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Teams of people pull 48-ton United Airlines plane at O'Hare to benefit Special Olympics Illinois
More than 100 teams were at O'Hare airport Saturday morning to pull 48-ton United Airlines planes for just a few feet.The key to success? Just wing it.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watch"It's not easy, that's for sure. You've got to get low and just get at it right away. It's a cool experience," said Dennis Walker, chief of the Algonquin Police Department.Saturday marked the 16th Annual Plane Pull Competition benefiting Special Olympics Illinois. It was hosted by the Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run, United Airlines and the City of Chicago."If you don't get very excited when...
(Video) Notre Dame Commit Dom Hulak a Violent Force in Friday Slugfest
It felt like frustration reached a boiling point for Dominik Hulak on Friday night. After the versatile Notre Dame commit kicked off his final varsity season on August 30, the Knights defeating St. Mary’s in a 27-26 overtime thriller that night, disappointments have been piling up. That includes a...
3 men have run every Chicago Marathon since 1977. Now in their 70s, they won’t break the streak.
Randy Burt ate pepperoni pizza and drank red wine for dinner on Sept. 24, 1977. The next morning, he put on his old high school gym uniform and went to the starting line of the first Chicago Marathon. “I made it past 10 miles feeling pretty good about myself, and then, by around mile 21, that pepperoni pizza started to say hello to me,” recalled Burt, now 76. “I got stomach cramps and saw the ...
Olympic track star shows off medals, inspires students at her old South Side high school
A special alum of a South Side high school returned for a visit Friday with some Olympic hardware dangling from her neck. Shamier Little was greeted enthusiastically by students at Lindblom Math and Science Academy in the West Englewood.
Rick Armstrong’s Aurora-Elgin area football rankings and players of the week
Geneva takes down Batavia for top spot, while Marmion moves into the rankings. Top 10 With records through Sunday and previous rankings in parentheses. 1. Geneva 6-0 (3) Finnegan Weppner gets three TD catches, keys Geneva’s 30-7 win over top-ranked Batavia. 2. Oswego 6-0 (2) Dekker Zelensek runs for two TDs as Panthers top Bolingbrook 22-6 to take conference lead. 3. Batavia 5-1 (1) Bulldogs’ ...
This run might just be better than the Chicago Marathon!
Everyone knows that coming up next weekend, Oct. 13, is the famous Chicago Marathon , one of our city’s proudest and greatest events. This will be the 45thrunning of the marathon, which started back in 1977 and has been run every year except 1987 and 2020. More than 30,000 runners will come out to compete on Sunday, Oct. 13,, and thousands more will be lining the streets to cheer them on.
IU football vs. Northwestern grades: Hoosiers far from perfect, but their record still is
EVANSTON, Ill. – Saturday afternoon, No. 24 IU became, improbably, the first team in the country to secure bowl eligibility, thanks to a 41-24 win against Northwestern. Here’s how the Hoosiers (6-0, 3-0) graded out: OFFENSE: A ...
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