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 ...

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 ...

There are few recent Chicago Cubs players that are as near and dear to the hearts of the fans as starting pitcher Jon Lester. Lester was a huge part of making the Cubs a contender again and was a ...

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 ...

Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Even in his retirement, Jon Lester is finding ways to positively influence the Cubs’ pitching staff. Specifically, lend his knowledge as a 16-year ...

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 ...

The latest Wrigley Field rebuild hasn’t yet identified the updated version of Jon Lester, whose franchise-altering deal ($155 million) essentially cost as much as the two big contracts the Cubs ...