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The Cubs have agreed to a minor league contract with free agent outfielder Dylan Carlson, as first reported by Greg Zumach. The ALIGND Sports client receives a non-roster invitation to major league spring training, where he’ll compete for a bench job. Carlson is the second veteran outfielder to sign a minor league deal with the Cubs in the past week. Former Astros outfielder … [Read more...] about Cubs, Dylan Carlson Agree To Minor League Deal

Former Chicago Cubs pitchers Yu Darvish and Craig Kimbrel were big storylines over the weekend as spring training and the World Baseball Classic draw nearer. … [Read more...] about Cubs News: Yu Darvish (almost) retires, Craig Kimbrel finds a new home

A couple of days before the Chicago Bears were set to play the Green Bay Packers in the wild-card round, cornerback Nahshon Wright pulled out a 3-by-5-inch index card, stashed in a special place in his locker for safekeeping, and showed it to a reporter. On it, he had some goals he wrote down in the summer for media day: four interceptions, 15-plus pass deflections and have an … [Read more...] about Chicago Bears CB Nahshon Wright added to the NFC Pro Bowl roster as an injury replacement

This trio of Chicago Cubs players need to step up in spring training if they want to force their way into the team's 2026 plans. … [Read more...] about 3 Cubs players who are about to enter spring training already on thin ice

SPRINGFIELD — Amid growing national fears about politically motivated violence and threats, Illinois lawmakers moved swiftly last fall to pass a sweeping statute allowing public officials to shield their personal information from public view. But the new law — signed last month by Gov. JB Pritzker — also erects a barrier between citizens and records long considered essential to … [Read more...] about Illinois law shielding officials’ personal information amid political violence sparks transparency backlash