<!doctype html>
<html class="home mobile layout-clean livedesign-design-option-live-2" lang="en">
<head>
<title>Quad Cities Sports Network - The Quad Cities Sports Leader</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"/><meta charset="UTF-8"/><meta name="instagram_profile" value="espnquadcities"/><meta name="description" content="Quad Cities Sports Network, The best sports coverage in Quad Cities, Iowa and Illinois."/><meta name="keywords" content="quad cities sports, sports quad cities, quad cities, sports quad cities"/><meta property="fb:app_id" content="1179302169159794"/><meta property="fb:use_automatic_ad_placement" content="false"/><meta property="og:title" content="Quad Cities Sports Network - The Quad Cities Sports Leader"/><meta property="og:description" content="Quad Cities Sports Network, The best sports coverage in Quad Cities, Iowa and Illinois."/><meta property="og:url" content="https://espnquadcities.com/"/><meta property="og:site_name" content="Quad Cities Sports Network"/><meta property="og:type" content="website"/><meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"/><meta property="og:image:height" content="630"/><meta property="og:image" content="https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2021/11/attachment-256.png?w=300&q=75&format=natural"/><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"/><meta name="twitter:site" content="@espnquadcities"/><meta property="fb:admins" content="100002025987268"/><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover, user-scalable=no"/><meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:large"/><meta property="fb:pages" content="771372089596026"/><meta property="ad:primis:id" content="114021"/><meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=1210483567"/>
<link rel="preload" as="image" href="https://townsquare.media/site/965/files/2025/07/attachment-rs42858_gettyimages-624988034-scr.jpg?w=780&q=75" fetchpriority="high"/><link rel="preload" href="/styles/mobile/base.css?ver=aaeba9888a318121f075ddf5b136f234&mver=56&gver=6&livedesign=design_option_live-2&widgets=branded_app_promo,carbonwidget%2Fnav%2Fblueiv,carbonwidget%2Fnav%2Ffooter,carbonwidget%2Fnav%2Fmain,carbonwidget%2Fnav%2Fpromo_links,carbonwidget%2FtitleWidget,dynamic_lead,fix_sidebar_marker,google-ads-widget,ts_blogroll,widget_third_party_content,widget_tsiwd" as="style"/><link rel="preload" href="https://townsquare.media/public/dist/mobile/main.bundle.c7d4c714fd6dd11baa7cf066aba0618d.js?mver=56&gver=6&bid=783" as="script"/><link rel="preconnect" href="https://assets.pinterest.com" crossorigin /><link rel="preconnect" href="https://action.dstillery.com" crossorigin />
<link id="design-fav" rel="shortcut icon" href="https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/attachment-favicon.png"/><link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11"/><link rel="canonical" href="https://espnquadcities.com/"/><link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/attachment-900.jpg?w=57&h=57"/><link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="114x114" href="https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/attachment-900.jpg?w=144&h=144"/><link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="72x72" href="https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/attachment-900.jpg?w=72&h=72"/><link rel="manifest" href="/rest/carbon/api/manifest.json"/>
<!-- connect to domain of font files -->
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com"/>
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin/>
<!-- optionally increase loading priority -->
