Yet another Houston area prep basketball star is headed to Lobo Land. Curtis Dennis gave his verbal commitment to UNM late Wednesday night. Dennis, a combo guard, originally from the Bronx, averaged 23 points, 6.4 rebounds and four assists a game last season in Houston. Read Full Story

The Cubs finally signed Carlos Zambrano to an extension and put an end to months of speculation as to where he would play next season. Big Z signed a five year deal worth $91.2 million, a good chunk of change but well below what he would've made on the open market.It says a lot about what type of person Zambrano is and what he thinks of the Cubs. He is 26 year-old ace pitcher who would've had made at least another $30-40 million by signing with the Mets or Yankees but he wants to be a... Read Full Story

The embattled Jacque Jones continued his torrid second half by hitting a game-winning two-run homer in the sixth and saving a run with a great catch at the wall in the fifth in the Cubs 2-1 victory over the red hot Cardinals."Filthy" Rich Hill didn't have great command but he battled and got key outs when he needed to. Hill went 7 innings, allowing just 3 hits, including a solo homer by Albert Poo Holes, and struck out 7. Bob Howry was great in the 8th and Ryan Dempster finally ... Read Full Story

After a 1:31 minute rain delay, the Cubbies and Reds finally got under way. Theodore Roosevelt Lilly got off to a rough start but by the time he threw his first pitch the Brewers were already losing 7-1 to the Cards. Can the Lovable Ones finally take advantage of Milwaukee's poor play?Lilly managed to escape the first, thanks to a couple of nice plays by Ryan Theriot, after surrendering a pair of singles to start the game but gave up a two-run homer to Ryan Jorgenson. The young catcher co... Read Full Story

The Cubbies are finally back in Chicago after a horrible 2-5 road trip and will play 17 of their next 23 games in the friendly confines. Thankfully, the Brewers stunk it up as well and the Cubs only lost one half game in the standings. The road trip came at the tail end of a 20 games in 20 days stretch in which the Cubs went 9-11 but managed to make a game and a half on the Brewers.Anyway, the Cubs nearly stole one tonight, in fact, they fell just inches short of winning the game on as Mike F... Read Full Story

Matt Murton, Jason Kendall and Jacque Jones both continued their respective hot streaks and carried the Cubs to a 6-2 win over the Rockies. Jason Marquis was surprisingly solid, allowing only one unearned run over 6 2/3 innings. Bob Howry saved an ineffective Carlos Marmol and the Cubs by getting out of a bases loaded jam in 8th. Once again, the Cubs got production from unlikely sources.With Soriano on the DL, Aramis hurt and D-Lee struggling, Jones, Murton and Kendall have all stepped up in ... Read Full Story

For whatever reason, Jacque Jones is enjoying batting second. Maybe its the extra fastballs he sees batting ahead of D-Lee, Maybe its the added confidence that comes with batting higher in the order. Whatever it is, keep Jacque in the two hole.In his last two games, both of which Jones was batting second, Jones is 7-10 with a double, a homer and 6 RBI. WOW. For most of the season, Jones has been my least favorite Cub, I have pined for Hendry to trade him. Not anymore, Jones is carrying this c... Read Full Story

Somehow, some way, the Cubs scored 10 runs last night in Denver without Aramis and Fonzie, with DLee going 0-5, and with only one quadrabagger. That's cool.The 10-2 win for the Lovable Ones puts them just a 1/2 game behind the Brew Crew. The Cubs put an end to their four-game losing streak by exploding for 10 runs in the first four innings.Coincidentally, Sweet Lou held a pregame team meeting and I don't know what he said but it sure worked. Jacque Jones went 4-5 with 4 RBI, DeRosa ha... Read Full Story

Our Cubbies have been awarded a waiver claim on Scott Podsednik. The Cubs and the Sux now have 48 hours to work out a trade or the Sux can pull him off of waivers or let him go to the North Side for Nada.If we end up with the speedy, left fielder, Scotty Pods fills a hole until Fonzie gets back, but what then? How many outfielders with no home run power do we need? More importantly, what happens to Felix Pie?I am the biggest Pie supporter you will ever read, I don't care that he isn't... Read Full Story

Are you freakin' kidding me? The Cubs just got swept by the woeful Houston Astros. The silver lining is the Brewers got swept by the Rockies but still, we lost three in a row to the'stros.Aside from Rich Hill on Monday, the starting pitching was horrible. Big Z stunk up the joint tonight, allowing 7 runs in 5 2/3 innings. He also broke a bat over his knee after striking out with the bases loaded in the third. Why does he do that? It is stupid, I realize he is an emotional guy but he i... Read Full Story