Jose Macias

Let's try this again. Since it rained yesterday, Mark Prior will make his 2005 Cubs debut today after a stint on the DL and some time in Triple-A convalescing from his latest bout with elbow tenderness. But please do not confuse this with the tenderness...

2006 record: 71-91, 5th Manager: Manny Acta (1st season) Home games: Space Coast Stadium (8,100), 5800 Stadium Parkway, Viera/Melbourne. Directions: I-95 to exit 73 (Wickham Road); west to Lake Andrew Drive; follow to stadium. Tickets: $8, $10, $15, $18,...

Saturday, Sept. 15 results BOYS SOCCER Andrew 2, Bolingbrook 0 Buffalo Grove 5, Larkin 0 Carmel 6, Marian Catholic 0 Glenbard South 4, Morris 0 Highland Park 2, Maine West 0 Kaneland 4, Newark 3 Lake Forest 2, Glenbrook North 0 Lake Zurich 6, Prairie...

Carlos Zambrano had an extra day of rest after his 136-pitch outing against Philadelphia last Saturday. Then Zambrano got a few more hours of rest Saturday night when the Cubs' game against the Washington Nationals was delayed 2 hours 40 minutes by rain....

In spring training, when he was starting Cactus League games, the belief was pitching prospect Angel Guzman would be ready to join the Cubs by midseason. Now it looks as if Guzman may not even be up by then. The 23-year-old right-hander hasn't pitched...

A misjudged fly ball by Corey Patterson and a lack of clutch hitting Friday night sent the Cubs to a 3-2 loss to the Anaheim Angels in the teams' first-ever meeting. Anaheim starter John Lackey, who beat Dusty Baker's Giants in Game 7 of the 2002 World...

This was the way it was supposed to be, the way the game plan was drawn up over the winter. You know, the Cubs get stupendous starting pitching and score just enough runs to win games. Well, consider what happened in the just-completed series against the...

Besides finding a parking pass for White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen this weekend, Cubs manager Dusty Baker has a couple of other items on his to-do list. No. 1 may be sending a thank-you card to Pittsburgh closer Jose Mesa, who for the second straight...

The Cubs' scratch-and-sniff offense smelled bad again Monday night. Result: A 4-3 loss to the Cardinals that dropped the Cubs' record in one-run games to 6-10—0-4 since Sammy Sosa sneezed. "We've got to start winning some one-run games soon," manager...

Kerry Wood and Sammy Sosa have seen just about everything in their seven years together on the Cubs, enduring some heartaches but never wavering from their desired goal of winning a World Series. Now they're facing their biggest challenge, trying to...