Chicago Fire FC Announces Annual RAISE for P.L.A.Y.S. Fundraiser to Benefit Underserved Youth
Raffle and donations will benefit the fire foundation’s award-winning program.
Wilmette Native Taylor Sweitzer Reaches the Everest Summit, Completing the Explorer’s Grand Slam
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 […]
North Channel Community Rowing Charts the Path to 2022
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 […]
Who to Watch in the 2022 Winter Olympics
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 […]
Who to Watch in the 2022 Winter Olympics
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 into […]
Who to Watch in the 2022 Winter Olympics
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 into […]
Mental Health Issues In Youth Sports Is a Growing Problem — What You Need to Know
When Craig Flax, a longtime tennis coach at Redwood High School, discovered his teenage daughter potentially had an eating disorder, he was completely floored. She had always been a light and picky eater, and getting her to finish dinner could often be a chore, but they had chalked up her lack of interest in food […]
Chicago Sky Owner Michael Alter Discusses the Path to the 2021 WNBA Championship and What It Will Take to Have Equity in Women’s Sports
The Chicago Sky won their first WNBA Championship on Oct. 17, bringing the long-awaited title home. Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter discussed the impact the title will have on the franchise, as well as the next steps for the organization, in a fireside chat on Nov. 1 with Susan B. Noyes, founder and chief visionary […]
Diversity Heads For The Water: How Rowing is Becoming a Powerful Force for Good in the Chicago-area and Beyond
Alex Roman’s mom picked him up from school one afternoon in seventh grade and had some news. “She said, ‘I just signed you up for rowing,’ and I was like, what?” Alex recalled. “I didn’t know anything about the sport. The first thing I thought was, that’s a sport with a lot of rich, white […]
Eye to the Sky: Chicago Sky Make a Push Toward WNBA Finals
The Chicago Sky are one win away from knocking off the WNBA’s No. 1 team and reaching the league finals for the first time in seven years. The Sky finished sixth in the league with a 16-16 record but made an improbable run to the semifinals with playoff wins over Dallas and third-seeded Minnesota. The […]
