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Cubs

Chicago’s best pro team is—dare I even suggest it, much less insist upon it?—the Cubs. By process of elimination alone, they’re instant contenders. The White Sox have frayed since their 2005 World Series victory, and the Bears have collapsed since making the Super Bowl a year ago, when they weren’t that good to begin with. The Blackhawks are full of promise with Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews leaving their teenage years, but still a few seasons from peaking. The same goes for the Bulls, no matter whom they use their top draft pick to choose. Meanwhile the Cubs have led the majors in scoring for most of the season, their pitching is good enough, and the statheads at Baseball Prospectus recently proclaimed them the best defensive team in the National League. Will it be enough to end a century-long championship drought? It’s the sports question of the year. cubs.mlb.com. —Ted Cox

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