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Rizzo, the first baseman and a star player for the Chicago Cubs, announced his engagement to girlfriend Emily Vakos on Twitter last night. “Luckiest guy in the world!” he wrote. Rizzo’s teammates — including Dancing With the Stars runner-up David Ross — sent their congratulations. Continue to Article

June 02, 2017 11:24:am EST

MLB player Anthony Rizzo, who won the 2016 World Series as first baseman of the Chicago Cubs,  is taken. The baseball player announced on Thursday, June 1, that he’s engaged to girlfriend Emily Vakos. “Wow!” Rizzo wrote on Instagram alongside a slideshow from the proposal. Continue to Article

June 02, 2017 10:00:am EST

The Cubs take on the St. Louis Cardinals this afternoon, and you can catch all the action on CSN and live streaming on CSNChicago.com and the NBC Sports App. Coverage begins with Cubs Pregame Live at 12:30 p.m. Then catch first pitch with Len Kasper and Jim Deshaies. Be sure to stick around after the final out to get analysis and player reaction on Cubs Postgame Live. Today’s starting pitching matchup: John Lackey (4-5, 5.18 ERA) vs. Lance Lynn (4-3, 2.93 ERA) to make sure you’re ready for the action.   — Channel finder: Make sure you know where to watch. — Latest on the Cubs: All of the most recent news and notes. Continue to Article

June 01, 2017 11:14:pm EST

Brooke Cambi, a 36-year-old prosecutor from New York, and Scott Flanary, a 24-year-old Kellan Lutz lookalike from Charlotte, North Carolina, won “The Amazing Race” Season 29 in Thursday’s finale of the CBS hit. Unlike previous seasons where the two-person teams often suffered from one clunker team member — camouflaged in the edit under proverbial team nicknames like “the frat boys” or “the dancers” — each of the 22 racers on this season was identifiable, memorable and got a full story arc. Continue to Article

June 01, 2017 11:06:pm EST

SAN DIEGO – Anthony Rizzo didn’t walk over to the sound system and start blasting the “Rocky” theme song. But it still sounded like he was channeling his inner “Italian Stallion,” the way he tried to loosen up the Cubs during last year’s World Series run. “We’ve gotten punched in the teeth the last two months,” Rizzo said. “You’re going to get up or you’re going to stay down. It’s up to us to decide what we’re going to do. “I have full confidence in all of us that we’re going to get up and sprint and get this thing going, sooner than later.” Rizzo stood in Petco Park’s cramped, dimly lit clubhouse late Tuesday night, a few steps over from where Kyle Schwarber had hunched over a laptop studying Continue to Article

June 01, 2017 6:19:pm EST