The baseball life of Jon Lester is an epic story, as if an amalgam of several baseball lives. He overcame a rare form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and a mental block about throwing to bases.

CHICAGO — Jon Lester was hanging out during a family beach vacation in South Carolina last year when he happened to turn on a Chicago Cubs game. Though the trade deadline was two months away ...

Jon Lester, a veteran of 16 big-league seasons, announced his retirement from Major League Baseball to ESPN's Jesse Rogers on Wednesday. Lester cited the physical toll as one of the main reasons ...

When Jon Lester took the mound on a May night as a Washington National, showered by cheers from the limited-capacity crowd in his return to Wrigley Field, it was an expected reaction for a pitcher ...

A decade after failed contract negotiations pushed Jon Lester out of the Red Sox’ door, he returned to his roots this week. The three-time World Series-winning pitcher joined his former team in ...

Jon Lester announced his retirement on Wednesday. The sturdy lefty has been a fixture in important rotations in baseball for a while. It's been an awful long time since we went into a season not ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Nearly 10 years had passed since Jon Lester last put on a Red Sox uniform. That changed Thursday, when the three-time World Series-winning pitcher pulled on a navy blue hoodie ...

Former Chicago Cubs pitcher Jon Lester popped into town to make his debut as a Marquee Sports Network analyst, though he’s not looking for a career in broadcasting. “Just something to do ...

Jon Lester was at the ballpark, and when he appeared on the video board in left field, a loud roar of applause came from the rooters for the home team. That happened a lot for the left-handed ...