Arlington Heights Sports
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Welcome back to high school sports, but with a dose of cautionAug 08, 2021 1:00 am - Welcome back to high school sports, version 2.0, for 2021. While we're as excited as anyone to see student-athletes hitting the fields and courts for their first practic...
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Jim O'Donnell: Former Bears executive talks in realities about the team and Arlington ParkAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - JERRY VAINISI IS ONE OF THE MOST ill-starred responses on any possible “Chicago Sports Jeopardy!” board. The answer would play in the $1,600-$1,800 range and would speak...
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Masks required for all indoor high school sports: Here's what that meansAug 05, 2021 1:00 am - It's mask up time again for high school sports conducted indoors. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced an update to the Illinois Department of Public Health All-Sports Policy We...
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Jim O'Donnell: Is Churchill Inc. planning a quick 'Meigs Field' on Arlington Park?Aug 04, 2021 1:00 am - YET ANOTHER OMINOUS CLOUD is drifting northward from Louisville regarding any possible future horse racing at Arlington Park. And this one is right out of The Richie Dal...
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When an NFL stadium moves next door: What SoFi neighbors can tell those near Arlington ParkJul 27, 2021 5:30 am - Derrick Brown has been serving up po'boys, gumbo and catfish for two decades kitty-corner from the "Fabulous" Forum in Inglewood, California - where Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ...
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Off at college: Wheeling's Blair honored for excellence on and off the trackJul 20, 2021 1:00 am - Ayana Blair, a track and field standout at Illinois Wesleyan from Wheeling, has earned a variety of accolades since finishing her senior season this spring. Blair was no...
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'They wanted to put Arlington on the map': Looking back at 40 years of the Arlington MillionJul 19, 2021 1:00 am - One million dollars. For a horse race. It was unheard of at the time. The largest purse for a horse racing history in North America was created 40 years ago. And althoug...
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Jim O'Donnell: Churchill Downs requests 2022 live racing application - but why?Jul 16, 2021 1:00 am - THE THOROUGHBRED RACING FUTURE of Arlington Park is ... what? With almost all interested parties braced for the eternal end of live horse racing on the legacied site Sat...
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Buffalo Grove's Craft chooses XavierJul 05, 2021 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove's Kam Craft has been the epitome of "one for all, all for one" with his style of play on and off the basketball court. So, it was no wonder that he chose t...
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Going for gold: Former Prospect and Illini track star Kendziera going to TokyoJul 02, 2021 1:00 am - Not everything can be easily explained. Not even in a cut-and-dried sport such as track and field. In track and field, you either run faster, jump higher or throw farthe...