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Chicago Native Don Schumacher to be Honored During NHRA Route 66 Nationals in Joliet
Motorsports icon Don Schumacher will be honored during a trackside Celebration of Life ceremony when the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series heads to the Chicago area for the NHRA Route 66 Nationals, May 17-19. The late NHRA team owner and Funny Car pioneer privately battled lung cancer before succumbing to illness-related complications on Wednesday, December 20, 2023.
Golf Fans Sound Off After LIV Golf Announces Championship Will Be Held At Public Course Near Chicago
LIV Golf, a league that pays out millions if not billions of dollars to its golfers, is taking their championship to the distinguished, historic course of Bolingbrook Golf Club in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Haven't heard of it? That's because it's not up there with the well-known courses like Augusta National or TPC Sawgrass. It's actually "down there" with the "insert-nicest-public-golf-course-near-you-here." Yeah, LIV Golf has tapped a public golf course for their individual golf championship later this year. https://twitter.com/livgolf_league/status/1785308542934917349 Notice that they said "Chicago is the destination" in the post announcing the location of their tournament. In reality, Bolingbrook Golf Club is over an hour from...
Track and field notes: Downers Grove North’s Vince Davero soars to state’s No. 1-ranked long jump
For about two months, Downers Grove North senior jumper Vince Davero was sidelined, awaiting the start to his 2023 outdoor boys track and field season because of a stress fracture in his left ankle. “Being out that long, you get kind of antsy and want to get back into competing,”...
'Absolute honor to be a Bear': Iowa great Tory Taylor ready for new life in Chicago
IOWA CITY, Iowa-- Tory Taylor has etched his name in the lore of Hawkeye football. No, that's not an over-exaggeration. Taylor, a punter out of Australia, was a lethal weapon for the Hawkeyes throughout his four year career. It's not often that teams would have to gameplan around the punter, but that's exactly what happened with him.
Baseball fan in need of kidney transplant takes search for living donor to the White Sox game
It may have been just another White Sox game for others attending, but a day at the ballpark was a chance to find a guardian angel for Christine Todd. Todd, who has polycystic kidney disease, is in need of a kidney transplant and is searching for a living donor. "It...
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