Nooney Rickett

Yahoo Sports Playoff Calculator hil Rogers reports that MLB may soon extend the divisional playoffs to seven games, which could drastically alter the calculus used by both the Sox and Cubs to win a title. Read More

CUBS SOLD: More than 2 1/2 years after the marquee Chicago Cubs baseball franchise was put on the market, the Tribune Co. in October sold the club, storied Wrigley Field and other assets to the family of billionaire Joe Ricketts. Read More

Beaming with pride, Samuel Burrell says he has received the best gift any father can get: After more than a year of separation, he's finally got his son back. Read More

Speculation about the possible sale of naming rights to Wrigley Field has spread since the Ricketts family bought the Chicago Cubs from the Tribune Company in the fall, but the new owners of the Cubs have not discussed the sale of naming rights to Wrigley Field, according to Wally Hayward, the team's new chief marketing officer. Read More

1:45 P.M. — Mesa, Ariz. officials are meeting today with Chicago Cubs executives to discuss the team's spring-training future. Read More

A court heard David Turner, 50, left his rural home at Rishworth and was brutally attacked on an isolated track as he got out of his car to open a gate. Read More