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1. Ricketts family respond to Chelsea fan backlash amid claims of Islamophobia

Subjects
Racism -- Social aspects, Islamophobia -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects
Abstract

The Ricketts family have rejected all hate 'in the strongest possible terms' amid supporter unrest at the Chicago Cubs' candidacy to buy Chelsea. Chelsea fans had the hashtag 'NoToRicketts' trending [...]

Published
2022

2. Leo Durocher's last stand: anti-Semitism, racism, and the cubs player rebellion of 1971

Author

Hazucha, Andrew

Subjects
Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects, Antisemitism -- Social aspects, History, Sports and fitness, Social aspects
Abstract

Chicago Cubs fans, for whom the compound adjective 'long-suffering' was coined, have an unfortunate and self-flagellating habit of referencing the year 1969 as empirical evidence of their unwavering loyalty to [...]

Published
2006

3. Turning heartache into a message for a generation

Author

Antrim, Tom

Subjects
White supremacy movements -- Social aspects, African Americans -- Social aspects, News, opinion and commentary, Sports and fitness, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects
Abstract

Byline: Tom Antrim Former Chicago Cubs player Chris Singleton spoke at a UWO virtual event last Thursday about the wisdom he's gained as a result of racism and the challenges [...]

Published
2021

4. Chicago Fans Infected With Playoff Fever As Cubs Enter Postseason

Subjects
Professional baseball -- Social aspects, Sports spectators -- Social aspects, General interest, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=496119911 BYLINE: DAVID SCHAPER HOST: ROBERT SIEGEL The Major League Baseball playoffs begin next week. And here's something that I have rarely if [...]

Published
2016

5. Cubs Fan Gets a Ring, and Forgiveness

Subjects
Baseball fans -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects
Abstract

It took the Vatican 359 years to come to terms with Galileo and acknowledge, in 1992, that it had wrongly condemned him for heresy when he said the Earth revolved [...]

Published
2017

6. Bartman preserves dignity, privacy

Author

Armour, Nancy

Subjects
Baseball fans -- Social aspects -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, News, opinion and commentary, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects
Abstract

Byline: Nancy Armour, narmour@usatoday.com, USA TODAY Sports Steve Bartman doesn't need pity, he doesn't need redemption and he sure as hell doesn't need forgiveness. What he needs is peace. Thirteen [...]

Published
2016

7. Cubs-Indians World Series shows what fans long have known: Life is suffering

Author

Boswell, Thomas

Subjects
World Series (Baseball) -- History, Baseball (Professional) -- History, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects, Cleveland Guardians -- Social aspects
Abstract

Byline: Thomas Boswell Curses and commitment go together. You can't feel damned until you first become devoted. In the past 15 years, the World Series often has felt like an [...]

Published
2016

8. Unanswered Prayers: The Cubs and the Red Sox again fell victim to cruel fate

Author

Rushin, Steve

Subjects
Chicago Cubs -- Competitions, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects, Boston Red Sox -- Competitions, Boston Red Sox -- Social aspects, World Series (Baseball) -- 2003 AD, Baseball fans -- Behavior, Baseball (Professional) -- Competitions, Baseball (Professional) -- Social aspects, Baseball (Professional) -- 2003 AD, Baseball fans -- 2003 AD
Published
2003

9. 'He's my idol': Cubs welcome 7-year-old with team logo on prosthetic eye

Author

Martin, Nick

Subjects
Children -- Appreciation -- Health aspects, Retinoblastoma -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment, Artificial eyes -- Usage, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects
Abstract

Byline: Nick Martin The past four years have been a tough ride for Beckham Zobrist. But thanks to his parents -- and the Chicago Cubs -- the upbeat 7-year-old now [...]

Published
2016

10. Welcome to the new campustimes.org. Matt McGorry takes on social issues The methods of the Mail Center Squash falls to Yale at finals

Subjects
Professional baseball -- Methods -- Social aspects, News, opinion and commentary, Sports and fitness, New York Mets -- Social aspects, New York Yankees -- Social aspects, Major League Baseball -- Social aspects, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects
Abstract

This season of Major League Baseball isnât set to begin until the first weekend of April, but that doesnât mean we canât get excited about whatâs to come. Here are [...]

Published
2016

11. For Die-Hard Fans, A Cubs-Themed Cemetery

Subjects
Chicago Cubs -- Appreciation, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects, Baseball teams -- Appreciation, Baseball teams -- Social aspects, Baseball fans -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Baseball fans -- Social aspects, Baseball (Professional) -- Fans, Baseball (Professional) -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Baseball (Professional) -- Social aspects
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92705098 SCOTT SIMON, host: The devotions of Chicago Cub fans to their team is legendary, historic, and often a little weird. Boy, do [...]

