By Radar Staff. Kris Jenner is known as the ultimate momager, the woman who catapulted her daughters Khloe, Kourtney, and Kim Kardashian to stratospheric fame. But before that, Kris was famous as the ex-wife of O.J. Simpson âdream teamâ attorney Robert Kardashian and as one of Nicole Brown Simpson âs best friends.
Only at that point do most people seem to recognize him: Tom Ricketts. While his familyâs purchase of 95 percent of two of the cityâs most sacred institutionsâthe Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Fieldâhappened four years ago, Chairman Ricketts and his clan still arenât well known or understood here.
He wore a Cubs cap with the C sewn on backward and he was hawking beer. Someone asked for a Bud Light and he said, No lights at Wrigley Field.. The Tribune Company bought the Cubs in the summer of 1981, and the team began pushing for lights at Wrigley later that year. General manager Dallas Green led the push. Dallas Green: It was a very difficult time. The tradition and legacy of Wrigley Field and that area was very difficult to overcome.