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Cubs history revolves around the curse of the billy goat dating back to the 1945 World Series, when the owner of the Billy Goat Tavern was asked to leave Wrigley Field because his goat was bothering fans.
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Laura Muirhead, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026
Team leaders, including Jon Lester, Jason Heyward and Anthony Rizzo, convinced Ricketts to include a billy goat logo inside the championship ring as a nod to the breaking of the curse.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026
High upon the peak of an old, weathered cabin perched a brown and white billy goat.
—arkansasonline.com, 6 July 2025
In a slow-building gag, Alison eventually discovers that an un-neutered billy goat has been swinging his way through the herd, leaving Alison with a rash of unplanned goat pregnancies.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 16 June 2025
Affectionately called Billy by concerned community members, the billy goat was corralled at a home on Montclair Road, not far from where he was first spotted on the loose around 8:30 a.m. Monday.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 20 July 2023
Meanwhile, Sarabia scoops up a baby billy goat and cradles him in his arms.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
The Witch isn’t about a billy goat acquiring souls for devil butter, but instead family dynamics, the pressures of having kids.
—Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
Fragile, birdlike, translucent and with a cry like a billy goat.
—Tracy Grant, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2021
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Laura Muirhead, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026
Team leaders, including Jon Lester, Jason Heyward and Anthony Rizzo, convinced Ricketts to include a billy goat logo inside the championship ring as a nod to the breaking of the curse.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026
High upon the peak of an old, weathered cabin perched a brown and white billy goat.
—arkansasonline.com, 6 July 2025
In a slow-building gag, Alison eventually discovers that an un-neutered billy goat has been swinging his way through the herd, leaving Alison with a rash of unplanned goat pregnancies.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 16 June 2025
Affectionately called Billy by concerned community members, the billy goat was corralled at a home on Montclair Road, not far from where he was first spotted on the loose around 8:30 a.m. Monday.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 20 July 2023
Meanwhile, Sarabia scoops up a baby billy goat and cradles him in his arms.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
The Witch isn’t about a billy goat acquiring souls for devil butter, but instead family dynamics, the pressures of having kids.
—Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
Fragile, birdlike, translucent and with a cry like a billy goat.
—Tracy Grant, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2021
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“Billy goat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/billy%20goat. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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