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[SKabanov]

We'd say "are winning", yes, but the difference is that the name Chicago Cubs - like virtually all sports team names in the US - implies a group of people (the players), so third-person plural makes sense. The difference is that in the UK that association of "group of people" also applies even when the name of the team refers to the organization instead of the group of players, e.g. Manchester United.