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Tom Ricketts looks to add another pro sports franchise

Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts is teaming up with developer Sterling Bay to add soccer to his local sports empire.

In a deal that could help launch a new United Soccer League franchise at a stadium Sterling Bay wants to build along the North Branch of the Chicago River, Ricketts has signed a letter of intent to become the prospective expansion team’s majority owner, the Cubs’ chairman and Sterling Bay announced today.

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