Chris McNamara

It's tough being in a relationship with a professional basketball player--the athlete leads a glamorous life, traveling from city to city to bask in the adulation of adoring fans, while...

You could say Tony Hawk is the Michael Jordan of skateboarding, but that wouldn't do him justice. Within the skating world, he's bigger than that--more universally accepted as the greatest...

After a decade-long break from lifting weights, the result of a near-crippling injury to my motivation, I began working out again a few months back. During my hiatus, gyms apparently...

Sure, they've recorded some ridiculous songs, sported some ridiculous big haircuts and worn ridiculously tattered jeans, but Bon Jovi also plays to ridiculously large crowds when they tour. Any band...

When summer rolls around, Chicago is populated with beach-going suburbanites, awestruck tourists and, unfortunately, thousands of smelly guys. The heat and humidity combine to make some of our ranks particularly...

They met in the mid-'90s at a club named (appropriately enough) Garden of Eden--the striking blond newcomer who would go on to be known as the "World's Sexiest DJ" and...

As he strummed past the 44-hour mark, breaking the world record for Longest Guitar Marathon, Jef Sarver looked strong perched above a cheering throng at Potbelly Sandwich Works on State...

A crowd of hundreds crammed into a corner of the Michigan Avenue Borders bookstore recently, craning their necks to catch a glimpse of Anthony Bourdain, the chef/author/television host famous for...

Chicago is consumed by King Tut mania, with locals lining up alongside tourists at the Field Museum's "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" to ogle artifacts from the...

In a normal job interview, the employer isn't puffing on a Marlboro, the application doesn't request bust size, and the hopefuls don't respond with "Jell-O wrestling" when asked about hobbies....