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ST. LOUIS -- Manager Dale Sveum had no hesitation about sending pitcher Jeff Samardzija back to the mound to start the ninth inning for the Chicago Cubs against the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday night. Samardzija had nursed the Cubs' four-run first-...

ST. LOUIS -- Ryan Sweeney did not remember facing Adam Wainwright before, probably because there was nothing memorable about his three at-bats in a game on June 19, 2010 when he was with the Oakland Athletics. A flyout, groundout and groundout wer...

A quick look at the Chicago White Sox's 7-5 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night at Target Field. How it happened: The White Sox battled back to tie the Twins at five in the eighth, but Ryan Doumit's double to deep center off White Sox rel...

ST. LOUIS -- The Chicago Cubs hit two home runs in a game for the first time this month, scoring all the runs they needed to beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-2, Tuesday night. How it happened: The Cubs jumped on St. Louis starter Adam Wainwright f...

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Ryan Sweeney and Cody Ransom hit back-to-back homers in a four-run first inning and that was plenty for Jeff Samardzija, who pitched the Chicago Cubs over the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 Tuesday night.

Ryan Doumit hit a go-ahead double in the eighth inning, leading the Minnesota Twins over the Chicago White Sox 7-5 on Tuesday night.

BOSTON -- If time and space are the currency of success for an offensive star, Patrick Kane is broke. Roughly 13 periods into the Stanley Cup finals between Kane's Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins, and the Hawks have managed just five goal...

Chicago Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said Tuesday that Derrick Rose made the smart decision by sitting out all season after undergoing ACL surgery, and he also said the team will consider all options in trying to prevent further foot problems for Joakim...

ST. LOUIS -- After watching Anthony Rizzo go 0-for-4 Monday night, Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum decided Tuesday would be a good time to give the first baseman his first day off this season. "It's just time to let him kick back and get a breathe...

BOSTON -- Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp has been around long enough to know that what he and his teammates were feeling after their Game 3 loss in the Stanley Cup finals to the Boston Bruins on Monday wasn't going to last come Tuesday. ...

Be sure to follow us on Twitter. To your emails ... David from Chicago writes: I may be out of step with other fans, but I would like to see Iowa schedule a MAC team and a Sun Belt team every year as non-conference opponents, in addition to kee...

Former Blackhawk Tony Amonte said Marian Hossa missing Monday's Game 3 loss to the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup finals was "just not good enough" and questioned the pain threshold of the Chicago star. Read the entire story....

BOSTON -- Joel Quenneville held off judgment of Dave Bolland's performance in Game 3 on the Stanley Cup finals on Monday, but a day later the Chicago Blackhawks coach said he expects more from Bolland. Bolland was whistled for a game-high three pe...