Cubs' long-awaited pennant spurs 'Goat Busters' headlines
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They ain't afraid of no ghost.
Built on the strength of an All-Star roster and backed by the support of a famous swashbuckling "Ghostbuster," the Chicago Cubs finally broke free of the Billy Goat curse Saturday with their epic NL championship win over the Los Angeles Dodgers to advance to their first World Series in 71 years.
The celebrations inside and outside Wrigley Field were predictably wild, and the headlines being conjured up in newsrooms across America were just as good. From Bill Murray-inspired headlines to channeling the late great Ernie Banks, here's a sampling of how some of Illinois and the rest of the country's major dailies covered the historic win:
(Newspaper photos courtesy: Newseum)
HEADLINES
- Rockies' Freeland out 4-6 weeks with elbow injury, says pitch clock could be factor
- Booser arrives in majors with Red Sox after becoming carpenter in 2017
- Pirates' Chapman drops appeal, will serve 1-game suspension Friday
- FAA investigating Rockies after 'unauthorized person' enters cockpit on flight
- Webb dominant for 7 innings as Giants blank D-Backs
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