Which team won the 2016 World Series, ending a 108-year title drought?

The Chicago Cubs won the 2016 World Series, ending a 108-year championship drought. They defeated the Cleveland Indians four games to three in a historic, rain-delayed Game 7 at Progressive Field.

Chicago had last won the World Series in 1908, and the club’s long wait became one of baseball’s most famous narratives. The 2016 Cubs won 103 regular-season games, the best record in the National League, then beat the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers in the postseason before facing Cleveland.

Game 7 became an instant classic. The Cubs led 5–1, surrendered the lead, then scored twice in the tenth inning after a rain delay to win 8–7. Ben Zobrist drove in the go-ahead run and was named World Series MVP. Cleveland, not the Boston Red Sox or Houston Astros, was the opponent; the Red Sox’s own 86-year drought ended in 2004.