The World Series of the Apocalypse?
No team in sports has inspired better literature than the hapless Chicago Cubs. The oeuvre includes a little-known tale by W.P. Kinsella: 'The Last Pennant Before Armageddon.'
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How American policing fails neighborhoods – and cops
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Will Trump use the convention to broadcast a more moderate image?
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