Mark Cuban applies to buy Chicago Cubs
295631
Add internet billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to the list of potential Chicago Cubs buyers.
700977
Former Arizona Diamondbacks owner Jerry Colangelo would be interested buying the Chicago Cubs if Tribune Co. puts his hometown franchise up for sale.
688560
Also in this column:  â¢ Zambrano likely to remain with Cubs  â¢ Mets' pitching woes  â¢ Bonds' annual boast  â¢ More news and notes
542642
Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek has wealth -- a four-year, $40 million deal. He has stability -- a no-trade provision that kicks in sometime in September of next season. What he also has is a "C" on his jersey, denoting that he is the official team captain, which he found out when general manager Theo Epstein unfolded Varitek's home and ...
136408
The Milwaukee Brewers announced that its ownership group has entered into a letter of intent to sell the team to Los Angeles investor Mark Attanasio Monday for a reported price of more than $220 million.
434624
Mets General Manager Omar Minahas has met with most of the teams that may be willing to trade big-money marquee players in blockbuster deals.
396095
Struggling designated hitter Phil Nevin was traded Wednesday by the Texas Rangers to the Chicago Cubs, who are desperately seeking a bopper to help replace injured slugger Derrek Lee.
366189
CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Mark L. Attanasio was introduced Monday as the incoming owner of the Milwaukee Brewers. Attanasio, 46, has completed negotiations to purchase the Brewers from the family of baseball commissioner Bud Selig.
694877
Nomar Garciaparra agreed to a one-year contract with the Chicago Cubs.
700074
Alfonso Soriano will be paid $18 million annually in the final five years of his $136 million, eight-year contract with the Chicago Cubs, the fifth-richest contract in baseball history.
682641
Baseball The Chicago Cubs were close to agreement last night on a trade to send unhappy slugger Sammy Sosa to the Baltimore Orioles, several high-ranking baseball officials told The Associated Press. Medical tests and approval from commissioner Bud Selig and the players' association remain unresolved, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Cubs would pay a substantial part ...
568260
HAVANA -- Cuba has agreed to buy about $125 million in farm goods from US companies attending trade talks in Havana, officials say.
759207
Nomar Garciaparra stayed with the Chicago Cubs, Brad Radke remained with Minnesota and the New York Yankees looked ahead to deals with pitcher Jaret Wright and second baseman Tony
244250
Five-times All-Star Alfonso Soriano has agreed an eight-year contract with the Chicago Cubs, the club said on Monday.
504875
THE baseball that Barry Bonds hit for his 700th career home run brought a top bid of $US804,129 ($1.08 million) today after a 10-day online auction.
408360
TORONTO -- It was one of the more unusual examples of contract leverage in recent memory. When third baseman Mike Lowell agreed to sign a four-year extension with the Florida Marlins after they won the World Series in 2003, it included this stipulation: If the cash-strapped Marlins didn't obtain financing for a new stadium by the following November, Lowell had ...
374293
Carlos Zambrano is used to helping the Chicago Cubs on the mound and at the plate.