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Saturday, April 20
While in no actual financial discrepancy, the Tribune Co.'s Chicago Cubs have filed for Chapter 11 protection to speed up the sale to the Ricketts family, but this bankruptcy may only last a day. Interestingly enough, they're not the only Major League Baseball team to file Chapter 11.