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NASCAR track in Illinois voted one of the best in the country in USA TODAY poll
Illinois is home to one of NASCAR's newest tracks — and also one of its best. The unique course for the Chicago Street Race was voted the No. 2 track in the United States, according to a recent readers' poll conducted by USA TODAY / 10Best. "A route that...
Benton Harbor's Kysre Gondrezick makes Chicago Sky opening day roster
CHICAGO — A former WSBT Outstanding Student Athlete of the Year in back in the WNBA. The Chicago Sky finalized it's 12-player roster on Monday, and it includes Kysre Gondrezick, the 2016 Michigan Miss Basketball from Benton Harbor. Kysre hasn't played in the league since her rookie season in...
Tony Stewart and Leah Pruett sharing the fast life with fans plus previewing the POWER of NHRA at Route 66!
Motorsports legend Tony Stewart and NHRA Star Leah Pruett join Dane Neal in studio at WGN Radio. Hear as this true “power couple” shares excitement to be in Chicago and for the upcoming race weekend at Route 66. Listen as Leah and Tony talk about the unique appeal of NHRA with every ticket being a […]
#1StudentNWI: Let’s do Whiting High School Academic Team Competes at River Forest Regionals for 1000, Alex
The Regional Academic Super Bowl Competition, held at River Forest High School on April 16, hosted Whiting High School’s academic team. The event featured participation from different academic teams representing various subjects. Students from the school competed in fields such as English, the fine arts, science, math, and social studies, aiming for top rankings in their respective categories.
Elite Equestrian magazine
Lisa Goldman-Smolen Captures Blue and Red in the $24,500 Voltaire Grand Prix at HITS Chicago. Spectators gathered at the Douglas Elliman Grand Prix Stadium at HITS Chicago in Wayne, Illinois, on Saturday, May 11, 2024, for the highlight of the first week of the Lamplight Spring Classic Series, the $24,500 Voltaire Grand Prix. Returning to her home turf, Lisa Goldman-Smolen of Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, took home the blue ribbon with Romeo B, and also placed second aboard Narcotique B. Stephen Foran piloted Colour Your Day to the third-place prize.
Kysre Gondrezick nears return to WNBA action
Former West Virginia guard Kysre Gondrezick, the highest-drafted player in WVU women’s basketball program history, is one step closer to playing in her first WNBA game in nearly three years. Gondrezick has made the Chicago Sky’s opening roster, ahead of Wednesday’s season-opener. She will wear jersey number 2, the...
Sky roster set ahead of 2024 WNBA regular season opener
DEERFIELD, Ill. (CBS) – The Chicago Sky will open the WNBA regular season on Wednesday in Dallas for the first of two games on the road against the Wings.First-year head coach Teresa Weatherspoon finally has a finalized roster full of players getting a fresh start.The Sky's 12-player roster was set ahead of the regular season opener after 13th overall draft pick Brynna Maxwell was waived after suffering a knee injury during the preseason.Chennedy Carter and Kysre Gondrezick, both former fourth-overall picks, made the team."I think my intellect as a basketball player has never changed," Gondrezick said. "It's something I've done...
Tennessee offers 2026 edge prospect Braeden Jones
Tennessee offered a scholarship to 2026 edge prospect Braeden Jones. “After a great conversation with Levorn Harbin, I am extremely blessed to receive an offer from the University of Tennessee,” Jones said. The 6-foot-4, 235-pound four-star edge prospect is from Mount Carmel High School in Chicago, Illinois. Jones ranks...
EXPECT A MUCH DIFFERENT TOP FUEL BIKE IN CHICAGO THAN NHRA HAS PRESENTED THE LAST FEW SEASONS
Top Fuel motorcycles return to the NHRA national-event stage this weekend in Joliet, Ill., after an absence of 19 months. But it won’t look anything like the 2022 NHRA Texas Nationals in Dallas, when Harley-Davidson riders comprised the field. In fact, from 2015 through the ’22 Dallas race, the action was limited to Harleys; hence, the name of the class then, Top Fuel Harley.
John Force Racing Aims for the Peak in Chicago
With five races already in the record books, John Force Racing moves into the second quarter of the 20-race 2024 NHRA season at this weekend’s Route 66 Nationals presented by PEAK Antifreeze & Coolant at Route 66 Raceway in suburban Chicago. This is an especially big weekend for JFR,...
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