Cliff Floyd

The dysfunctional Cubs family gets it first real test Wednesday afternoon when Carlos Zambrano returns to the mound for the biggest game of the season. The importance of Zambrano's first outing since his brawl Friday with teammate Michael Barrett was...

Two months into the season, Lou Piniella finally appears ready to go with a set lineup. What that lineup is or how long he will stick with it are questions only Piniella can answer, but after Wednesday night's 9-0 loss to Florida, he wasn't ready to...

The powerball attack Cubs manager Lou Piniella envisioned in March finally made a cameo appearance Thursday night at Minute Maid Park. Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Daryle Ward and Cliff Floyd all homered off Houston starter Woody Williams as the Cubs...

The ebullient feeling of walking off the mound to a standing ovation at Wrigley Field is something Ted Lilly could get used to. One day after Cubs fans vented their wrath on closer Ryan Dempster, they showered their love on Lilly after a dominant...

The two vices vexing the Cubs all season were an inability to beat left-handers and a lack of extra-inning victories. But they killed two birds with one stone Wednesday night with a 4-2, 10-inning victory over San Francisco, moving a game ahead of...

After the Cubs beat St. Louis in the first game of a crucial five-game series at Wrigley Field during the 2003 stretch run, Carlos Zambrano gave a blunt assessment of their goal the rest of the week. "We have to go out there and kill the Cardinals," he...

While the Cubs were playing out the string last September, Rich Hill was busy proving he truly had arrived as a major-leaguer. After going 3-1 with a 1.93 earned-run average in the final month of the '06 season, Hill picked up where he left off Friday in...

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....

After dominating major-league hitters in April, Rich Hill's downward spiral continued Tuesday night at Petco Park. San Diego pounded four home runs off Hill while cruising to a 5-1 victory as the Cubs started their West Coast swing on a sour note....

How offensive has the Cubs' offense been at supporting their pitchers this season? Consider this: In the last three games, Cincinnati hitters were held scoreless in 25 of 27 innings—and won two of the games. And this: Pitcher Carlos Zambrano has more...

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...

The warning signs surfaced Friday night well before Cliff Floyd ended reliever Scott Linebrink's scoreless streak at 14 appearances. The White Sox collectively admitted that their 2-1 loss to Tampa Bay stemmed from too much weight carried by a pitching...