The Chicago Cubs are at the top of the NL Central standings now more than halfway through the season and just a few weeks away from the trade deadline. As the C

The Chicago Cubs are in desperate need of starting pitching, even more after losing Jameson Taillon for the foreseeable future.

The Chicago Cubs say starter Jameson Taillon may miss more than a month with a right calf strain CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs starter Jameson Taillon may miss “more than a month” with a right calf strain, manager Craig Counsell said Friday after the team placed the veteran right-hander on the injured list.

All along, the Chicago Cubs expected to add more pitching by the July 31 trade deadline and reinforce their first-place team for a playoff run. But now that Jameson Taillon is sidelined with a strained right calf muscle,

New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara got the rare second chance on his whiffed first pitch at Saturday's Chicago Cubs game. Kamara's first attempt on the mound took a skip in the wrong direction and went away from the plate. The Cubs mascot had a hard time catching the ball on the other side.

Kamara's initial pitch to Cubs mascot Clark bounced before it even hit the dirt in front of home plate. But instead of settling for a wild pitch in the scorebook, Kamara waited on the mound and urged Clark to get back in the catcher's crouch for another try.

Saints running back Alvin Kamara asks for a do-over after bouncing the first pitch at a Cubs game.

The Cubs, a franchise dating back to 1876, hit more homers in a game Friday than they ever did before, with an octet of long balls rewriting the record books.

An update to the previous announcement,” a Cubs official said into the press box microphone. “Michael Busch’s home run now represents the 26th time this has happened.” Such was the nature of Friday’s 4th of July game between the Cubs and the St.

The 27-year-old Busch has rounded into a reliable everyday first baseman for the Cubs following a January 2024 trade from the Dodgers that largely went under the radar. He came to