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The Cub's bidders are in

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Chicago_Cubs_Logo.gifThe bidders for the Chicago Cubs are in, and as expected it reads like a who's who in dealmaking.

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Bidders apparently include real estate executive Hersch Klaff; John Canning Jr., chairman of Chicago-based private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners; Mark Cuban, who owns the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks; Don Levin, owner of the Chicago Wolves minor league hockey team; a group headed by Michael Tokarz of MVC Capital Inc.; the family of Joe Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.; and Sports Properties Acquisition Corp.

Bids could be over $1 billion for the Cubs, Wrigley Field and a stake in Comcast SportsNet. - Maria Woehr

See story about Klaff from Reuters
See earlier story from Dealscape





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