Aaron Bummer has turned into an important reliever for the Chicago White Sox after he was selected in the 19th round of the 2014 amateur draft.

Amid widespread concern about the coronavirus, Chicago Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish decided to be extra careful after he developed a cough this week.

The Chicago White Sox announced their $70 million, five-year contract with Yoan Moncada, Chicago acquired the 24-year-old Cuban slugger in the December 2016 trade that sent Chris Sale to the Boston Red Sox.

People with direct knowledge of the negotiations say the Chicago White Sox have agreed to a $70 million, five-year contract with Yoan Moncada, locking up another one of their promising young hitters.

Missouri-Kansas City has joined Chicago State in not traveling to Seattle for regularly scheduled Western Athletic Conference men’s basketball games over concerns about the spread of the coronavirus

Luis Robert has the type of athleticism that stands out in any crowd.

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There might be no more perfect American musical than “Chicago.” It’s cynical, bawdy and bitingly funny. It takes aim at corruption and greed and the belief that there is no such thing as bad publicity. It has the audacity to take murderers and have them not only get away with it, but also turn their notoriety into success.

Chicago’s mayor says video footage of police shooting and wounding a suspect inside a downtown Chicago train station is “extremely disturbing.”

An 80-year-old man who spent nearly 60 years in prison after being convicted of killing one of three suburban Chicago women whose brutalized bodies were found in a state park walked out of prison Friday.

As far as Tim Anderson is concerned, winning a batting title doesn’t change his status.

Chicago is called the Second City, though no one from Chicago believes that the city is second to any other city on the planet – particularly those who represent the city in the NBA.

Arbitrator Mark Irvings issued his decision to deny the grievance filed by Cubs star Kris Bryant, ruling the players’ association did not prove Chicago’s reasons for holding the third baseman in the minors at the start of the 2015 season were a pretext to push back his eligibility for free agency.

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Kris Bryant has lost his service-time grievance against the Chicago Cubs, providing some clarity for the team and the All-Star third baseman with spring training on the horizon.

A Chicago woman has become the second U.S. patient diagnosed with the new pneumonia-like virus from China, health officials announced Friday.

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High in the Bitterroot Mountains, 100 miles from Spokane, a long-forgotten Old West legacy “boot hill” is sparking new interest. The Taft Cemetery – the only remnant of one of the West’s last lawless railroad boomtowns – was rediscovered in recent months, thanks to the keen memory of a retired 78-year-old Idaho miner and modern metal-detecting technology.