Mark Cuban Front-Runner to Buy Cubs

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has gone from being an unlikely candidate to one of the favorites in the bidding war to buy the Cubs, now that he’s picked up support from NBA Commissioner David Stern and others as the pool of prospective owners gets smaller.

Crain’s Chicago Business recently quoted one of the bidders as saying Cuban is now “the lead guy” in the quest to buy the Cubs, while Boston Red Sox owner John Henry said in an e-mail to the New York Times that he could think of “no one better suited to reverse the fortunes of the Cubs for the long term” than Cuban.

Although a Cubs official denied any of the remaining bidders is in fact, leading the pack, saying “we’re still at the starting gate” in the process, it’s apparent that support for Cuban is gaining in his bid to purchase the club after many believed he never would gain favor with MLB owners.