Despite the "sacrifice" of President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, and Oprah Winfrey

Chicago Eliminated! Another “Teaching Moment, Mr. President?

By John Lillpop
Friday, October 2, 2009

CHICAGO ELIMINATED! was the blaring headline on this first Friday of October. So what? was the bitter reaction of anyone who follows Chicago sports with any degree of sincerity.

After all, being eliminated is a tradition dating back to 1908 for the Windy City. Until now, ELIMINATED has been used to describe the obligatory sacking of the Chicago Cubs from baseball’s pennant races or playoffs.

ELIMINATED, ALA Chicago Cubs, happens as early as mid September and as late as mid-October. Whether early or late, it happens every year and no amount of audacity can change that fact.

Now the Curse of Chicago has extended its ferocious tentacles and brought down the bid of the Windy City to be the Host City for the 2016 Olympics.

This despite the “sacrificeâ€