Arshay Cooper knows first-hand how rowing can offer a lifeline to kids in challenging circumstances. Cooper and his teammates from Chicago’s Manley High School made history in the 1990s as the country’s first all-Black high school rowing team. Their story inspired the 2020 documentary film “A Most Beautiful Thing” produced by rapper-actor Common and retired […]
Arshay Cooper knows first-hand how rowing can offer a lifeline to kids in challenging circumstances. Cooper and his teammates from Chicago’s Manley High School made history in the 1990s as the country’s first all-Black high school rowing team. Their story inspired the 2020 documentary film “A Most Beautiful Thing” produced by rapper-actor Common and retired […]
The basketball nun is back. Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the 101-year-old chaplain of Loyola University Chicago’s men’s basketball team, made headlines last weekend for her pregame prayer. If it sounded more like a scouting report, that’s because it was. “As we play the Fighting Illini, we ask for special help to overcome this team and […]
Athletes Who Use Their Platform to Advocate for Social Change
Athletes Who Use Their Platform to Advocate for Social Change
The Chicago sports scene ramps up as new talent signs on.
No one knows when the next official Olympic games will take place. Originally scheduled to get underway in Tokyo, Japan this July, the absence of the competition this summer means it’s time to get creative. As various facilities, businesses, and programs find their footing and re-open alongside government guidance, things will, by necessity, be notably […]
Paddling is often portrayed as a peaceful, serene activity, a means of relaxation and soaking in the natural beauty around us. Certainly, it can be that. What is missed or perhaps dismissed, by a big chunk of the fitness-chasing public, including a lot of gym rats, road warriors and trail fanatics: Paddling is a tremendous […]
No one knows when the next official Olympic games will take place. Originally scheduled to get underway in Tokyo, Japan this July, the absence of the competition this summer means it’s time to get creative. As various facilities, businesses and programs find their footing and re-open alongside government guidance, things will, by necessity, be notably […]
Golf has always been an inherently socially distanced game thanks to the wide-open spaces the sport provides. But, in midst of COVID-19 pandemic, golfers must all learn and follow a set of new restrictions to practice even safer social distancing. Many Chicago-area and Wisconsin courses, including most featured within our list of the 13 Best […]
