Michael Busch hit leadoff for the first time in his career Sunday, and promptly, he homered, meaning he could now be a key ...

Manager Joe Maddon, who led the Cubs to a World Series title in 2016, will not return next season. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX 🏀⚽️🥇 KPMG Women's PGA ⛳ ...

MESA, Ariz. — It was 12:07 Monday afternoon when Los Angeles Angels manager Joe Maddon strolled into the Chicago Cubs spring training ballpark, accompanied by an ESPN TV crew and with cameras ...

CHICAGO (CBS/AP)--Joe Maddon and the Chicago Cubs will be parting ways after five years, Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein announced in St. Louis on Sunday. Maddon is out as ...

With 159 games to go, Chicago had lost its fifth-place batter and what many of its executives felt already was the Cubs’ best hitter. ... Cubs manager Joe Maddon Getty Images.

When Joe Maddon shoved aside baseball lifer Rick Renteria two years ago to become manager of the Chicago Cubs, a hungry fan base rejoiced, believing that their team had found a genius to lead it to… ...

The Chicago Cubs said goodbye to Joe Maddon over the weekend after they decided not to bring him back as manager for next season. 24/7 Live Chicago & Suburban Cook Co. North Suburbs West Suburbs ...

From the moment Joe Maddon joined the Chicago Cubs, taking the reins in a Wrigleyville bar five years ago, he talked about winning. He was the right manager at the right time for a franchise that ...

Joe Maddon’s level of optimism about returning to the Cubs is “very high” as he enters the final seven weeks of his five-year deal.“I’m operating, and I believe we’ll be together for a ...

Four consecutive playoff appearances and managing the Cubs to their first World Series championship in more than a century wasn’t enough for Joe Maddon to keep his job. The Cubs and Maddon, 65 ...

After Maddon's 9=8 slogan caught on in Tampa Bay ahead of the Rays' 2008 run to the World Series, “Try Not to Suck” has become the unofficial motto of the 2016 Chicago Cubs, who are on the ...

Joe Maddon waited a long time for his first full-time managerial job.He was 51 when he was hired in 2006 to take over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, a bottom-dwelling team that had few fans and no ...