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2024 High School Football Preview | Brother Rice will have tough road to hoe
2023 RECORD: 5-5 2024 OUTLOOK: No one said it was going to be easy. The Crusaders will play defending Class 8A champion Loyola and defending Class 7A champion Mount Carmel as well as a contest against Class 4A runner-up St. Laurence. There are also rivalry games against St. Rita and Marist.
Here are the street closures for the 2024 Chicago Triathlon
The 2024 Democratic National Convention may have wrapped up Thursday, but the city is preparing to host yet another event this weekend, with street closures both downtown and on the northern lakefront on the docket for the Chicago Triathlon. The Chicago Triathlon features events on both days this weekend, with...
Chicago Triathlon winners revealed: Olympic medalists take top spots
CHICAGO - The winners of the 41st annual Chicago Triathlon have been announced. Dubbed the "largest urban triathlon in the United States," the event drew more than 8,500 athletes, including 1,000 children, and thousands of spectators to Chicago on Sunday, according to organizers. The triathlon's course began in Lake Michigan,...
Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams Says 2022 Wisconsin Badgers Rumors Were “Never Too Crazy” Before Going To USC
MADISON, WI (WSAU) – Former Heisman Trophy winner and current Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams spoke for the first time about how close he was to committing to the Badgers after leaving Oklahoma for USC in 2022. Williams addressed the rumors during an interview with the popular Barstool’s Sports...
Union leaders push for sports stadium funding from taxpayers
A rendering of the inside of the Chicago Bears’ proposed lakefront stadium. Union leaders in Illinois are suggesting that they’ll push Gov. J.B. Pritzker for taxpayer funding of new professional sports stadiums in Chicago. The Illinois General Assembly did not approve spending on proposed Chicago sports facilities this...
Warriors’ Second-Half Rally Comes Up Short; Drop First Match of Season
PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill. – Midland University concluded its Illinois trip with a Saturday afternoon match against Trinity Christian University. The Trolls seized an early lead in the first half with a pair of goals and although the Warriors fought back in the second half, their efforts fell short as they fell 2-1 in Palos Heights, Illinois.
First All-Girls Little League Baseball Team At Warren Park Starts This Fall
WEST RIDGE — Warren Park Youth Baseball is launching its first all-girls Little League team this fall, open to girls 8-10 years old. There will be two teams in the all-girls league fall, and games will take place Sunday evenings in Warren Park, 6601 N. Western Ave., and other local parks. Registration for the upcoming season has ended.
New-look offense hopes to bring football back to title contention
The 2023 Washington University football season was one of ups and downs. On one hand, WashU football set records. Their 66-0 thumping of Elmhurst University was the program’s largest victory in 85 years, and then-junior Collin Goldberg broke the record for the longest-scoring play in program history — only to break his own record the next week.
Simone Biles is Coming to Chicago This September
Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles is visiting Chicago next month, and she’s bringing a team of all-star gymnasts with her! The Gold Over America Tour is coming to the United Center on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, and the show promises to be an exhilarating experience for sports fans of all ages.
National Pro Fastpitch player Taylor McQuillin never let health issues beat her on the field
CHICAGO (CBS) — Taylor McQuillin has been playing softball since she was seven years old.She'd already undergone five surgeries by then to try to help repair her vision and partial hearing loss due to Duane Syndrome, a rare disorder she was born with."I am pretty much as close to completely blind, legally blind in the left eye, as you can get," she said. "I can see shadows but have no peripheral vision, can only see this way, but I think it's because I can see from the right eye in this direction. I've never known what it's like to live...
Illinois athlete aims for gold in Paris Paralympic Games
CHICAGO - The Paralympic Games kick off this week in Paris with nine athletes from the University of Illinois representing the United States. Susannah Scaroni blew her previous marathon record out of the water when she won the Boston Marathon in wheelchair racing. This week she’s going for the gold in Paris.
Penultimate Day of the 2024 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions Brings Six New National Champions to the Spotlight
Wayne, Ill. – With the final days of the 2024 U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions underway, a new crop of national champions has emerged from the exciting competition at HITS Chicago Lamplight Equestrian Center. Markel/USEF Developing Horse Prix St. Georges. Sabine Schut-Kery (Oceanside, Calif.) took Gorgeous Latino (Glock’s Toto...
Michigan’s dynamic defensive line controls Loyola-Chicago
The Michigan men’s soccer team didn’t step onto the pitch in its season opener against Loyola-Chicago with offense as its focus. With five defenders lined up deep to face the Ramblers, the Wolverines were ready to weather the rain of balls over the top that soon faced them.
Trojans Volleyball Splits Trinity Christian Tri-Match
Palos Heights, IL - The Hannibal-LaGrange University Women's Volleyball Team notched their first victory of the season against Trinity Christian College on Saturday afternoon. In their first match, the Trojans won their first set of the season against Georgetown College, before ultimately falling 3-1. The Trojans built on that momentum in their second match, against Trinity Christian. After falling in a close first set, HLGU came back to win the next three sets in a row to pick up their first win. Next up, the Trojans will face off against University of Saint Mary at home on August 28 at 6 pm.
Golden Games returns for second year, highlighting retired special needs athletes
Special Children's Charities will host the second annual Golden Games on August 28 and 29.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThe games showcase athletes with intellectual disabilities that are 45-years-old and older who compete through various Chicago Park District locations.In all, more than 150 athletes and 66 Chicago Park District coaches will enjoy a great mix of sporting events, skills workshops and social activities at locations across the city/Sporting events include bowling, basketball, archery, adaptive bikes, track and field, flag football, and soccer. Social activities will include a night of dinner and dancing, and a boat...
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