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WATCH: Cubs Release "It Gets Better" Video

Posted 08.20.2011

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Following in the footsteps of the San Francisco Giants, the Chicago Cubs Monday became the second professional sports team to join the "It Gets Better...

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Integrating Openly Gay Soldiers Into the Military Depends on Sports

Hudson Taylor | Posted 06.20.2011

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Hudson Taylor

With the high rates of athletes who enter military service, sports have the potential to prepare straight recruits with positive attitudes toward gay and lesbian teammates.

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PHOTOS: Chicago Remembers Ron Santo

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ron Santo's love for the Chicago Cubs stretched from his days as a standout third baseman who one season even jumped and clicked his heels to celebrat...

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Stanley Cup Will Be In Chicago's Gay Pride Parade, Cubs To Have A Float As Well

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Chicago Blackhawks have been bringing their recently-won Stanley Cup everywhere--and on Sunday, it will be rushed from the NHL draft in Los Angele...

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Essie Banks, Mother Of Baseball Legend Ernie Banks, Dies At 97

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Essie Banks, the mother of baseball Hall of Famer Ernie Banks, is dead at age 97. Mrs. Banks died Monday of complications from a stro...

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Cubs Lose, Cubs Lose, Cubs Lose!

Monroe Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Cubs Heartbreak, World Series, White Sox, Happiness, Cubs Playoffs, Cubs, Minnie Minoso, Ernie Banks, Wrigley Field, Cubs Choke, Cubs Lose, Cubs White Sox, Cubs Integration, Cubs Fans, Chicago News
Monroe Anderson

Although I've lived less than two miles from Wrigley Field for more than 30 years, I've never been much of a Cubs fan for three reasons.

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This Was Our Year

Brett Ashley McKenzie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cubs Playoffs, Chicago Cubs, Baseball, World Series, Reed Johnson, Ron Santo, Ernie Banks, Blagojevich Cubs, Lou Piniella, Alfonso Soriano, Cubs Playoffs Loss, George Will Cubs, Chicago News
Brett Ashley McKenzie

You can lose Game One and still come back. You can lose Game Two and still come back. But not if you play to lose. Not if those "Not again" fears drown out the optimism.

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Big Z Makes History: Where Were You?

Jon Greenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jon Greenberg

Carlos Zambrano represents Chicago better than any scrappy white infielder, mustache-sporting coach or well-muscled, child-rearing middle linebacker.

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