Cubs Family Patriarch Apologizes For Racist Emails | WGLT

Cubs Family Patriarch Apologizes For Racist Emails

Feb 5, 2019


Some of the emails Splinter News published Monday featured Joe Ricketts making Islamophobic comments, such as "Islam is a cult and not a religion." Others included conspiracies about former President Barack Obama's birthplace and education.


Cubs' Chairman Tom Ricketts issued a separate statement saying his father's emails don't reflect the values of the Cubs and highlighting that his father isn't involved in the Cubs' operations.

Joe Ricketts sold 34 million shares of TD Ameritrade to help purchase the Cubs in 2009.
