USA Today: Ricketts Discusses Leaked Emails, Money, and Cubs Future at Press Conference
MESA, Ariz. — The Chicago Cubs’ apology tour continued Monday when chairman Tom Ricketts talked to the team about the embarrassment brought on by his father's racist emails being publicly exposed, vowing that the team will become lovable once again.
It was Joe Ricketts, the father of Tom and his siblings that own the Cubs, whose racist emails went leaked recently, prompting the Cubs to apologize and meet with the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.