<link rel="preload" as="style" href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:400,400italic,500,500italic,700,300italic,300%7CRoboto+Condensed:300,400,700&display=swap">
<!-- async CSS -->
<link rel="stylesheet" media="print" onload="this.onload=null;this.removeAttribute('media');" href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:400,400italic,500,500italic,700,300italic,300%7CRoboto+Condensed:300,400,700&display=swap">
<!-- no-JS fallback -->
<noscript>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:400,400italic,500,500italic,700,300italic,300%7CRoboto+Condensed:300,400,700&display=swap">
<style>.frameme.v3 .theframe{opacity: 1}</style>
</noscript>
<link href="/styles/mobile/base.css?ver=aaeba9888a318121f075ddf5b136f234&mver=56&gver=6&livedesign=design_option_live-2&widgets=branded_app_promo,carbonwidget%2Fnav%2Fblueiv,carbonwidget%2Fnav%2Ffooter,carbonwidget%2Fnav%2Fmain,carbonwidget%2Fnav%2Fpromo_links,carbonwidget%2FtitleWidget,dynamic_lead,fix_sidebar_marker,google-ads-widget,ts_blogroll,widget_third_party_content,widget_tsiwd" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<script>window.TSM = window.TSM ||{}; window.TSM.fn = window.TSM.fn || {}; window.TSM.fn.isIe = function(n){var t,i;return(n=n||"",!n||n===null||typeof n=="undefined"||n&&!n.match)?!1:(t=n.match(/MSIEs([d.]+)/i),t&&t.length)?(i=parseInt(t[1],10),{className:"ie ie"+i}):(t=n.match(/Trident.*rv[ :]*(11)./i),t&&t.length)?(i=parseInt(t[1],10),{className:"ie ie"+i}):!1};
window.TSM.fn.getFile=function(n,t={},i=document.body){return new Promise(function(r){var e=function(n){n.target.removeEventListener("load",e);r(n.target)},u=document.createElement("script"),f;u.addEventListener("load",e);u.src=n;for(f in t)u.setAttribute(f,t[f]);i.appendChild(u)})};
window.TSM.fn.getCookie = window.TSM.fn.getCookie || function(n){var i="; "+document.cookie,t=i.split("; "+n+"=");if(t.length==2)return t.pop().split(";").shift()};
window.TSM.fn.setCookie = window.TSM.fn.setCookie || function(n,t,i,r="/"){var f="",u;i&&(u=new Date,u.setTime(u.getTime()+i*864e5),f="; expires="+u.toUTCString());document.cookie=n+"="+(t||"")+f+"; path="+r};
window.TSM.fn.getUspData = window.TSM.fn.getUspData || function(){return new Promise(( res, rej )=>{if( "__uspapi" in window ){__uspapi('getUSPData', 1 , (uspData, success) => {if(success) {res( uspData || {} );} else {res( {} );}});}else{res( {} );}});};
</script>
<script>window.taskQ=[];</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.TSM = window.TSM || {};
window.TSM.abgroup = "A";
window.TSM.cadata = {"activeDomain":"espnquadcities.com","blogId":783,"method":"get_home","postId":"4434","templateId":18241,"postType":"ts_template","postDateGmt":"2012-10-18 19:05:26.000+0000"};
window.TSM.startload = new Date().getTime();
</script>
<script>
(function () {
function getCookie(name) {
var value = "; " + document.cookie;
var parts = value.split("; " + name + "=");
if (parts.length == 2) return parts.pop().split(";").shift();
}
function updateCookie(name, value, expireDays) {
let d = new Date();
d.setTime(d.getTime() + (60*60*24*expireDays*1000));
var expires = "expires="+ d.toUTCString();
document.cookie = name + "=" + value + ";" + expires + ";path=/";
}
window.TSM = window.TSM || {};
if (window.TSM.abgroup) {
updateCookie("abgroup", window.TSM.abgroup, 90);
}
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open("POST", "/rest/high/api/cogitoergosum", true);
var cogitoergosum = getCookie("cogitoergosum");
var abgroup = getCookie("abgroup");
if (cogitoergosum) {
window.TSM.cogitoergosum = JSON.parse( atob( decodeURIComponent( cogitoergosum ) ) );
}
xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {//Call a function when the state changes.
