Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is trying her hardest to keep the Chicago Bears in Chicago and on the Lakefront but this isn't where she should be focusing her energy.
If there ever was a moment of "don't try this at home, kids", it's this. New video shows a pro water skier in Jacksonville, Illinois who just got massive air off of a jump that would make a bird envious.
The days of the Big Ten being a "Midwestern" conference were probably over in 1990 when the conference expanded to 11 teams and expanded their national footprint with the addition of Penn St.
The NCAA and the WWE have formed a partnership and Luke Ford from the University of Illinois has a chance to keep using his football skills as a career after college.
The next time you hear someone say that they need to get out of here and go someplace fun, you can point out that "fun" and "Illinois" are not necessarily mutually-exclusive terms.