Remembering when Michael Jordan and Chicago broke Cleveland's heart
The droughts are on the line Wednesday -- weather permitting -- when the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians play a winner-take-all seventh game for the World Series championship at Progressive Field.
Will the Indians capture the finale and end a string of no World Series titles since 1948 or will the Cubs take the crown and break a drought since 1908?
The Cubs' rally from a 3-1 deficit puts them in position to tear the hearts out of Cleveland sports fans, who saw their Cavaliers end the city's title drought by overcoming a 3-1 deficit against the Golden State Warrriors in the NBA Finals earlier this year.
This would not be the first time Chicago had a chance to savage Cleveland.
On May 7, 1989, the Cavaliers were looking to take a best-of-five series from the Chicago Bulls.
The series came down to the final seconds of the deciding game with Cleveland leading 100-99 when this happened:
Per Sports Illustrated from May 15, 1989:
With Chicago trailing by one point and the clock showing just three seconds, Jordan caught an inbounds pass that everyone knew was headed his way and took a shot that everyone knew he was going to take. Adding to the degree of difficulty was the flying form of a 6'7" defender, Craig Ehlo, who darkened Jordan's horizon from the right side for a split second. No problem. Jordan simply double-clutched on the 18-foot shot and sent it spinning toward the hoop with perfect rotation. It rattled the back of the rim and went in, his 43rd and 44th points of the game, giving the Bulls a 101-100 victory.
''Un-fath-om-able,'' said Cavs center Brad Daugherty, emphatically. ''Simply unfathomable.''
Indians fans are hoping they don't echo the same thoughts following Game 7.