if(xhr.readyState == XMLHttpRequest.DONE && xhr.status == 200) {
if (xhr.response) {
var result = JSON.parse(xhr.response);
if (result && result.result) {
if (result.result.cookie) {
window.TSM.cogitoergosum = JSON.parse( atob( result.result.cookie ) );
}
if (result.result.credentials) {
window.TSM.credentials = JSON.parse( atob( result.result.credentials ) );
}
// console.log("cogitoergosum xhr", window.TSM.cogitoergosum);
}
}
}
};
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
var cadata = window.TSM.cadata || {};
cadata.experimentGroup = window.TSM.abgroup;
cadata.viewType = "standard";
cadata.timespent = new Date().getTime() - window.TSM.startload;
var referrer = document.referrer;
var sendData = {
type: "pageview",
referrer: referrer,
url: document.location.href,
queryParam: document.location.queryParam,
pageData: cadata,
scrollPageIndex: 0
};
xhr.send(JSON.stringify(sendData));
}());
</script>
<script>(function(w,d){
const
getCookie = w.TSM.fn.getCookie;
let
aleph = getCookie( "aleph" );
if( aleph ){
w.aleph = aleph;
}
})(window, document);</script>
<script>
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
function gtag(){window.dataLayer.push(arguments);}
gtag("consent","default",{
"ad_storage":"denied",
"analytics_storage":"denied",
"ad_user_data":"denied",
"ad_personalization":"denied",
"personalization_storage":"denied",
"functionality_storage":"granted",
"security_storage":"granted",
"wait_for_update": 500
});
gtag("set", "ads_data_redaction", true);
</script><link rel="preconnect" href="https://cmp.osano.com" crossorigin /><script>
(function(w,o,d){w[o]=w[o]||function(){w[o][d].push(arguments)};w[o][d]=w[o][d]||[]})(window,'Osano','data');</script>
<script src="https://cmp.osano.com/AzZv96TckxjKF6VSR/b22a3c1e-9330-420c-a146-9d99b80cfddc/osano.js"></script>
<script>
// Wait for Osano to initialize
Osano.cm.addEventListener("osano-cm-initialized", () => {
//console.log('[Osano] Initialized');
// Get the user's jurisdiction
const jurisdiction = window.Osano.cm.jurisdiction;
// Check the jurisdiction and take action
if (jurisdiction && jurisdiction.startsWith("us-")) {
//console.log('[Osano] User is outside the EU. Hiding dialog, Do Not Sell, and Widget...');
Osano.cm.hideDialog();
Osano.cm.hideDoNotSell();
const osanoWidget = document.getElementsByClassName("osano-cm-widget");
osanoWidget && osanoWidget[0] && (osanoWidget[0].style.display = "none");
}
});
let osanoSaved = 0;//prevent refresh on load because: If the consent has been saved already, the callback will be called immediately.
Osano.cm.addEventListener("osano-cm-consent-saved", (save) => {
//console.log("Osano Saved: " + osanoSaved);
if( osanoSaved > 0 ){
//console.log( "Save Toggled: ", JSON.stringify( save ) );
window.location.reload();
}
osanoSaved++;
});
</script>
<script>(function(w){
const carbonInitDataLayer = {"title":"Quad Cities Sports Network - The Quad Cities Sports Leader","callsign":"KBOBAM","market":"Quad Cities","sitetype":"Local","siteClassification":"Local","state":"IA","genre":"sports","pageType":"home","tags":"","featuredTags":"","categories":"","mediaType":"none","aleph":"","userAgent":"","GaIds":"G-47M9SDC2WE,G-DD1R53Y76S,G-GDF6W4Y0TK","GaPrimaryId":"G-47M9SDC2WE","GaMarketRollupId":"G-DD1R53Y76S","GaCompanyRollupId":"","GaRegionRollupId":"G-GDF6W4Y0TK","GaStationRollupId":"","author":"","postDateGmt":"2012-10-18 19:05:26.000+0000","destBlogId":"783","destPostId":"4434","experiments":"moapd"};
carbonInitDataLayer.referer = document.referrer;carbonInitDataLayer.curatedReferer = document.referrer.replace( /https?:\/\//, "" );carbonInitDataLayer.dayOfWeek = function(n){return n.toLocaleString("en-US",{weekday:"long"})}(new Date);carbonInitDataLayer.periodOfDay = function(n,t,i){t=n.getHours(),i=n.getMinutes(),i<10&&(i="0"+i);var r=parseInt(t+""+i);return r>=0&&r<600?"Overnight":r>=600&&r<1e3?"Morning Drive":r>=1e3&&r<1500?"Midday":r>=1500&&r<1900?"Afternoon Drive":r>=1900&&r<2400?"Evening":void 0}(new Date);carbonInitDataLayer.userAgent = navigator.userAgent;
w.dataLayer = w.dataLayer || [];
w.dataLayer.push( carbonInitDataLayer );
w.dataLayer.push({event: "page_view", viewType: "standard"});
