1. Illinois Sports Illinois Sports

2. Sports Sports  Basketball  Football  Volleyball  Baseball

3. Chicago Bears Chicago Bears  The Chicago Bears are a professional football team in Chicago Illinois  The bears have won nine Professional American Football league championships  The Bears have also recorded more regular season and overall victories than any other NFL franchise

4. Chicago Rush Chicago Rush  The Chicago Rush is an arena football team based in Rosemont Illinois  The team was founded in 2001, and was co- owned by Mike Ditka  The team plays its home games in Rosemont Illinois

5. Basketball Basketball  Basketball is a big sport in Illinois  There is basketball for women and for men but they are mostly the same.  It is called basketball because the goal of the game is to throw the ball in the basket.

6. Chicago Bulls Chicago Bulls  The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois  The Bulls won an NBA record 72 games during the 95–96 NBA season

7. Salukis Volleyball Salukis Volleyball  The Southern Illinois Salukis are the varsity athletic teams representing Southern Illinois University  A player on one of the teams begins a rally by serving the ball from behind the back boundary line of the court  Volleyball is a big sport in Illinois

8. Chicago Cubs Chicago Cubs  The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team in Chicago, Illinois.  The Cubs won the NL pennant in 1929 and then achieved the unusual feat of winning a pennant every three years  The Cubs successfully defended their National League Central title in 2008