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A woman who waited 108 years to see another Cubs championship died only days after the team finally recaptured the World Series earlier this month against the Cleveland Indians.Mabel Ball, born the same year the Cubs had previously won the World Series, died Tuesday in the Chicago suburb of Northbrook.?The cruel irony, the almost unbelievable irony, is that the person who waits and waits and waits, after it happens, says, Ive done what Ive got to do, and Im out of here, said her son Rich, 75, of Oak Park, Illinois. It aint funny, but its funny.Ball was interviewed by several Chicago news outlets during the Cubs run in the World Series.?We grew up with the Cubs on the radio, and mom was a fan, and her dad was a Cubs fan, which surprises me, said Mabel Balls son Don, 72, also of Oak Park.Though Mabel followed the Cubs on the radio, she went to only one game, on her 90th birthday, Rich Ball said. Air Max 97 Sale Uk . Gerald Green and Miles Plumlee? Green had bounced around the NBA when he wasnt playing overseas. The Pacers gave up on Plumlee after just one season. Now Green and Plumlee are key cogs in the Suns surprising breakout season. Cheap Air Max 97 Mens . -- Adam Snyder returned to the San Francisco 49ers this season because the offensive lineman thought it was his best opportunity to win a championship. http://www.cheapairmax97uk.com/ . In what the team had called a retirement, Ryan said Thursday that he is resigning as chief executive of the Rangers in a move effective at the end of this month. Cheap Air Max 97 Uk . -- The proud fathers huddled near the Dallas Stars dressing room, smiling, laughing and telling stories while wearing replica green sweaters of their sons team. Wholesale Air Max 97 . Jane Virtanen scored two, and Alex Roach and Elliott Peterson rounded out the offence for the Hitmen (40-15-6). Brady Brassart chipped in with three assists. Colton McCarthy scored twice, Brayden Point had a goal and two assists, and Jack Rodewald also scored for the Warriors (15-35-9), who were 2 for 5 on the power play. ALICANTE, Spain -- The 2017-18 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race will be the longest in the round-the-world sailing events history at close to 44,000 nautical miles, and will feature a sharp increase in the distance sailed in the fierce conditions of the Southern Ocean, organizers announced Wednesday.The 13th edition of the race, which dates back to 1973 when it was known as the Whitbread Round the World Race, will start from the races home port of Alicante, Spain in late 2017.Altogether, the route will take in a total of 11 Host Cities -- Alicante, Lisbon, Cape Town Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Auckland, Itajai, Brazil, Newport, Rhode Island, Cardiff, Wales, Gothenburg, Sweden and The Hague.The key tests for the teams over eight months of competition will come on the long leg from Cape Town to Hong Kong -- over 12,000 nautical miles --- and on the shorter run from Auckland, around Cape Horn, to Itajai.dddddddddddd Both legs will take the sailors deep into the Southern Ocean.Were returning to our roots, said the races British CEO Mark Turner as he looked ahead to the potential for strong winds, ice and huge waves in the waters above Antarctica.Were going back to the Southern Ocean in a big way, and in particular on the monster leg from Cape Town up to Hong Kong.The short section from Hong Kong to Guangzhou in mainland China will be a non-scoring transition, Turner explained.The official race distance is given as 43,750 nautical miles (50,350 miles; 81,025 kms). That compares to 39,000 nautical miles in the last edition in 2014-15. ' ' '