In brief: Report says Ricketts to buy Cubs

Baseball: The Tribune Co. has reached a written agreement to sell the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and other assets to the family of TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts for about $900 million, a person close to the negotiations said Monday.

The agreement was reached over the weekend and a document outlining the deal was sent to Major League Baseball for review, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The person added the document contains details on how the Ricketts family will finance the deal.

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Tourneys moved over flag flap

Baseball: Unresolved disputes concerning the Confederate flag have led the Atlantic Coast Conference to move three future baseball tournaments out of South Carolina.

League officials said Monday that the ACC instead will hold its championship in Durham, N.C., in 2011 and ’13 and in Greensboro in 2012.

The ACC previously awarded the tournament to Myrtle Beach, S.C., from 2011-13, but that decision drew criticism from the NAACP, which has boycotted South Carolina since 2000 for displaying the Confederate flag on state Capitol grounds.

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Local junior golfers qualify

Golf: Peter Gullickson, Justin Haase and Megan Haase of Spokane all qualified at the Washingion Junior Golf Association’s annual Junior World Qualifier last weekend at Tumwater Valley Golf Course. The three also qualified for the Washington Junior America’s Cup teams.

The Junior World Golf Tournament is at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Calif., next week, and the Junior America’s Cup begins July 27.