Ricketts Family

Laura Ricketts Is First Openly Gay MLB Owner

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.02.2009 | Chicago


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...

Ricketts Family Becomes Official Cub Owners

AP | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago


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...

Home Field Disadvantage

Ted Goeglein | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago


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.

Cubs Sale To Ricketts Family OK'ed By Bankruptcy Judge

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago


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...

Cubs Sale To Ricketts Family Unanimously Approved By MLB Owners

AP | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago


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

Chicago Cubs Sale Approved By Bankruptcy Judge

AP | Posted 09.25.2009 | Chicago


WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal bankruptcy judge cleared the way Thursday for the Tribune Co. to sell the Chicago Cubs and the storied Wrigley Fiel...

Cubs Sale Gets Government Go-Ahead

Bloomberg News | Christopher Stern | Posted 11.08.2009 | Chicago


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....

Ricketts Family Gave Tribune Company Ultimatum On Completing Cubs Sale

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...

Cubs Sale To Ricketts Family Finalized

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...

Cubs Sale To Ricketts Family 'Imminent': Tribune

Chicago Tribune | Ameet Sachdev | Posted 09.20.2009 | Chicago


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

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

AP | DAVE CARPENTER | Posted 08.13.2009 | Chicago


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

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

Reuters | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago


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 ...

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

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 08.06.2009 | Chicago


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...

Cubs Sale Negotiations Back On Track With Ricketts Family: Tribune

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...

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

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


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

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

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...

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

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....

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

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...

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

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...