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Ricketts family are third bidders to make shortlist to buy Chelsea

The Ricketts family own the Chicago Cubs baseball team.

The Independent UK

Boehly, Broughton, Ricketts, Pagliuca: The preferred bids explained as Chelsea takeover race heats up

With the race to buy Chelsea being narrowed down to a shortlist by US bank, Raine Group, the next owner of the European champions is becoming clearer.

Evening Standard

Chelsea Supporters’ Trust reiterates concern over Ricketts family bid for club

Chelsea fans have been involved in a ‘No To Ricketts’ campaign on social media following past comments from Joe Ricketts in 2012

The Independent UK

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Chelsea sale race hots up as Todd Boehly and Sir Martin Broughton bids shortlisted

LA Dodgers part-owner Boehly, former Liverpool chairman Broughton and the Cubs-owning Ricketts family now lead the race to take charge at Stamford Bridge

The Independent UK

Sir Martin Broughton and Todd Boehly bids shortlisted in race to buy Chelsea

Chicago Cubs owners the Ricketts family are also in the running.

The Independent UK

Rockies’ Kris Bryant wishes former team good luck in ‘different era of Cubs baseball’

Bryant won a World Series, Rookie of the Year and MVP during his Cubs tenure.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chelsea takeover hopefuls still await fate as shortlist of preferred bidders prepared

Todd Boehly’s consortium, Chicago Cubs owners the Ricketts family and Sir Martin Broughton’s offering are thought to remain favourites to make the cut

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Chelsea suitors await fate as shortlist of preferred bidders prepared

Todd Boehly’s consortium, Chicago Cubs owners the Ricketts family and Sir Martin Broughton’s offering are thought to remain favourites make the cut.

The Independent UK

MLB’s streaming deals stick it to RSNs, but fans hurt even more

The deals’ exclusivity means teams’ local rights holders won’t carry the games picked up by Apple and Peacock, just as they can’t when FOX and ESPN take games.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kosuke Fukudome — still playing in Japan at age 44 — says Cubs fans ‘will love to see’ Seiya Suzuki play

MESA, Ariz. — If anyone understands what awaits Japanese star Seiya Suzuki at Wrigley Field, it’s his countryman Kosuke Fukudome.

Chicago Tribune

Expanded rosters give Cubs’ new-look pitching staff a boost

Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association agreed to give teams two extra roster spots and remove the 13-pitcher limit for April.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki scheduled to make his Cactus League debut Friday vs. Rockies

Friday will mark a week since Suzuki arrived in Cubs camp after signing a five-year deal.

Chicago Sun-Times

In bid to buy Chelsea FC, Ricketts kids find it hard to distance themselves from dad’s racist views

It’s Joe Ricketts’ money, which he amassed through his company TD Ameritrade. It’s the money of a guy who thinks Islam is “a cult and not a religion.’’

Chicago Sun-Times

Oakland Athletics at Chicago Cubs, live stream, TV channel, time, odds, how to watch Spring Training

The Oakland Athletics will meet the Chicago Cubs in MLB Spring Training action on Wednesday afternoon.

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Ricketts family denounces racism after backlash over its bid for Chelsea soccer club

Patriarch Joe Ricketts’ past Islamophobic comments have gained a renewed focus during the competitive bidding contest.

Daily Mirror

Chelsea sale poised for significant step forward as favourites to buy club emerge

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's sale of the club via the Raine Group has started to make progress as the three main contenders to buy the Premier League club valued at £2.5 billion start to emerge.

Evening Standard

Ricketts family bid for Chelsea backed by prominent Muslim leader in Chicago amid furious fan backlash

The Ricketts family remain determined to buy out Roman Abramovich and today issued a passionate response to the backlash from Chelsea fans.

The Independent UK

Cubs owners denounce racism after backlash over Chelsea bid

The owners of the Chicago Cubs, who are bidding for Premier League club Chelsea, touted their anti-racism credentials after a backlash in England about offensive comments by the Ricketts family patriarch

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Chelsea takeover: The Ricketts Family send anti-racism statement amid backlash at bid

Chelsea News: The Chicago Cubs owners have come out fighting after the #NoToRicketts campaign continues to gain pace ahead of takeover decision

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs’ Willson Contreras files for arbitration, Ian Happ avoids hearing

Contreras confirmed Tuesday that the parties haven’t picked up extension talks this spring either.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lefty Steven Brault arrives in Cubs camp with triceps injury, signs non-roster invite deal

Brault said he first felt the injury the day before his physical.

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Chelsea player Paul Canoville speaks out against Ricketts family bid for club

Joe Ricketts, whose family wants to buy Chelsea, called Muslims ‘our enemy’ in an email and the anti-racism campaigner Paul Canoville has opposed the Americans’ bid

The Independent UK

Chelsea supporters group urges Ricketts family bid for the club to be turned down

The Ricketts family are one of a number of groups attempting to buy the Premier League club

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs’ Keegan Thompson gets first start; Brennen Davis exits with bruised knee

The Cubs beat the Reds 3-2 in Cactus League play.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘A second chance’: Andrelton Simmons’ Cubs signing reunites 2012 locker-mate trio

A decade ago, the lockers of Jason Heyward, Andrelton Simmons and David Ross lockers stood next to one another in the Braves’ clubhouse.

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