Dougie Bedinger aims to inspire others by playing the game he loves most
Dougie Bedinger plays travel ball with the Rhino Sports Academy in Shorewood.
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Matt Zahn joined CBS News Chicago in October of 2016 as a sports reporter and fill-in sports anchor, and what a time to come to Chicago. Matt arrived just as the Cubs won the World Series.
Matt has covered many other great sporting events in his career including The Masters, the Super Bowl, the Rose Bowl, and the College Football Playoff.
Prior to joining the team, Matt worked in Augusta, Ga., as the sports director at the local ABC station WJBF. He hosted and produced their award-winning Masters Report and Football Friday Night programs.
Matt is originally from Wisconsin where he also started his broadcast career in Wausau before moving on to Madison. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay after growing up in the small town of Rosendale, about an hour north of Milwaukee.
Matt lives in the western suburbs with his wife and three young children.
Dougie Bedinger plays travel ball with the Rhino Sports Academy in Shorewood.
They're partying like it's 2005 on the South Side. The White Sox are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 2005 World Series title all weekend long, and one of their players got a special gift from the team's most famous fan, Pope Leo XIV.
Fresh off an appearance at the College World Series, Whitney Young High School alum Brendan Summerhill has a chance to be just the second Chicago Public Schools player taken in the first round of the MLB draft since 1989.
This pick comes a day after the Bulls also looked outside the college ranks for their first-round pick, taking Frenchman Noa Essengue 12th overall.
Essengue has the ability to run the court and attack off the dribble, averaging 12.4 points and 5.3 rebounds in Germany this season.
Some of the most impressive athletes in the world are competing this weekend in Chicago in a sport that is growing, and whose name they hope everyone knows in the near future.
"I do think we've seen him get better in really all facets," Johnson said of the second-year quarterback's progress in spring practices.
Even with reigning WNBA rookie of the year Caitlin Clark of the Fever sitting out with an injury, the game likely will set a franchise attendance record for the Sky.
The Bears have one more week of organized team activities next week.
White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf would maintain control of the team at least through 2029.
The Bears safety missed the final 11 games last season because of his concussion.
Kmet said Coach Johnson reassured him where he stood in the team's eyes.
Ozinga Field feels a little empty this season, with the Thunderbolts missing their manager, Bobby Jenks.
Williams addressed excerpts from an upcoming book with Williams saying he preferred to be drafted by the Vikings, not the Bears, where his dad said quarterbacks go to die.
Blashill was introduced at the United Center on Tuesday.