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Laura Ricketts Is First Openly Gay MLB Owner

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:52:00 +0000

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. Among the new owners is Laura Ricketts, an out ...

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Wrigley Field: All-Star Host in 2014?

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:22:43 +0000

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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SPORTS: Lesbian makes history as Cubs owner

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 19:20:00 +0000

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 Comcast SportsNet Chicago for $845 million from ...

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Ricketts Family Formally Introduced as New Owners of Chicago Cubs

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:48:45 +0000

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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Sale of Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field to Ricketts family complete

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:35:00 +0000

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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The Tom Ricketts Drinking Game

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:36:13 +0000

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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Cubs sale to Ricketts is complete

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:42:01 +0000

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 family and I are thrilled that this day has ...

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Cubs' New Owner: 'There Is No Curse'

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:57:36 +0000

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 their team is cursed. Though the team once ...

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Tough, but fair

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:36:43 +0000

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 Wrigley Field, where he'll begin his ...

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Kerry Wood says some African-American Cubs teammates received hate mail - ESPN Chicago

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:27:40 +0000

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 experience of playing with those guys, and I've seen ...

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Ricketts says he'll lead off with repairs to Wrigley Field

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:22:45 +0000

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 at Wrigley.

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Ricketts introduced as Cubs' owners

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:22:45 +0000

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, Wrigley Field, and a share in Comcast SportsNet ...

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Sun-Times' Q&A with Tom Ricketts

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:10:00 +0000

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 business reporter David Roeder. Here is an excerpt of that nearly 90-minute round-table discussion.

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SALE OF CHICAGO CUBS TO RICKETTS FAMILY COMPLETED

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:37:27 +0000

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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Wrigley 2014: the plan continues under Ricketts

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 23:32:36 +0000

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 anniversary of the famed ballpark. Rickets and team ...

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Ricketts family finally take ownership of Chicago Cubs

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:00:05 +0000

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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Day One of the Ricketts Regime

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:05:00 +0000

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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Weekend Update ... The Countdown to Ricketts

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:58:02 +0000

The week ahead will be a very exciting time for the Chicago National League Ball Club. Reports on Friday indicated the Ricketts Family would take control of the organization by the end of next week . Bruce Levine reported Saturday morning Tom Ricketts would assume control on Tuesday ... after ...

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