Real Time Sports & Former NFL Players Raise Over $8k for Elk Grove Village Resident

Posted December 16, 2018 10:00 pm

Submitted by Lucy Rendler-Kaplan

Sunday, Dec. 16, was a big day for Chicago sports fans. The Bears were taking on the Packers to clinch their division, and former NFL players were watching the game at Real Time Sports in support of 20-year old Brian Beam.

Brian, a lifelong Elk Grove Village resident, is fighting glioblastoma, a rare and aggressive brain cancer. Just two short years ago during his sophomore year at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, Brian was diagnosed and began receiving treatment. His disease has rapidly progressed, and one of Brian's father's friends, Tim Tyrrell, jumped into action.

Tyrrell is a graduate of Conant High School, where Brian also graduated from. Playing for six years in the NFL, Tyrrell called upon his fellow former players to come out to Real Time Sports and put on a benefit to raise money for Brian's care.

With a silent auction that included signed mini helmets from Mitchell Trubisky, Matt Forte and Kyle Long, raffle and meal package, over $8,000 was raised on Sunday afternoon.

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