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Cubs fans, meet your new owner: Tom Ricketts

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:10:43 -0500

"We really are fans," says the new owner of his family.

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Is Negro League Hall of Famer player buried at Burr Oak?

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:36:44 -0500

There are 289 members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Only one Hall of Famer does not have a grave marker.

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Weather Channel Anchor Blooper: "Chicago White C-cks"

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:07:03 -0500

Them's fighting words down on the South Side!

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Cubs extend Jim Hendry's contract

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:42:53 -0500

General Manager Jim Hendry and the Chicago Cubs agreed Monday to a four-year contract extension through the 2012 season, a deal that would expire well after new owners are expected to take over the cl

Nearly Next Year

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Twins topple White Sox, 3-2

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:55:15 -0500

ChiSox fans were already on pins and needles, so Chicago's 3-2 loss at Minnesota on Wednesday didn't help - the Sox hold just a half-game lead on the Twins in the AL Central.

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Boat lands Sox' Uribe in hot water

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:41:18 -0500

On Aug. 20, Uribe bought the 23-foot powerboat from Gabino Arteaga, owner of Elston Express Auto Spa Inc., for $15,000. Uribe asked if he could store it at the car wash, 3060 N.

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Ernie Banks, wife adopt baby girl

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:39:39 -0500

Banks already has three grown and gone adult children who reside on the West Coast.

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Play It Again, Ump: Replays Bad For Baseball

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:13:42 -0500

The Cubs didn't install lights at Wrigley Field until 1988, but they were on the cutting edge of baseball technology tonight, as the instant replay made its Major League debut at the Friendly Confines.

And baseball may never be the same.

Nearly Next Year

Up on the (Wrigleyville) Roof

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:41:33 -0500

With the Cubbies pounding the competition on a regular basis at Wrigley Field, tickets are harder to come by than ever before.

Gone are the days when you could show up to the park at 1:19 and catch an afternoon ballgame in the shaded comfort of the upper deck. Even the worst seats in the house were sold out by April this year.

Nearly Next Year

Video: Monster brawl at minor league Cubs game

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:42:15 -0500

The Cubs' Peoria farm team, the Chiefs, got in a brawl with the Dayton Dragons Thursday evening — in the first inning! Both managers and 15 players were ejected from the game...