CHICAGO — The $845 million sale of the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and other assets from the Tribune Co. to the Ricketts family was completed Tu...
AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago
WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday approved Tribune Co.'s request for quick court action on the company's planned sale of ...
Chicago Tribune | Ameet Sachdev | Posted 09.25.2009 | Chicago
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...
AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 09.21.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — Media conglomerate Tribune Co. announced a definitive agreement Friday to sell all but a 5 percent stake in the Chicago Cubs and Wrigl...
Chicago Tribune | Ameet Sachdev | Posted 09.20.2009 | Chicago
The sale of the Cubs to the Ricketts family is "imminent," sources said Thursday....
Chicago Tribune | Ameet Sachdev | Posted 07.28.2009 | Chicago
The Ricketts family's bid to buy the Chicago Cubs from Tribune Co. is gaining momentum, a week after the media company said it was "assessing other al...
AP | RICK GANO | Posted 04.18.2009 | Chicago
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...
Chicago Tribune | Dave van Dyck | Posted 04.07.2009 | Chicago
The sale of the Cubs to the Ricketts family may drag on past Opening Day, according to Commissioner Bud Selig....
AP | JOSH FUNK | Posted 03.21.2009 | Chicago
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...
AP | ANDREW SELIGMAN | Posted 02.22.2009 | Chicago
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...
AP | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago