Gracing everything from car bumper stickers to sweatshirts and hats, Live Water Surf Shop’s iconic “No Shark” logo is recognizable far beyond its Marin County roots. The logo, which features a great white shark in a red circle with a slash across it, was designed by Live Water Surf Shop founder Kirby Ferris back in […]
Margaret Stender has a lasting memory of red suede Converse shoes. The Chicago Sky’s first employee — named CEO & President of the then newly-formed organization in 2004 — has been the team’s minority owner and chairman since 2019. Stender was a multi-sport athlete at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia in the mid-70’s, […]
The Child Mind Institute, a national youth mental health nonprofit which operates a Bay Area clinic in San Mateo, hosted its inaugural charity golf tournament on Monday, April 25 at Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club in Menlo Park. The event featured a who’s-who of local sports celebrities, including former San Francisco 49ers Steve Young, […]
In the world of golf, players have been enhancing the game by lending their experience to course development since the 1870s when Old Tom Morris became the first prominent player to design golf courses. The trend continued with Bobby Jones creating a handful of courses in the 1930s — including Augusta National with Alister MacKenize […]
This year Skokie Country Club in Glencoe is celebrating its 125th Anniversary. Founded in 1897, the club has withstood several property disputes, a major fire in 1911, several financial depressions, and two pandemics involving Spanish Flu and COVID-19. Today the Club remains on solid footing, with a world-class and nationally recognized golf course, outstanding dining and recreational […]
American writer Mark Twain once described golf as a “good walk spoiled.” Considering that most courses require strolling 3 to 6 miles (depending on course length or how much you wander searching for lost balls) however, the game contributes rewarding benefits to one’s physical and mental wellbeing — regardless of the final number on the […]
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Wilmette native Taylor Sweitzer has conquered the Explorer’s Grand Slam, a prodigious challenge to reach the North Pole, South Pole, and the highest summits on each of the seven continents. Sweitzer, a 2012 New Trier graduate, completed the feat in May 2021 after summiting his last remaining peak: Mount Everest. Fewer than 100 people have […]
In the summer of 2021, North Channel Community Rowing introduced 40 Evanston middle schoolers to the sport of rowing on the North Channel of the Chicago River. Learning to row in four-person sculling boats (“quads”), students from Chute, Haven, Nichols, Bessie Rhodes, King Arts and Chicago Friends School worked together toward the difficult goal of […]
This year’s Winter Olympics kick off Feb. 4 in Beijing, and we’re gearing up for a winter watch party. There were be some firsts this year, one being the host city itself — Beijing is the first city to hold both the summer and winter games. There were also be some new sports added to […]
