Cubs Fans

Cubs Fans Abusing Parking Permits: Clerk

Chicago Tribune | John Byrne | Posted 10.30.2009 | Chicago


City Clerk Miguel del Valle wants aldermen to review permit parking in Chicago, saying Thursday that the ever-expanding patchwork of residential zones...

Ex-Cub Kerry Wood Says Black Players Got Hate Mail

ESPN Chicago | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago


Cleveland Indians closer and ex-Cubs ace Kerry Wood didn't dismiss the notion that Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley and other African-American players m...

Quigley Delivers Top Ten Reasons Chicago Is World's Best City To Congress

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago


U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley took a page from David Letterman Tuesday night, delivering a Top Ten list from the floor of Congress of his "Reasons Chicago is...

Cubs Fan Suspected Of Throwing Beer On Victorino Surrenders To Police

AP | Posted 09.13.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO — Police charged a 21-year-old man with two misdemeanor counts Thursday in connection with a beer-throwing incident that showered Philad...

Prisoner of Cubs

Ted Goeglein | Posted 03.28.2009 | Chicago


Ted Goeglein

Like smoking, being a Cubs fan means committing oneself to something that starts out hot, burns out at the midpoint, and turns to ashes at the end.

Cubs Fan's Loyalty Bought By Red Sox?

Posted 11.16.2008 | Chicago


The despondent Cubs fan whose attempt to sell his baseball loyalty on eBay was thwarted by the auction site, may have a suitor in the Boston Red Sox,...

Chicago Dreams

Bill Marovitz | Posted 11.15.2008 | Chicago


Bill Marovitz

October was set up to be a crazy, zany month with fans preoccupied with our national pastime. Now, we can all get back to things of lesser significance, like the presidential election and the economy.

The Bartman Anniversary

Posted 11.14.2008 | Chicago


Tuesday marks the five-year anniversary of the Steve Bartman incident. Chicago Sun-Times sports editor and blogger Roman Modrowski says enoguh time ha...

The Daily Show Mocks Cubs Fans (WATCH)

Posted 11.08.2008 | Chicago


The Daily Show delivered a stinging sendup of Cubs fans Tuesday night. In a segment on the disproportionate impact of "Stupid Voters" on the preside...

Harold and Barack: Emotional Wisdom From 1983

Paul Engleman | Posted 11.08.2008 | Chicago


Paul Engleman

The 1983 Chicago mayoral election has one obvious similarity to this year's presidential race. With only a few weeks left, there is a real possibility that something which until recently seemed unthinkable will happen: An African-American could be elected president.

Cubs Fan Auctioning His Allegiance

Posted 11.08.2008 | Chicago


A Cubs fan is selling his team loyalty to the highest bidder, Shamus Toomey reports in the Sun-Times: Scot Moore, 30, a brokenhearted fan who grew u...

Cubs Lose, Cubs Lose, Cubs Lose!

Monroe Anderson | Posted 11.06.2008 | Chicago


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.

The Audacity of Nope

Brad Spirrison | Posted 11.06.2008 | Chicago


Brad Spirrison

It got late early and the Cubs just gave us more of the same. In what was thought to be a change postseason for Major League Baseball, the North Side nihilists ended up giving hope the finger. The curse will not be reversed.

A Pirates' Fan's Lament: I Feel Your Pain (Kind Of)

Jon Greenberg | Posted 11.06.2008 | Chicago


Jon Greenberg

The economy's in the toilet, your 401(k) is worth as much as Neifi Perez's autograph, and the White Sox are still playing while the Cubs are scheduling tee times in Scottsdale.

Bill Murray's Cubs Advice

Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.03.2008 | Chicago


Life-long Cubs fan Bill Murray offered advice to the beleaguered ballclub in an interview with the Tribune: "I think they're going to put more left-...

CTA Motorman Praises Sox En Route To Wrigley

CTA Tattler | Posted 11.03.2008 | Chicago


Baseball fever, of a sort, as overheard by the CTA Tattler: We're on the Red Line heading north into Addison, about 30 minutes before the start of th...

The Mood At Wrigley

Jon Greenberg | Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago


Jon Greenberg

It's a long plane ride out West. Maybe the Cubs will have their own Manifest Destiny, taking two in L.A., and come back for an encore in Chicago. It's nice to dream.

What's Really Important

Bill Marovitz | Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago


Bill Marovitz

For the next month, all of our worldly concerns will take a back seat to ... baseball. For the first time in over 100 years, both Chicago baseball teams are in the playoffs.

Fighting Words: McCain's Battle Scars a Walk in the Park Compared to Cubbie Blues

Brad Spirrison | Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago


Brad Spirrison

Who has persevered through more adversity, Hanoi Hilton alum John McCain or the legions of Cubs fans that have rooted in vein?