Gene Wojciechowski

Fast start: Center-fielder Brian McRae, whose contract-extension talks are on hold, is having an uncharacteristic April. Entering Monday night's game, McRae was batting .286 with seven runs batted in, six...

Third baseman Dave Magadan passed his Monday afternoon hand examination with Dr. Dan Nagle and could make his Cubs regular-season debut Tuesday against the Cincinnati Reds. Magadan, who underwent arthroscopic...

Dave Magadan has a Monday afternoon appointment with Dr. Dan Nagle, the orthopedic specialist who removed a bone spur from the third baseman's left hand March 11. If cleared to...

Leo Gomez made his first start of the season, replacing a slumping Jose Hernandez at third base. Hernandez is hitless in his last 11 at-bats and has struck out six...

If given the choice between an injury rehabilitation assignment or returning to the Cubs roster in time for the next homestand, third baseman Dave Magadan said he'll take the trip...

With third baseman Dave Magadan anxious to come off the disabled list and pitcher Steve Trachsel counting the days until his callup from Double-A ball, the Cubs face another set...

Turns out reliever Rob Dibble's "retirement" will last all of 16 days. The former All-Star, who attempted a 1996 comeback with the Cubs before announcing his voluntary retirement March 25,...

Asked if he had ever played in colder conditions, Cubs center-fielder Brian McRae didn't need much time to answer. "This tops it," he said of Thursday's game, where the wind-chill...

Rey Sanchez, who has hit a grand total of five homers in 1,343 career at-bats, said he was stunned when his fifth-inning fly ball landed in the left-field bleachers. Then...

Cubs manager Jim Riggleman said Saturday he would wait until Monday, when he posts the Opening Day lineup, to announce who will start at third base. For now, it appears...