Some thoughts of next spring to warm up your winter day.

If the curse is lifted, the magic of Chicago’s lovable-losers would be lost.

Northwestern students decked out in Cubs gear and purple crowded the right-base line Tuesday night at NU Day at Wrigley. The 1,500 tickets sold out in one day. Hannah Fraser-Chanpong / NBN

On the stadium, the Cubs and their Tuesday opponent, the San Diego Padres.

I don’t know how I feel about my Cubbies turning into the Yankees, Red Sox, or Mets. Signing Alfonso Soriano is great, but for $136 million over eight years? He’s going to be 38 when this contract ends. And there’s reportedly a no-trade clause involved. Sure, the Cubs can use Tribune [...]