SPORTS NON-FICTION

the immortals

The 2016 Chicago Cubs, who made professional sports’ longest wait worth every minute

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The 2016 Chicago Cubs completed an epic World Series comeback to break the longest championship streak in the history of professional sports, and you can re-live every moment through the irreverent lens of long-time, long-suffering Cubs’ writer Andy Dolan of Desipio.com and PointlessExercise.com and the columns he wrote that span from the 2014 hiring of Joe Maddon to the 2015 debut of Kris Bryant, to Jake Arrieta’s unprecedented dominance all the way to incredible postseason victories over the Pittsburgh Pirates, the hated St. Louis Cardinals, the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and finally, the Cleveland Indians.

The columns feature newly written side notes that add context, clarity, a new joke or two, and the chance for Dolan to make fun of the stuff he wrote. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll kiss a few bucks goodbye, and you’ll get to enjoy that incredible time all over again.

The 2016 Cubs achieved sports immortality and their story never gets old.

“Here’s the o-1. It’s gonna be a tough play. Bryant! the cubs win the world series! Bryant makes the play! and it’s over! the cubs…have finally won it all! 8-7 in ten!”

– Joe Buck

but wait, there’s more

Great Until It Wasn’t

The highs and lows of the 2003-2004 Chicago Cubs

andy dolan

Andy Dolan has written about the Cubs and sports for nearly 30 years and has the scars to prove it. From his own website desipio.com which he founded in 1997 (what a great Cubs’ season to start with) to other sites like On Hoops, Rotoball, Rotowire, SB Nation and more. From 2016 to 2020 he was a Cubs’ columnist at The Athletic. In 2020 he started his own subscription newsletter, PointlessExercise.com, and has hosted the Pointless Exercise podcast since 2009. He lives in Rockford, Illinois with his wife Beri and as many rescue dogs as allowed by law. (Currently four: Elsie, Lucas, George and Quinn.)