Forrest Whitley’s major-league debut last April followed years of anticipation yet came under circumstances less than familiar. Baseball’s former top pitching prospect made his first outing with the ...

Paul Vriend's photo of a beaver swimming at Jackson Park leads the notes package from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Cubs are eager to change that. And in an NL Central division that appears up for grabs, it’s about time Chicago steps forward as a clear-cut contender, rather than merely a wait-and-see team. After a ...

Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong plays basketball on the first day of full-squad workouts during spring training at Sloan Park Friday Feb. 14, 2025, in Mesa, Ariz. (Armando L.

After adding some big names this winter, Chicago isn't shying away from expectations as spring training begins.

Anxieties are high as experts warn the avian flu outbreak could worsen in the spring, but egg prices are spurring more ...

The Chicago Cubs opened their spring camp on Sunday, and naturally were asked about their interest in Alex Bregman, the ...

TODAY: Increasing clouds with highs in the low 50s. Winds out of the southwest gust above 20 mph in the afternoon. TOMORROW: Partly to mostly cloudy and warmer in the 60s. Calmer winds from the south.

The great Tom Skilling joins John Williams to talk about what he’s been doing since he left day-to-day work at WGN-TV, the rain they are getting in Hawaii right now, how Chicago winter has been, what ...

The Chicago Cubs appear to be close to bringing ... but both have shown enough in the past to at least be worth keeping an eye on during spring training. In a worst case scenario, both players ...

BUFFALO GROVE, Illinois (WBBM) — The plane that crashed into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. after colliding in midair with a Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night was transporting some ...

The tragedy has had a massive impact on Chicago’s teenage figure skating community. The first thing Chicago area figure skaters said Thursday was that they were in shock. The athletes are all in ...