In this instance, Joe Ricketts, an owner of the Chicago Cubs, gave $500,000 to the state GOP. After that and some other large donations, the party gave about $1.7 million to Brad Schimel’s campaign.

The Ricketts family does not enjoy the spotlight. Cubs Chairman and appointed spokesperson Tom Ricketts actively avoids media appearances and interviews for the most part. In a world full of middl ...

Buster Olney of ESPN offered an especially brutal takedown of the Cubs-owning Ricketts family. Olney’s article begins with the funny/not-so-funny comparison between the Cubs and a smaller market ...

MESA, Ariz. — The Justin Turner deal won’t take the heat off Jed Hoyer’s front office or stop the criticism of the Ricketts family. But the Chicago Cubs needed a win, and a decorated player ...

This is a make-or-break season for this iteration of the Chicago Cubs.

At their first Cubs Convention as owners in 2010, Tom, Laura, Pete and Todd Ricketts answered fans’ questions at a seminar ...

So, is the owner of the Cubs really bankrolling Schimel’s campaign? We’ll get the baseball trivia out of the way first. The Ricketts family, headed by billionaire businessman Joe Ricketts ...

At their first Cubs Convention as owners in 2010, Tom, Laura, Pete and Todd Ricketts answered fans’ questions at a seminar and received a nice round of applause. Todd Ricketts that day said the ...