Chicago is one of ten American cities that have teams from the five major American professional team sports (baseball, soccer, basketball, hockey, and soccer). If there's one thing Chicago knows, it's sports. Chicago is home to five major sports franchises: the Bulls, the Cubs, the White Sox, the Blackhawks and the Bears. And each team knows what it's like to win and take the team to their city.
With Hall of Famer Walter Payton, one of the best defenses in the NFL (or the best for some), a 15-1 record in the regular season, and brutally outperforming most of his opponents, the 1985 Super Bowl Championship Bears team has every right to continue to be considered the best team in the NFL. The state of Illinois, and more specifically the city of Chicago, has witnessed several seasons of championships in various sports. Read on to see what sports teams are located in the state of Illinois and how each team came to be. The White Sox moved to Chicago in 1901 and were promoted to an American League team, winning three World Series titles since then.
The team was founded in 1926 and was named after the head of the Sauk Indians, Black Hawk, an important figure in Illinois history. The eight professional sports teams from Illinois are the Chicago Bears, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Chicago Bulls, the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago Fire FC, the Chicago Red Stars, the Chicago Sky, and the Chicago White Sox. Researchers ranked states and metropolitan areas according to the total number of professional sports championships in the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS. All NFL championships have been included since the founding of the NFL in 1920; all NBA championships since the founding of the NBA in 1946 have been included; all the World Series, dating back to 1903; all the NHL championships since the founding of the NHL in 1917 have been included; and all the MLS championships since the first season of the MLS in 1996 have been included.
The Chicago Sky are a professional women's basketball team of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). But each of these venues has also enjoyed sustained excellence over time by one or more of their hometown teams. In the 90s, the Chicago Bulls were the team to beat, but there weren't many teams that could muster the plays or the luck to overcome their talent, or maybe just the talent of basketball legend Michael Jordan. The team won its first hat-trick between 1990 and 1993, and a second hat-trick with a team consisting of Dennis Rodman, Scottie Pippen, Luc Longely and Ron Harper, led by Micheal Jordan.
Although the Bears franchise has only won one Super Bowl, the team that took that trophy home is still talked about and venerated. The team created the Sky Cares court renovation program, which restores Chicago's public basketball courts. The team shares a strong history that dates back to its founding in 1870, when they were called the Chicago White Sox. The Red Stars are currently dedicated to growing a community in Bridgeview that brings families together and provides the next generation with access to sports.
