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Home Field Disadvantage

Ted Goeglein | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago

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Ted Goeglein

The Cubs' old pile of bricks stinks of inebriated resignation. It's time for Wrigley Field to be gutted of the past and rebuilt for the future.

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Cubs Sale To Ricketts Family OK'ed By Bankruptcy Judge

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

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WILMINGTON, Del. — The sale of the Chicago Cubs moved closer Tuesday as a bankruptcy court judge said the team can go to the family of billionai...

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Cubs Bankruptcy: Chicago Cubs File Chapter 11 To Ease Sale

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

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NEW YORK — The Chicago Cubs filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, a step that will allow their owner to sell the baseball team in a...

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Cubs Sale To Ricketts Family Unanimously Approved By MLB Owners

AP | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP)--Major League baseball owners have unanimously approved the sale of the Chicago Cubs from Tribune Co. to the Ricketts family. ...

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Cubs Sale Gets Government Go-Ahead

Bloomberg News | Christopher Stern | Posted 11.08.2009 | Chicago

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U.S. antitrust officials approved Tribune Co.'s sale of the Chicago Cubs baseball team to the Ricketts family, which founded TD Ameritrade Holding Co....

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Judge Approves Expedited Legal Process For Cubs Sale

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday approved Tribune Co.'s request for quick court action on the company's planned sale of ...

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Ricketts Family Gave Tribune Company Ultimatum On Completing Cubs Sale

Chicago Tribune | Ameet Sachdev | Posted 09.25.2009 | Chicago

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After months of intense negotiations to buy the Chicago Cubs, the Ricketts family threw a curveball at Tribune Co. late last month. The family gave t...

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How Zell Cost Tribune $150 Million In Botched Cubs Deal

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 09.23.2009 | Chicago

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Oh, the tangled webs that Tribune Co. Chairman Sam Zell can weave. The long process he spun for selling the Cubs probably cost his debt-strapped compa...

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Cubs Sale To Ricketts Family Finalized

AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 09.21.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Media conglomerate Tribune Co. announced a definitive agreement Friday to sell all but a 5 percent stake in the Chicago Cubs and Wrigl...

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Cubs Sale To Ricketts Family 'Imminent': Tribune

Chicago Tribune | Ameet Sachdev | Posted 09.20.2009 | Chicago

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The sale of the Cubs to the Ricketts family is "imminent," sources said Thursday....

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Cubs May File Bankruptcy To Help Sale, Would Be First MLB Bankruptcy In 39 Years

AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 08.13.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — The corporate owner of the Chicago Cubs is considering having the baseball team file for bankruptcy protection as a legal step to hast...

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Tribune Agrees To Cubs Sale Deal Terms With Marc Utay, Now Has Two Offers To Buy Team: Reuters

Reuters | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago

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Tribune Co has agreed to terms for the sale of the Chicago Cubs to a group led by private equity investor Marc Utay, giving the company two offers to ...

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Sale Of Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field To Ricketts Family Finalized: Report

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 08.06.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — The Tribune Co. has reached a written agreement to sell the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and other assets to the family of TD Ameritrad...

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Mark Cuban Steering Clear Of Reopened Cubs Sale Talks

ESPN Chicago | Posted 07.23.2009 | Chicago

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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said he has no plans to become a candidate again to own the Chicago Cubs, despite reports that the bidding has been ...

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Chicago Cubs Sale Twist, Talks Reopen With Rival Bidder: Reuters

Reuters | Ben Klayman and Megan Davies | Posted 07.19.2009 | Chicago

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Talks to sell the storied Chicago Cubs baseball team have reopened with a rival bidding group, and are continuing alongside negotiations with the orig...

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Cubs Sale Gets Closer As 3 Banks Lined Up For Financing

Chicago Tribune | Paul Sullivan | Posted 06.18.2009 | Chicago

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Sports Business Journal reports today that Tom Ricketts has lined up three banks--JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Bank of America--to arrange the $450 m...

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Cubs Sale Likely To Miss Another Deadline Amid Delays

Chicago Tribune | Posted 06.06.2009 | Chicago

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The sale of the Chicago Cubs has taken on the timeless quality of a baseball game. ...

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Chicago Cubs Buyer Ricketts Offering Stakes In The Team To Private Investors

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir | Posted 05.21.2009 | Chicago

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Tom Ricketts is offering private investors a stake in the Chicago Cubs as he works to finance a $900-million acquisition of the team by his family. C...

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Cubs Won't Be Sold Until At Least Mid-May

AP | RICK GANO | Posted 04.18.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — The Cubs are likely to remain under the ownership of Tribune Co. through the early part of the season. Cubs chairman Crane Kenney sai...

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Cubs Won't Be Sold By Opening Day: Bud Selig

Chicago Tribune | Dave van Dyck | Posted 04.07.2009 | Chicago

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The sale of the Cubs to the Ricketts family may drag on past Opening Day, according to Commissioner Bud Selig....

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Ricketts Family Sells Part Of TD Ameritrade Stake To Finance Cubs Bid

AP | JOSH FUNK | Posted 03.21.2009 | Chicago

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OMAHA, Neb. — The family of TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts will sell 34 million of its shares in the online brokerage back to the company in...

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Cubs To Close Tribune Era Without World Series

Chicago Tribune | Paul Sullivan | Posted 02.23.2009 | Chicago

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It looks as if the Tribune era of Cubs ownership will end without a World Series championship, just as the Wrigley family reign ended in failure in 19...

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Rickets Family To Buy Cubs And Wrigley Field For $900M

AP | ANDREW SELIGMAN | Posted 02.22.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — A billionaire family of Chicago Cubs fans _ including one who first met his wife in the bleachers at Wrigley Field _ is set to purchas...

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Cubs Zero In On New Owner

Chicago Tribune | Michael Oneal and Ameet Sachdev | Posted 02.22.2009 | Chicago

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Tribune Co. executives have chosen a favorite among three bids for the Chicago Cubs and have given that recommendation to the unsecured creditors comm...

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Tribune Co. Wants To Keep LA Times, WGN

Chicago Tribune | Michael Oneal | Posted 02.19.2009 | Chicago

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A month into its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, Chicago-based Tribune Co. is beginning to form a strategy for holding the company's major assets together...

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