Culture Chicago metropolitan area

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1 culture

1.1 sports
1.2 cuisine
1.3 media





culture
sports

listing of professional sports teams in chicago metropolitan area


major league professional teams:



major league baseball (mlb)

chicago cubs
chicago white sox


national football league (nfl)

chicago bears


national basketball association (nba)

chicago bulls


national hockey league (nhl)

chicago blackhawks


major league soccer (mls)

chicago fire



other professional teams:



women s national basketball association (wnba)

chicago sky


minor league baseball (milb)

kane county cougars


american hockey league (ahl)

chicago wolves


national women s soccer league (nwsl)

chicago red stars


arena football (afl)

chicago rush (operations suspended in 2013, no longer part of afl)


national pro fastpitch (npf)

chicago bandits



the chicagoland speedway oval track has hosted nascar cup series , indycar series races. chicago marathon 1 of world marathon majors. western open , bmw championship pga tour tournaments have been held @ golf courses near chicago.


ncaa division 1 college sports teams:



big east conference

depaul university blue demons


big ten conference

northwestern university wildcats (evanston)


horizon league

university of illinois-chicago flames
valaparaiso university crusaders (valaparaiso, in)


mid-american conference

northern illinois university huskies (dekalb)


missouri valley conference

loyola university-chicago ramblers


western athletic conference

chicago state university cougars



cuisine


chicago-style hot dog
chicago-style pizza
italian beef

media

the 2 main newspapers chicago tribune , chicago sun-times. local television channels broadcasting chicago market include wbbm-tv 2 (cbs), wmaq-tv 5 (nbc), wls-tv 7 (abc), wgn-tv 9 (cw), wttw 11 (pbs), wycc 20 (pbs), metv 23, wciu 26 (ind), wfld 32 (fox), wcpx-tv 38 (ion), wsns-tv 44 (telemundo) wpwr-tv 50 (mynetworktv), , wjys-tv 62 (the way). cltv 24/7 local news provider available cable subscribers.


radio stations serving area include: wbez, wmbi, wls-am, , wscr.








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