At first blush, a sports program might seem a stretch for laughter. Anyone who has spent time at the University of Chicago, however, knows that sports on campus have been the butt of many a joke. We also know how hard it is for Cubs fans to laugh at themselves and their perennially disappointing team (but do so anyway, rather than crying). In fact, Chicago sports fans spend so much time—out of necessity, really—laughing at themselves and their teams that it might not be much of a stretch after all. Join sportswriter Lester Munson, Phil Rosenthal, and Melissa Isaacson for a Chicago-style mash-up of sports stories and commentary.
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Baseball card of the 1913 Chicago Cubs from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection, from the Library of Congress.