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The Chicago Tribune's sports section of July 16, 1894, shows the Colts, as the Cubs then were known, with a record of 25-43, following an 11-10 loss at home the previous day to the Louisville...

Does it feel to you like the Cubs lose regular-season games on walk-offs far more often than they win them in that fashion? It certainly has been true the last 3 seasons. The Cubs are 0-3 in...

The Deadly Trail that Finally Revealed a Phantom Branch of My Family Tree My earliest American-born ancestor was my great-great-grandfather, Edward Murphy. It took a while to figure this out as the skimpy traces he left claimed both New York and Ireland as his birthplace, but then I stumbled across his baptism. To my delight,

This afternoon, weather permitting, the Cubs will play their 149th National League home opener. There have been a significant number of memorable home debuts, including 12 walk-off wins, the most...

Nearly 3 years ago, I spent several weeks reading contemporary newspaper accounts of every game that the Cubs won by 4 or fewer runs between 1876, first year of the National League, and 1915. My...

Sixth in a series of posts about the Cubs, then known as the White Stockings, in 1875, last season before the birth of the National League. All newspaper excerpts are from the Chicago Tribune...

Second of 2 posts about the first games played by the Cubs from which all proceeds went to charity. .......... On July 7 and 28, 1874, the Cubs, then known as the White Stockings, faced the...

Third in a series of posts about the rebirth of the Cubs franchise in 1874, after a 2-year hiatus caused by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. .......... The Cubs, then known as the White Stockings,...

Second of a series of posts about the rebirth of the Cubs franchise in 1874, after a 2-year hiatus caused by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. .......... Throughout 1872 and 1873, there were...

The world's first newspaper was published in the first decade of the 17th century. Papers in France, Germany and Italy all have been cited as the first. Whichever it truly was, someone may well...