ESPN Honored the Cubs' Win With One of the Better 'This Is SportsCenter' Ads in a While

Resetting the numbers on the big board

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It seems Wieden + Kennedy was pretty busy in the lead-up to the World Series.

The agency's Portland, Ore., office created this lovely Cubs tribute on behalf of Nike that aired on Fox right after the final out on Game 7. And now here is a new SportsCenter ad from W+K New York that ran on ESPN (and was posted to Twitter) shortly after the game ended as well.

It's classic "This Is SportsCenter" advertising—wordless and hilarious, with just the right twist at the end that elevates it to something charmingly clever, a tribute with a wink. 

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