Cubs to Launch Their Own Sports Network in 2020

CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs are launching their own sports network.

President of business operations Crane Kenney said the team hopes to have it running in time for spring training next year.

"You’ll have a Cubs channel," he said at the team’s annual fan convention on Saturday. "We’ll launch in 2020."

Kenney said the Cubs will have a "strategic partner," though he wouldn’t reveal any names, and teams from outside Chicago could be involved with the network. He said more details likely will be released in the next month.

"We have a really good sense of who our partner is," he said. "We’re involved in a multidimensional negotiation. It’s not just us and a partner. It’s us, our partner and multiple…