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The Broad-Shouldered People Have Spoken: Mark Cuban for Owner

Around the sports blogosphere the past few days, one of the main topics of discussion (it's been a slow week, after all) has been whether Mark Cuban will buy the Cubs, whether the baseball establishment wants him to buy the Cubs, and whether or not he'd be a good owner. At least two of those three seem certain: for all his...

Cubs Could Fetch ... One Billion Dollars!

In a deal that would make them the costliest franchise ever bought and sold, the Chicago Cubs, according to this story, are set to cost $1 billion dollars to whoever is lucky enough to inherit the storied club. Muahahaha! Ah, the Tribune Company and Dr. Evil ... rich, dastardly, inept to the point of comedy. And now this....

Is the Tribune Sale Killing Carlos Zambrano's Contract?

Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal thinks so. The deal, which Zambrano originally set a strict deadline for, and which later looked close to completion, is now almost completely kaput, and Rosenthal blames the delay on the Tribune sale's effect on the front office's bottom line:Three weeks later, the pending transactions are...