A Bevy of 2016 World Series Headlines
Game 1 warm-up winners: Red Eye; Akron Beacon Journal; Quad-City Times.
One of the questions FishbowlNY had ahead of Game 1 is which Midwestern newspaper wore the anticipation of the 2016 World Series best? The Cubs last won their sport’s championship in 1908; the Indians in 1948.
Free Tribune publication Red Eye transformed the Cubs’ trademark “W” (which flies at Wrigley after each victory) into the simplest and most powerful of pastiches. It’s not often that a newspaper can get away with a front-page headline that is but one letter.
WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.
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