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huffingtonpost.com - 5 days ago
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The Chicago Cubs have reached a baseball milestone
and it has nothing to do with their century-plus
World Series drought. With the team's purchase by the Ricketts Family, the Cubs are the first Major League Baseball team to have an openly gay owner. ...
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Laura Ricketts Is First Openly Gay MLB Owner
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Church of Baseball
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bleachernation.com - 5 days ago
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Among the tall list of tasks for the
Chicago Cubs’ new owner is a reported interest in
bringing the All Star Game to Wrigley Field for the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field in 2014. The process, which involves a petition to the league, is expected to begin soon. “It would be ...
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Wrigley Field: All-Star Host in 2014?
windycitymediagroup.com - 6 days ago
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In a major development, the Chicago Cubs have
become the first major-league sports franchise to have an
openly gay owner. On Oct. 30, the Ricketts family were announced as the new owners of the Cubs, buying the team, Wrigley Field and a share in ...
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SPORTS: Lesbian makes history as Cubs owner
bizofbaseball.com - 8 days ago
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Tom Ricketts, the new board chairman of the
Chicago Cubs. Marking a return to family ownership, the
Ricketts family today was formally introduced as the eighth ownership group in the 133-year history of the Chicago Cubs at a morning press conference at Wrigley Field. On ...
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Ricketts Family Formally Introduced as New Owners of ...
sports.espn.go.com - 8 days ago
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The sale of the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field
and other assets from the Tribune Co. to the
Ricketts family is complete.
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Sale of Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field to Ricketts family ...
thecubreporter.com - 8 days ago
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Tom Ricketts and family will be introduced to
Cubs fans everywhere in a press conference on Friday
morning at 11am CST and probably a couple dozen TV and radio interviews. To help you get through the day, I suggest grabbing your favorite alcoholic beverage(bring a thermos if you're at work) ...
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The Tom Ricketts Drinking Game
chicagobreakingsports.com - 11 days ago
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By Paul Sullivan The Ricketts family officially took
control of the Cubs Tuesday morning, closing the $845
million deal to take 95 percent controlling interest in the team, Wrigley Field and 25 percent of Comcast Sports Net. "My ...
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Cubs sale to Ricketts is complete
npr.org - 8 days ago
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Curse? What curse? Tom Ricketts, who's taking over
as chairman of baseball's Chicago Cubs now that his
family has completed its $845 million purchase of the franchise, isn't one to subscribe to the many, many reasons that many, many Cubs fans think ...
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Cubs' New Owner: 'There Is No Curse'
espn.go.com - 10 days ago
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The news is almost all good for Chicago
Cubs fans with the team now in possession of
new owner and chairman of the board Tom Ricketts. Ricketts will start the process of revealing his long-term and short-term plans on Friday with a news conference at ...
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Tough, but fair
sports.espn.go.com - 11 days ago
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Cleveland Indians closer and ex-Cubs ace Kerry Wood
didn't dismiss the notion that Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley
and other African-American players may have experienced racial insensitivity during their time in Chicago. "I know just from the ...
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Kerry Wood says some African-American Cubs teammates ...
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suntimes.com - 7 days ago
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Now that Tom Ricketts has control of the
Cubs and Wrigley Field, he has plans to make
immediate upgrades to the ballpark that turns 100 years old in 2014. Enough upgrades, he hopes, that Major League Baseball will agree to hold the 2014 All-Star Game ...
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Ricketts says he'll lead off with repairs to Wrigley Field
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chicago.cubs.mlb.com - 7 days ago
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By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com 10/30/09 5:31 PM
ET CHICAGO -- Now, Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster and
his teammates know who their boss is. On Friday, the Ricketts family was formally introduced as the new owners of the Chicago Cubs, purchasing the team, ...
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Ricketts introduced as Cubs' owners
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suntimes.com - 8 days ago
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Shortly before the sale of the Cubs was
complete, new owner Tom Ricketts met at Wrigley Field
with Sun-Times sports editor Stu Courtney, columnist Rick Telander, national baseball columnist Chris De Luca, Cubs beat reporter Gordon Wittenmyer and ...
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Sun-Times' Q&A with Tom Ricketts
bizofbaseball.com - 11 days ago
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THIS IS BREAKING NEWS…. Mark Tues. October 27,
2009 as the day the controlling interest of the
Chicago Cubs was officially sold from the Tribune Co. to the Ricketts family. The $845 million deal, which includes the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, and a 25 percent stake in Comcast ...
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SALE OF CHICAGO CUBS TO RICKETTS FAMILY COMPLETED
waxpaperbeercup.com - 5 days ago
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According to ESPN 1000’s Bruce Levine the plan
to renovate Wrigley Field by 2014 (the ballparks 100th)
will continue under new owner Tom Ricketts. Levine gives out the details : Part of his plans for Wrigley centers around the 100th ...
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Wrigley 2014: the plan continues under Ricketts
sportspromedia.com - 10 days ago
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The sale of the Chicago Cubs to the
Ricketts family, agreed in August, has finally gone through,
with the family formally taking control of the team, its Wrigley Field stadium and 25 per cent of Comcast Sportsnet.
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Ricketts family finally take ownership of Chicago Cubs
chicagocubsonline.com - 10 days ago
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It took two years, six months and twenty-five
days but the Chicago Cubs finally have an owner
and today is the Ricketts Family first full day at the helm. Tuesday officially ended Tribune Co.'s 28-year run as the owner of the Chicago National League Ball Club ... on June 16, 1981 Tribune Co. ...
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Day One of the Ricketts Regime
cubscore.com - 26 days ago
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The Chicago Cubs baseball team is seeking Chapter
11 protection, a step that will allow its corporate
parent to hand the team to new owners. The team filed for bankruptcy in Delaware on Monday. The move was anticipated as the Tribune Co. looks to complete an $845 million sale of the team, ...
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Chicago Cubs file for Ch. 11 to speed team's sale (AP)
cubscore.com - 25 days ago
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The sale of the Chicago Cubs moved closer
Tuesday as a bankruptcy judge said the team can
go to the family of billionaire Joe Ricketts in a $845 million deal. The judge had already cleared Tribune Co. to sell the team and Wrigley Field. But he gave his approval again Tuesday because the Cubs ...
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Chicago Cubs get needed bankruptcy court OK (AP)
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com - 25 days ago
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The sale of the Chicago Cubs moved closer
on Tuesday as a federal bankruptcy judge ruled that
the team could be acquired by the family of the billionaire J. Joseph Ricketts in a $845 million deal. The judge, Kevin J. Carey, in Delaware had already ...
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Bankruptcy Judge Clears Chicago Cubs Sale
