The Cubs home opener on April 14, 1978, is famous for its massive crowd, which topped out at 45,777 — a record for a home ...

1989 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays final NBA game. 1989 — NY Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons. 1993 — Sheryl ...

1971 — Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hits a home run on Opening Day, marking the start of a historic streak. Mays ...

1988 — George Bell became the first player to hit three home runs on opening day, leading the Toronto Blue Jays past the Kansas City Royals 5-3. Bell, bitter throughout spring training with his move ...

Now, the Cubs will aim to extend their winning streak to three games when they take on the Athletics on Wednesday afternoon.

DePaul’s coach Ray Meyer, left, and Michael Jordan, of North Carolina, right, were named coach and player of the year in ...

Cubs outfielder Kyle Tucker is predicted to join Sammy Sosa in the franchise record books amid a contract year.

Anabel Sosa is a former politics reporter for the Los Angeles Times’ Sacramento bureau who covered the state Capitol and local elections. She came to The Times as the inaugural California Local ...

The Chicago Cubs made a couple of moves this offseason, signaling their readiness to go all in on a World Series push. If the Cubs are contending come the time of the 2025 MLB trade deadline ...

The video in the player above is from a previous report. Sosa was on parole for stabbing two people at North Avenue Beach in Chicago in 2017. In the 2017 incident, prosecutors said Sosa pulled out ...