The greatest thing ever has happened. A bunch of reporters from the Chicago Tribune won the Sun-Times’ anti-Zell “Don’t Change The Name Of Wrigley Field” video contest, sneaking the entry in under the name of one of their interns.

The Tribune pranksters say they followed the contest rules, weighed the ethical concerns and cleared the project with the paper’s upper management. Still, as they listened to the Sun-Times reporter interview Hamilton, Bannon said he felt a twinge of unease about not volunteering the name of the intern’s employer.”The way I see it, the features section has the comics, horoscopes, even the occasional satire. This is just that, except in Technicolor, video form,” said Pang, who noted that the $1,000 prize will be donated to charity.

“We can’t underscore enough that we told the truth at every stop. If they asked if we were reporters at the Tribune, we would have admitted it then and there.”

Sun-Times Editor Michael Cooke did not return calls for comment Thursday afternoon, but Pang said Cooke had called and good-naturedly congratulated the team.

The Sun-Times also updated its website with a story about the video contest and a sardonic headline: “The Tribune has a sense of humor: Who knew?”

I did not. Not that I have anything against charity, but they should donate the money to the intern, unless she’s independently wealthy.