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Cubs could benefit from Oprah Effect

By Gene Wojciechowski
ESPN.com

Thursday, June 4, 2009

I have the perfect solution to the negotiating impasse involving Chicago Cubs owner Sam Zell and prospective buyer Tom Ricketts and his family. Oprah. As in Winfrey. Forget Ricketts. The minute I heard he was panhandling minority ownership stakes to Bill Murray, Jim Belushi and John Cusack, that's when I got the heebie-jeebies about the guy. Who else did he approach for investment cash? Ronnie Woo Woo? Forget Zell. He's a knucklehead who has kneecapped the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angele ...

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