Sam Zell cast the first official shadow of a doubt on the Ricketts’ purchase of the Chicago Cubs Thursday, according to a Tribune report. All talk of the sale had been puppy dogs and sunshine until yesterday, when Zell—commenting on Ricketts’ struggles to obtain financing—said in an interview with Bloomberg Television, “So if the Ricketts deal doesn't get done, I'm sure there will be other ones.” more ›

So here we were, doing a little poking around some Chicago radio websites on a Saturday afternoon. One link leads to another, and all of a sudden we're on Chicago Tonight correspondent Rich Samuel's site, which we've discovered is a treasure trove of old Chicago media pictures, airchecks and video. more ›