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After putting the Curse of the Billy Goat out to pasture, Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts is looking to make peace with another one of the historical ghosts that have haunted the team over the years.Having ended the Cubs 108-year World Series championship drought, Ricketts now wants to contact Steve Bartman.It was just so important for this organization to put this lovable loser crap to bed, Ricketts told USA Today Sports on Wednesday. ...?We had to get past that and put that in the history of the Cubs, and not the future. We changed that dialogue, and now, its all a thing in the past.Bartman was vilified by some in Chicago for attempting to catch a ball above outfielder Moises Alou along the wall in left field during Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series between the Cubs and Marlins. Bartman made contact but didnt catch it, and neither did Alou, who would have made the second out in the eighth inning but instead jumped up and down in frustration. The Cubs fell apart and lost that game and also Game 7.At the right time, Ricketts said?of his plan to contact Bartman. Im sure well figure something out that provides closure for everybody. Hopefully, we can make it work.I never focused on ghosts or curses or Bartman or any of that stuff. ... We wanted to eventually get to that point where we can pick out rings ... and here we are.Frank Murtha, a lawyer who has served as Bartmans spokesman, told USA Today that Bartman still lives and works in the Chicago area. Bartman has not conducted any interviews since the 2003 incident.[Bartman] was just overjoyed that the Cubs won, as all the Cubs fans are, Murtha said after the Cubs clinched the title. Michal Kempny Jersey . -- Jonathan Drouin gave Halifax the boost it needed to edge host Sherbrooke Phoenix 3-2 in a shootout in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Nic Dowd Capitals Jersey . "It was nerve-wracking, but we pulled through," said Collaros, who threw four touchdown passes to lead the Toronto Argonauts (8-4) to a 33-27 win over the Calgary Stampeders (9-3) in front of 28,781 fans at McMahon Stadium. http://www.officialcapitalsfanstore.com/authentic-evgeny-kuznetsov-capitals-jersey/ . He said Tuesday thats a big reason why he is now the new coach of the Tennessee Titans. Whisenhunt said he hit it off quickly with Ruston Webster when interviewing for the job Friday night. John Carlson Jersey .ca! Hi Kerry, Its another day and here we are looking at another dubious hit to the head. In this case Blue Jackets forward Brandon Dubinsky elbowed Saku Koivu in the head about a second after he dished off the puck to a teammate, knocking him unconscious. Dale Hunter Jersey . - The Oakland Raiders re-signed offensive lineman Khalif Barnes on Friday. North Melbourne have continued their rollercoaster ride on the injury front, the Roos welcoming back a key trio the same day Mason Wood was ruled out for up to two months.Jarrad Waite, Daniel Wells and Nick Dal Santo have all been passed fit to return this week, while Wood has undergone knee surgery.The emerging forward injured his left knee in the Kangaroos loss to West Coast and coach Brad Scott confirmed on Thursday he would miss six to eight weeks.They repaired the medial ligament, and also tidied up some other things in the knee, Scott said.Were expecting about a six-to-eight week recovery, which will put him pretty close to the bye before the finals, so its going to be a tight run back.But our attitude as a club is to do everything we can to try to get him back, potentially for a finals series. Well just have to rehab it as best we can.Wood has emerged as an important part of the Roos forward set-up, with his loss another setback for a team that has struggled under the weight of a lengthy injury list of late.North have been in free fall recently, losing fiive of six games to go from top of the ladder after 12 rounds to eighth heading into round 17.ddddddddddddThe Roos face an improving Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium on Saturday, with the Power, their nearest challenger three games behind in ninth.Its important and to be perfectly honest were not burying our head in the sand, Scott said of the key encounter.We understand the situation with the state of the ladder and the tightness of the competition. But really our main focus is just on rediscovering our best footy.Weve been thereabouts in terms of a lot of things weve been trying to do but they havent been polished performances and they havent been good enough to get us the win.So were just really focused on getting back to our best and the rest will take care of itself.Scott dismissed calls for out-of-form forward Drew Petrie to be dropped as irrelevant, adding he had not for one second considered sending the veteran back to the VFL. ' ' '