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CHICAGO — When the Chicago Cubs launched the Marquee Sports Network in February 2020, it was the culmination of a decade-long quest to create a dedicated 24/7 cable TV platform for the team, which was still soaring in the wake of its first World Series championship in more than a…

A year that began with a protracted labor dispute ends with an intriguing World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros.

Next season, Sciambi will replace Dan Shulman on ESPN Radio’s broadcast of the Fall Classic. Sciambi has called “Sunday Night Baseball” for the network since 2010.

The Bears and Cubs have bristled at the word “rebuild.” The Sox didn’t have a problem with the word, but they certainly didn’t use it to promote the team. That’s not the case with the Hawks.

The founder and former chief executive of Admiral believes the women's game has huge potential

The salary of Chicago’s mayor hasn’t gone up since Mayor Richard M. Daley held the job in 2005. Also on Wednesday, the council approved a resolution of support for the Jewish community, citing recent antisemitic comments by the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.

It wasn’t exactly Yankees icon Babe Ruth pointing two fingers to Wrigley Field’s center-field wall, then belting a homer on the next pitch in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series to shut up hectoring Cubs players, but it was as close as we’ll get in these gentler days.

Joe Maddon still wants to be a major league manager. He's said as much out loud, as well as in the closing pages of his new book, "The Book of Joe: Trying Not to Suck at Baseball and Life," written by Tom Verducci, which was released Oct. 11.

Some forget former Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant — “St. Louis is boring” — was not the first North Sider to irk now departed and future Hall of Fame Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina due to an offseason comment.