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Killing The Curse: A Look Back At Game 7

The nail-biting game began a new era for the city’s “lovable losers.” Here are moments from a night that generations of fans thought they’d never see.

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Game 7 of the World Series transformed the Chicago Cubs from the “lovable losers” to the champions of baseball, something that generations of fans thought would never seriously happen. Here are some moments from a game that was a century in the making.

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