There is a creaky, windowless door at the top of a steep staircase littered with soiled strips of tape and empty energy drink bottles. The door remains closed during working hours, but as the markets close and the sun glows orange against the western facing windows of downtown Chicago, the staircase leading to this door [...]

Last night was our chance to avoid becoming the worst team in the league. With two of our best players out again (Chris M. and Joel suffering ankle and thigh debilitating injuries that prevented them from being able to play or be spectators) our chances of not losing was extremely iffy.

The inaugural Imagination indoor soccer team (motto: At Least We’re Better Looking) had its first game this week, an inauspicious 0-12 drubbing at the hands of a team called Mouseknuckles (motto: Even Our Women Are Men). We’re obviously still working out some kinks. A primary objective in soccer is to prevent the other team from [...]