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Three Hernandez homers lift Dodgers into World Series
The defending champion Chicago Cubs are eliminated in 5 games
Cubs repair World Series trophy after Boston damage
The team s trophy for the achievement was damaged during a benefit concert hosted by Cubs president Theo Epstein the Hot Stove Cool Music event
2016 in sports: A year of comebacks
Rappler takes a look back at the biggest most memorable sports comebacks that made the year
2016 saw Cubs, Cavs finally win championships
Two of the most notorious curses in American sport were wiped away in 2016 while legends Kobe Bryant and Peyton Manning walked away from the game
LeBron James makes good on wager, wears Cubs uniform to Bulls game
LeBron James makes good on a bet with former teammate Dwyane Wade after the Indians lost to the Cubs in the World Series
Cubs win best thing since sliced bread for fans: Obama
Despite being a Chicago White Sox fan US president Barack Obama knows how big of a deal it is that the Chicago Cubs won the World Series
Cubs beat Indians in Game 7, win first World Series in 108 years
The Cubs end the longest run of futility in American sports
Cubs, Indians will go the distance to end droughts
One set of long suffering supporters will finally celebrate the end of epic misery while the other will endure yet another heartbreak and be left to wonder if their wait will ever be rewarded
Oldest living World Series player can't bring Indians luck
The 95 year old Eddie Robinson the last living member of the Indians 1948 World Series championship team attends game 6 but fails to see Cleveland celebrate a title just yet
Cubs rout Indians to force one-game title showdown
A long suffering Chicago Cubs team charges to the brink of their first World Series title since 1908 by forcing a winner take all Game 7 against the Cleveland Indians
World Series: Indians hope to emulate Cavaliers title bash
Memories of the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA championship celebration last June inspire the Cleveland Indians to try and win first World Series title since 1948
Cubs try to force winner-take-all World Series showdown
The Cubs must level the Series to force a seventh game that would decide which hoodoo would finally end
Cubs edge Indians to extend World Series dream
Sparked by Bryant s solo homer Chicago scores 3 runs in the fourth inning to seize a 3 1 advantage and ultimately win game 5 3 2
Indians rip Cubs in Game 4 to reach brink of World Series title
The Cleveland Indians are one win away from ending their own title slump after taking a 3 1 series lead
Indians edge Cubs to seize World Series lead
Cleveland grabs a 2 1 lead over Chicago in Major League Baseball s best of 7 championship showdown
Cubs rout Indians, return home level in World Series
Jake Arrieta throws 5 hitless innings as the Cubs rout the Indians in Game 2
Indians blank Cubs 6-0 in World Series opener
The Cubs have to wait a little longer for their first World Series win in 71 years
It's a different World since Chicago Cubs' last Series
In October 1945 World War II had ended only weeks before The first World Series telecast was two years away Color coverage was a decade off More than a third of US homes lacked flushable toilets
One World Series drought must end as Cubs face Indians
The Cubs have not won the World Series since 1908 the longest title drought in American sports history while the Indians have not taken the crown since 1948
'Cursed' Cubs back in World Series after 71 years
The Cubs now have the chance to end the longest title drought in North American sports
Baseball: Cubs one win away from World Series spot
Addison Russell comes up big again to lead the Cubs past the Dodgers in Game 5
MLB: Blue Jays stay alive, Dodgers take 2-1 lead over Cubs
The Blue Jays beat the Indians 5 1 while the Dodgers beat the Cubs 6 0
Chicago Cubs take commanding NLDS lead with 5-2 win over Giants
The Cubs are one win from the NL Championship series after defeating the San Francisco Giants in Game two
New York Mets thrash Cubs to sweep into World Series
The New York Mets enter the World Series for the first time since 2000 where they await the winner of Kansas City vs Toronto
Chicago Cubs could fulfill 'Back to the Future II' prophecy
As the Cubs look to end the longest title drought in North American sports history some fans take hope in a scene from the 1989 comedy film
After 106 title-less years, Chicago Cubs favored to win MLB World Series
The Chicago Cubs began the season at 40 1 odds to win the World Series for the first time since 1908 Now they re 5 2 favorites heading into the National League Finals
WATCH: Baseball coach fractures femur during ceremonial pitch
Anaheim Angels hitting coach Don Baylor fell and broke his right leg while catching a ceremonial first pitch from Angels star Vladimir Guerrero to start Monday s season opener against Seattle
