come to this with the Cubs: Unable to beat other teams, they have started beating on each other. Unable to settle things in private meetings, they have taken to public airwaves. Frustration, then futility and finally fisticuffs. In the midst of...

He speaks softly but carries a big stick, and now Jacque Jones is carrying the Cubs on his shoulders as well. Buried on the bench in late June and traded to Florida in July before a last-minute snag quashed the deal, Jones has gone from rags to riches...