Tom Ricketts once sat in the bleachers at Wrigley Field, cheering for the Chicago Cubs.

Tom Ricketts once sat in the Wrigley Field bleachers, cheering for the Chicago Cubs. Tuesday, he addressed the team that his family now owns.

News Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts is at spring training in Arizona.

Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee doesn’t want to negotiate an extension during the regular season.

Chicago Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano said surgically repaired left knee isn’t 100 percent.

We notice news items about the Chicago Cubs and spring training in Arizona these days.We see the Cubs and the Arizona Legislature trying to fund a promised new training complex in Mesa with a surcharge on tickets — to other teams’ games.Later we see the commissioner of baseball weigh in against this concept of cost sharing.While these headlines do not appear to add up to deal-breakers among …

The Chicago Cubs enter the 2010 season with a settled lineup and little competition for jobs.

The Chicago Cubs beat Ryan Theriot in salary arbitration, and the shortstop will be paid $2.6 million this season instead of his request for a raise from $500,000 to $3.4 million.

The Chicago Cubs beat Ryan Theriot in arbitration and the shortstop will be paid the club’s offer of $2.6 million this season instead of his request for a raise from $500,000 to $3.4 million.

The Chicago Cubs have won their arbitration case with shortstop Ryan Theriot