Washington

Chicagoland’s Jr. Wolves, North Shore Griffins rank among nation’s best youth football sites Apologies to Jordan and Sandberg and Toews and Kane, but Chicago is most definitely a football town. Ditka. Payton. Da Bears. Monsters of the Midway. All that passion for football, apparently, filters down to the youth level. The Chicagoland Youth Football League bills […]

“It wasn’t inviting, it wasn’t a mentorship, it wasn’t guidance. It was about results. You are judged off of your results. And in that type of environment, there is no development.” The start of the school year also means the fall sports season is up and running. But are young people in athletics being pushed […]

Galen Rupp has already won two Olympic medals, but continues to try to be an inspiration for his children

Shannon Boxx may be best known to the world as a three-time gold medal Olympian, but to many off the pitch, especially her children, she’s far more. 

Even though he's known for his skills on the ice, Rico Roman also has a love for basketball

Mariel Zagunis is a four-time Olympic medalist, but one of her favorite Olympic moments came before the 2012 games even started.

Kevin Daniel, who manages the Seattle South King Sluggers, says sport helps create sense of normalcy