Individual donors aren't allowed to give more than $20,000 to a Supreme Court candidate. But both Republicans and Democrats use a workaround to solicit bigger donations.

For whatever reason, Hoyer is trying to sell Cubs fans on the idea that Ricketts did some wonderful thing by pursuing a player who they did not even sign. Are Cubs fans who pack Wrigley Field as ...

Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts is having problems hearing that it takes money to win games. Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Share Mets owner Steve Cohen isn’t particularly happy that he’s piling $325 ...

Advertisement As Bregman remained unsigned, Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer pitched the Ricketts family on a unique opportunity to add a two-time World Series-winning All-Star ...

Recent comments by Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts reveal he merely hopes to "break even every year", and his front office doesn't have the resources to spend with the Dodgers, Mets and Yankees.

In this instance, Joe Ricketts, an owner of the Chicago Cubs, gave $500,000 to the state GOP. After that and some other large donations, the party gave about $1.7 million to Brad Schimel’s campaign.

So, is the owner of the Cubs really bankrolling Schimel’s campaign? We’ll get the baseball trivia out of the way first. The Ricketts family, headed by billionaire businessman Joe Ricketts ...