"Responsibility Has Its Rewards" was the message to Cubs fans as the Chicago Cubs, Major League Baseball® MLB, and the TEAM Coalition joined forces to get the word out to fans about the importance of responsible drinking and always using a designated driver throughout the 2004 MLB season.
Business owners who charge fees to fans who watch Wrigley Field games from their rooftops could pay the Chicago Cubs more than $2 million a year under the settlement of a lawsuit the Cubs brought against the owners, the Chicago Tribune reported. The Business owners...
CHICAGO -- Human resources personnel should expect a slew of creative "out of the office" excuses on April 7, which happens to be the date for the Chicago Cubs home-opener against the St. Louis Cardinals. AT&T today announced a four-week "Opening Day Off" program, which enables fans to register online...
With Tribune Co. in play, some financial heavy hitters are preparing buyout offers for the Chicago Cubs. Those interested in the North Side MLB franchise include industrialist Thomas Begel and restaurant owner/politico William Marovitz, who say they' With Tribune Co. in play, some financial heavy hitters...
What Major League Baseball teams may loose in revenue when the next broadcast network rights deal is signed within the next few weeks, the Tribune Co. and its Chicago Cubs may have found a way to at least partially recoup. The solution: home shop ...
Byline: JEREMY MULLMAN Owners of rooftops overlooking Wrigley Field are benefiting from a deal with the Chicago Cubs they spent years trying to fend off. The 13 rooftop clubs' owners, who agreed to pay the Cubs 17% of their revenues to settle...
CHICAGO -- Today, Nextel Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NXTL) and the Chicago Public Schools, joined the Chicago Cubs in announcing sixth-grader Eric Bonner of William W. Carter Elementary School as the Grand Slam winner of the Ernie Banks Let's Play TwoR essay contest, along with four Home Run winners.
Byline: JEREMY MULLMAN When Chicago Cubs manager Dusty Baker thinks of his native California, it's not the weather he longs for, it's the hamburgers. Since arriving in Chicago two years ago, Mr. Baker has found little to satisfy his craving for th Byline:...
CHICAGO -- Fans of Major League Baseball's longest rivalry have even more reasons to be excited when the Chicago Cubs host the St. Louis Cardinals. They will have a chance to throw out the first pitch at Wrigley Field and win deluxe suite tickets to the game.
The Chicago Cubs and Under Armour Inc., of Baltimore, which makes performance athletic apparel and footwear, announced a partnership agreement that includes first-ever signage on two outfield doors in the left and right fields of historic Wrigley Field. The signage, 7- foot by 12-foot paintings of Under Armour's signature logo,...
Ah, Wrigley Field. Baseball in the sunshine, vine-covered walls, the rooftops overlooking the field. Uh, about those rooftops . . . Chicago Cubs owner Tribune Co.'s tentative plans to expand the 87-year-old park call for, among other things, bui Ah, Wrigley...
Byline: BRETT CHASE Chicago Cubs fans are used to saying, "There's always next year.'' Abbott Laboratories investors are saying, there's always two years from now. The North Chicago drugmaker faces challenges this year and next as generic Byline: BRETT...
The Chicago Cubs have gone to bat for Tribune Co., increasing the company's second-quarter broadcasting and entertainment operating revenue by 15%, from $220.9 million to $253.3 million. Meanwhile, operating profit for that category rose 24%, from $5 The Chicago Cubs have gone to bat for Tribune...
No matter how many home runs Sammy Sosa belts this year, the Chicago Cubs are shrinking in importance to Tribune Co. As Tribune moves forward on its $8-billion deal to acquire Los Angeles-based Times Mirror Co., the ball club becomes an infinitesimal No matter how many...
Byline: Randy Minkoff The Chicago Cubs endured another 90-plus loss season this year. No matter, the turnstiles kept turning. JFK was in the White House the last time the Blackhawks won a Stanley Cup, yet the hockey faithful-admittedly, a small, s Byline: Randy...
To promote Pepsi, Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs made his MLB All-Stars selections at Wrigley Field using an official Pepsi/MLB electronic voting kiosk, the ... To promote Pepsi, Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs made his MLB All-Stars selections at Wrigley Field using an official...
McDonald's Corp. enlists Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa for a 30- second TV spot breaking April 23 that targets kids ages 8 to 13. The commercial, from Leo Burnett USA, Chicago, ... McDonald's Corp. enlists Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa for a 30- second TV spot...
The answer to the controversy over expanding Wrigley Field is simple: No, no and no. To Tribune Co., owner of the Chicago Cubs and the ballpark: No, you can't have a zoning variance allowing you to build a monstrous bleacher extension that would h...
Chicago-based Tribune Co., owner of the Chicago Cubs, introduced a plan to expand Wrigley Field to include 12 more rows of bleachers, improved bleacher entrances and more premium seating. The renovation project was presented to Alderman Bernard Hanse Chicago-based Tribune Co., owner of the Chicago Cubs,...
Spring training's in bloom, but it seemed like the 2003 Major League Baseball season never really ended. It was arguably the most compelling post-season in the game's storied history. The Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs painfully extended ...