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