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CHICAGO -- The Latest on Chicagos parade and rally honoring the Chicago Cubs first World Series championship in 108 years (all times local):2:50 p.m.Chicago officials say the crowd estimate for the Chicago Cubs championship celebration is about 5 million people.The number comes Friday afternoon from Melissa Stratton, the spokeswoman for the Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications. It includes everyone who lined the parade route and the crowd who attended a rally at Grant Park.Among those in the crowd at Grant Park were four generations of Laura Lewis family, including her 70-year-old grandma, her mother and her son. All three women told stories of going to games as young girls and continuing the tradition with their families.The family gathered pieces of the red and blue parade confetti to send to Lewis sister in Japan. Grandma Mary Blevins called the experience priceless.---2:15 p.m.Second baseman Ben Zobrist greeted fans at the Chicago Cubs championship rally with his World Series MVP trophy.Zobrist told fans that it was definitely a team award. He said that the Cubs are a team full of MVPs and Chicago is a city of MVPs. Zobrist said the players were confident until the Cubs fell back three games to one in the World Series to Cleveland. He says, It was silent in that clubhouse.But Zobrist says thats when catcher David Ross said, `Dont hang your heads. Were going to do it. Zobrist said first baseman Anthony Rizzo started playing Rocky movies in the clubhouse. He told fans this ball club pulled through for all of you.Fridays rally ended with a rendition of Go Cubs Go and more blue and red confetti.---1:50 p.m.Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo got teary-eyed while speaking at the teams World Series championship rally.Rizzo singled out retiring Cubs catcher David Ross, saying Ross taught him a lot in life both on and off the field. Rizzo said hes forever grateful to him. The younger Cubs players affectionately call the 39-year-old Ross Grandpa. Rizzo says Ross is going out a champion forever.Ross spoke after Rizzo, coming to the microphone at the Grant Park rally and yelling Chicago! loudly. He then picked up the championship trophy and shouted, Look what the boys got me!Rizzo finished his speech by giving Cubs owner Tom Ricketts the ball from the last out of Game 7 that gave the Cubs the win over the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday.---1:20 p.m.Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon carried the World Series championship trophy onto the stage at a rally honoring the team in Grant Park.Maddon started by talking to the fans, saying You guys are the best. Congratulations!Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein also spoke, telling fans that they are really what carried our guys through October. He said the players felt how badly the Chicago Cubs fans wanted a World Series win.Cubs owner Tom Ricketts told the crowd that the players on the World Series team are going to be Chicago baseball legends.Ricketts said he was used to fans coming up to him, asking when the Cubs were going to win a World Series. He said, For the thousands of people who have said that to me, `There you go.---12:40 p.m.The Chicago Cubs are being welcomed by thousands of fans and red and blue confetti at Grant Park for the teams World Series championship rally.Players, coaches, their families and team executives arrived in a motorcade of open-roof buses just after noon on Friday, following a parade from Wrigley Field through city streets packed with cheering fans.While they waited to take the stage for a victory rally, Cubs manager Joe Maddon talked with former Cubs player and Baseball Hall of Famer Billy Williams.During the parade, third baseman Kris Bryant wore a wrestling-style championship belt with a Cubs logo.Tens of thousands of fans waited at Grant Park for the rally. Many waved white and blue W for win Cubs flags and held signs saying World Champs.---11:55 a.m.Chicago Cubs players are waving at fans and shooting them victory gestures as their open-roof buses move down Chicagos famed Michigan Avenue, which was shut down for the teams World Series championship parade.Tens of thousands of fans lined city streets Friday, waving Cubs W victory flags and shouting, Lets go Cubs, as the buses went past.Players hoisted the Commissioners Trophy as a large replica of the trophy went past on the back of a pickup truck. And as Cubs President Theo Epsteins bus drove by, fans yelled Theo, Theo, Theo.Nearby, construction workers watched the parade and cheered from the top of a crane.The parade will end a few miles south at Grant Park along Lake Michigan, where thousands more fans are waiting for a championship rally.