CHICAGO (CBS) – They're going for the gold, even as the mercury was rising. That was the sentiment from players as the Special Olympics held its first-ever Golden Games for older competitors.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Lots of excitement at Toyota Park as celebrations continue for the Special Olympics 50th Anniversary. Their competitive spirit fuels them.

It wasn't the homecoming Chicago's Olympic delegation expected. The team returned home empty-handed Saturday, with Mayor Richard Daley suggesting a bid for the 2020 Olympics was unlikely but ...

After that event, Special Olympics programs formed across the U.S. and Canada. Today, more than 5 million athletes representing 172 nations train and compete in over 100,000 events each year, the ...

Jake Riley, who finished in ninth place in the 2019 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:10:36, finished in second place in the U.S. Olympic trials, punching his ticket to Tokyo.

I just want to inspire people,” said Dylan Thompson, one of the youngest participants in this year’s 42nd annual Chicago Triathlon. A Houston resident, Thompson, 13, has been racing since he was 6 ...

The Polar Plunge is the largest fundraiser for Special Olympics Chicago. There's also a virtual option this year, after the entire event was virtual in 2021, due to COVID-19.

In 1901, Chicago won the right to host the first-ever Midwestern Olympics, in 1904, but lost the Games to its then-rival St. Louis after that city threatened to host a competing event.

Although she played fewer than 80 games in a Chicago Sky jersey, Candace Parker’s jersey retirement reflects the impact she ...