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One Gallery’s Fight to Fuse Art & Sports Dozens of people mingled and drank free Baderbräu beer on a brisk November night as they surveyed framed black-and-white screen prints celebrating the 150th birthday of one of the world’s most well-known architects, in one of Chicago’s fastest-growing neighborhoods. Hip-hop tracks pulsated through Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff’s freshly painted, … More Mass Appeal

From Vietnam protest to Chicago sports dynasties, Chuck Davidson captured it all It’s early June 1993, and helicopters are hovering over a ritzy country club in Scottsdale, Arizona – 40 minutes north of Phoenix. A car cruises around the perimeter of Desert Highlands’ walled-off, 18-hole, Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course in search of something elusive, newsworthy … More Cameraman Confessionals

Frisbee was officially born on Jan. 23, 1957. Sixty years later, the disc-based game has evolved from simple roots on a few New England college campuses to a sport that was granted recognition by the International Olympic Committee in 2015. And this transition from niche pastime to a massively competitive sport is currently on display throughout the … More Photo Essay: DePaul University Men’s Ultimate Frisbee

From youth football in Oak Park, Illinois, to professional volleyball in Puurs, Belgium, Justin Cousin’s journey is one nobody saw coming. Professional volleyball player: a phrase few people in the United States ever hear. A young black man, with an education degree traveling to Slovenia to try to become one; this might be the first time these words have … More A Different Opportunity