{"id":70342,"date":"2018-04-25T22:02:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T03:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=70342"},"modified":"2018-04-25T22:02:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T03:02:49","slug":"the-chicago-wildfire-chicagos-professional-ultimate-frisbee-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/the-chicago-wildfire-chicagos-professional-ultimate-frisbee-team\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chicago Wildfire: Chicago&#8217;s Professional Ultimate Frisbee Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Nick Mantas<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Chicago has a professional ultimate Frisbee team, the Chicago Wildfire.\u00a0<\/span>Professional Ultimate Frisbee is played within the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL), comprised of teams all across the country including three Canadian teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;color: #2b2b2b;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">With a large youth movement of the sport in the Chicago suburbs, the Wildfire\u00a0is reaching out to all parts of Chicago to spread their love for the sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;color: #2b2b2b;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">It&#8217;s early in the season for the Wildfire and they&#8217;re looking to make a run for the 2018 AUDL Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>[vimeo 266616983]<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>PHOTO AT TOP: Children in the youth clinic learn how to throw a Frisbee. 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