---10:50 a.m.The Chicago Cubs championship parade is underway.Players boarded open-roof buses outside Wrigley Field and began moving just before 11 a.m. with a police escort. Players, each wearing their Cubs jerseys, waved at fans from atop the busesThe motorcade will drive down the citys famed Michigan Avenue before making its way to a rally scheduled at noon in Grant Park. The sprawling park is already packed with tens of thousands of fans standing shoulder-to-shoulder.Some players posed for photos together before the buses departed. Others held their infant children and sat with their families.The Cubs mascot, Clark, cheered at the beginning of the parade from the back of a pickup truck. Center fielder Dexter Fowler had a cigar.The Cubs havent won a championship since 1908, and some were calling Fridays rally and parade the celebration of a century.---10:10 a.m.Theyre not old enough to appreciate decades of disappointment, but lots of children and teenagers are among the Cubs fans gathering in Chicago for the teams first World Series celebration since 1908.Nine-year-old Juliza Hernandez of Chicago was wearing a Cubs jersey outside Wrigley Field on Friday morning. She made a sign with her father and 6-year-old sister Emily that said, Winners and Go Cubs Go!Ten-year-old Chase Anderson of Chicago was also outside the ballpark. He says his favorite Cub is pitcher Jake Arrietta. His dad, 51-year-old private equity investor Dean Anderson, says the new generation of Cubs fans will be expecting more Cubs championships.Steve Angelo of Chicago was carrying his 4-year-old son Nicholas on his shoulders. The pair wore matching jerseys for first baseman Anthony Rizzo.Friday was already a scheduled day off for Chicago Public Schools.---9:55 a.m.Before the hours-long parade even steps off, tens of thousands of people are making their way into the site of the celebration-capping rally to honor the World Series champion Chicago Cubs.Aerial video from Chicago television stations shows large crowds of people waiting to get into Grant Park along Lake Michigan and inside barricades set up for the noon Friday rally. Other fans lined the parade route, in places many people deep.The city has set up security screenings at two entrances to the park and is restricting beverages to closed water bottles, saying alcohol wont be tolerated.The parade scheduled to start at about 10 a.m. at Wrigley Field will make its way downtown before ending up in Grant Park.---9:10 a.m.Chicago Cubs fans have packed the streets outside Wrigley Field hours before the start of the parade to honor the World Series champions.Laurie Winter, of South Elgin, woke up at 4 a.m. Friday to bring her 2-year-old son Cooper to the stadium to see the players. The 34-year-old says she spotted a man carrying a sign that said Tickets wanted for World Series 2017 and that everyone is excited about the teams future.The parade is scheduled to start at about 10 a.m. from Wrigley Field, where it will head a few blocks east toward Lake Michigan and then south toward downtown for a rally at Grant Park.Earlier Friday, motor boats moved up and down the Chicago River, dying it a shade of bright blue to match the teams color.---8 a.m.Cubs fans are packing downtown Chicago to celebrate the teams first World Series title in 108 years, but one infamous fan wont be among them.Steve Bartman has confirmed through a spokesman that he wont be at the victory parade or rally.Frank Murtha tells USA Today (http://usat.ly/2f8eNW9 ) that Bartman was overjoyed that the Cubs won on Wednesday night to clinch the Series, but that he doesnt want to be a distraction to the teams accomplishments.Bartman vanished from public view after interfering with a foul ball during the National League Championship Series in 2003.The Cubs were five outs away from reaching the World Series at the time. Bartman became a pariah in Chicago after the Cubs went on to lose the game and the series to the Marlins.---8:30 a.m.Commuter trains running into downtown Chicago are already packed, hours ahead of the victory parade for the World Series champion Chicago Cubs.The Chicago Transit Authority had announced Thursday it was adding extra service and capacity to accommodate people attending a noon rally in the city.But trains were already skipping stops Thursday morning because they were packed with fans, some draped with the teams blue and white W flags before 7 a.m.Metra trains, which travel farther to the suburbs, was sending out alerts just after 6 a.m. Friday saying some of its trains also were running express because of passenger capacity.Metra spokesman Michael Gillis said the rail line is using every piece of equipment available to accommodate the huge demand.The Cubs parade is scheduled to start about 10 a.m. at Wrigley Field before winding south into downtown along the famed Michigan Avenue to Grant Park for a rally.