Published
2008

12. Wrigley celeb singers taken out of the ballgame

Author

Berg, Ted

Subjects
Baseball (Professional) -- Social aspects, Singers -- Public relations, Company public relations, News, opinion and commentary, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects
Abstract

Byline: Ted Berg, @OGTedBerg, USA TODAY Sports In a controversial decision certain to be associated with symbolic meaning by Chicago Cubs fans everywhere, the club said it no longer would [...]

Published
2013

13. Epstein & Co. Pass Over the Obvious Choice

Author

Mcgrath, Dan

Subjects
Baseball teams -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects
Abstract

Dan McGrath writes a column for the Chicago News Cooperative. Somewhere in the recesses of Wrigley Field, a young Theo Epstein acolyte is hunched over a laptop studying how wind [...]

Published
2011

14. Epstein says Cubs, Red Sox still talking compensation

Author

Dodd, Mike

Subjects
Baseball (Professional) -- Social aspects, News, opinion and commentary, Boston Red Sox -- Social aspects, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects
Abstract

Byline: Mike Dodd, USA TODAY Tuesday was the deadline Commissioner Bud Selig established for the clubs to reach agreement on the Boston Red Sox's compensation from the Chicago Cubs for [...]

Published
2011

15. Irreplaceable voices

Author

Dodd, Mike

Subjects
Sportscasters -- Appreciation -- Social aspects, News, opinion and commentary, Seattle Mariners -- Officials and employees, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects
Abstract

Byline: Mike Dodd CHICAGO -- On opening day at Wrigley Field, only one of the six flags that honor former Chicago Cubs was hoisted on the foul poles: No. 10. [...]

Published
2011

16. Cubs' curse: For better or verse

Author

Lopresti, Mike

Subjects
Baseball teams -- Social aspects, News, opinion and commentary, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects
Abstract

Byline: Mike Lopresti Adieu to another manager of the Chicago Cubs, so it's time to update the numbers. Lou Piniella was the 48th consecutive man to lead the Cubs and [...]

Published
2010

17. Cubs? Not Obama's kind of club

Author

Nightengale, Bob

Subjects
Chicago White Sox -- Influence -- Social aspects, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects, Baseball teams -- Influence -- Social aspects
Abstract

Byline: Bob Nightengale The city of Chicago might lay claim to having one of its own in the White House, but not only is President Obama an unabashed White Sox [...]

Published
2009

18. Battle in Chicago For Fans' Attention

Author

Curry, Jack

Subjects
Chicago White Sox -- Social aspects, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects, Baseball fans -- Social aspects -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Baseball teams -- Social aspects, Baseball (Professional) -- Fans
Abstract

As the weary White Sox trudged around the visiting clubhouse Monday at Yankee Stadium, many kept at least one eye on a big-screen television to see if the Cubs' Ted […]

Published
2008

19. For Cubs fans, it's 'next year' for the 100th time

Author

Dodd, Mike

Subjects
Baseball teams -- Social aspects -- Chronologies, Baseball (Professional) -- Social aspects -- Chronologies, News, opinion and commentary, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects
Abstract

Byline: Mike Dodd 'This is how God tests our faith. By giving us the Cubs.' -- Author and Chicago native Scott Turow, in an essay for The Cubs: The Complete [...]

Published
2008

20. Chronic pain in two cities

Author

Dodd, Mike

Subjects
Baseball teams -- Social aspects -- Chronologies, Baseball (Professional) -- Social aspects -- Chronologies, News, opinion and commentary, Boston Red Sox -- Social aspects, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects
Abstract

Byline: Mike Dodd CHICAGO -- For decades, the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox were the Heartbreak Twins. Their fans could argue supremacy in one area -- whose streak without [...]

Published
2008

21. Cubs fever infects local advertisers

Author

MacArthur, Kate

Subjects
Baseball teams -- Marketing, Company marketing practices, Business, Business, regional, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects, Chicago Cubs -- Economic aspects
Abstract

Chicago-area marketers are attaching themselves to the Chicago Cubs' unexpected push for post-season glory. 'It's amazing what a winning Cubs season does to the morale of not only our employees, [...]

Published
2003

22. Waiting 'til next year. (The Manley Arts

Author

Manley, Will

Subjects
Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects, The Express: The Ernie Davis Story (Nonfiction work), Baseball fans -- Social aspects, Baseball managing -- Social aspects, Baseball managers -- Social aspects, Baseball (Professional) -- Fans, Personal appearance -- Social aspects, Business, Publishing industry, Social aspects
Abstract

It started in 1991. That's the first time someone mistook me for Lou Piniella. At the time, Lou was the manager of the Seattle Mariners baseball club, and I was [...]

Published
2008

23. Did Cubs fans kill a curse with blast of a baseball?

Author

King, Paul

Subjects
Restaurant industry -- Social aspects, Business, Food and beverage industries, Chicago Cubs -- Social aspects
Abstract

CHICAGO -- Long-suffering Chicago Cubs baseball fans hope a curse was blasted into oblivion last month when Harry Caray's restaurant here supervised the destruction of a baseball that many fans [...]

Published
2004

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