December 8, 2018 MLB players killed in Venezuela crash may have been robbery targets, authorities say Venezuelan authorities have arrested four people suspected of robbing former Major League Baseball players Luis Valbuena and Jose Castillo after the pair were killed in a car crash Thursday.
December 7, 2018 Former MLB players Luis Valbuena, Jose Castillo killed in car crash in Venezuela Former Los Angeles Angels player Luis Valbuena and former journeyman infielder Jose Castillo were killed in a car accident Thursday in Venezuela.
October 3, 2018 Chicago Cubs' Addison Russell gets 40-game suspension for violating domestic violence policy Chicago Cubs infielder Addison Russell has received a 40-game suspension after the league investigated allegations of domestic abuse made by his ex-wife back in September.
October 1, 2018 Brewers clip Cubs to win division tiebreaker, home field through NL playoffs Lorenzo Cain hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning, Christian Yelich collected three more hits and the Milwaukee Brewers took their first NL Central title since 2011 by downing the Chicago Cubs 3-1 on Monday in a tiebreaker game.
September 30, 2018 Tiebreak games needed to settle NL Central, NL West races For the first time in Major League Baseball history, a pair of tiebreaking games will settle two National League division titles after all four tied teams won on Sunday.
September 26, 2018 Cubs' Hispanic Heritage Night marred by fan hurling racial slurs during bleacher brawl A wild fracas in the Wrigley Field bleachers occurred Monday and video of the incident showed one brawler hurling anti-Latino racial slurs at another man -- all while the Chicago Cubs were hosting Hispanic Heritage Night.
August 19, 2018 Amid gun violence crisis, all 5 Chicago pro sports teams funding therapy, mentoring program for at-risk youth Although Chicago’s gun violence continues to erupt frequently, its communities spread out in many of the city’s sectors increasingly attempt to fix their city — starting with its kids and their sports heros.