Vintage Chicago Tribune: The first Special Olympics at Soldier Field — 55 years ago The initial one-day outing included ...

Special Olympics Chicago holds first-ever Golden Games for older competitors 01:59. CHICAGO (CBS) – They're going for the gold, even as the mercury was rising. That was the sentiment from ...

Bruce Thurow, a tender captain, ferries boaters across Monroe Harbor on June 29, 2016, at the site of proposed Olympic venues for rowing, flatwater canoe/kayak and marathon swimming.

You Might Recognize These Olympic Runners From the Chicago Marathon Here are some former Chicago Marathon competitors to watch for during the Tokyo Olympics Published July 16, 2021 • Updated on ...

In recent days, Chicago has gotten a makeover of sorts. The tops of many of the buildings that make up its iconic skyline are decked out in the Olympic colors of blue, red,yellow, green and black ...

Two Chicago area Special Olympics athletes earned medals in snowshoeing at the 2025 World Winter Games in Italy earlier this month. Mallory Marvin, of Libertyville, and Brandon Waller, of Palatine ...

Special Olympics Spring Games hosts thousands of Chicago participants: ‘Gold medals can take them places’ More than 2,000 children and adults with intellectual disabilities are competing this ...

The International Olympic Committee has eliminated Chicago and Tokyo as candidates to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, despite a last-minute trip by President Obama to lobby for Chicago. The ...