Only once in his career had Jon Lester made a major league start on a hotter day, and that was 11 years prior when his Red Sox were in Texas on a 102-degree afternoon. So there was a built-in excuse ...

Tonight's series opener at Wrigley Field was always going to be about Jon Lester and Kyle Schwarber, one way or the other. The return of the two former Cubs to their old stomping grounds as members of ...

BOSTON -- And on what likely was his last day in a Red Sox uniform, Jon Lester grabbed a bat. The Red Sox are going to St. Louis next week to play the National League's Cardinals, an interleague ...

CHICAGO -- Cubs pitcher Jon Lester established a major league record Wednesday night for the longest hitless drought to begin a career. He established the new mark by flying out to deep center field ...

CINCINNATI --Chicago CubsAll-Star left-hander Jon Lester laid down the gauntlet for his team come later this month after pitching in his regular-season finale Saturday: Some 100-plus wins are nice, ...

Three-time World Series champion and 200-game winner Jon Lester is retiring after a 16-year career. Lester, 38, told ESPN that his body just isn't up for the rigors of a major league season anymore.