---6:40 a.m.The celebration hasnt stopped in Chicago, where throngs of Chicago Cubs fans are expected at a parade honoring the World Series champions.Events get underway Friday morning at Wrigley Field. The parade will leave the historic ballpark at 10 a.m. The parade downtown starts an hour later and ends in Grant Park for a noon rally.The city also plans to dye the Chicago River blue to honor the team, similar to how the river goes green annually for St. Patricks Day.Chicago estimated that 2 million people attended a parade and rally in 2015 after the Blackhawks won their third Stanley Cup in six years.But the Cubs Game 7 victory in Cleveland on Wednesday broke a 108-year drought, so fans have a lot of pent-up celebrating to do. USWNT Jerseys China . The 19-year-old Olsen played 34 games with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL this season. In that time, hes recorded 17 goals and 17 assists with 36 penalty minutes. Custom USWNT Jerseys . Wall made the comment in a speech to a Regina business crowd that included Lesnar. 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VALPARAISO, Ind. -- Alec Peters and Valparaiso did not shrink from the challenge, Tuesday night.With No. 21 Rhode Island storming back in the final seconds, Valpos leading scorer came up big on the defensive end. Peters got a piece of Jarvis Garretts potential game-tying 3-pointer with two seconds to play, and Valparaiso held off the Rams, 65-62.Peters also did it on offense, as usual for Valpo. Fourth in the nation in scoring at just over 25 points per game, Peters scored 27 points to go with nine rebounds, finished 10 of 10 from the free throw line, and scored on three straight possessions down the stretch.We always talk about not shying away from the moment and its very evident that Alec wants the ball in those moments, said Valparaiso coach Matt Lottich. Im happy hes on our side.The win snapped a streak of 40 straight Valpo losses to ranked teams, dating back to the Crusaders upset over Ole Miss in the 1998 NCAA tournament.This is pretty big... Definitely top five, Peters said when asked to rank this win in his career. Weve still got some big games ahead of us and Im very confident that we can win some bigger ones.Jubril Adekoya chipped in 13 points and Tevonn Walker had 10 for the Crusaders (7-1), who will take more than a week off before a trip to face No. 1 Kentucky in Lexington.Jared Terrell scored 21 points for Rhode Island (5-2) in the Rams first true road game of the season. Hassan Martin added 16 points and six rebounds.These are the type of game that expose the things you need to work on and get better at, said Rhode Island coach Dan Hurley. They also prepare you for the rigors of conference play. That was a conference-type game, semi-final of a conference championship intensity in that game.Consecutive URI buckets cut Valpos lead to 64-62 with 20 seconds left. After Shane Hammink missed a layup, the Rams went to the free throw line with a chance to tie the game, but Martin missed, and Adekoya hit one of two foul shots at the other end to put Valpo up three with 11 seconds to play, setting up the final play.ddddddddddddWith 13:50 to go following a technical foul on Rhode Island coach Dan Hurley, Peters knocked down both free throws and Max Joseph hit a layup to give the Crusaders their largest lead, 43-38, since the early minutes of the game.After the Rams cut it to one, Valpo scored the next seven, a run capped by Adekoyas three-point play to push the lead to 50-42 with 8:58 to play.We always talk about being resilient, Lottich said. Our guys just continued to push the envelope, continued to play aggressive.POLL IMPLICATIONSRhode Island moved up two spots to 21 in the AP poll this week and has been ranked for four consecutive weeks, the second-longest stretch in program history, a streak now in jeopardy, while Valpo will try again to play giant killer against Kentucky next week.RESUME BUILDERHurley pointed to what this game could do for his teams NCAA resume, despite the loss.These are great wins for your postseason resume, and theyre probably not bad losses, either, Hurley said. I think well both have good numbers at the end of the year if we both do what were supposed to do.BIG PICTURERhode Island: The Rams failed to avenge a 58-55 home loss to Valpo last season.Valparaiso: Coming off a program-best 30 wins last season, the Crusaders matched their best eight-game start in the last 70 years, and improved to 4-1 all-time against Rhode Island.UP NEXTRhode Island: The Rams stay on the road to play to try and avenge another narrow loss last year when they visit in-state rival Providence College on Saturday.Valparaiso: The Crusaders are off eight days before traveling to Lexington to face No. 1 Kentucky next Wednesday. ' ' '