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CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs could not afford to sit on the sideline in free agency.

Pat Foley’s departure signified the end of an era in Chicago sports broadcasting. He began with the Hawks in 1980 and was the last link to a golden age.

Floyd Brown had a gift of gab and broke racial barriers in radio and television, working for WMAQ and WGN.

Roger Triemstra blended scientific know-how with folksy humor in his reports, becoming one of the most trusted radio and television personalities in the Chicago area.

Behind the outsized characters and good-versus-evil narratives, promoters used TV and strong-arm business deals to put the city on the pro wrestling map.

For those who still don’t accept Kasper’s rationale for leaving Cubs TV for White Sox radio nearly two years ago, consider what happened in baseball broadcasting last week.

When former Blackhawks voice Pat Foley was calling a Cubs game last week, he made a point to credit Quinlan for “planting the seed” of his broadcast career. But Foley was just one of many kids influenced by Quinlan.

MLS matches will all be in the same spot, but the pact forces the Fire to leave WGN.

John Wiedeman will return to the WGN radio booth and work with either Murray or Caley Chelios.

The Fire’s exit from WGN isn’t as disappointing as that of the other teams in town, which had decadeslong relationships with the station. But it’s further evidence of the evolving sports-media landscape.

Venture capitalist Jesse Sullivan, former state Sen. Paul Schimpf, Hazel Crest attorney Max Solomon and businessman Gary Rabine are working to get their final messages to undecided voters. All four proudly say they voted for former president Donald Trump, are anti-abortion and pro-Second Amendment…