Learning to Win: Machine Looks to Break Top 8

by October 22, 2012, 4:20am 0

I’m not superstitious, but after living on Chicago’s north side and cheering for the Cubs, you learn to blame luck, fate, and curses for your city’s playoff results. The quarterfinals…

Skyd Power Rankings: Club Mixed (09/06/12)

by September 6, 2012, 8:51am 0

[spreadsheet 0AjXuzD4ZELZgdFhabnk4b3JjcU1TdkVqQXREdmhRRkE 580 300] This was it, one last hurrah before the rankings were set and bids finalized. And you better believe teams came out to Labor Day ready to…

Skyd Power Rankings: Club Mixed (8/30/2012)

by August 30, 2012, 1:57pm 0

*Thank you to our readers for pointing out that an incorrect version of this week’s Power Rankings were published earlier today. Below are the correct rankings that correspond to explanations…

Oshadega: Our Own (Ultimate) Field of Dreams

by August 28, 2012, 10:47am 0

Drive 20 minutes north of Columbus, Ohio and you’ll find…well, not much. You might run across one particular plot of land: 100 acres of corn and soybeans, with a dilapidated…

Skyd Power Rankings: Club Mixed (08/16/2012)

by August 16, 2012, 3:32pm 0

It’s getting closer to the series and we’re starting to see more matchups between Mixed Division powerhouses. Here’s an early prediction of the teams (with a few bonus slots) that…

New SW Region Promises Fierce Competition

by August 15, 2012, 1:27pm 0

For decades, sports fans have been mesmerized by crosstown rivalries: Sox/Cubs, Jets/Giants, Clippers/Lakers, Man U/Man City. Mixed Ultimate has its own rivalries in the San Francisco Bay Area, a hotbed…

Machine Struggles for Chemistry Against NexGen

by July 30, 2012, 2:55pm 0

The Chicago Ultimate community almost packed the stands at Lane Tech High School last Thursday to watch a young Machine team face off with an even younger NexGen. Something was…

Sandblast 2012 Returns Bigger and Better

by July 17, 2012, 8:15am 0

As teams faced off at Montrose beach in Chicago on Sunday, July 8, temperatures peaked in the mid-90s. Luckily, as winds rolled off of Lake Michigan the temperature began to…

Teams Suit Up (or Down) for Chicago Sandblast 2012

by July 4, 2012, 4:45pm 0

It’s hard to preview a tournament at which the true goal is to have the most unadulterated fun. When it comes to Chicago Sandblast, who is to say that the…

Chicago Sandblast 2012: History

by June 18, 2012, 11:58am 0

Every July, players flock to the same groomed beaches to celebrate a new summer by playing a little Ultimate. But these teams aren’t overlooking the Pacific in Santa Monica or…