})(window);</script>
<script>window.taskQ=window.taskQ||[];window.taskQ.push(function(){
window.TSM.fn.getFile("https://action.dstillery.com/orbserv/nsjs?adv=cl1016361&ns=3141&nc=KBOBAM&ncv=24", {"async": "async", "defer": "defer"});
window.TSM.fn.getFile("https://action.dstillery.com/orbserv/nsjs?adv=cl1016361&ns=3141&nc=all_tsm_sv&ncv=24", {"async": "async", "defer": "defer"});
});</script><script>window.PushlySDK = window.PushlySDK || [];
(function(){
function pushly() { window.PushlySDK.push(arguments) }
pushly('load', {
domainKey: 'DsicFTnTiZb545L9oi20R3cCcevOFduuMvGW',
sw: '/public/assets/pushly/pushly-sdk-worker.js',
externalId: window.TSM.fn.getCookie( "aleph" ) ? window.TSM.fn.getCookie( "aleph" ) : ""
});
let tags = "";
if( '' ){
tags = ('').split(',');
pushly('page_tag_visit', tags);
}
})();
</script><script>window.twttr = (function(d, s, id) {
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],
t = window.twttr || {};
t._e = [];
t.ready = function(f) {
t._e.push(f);
};
return t;
}(document, "script", "twitter-wjs"));</script><script>var ZERG = ZERG || {};ZERG.domain = "espnquadcities.com";ZERG.user = 751;</script>
<script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({"gtm.start": new Date().getTime(),event:"gtm.js"});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!="dataLayer"?"&l="+l:"";})(window,document,"script","dataLayer","GTM-K346HJZ");</script><script async type="text/javascript" src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-K346HJZ"></script>
<script async src="/larimda.js?propertyId=A-673CE014E1D347417BADC70A-115&environment=production"></script>
<script src="/rest/carbon/api/scripts.js?mver=56&gver=6&bid=783&urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DDsicFTnTiZb545L9oi20R3cCcevOFduuMvGW&urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js" type="text/javascript" async defer data-osano="ESSENTIAL"></script>
<script src="/rest/carbon/api/scripts.js?mver=56&gver=6&bid=783&urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.revcontent.com%2Fmaster%2Fdelivery.js" type="text/javascript" async data-osano="ESSENTIAL"></script>
<script>((d,s,id)=>{
window.fbLoaded = () => {
(window.FB && !window.FB.__buffer) && (()=>{window.FB.__buffer=true;})();
};
})(document, "script", "ig-shit");</script><script async defer type="text/javascript" src="https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script>
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://cadmus.script.ac" crossorigin/><script type="text/javascript" src="//cadmus.script.ac/d20yokc2jf6ta9/script.js" async></script><link rel="preconnect" href="https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net" crossorigin /><script async="async" src="https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js" data-osano="ESSENTIAL"></script>
<script>
var googletag = googletag || {};
googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];
</script>
<link rel="preconnect" href="//js-sec.indexww.com" crossorigin /><script async src="//js-sec.indexww.com/ht/p/186854-113710634486999.js"></script>
<script>window.pbjs=window.pbjs||{};window.pbjs.que=window.pbjs.que||[];window.PREBID_TIMEOUT=1500;</script>
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://cdn.production.townsquareblogs.com" crossorigin /><script src="https://cdn.production.townsquareblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/static/prebid/mobile/pb.js?domain=espnquadcities.com&v=c7d4c714fd6dd11baa7cf066aba0618d&mver=56&gver=6" data-osano="ESSENTIAL"></script>
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://c.amazon-adsystem.com" crossorigin /><script>(function(){!function(a9,a,p,s,t,A,g){if(a[a9])return;function q(c,r){a[a9]._Q.push([c,r])}a[a9]={init:function(){q("i",arguments)},fetchBids:function(){q("f",arguments)},setDisplayBids:function(){},targetingKeys:function(){return[]},_Q:[]};A=p.createElement(s);A.async=!0;A.src=t;g=p.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];g.parentNode.insertBefore(A,g)}("apstag",window,document,"script","https://c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js");
(async()=>{
const uspData = await window.TSM.fn.getUspData();
var params={pubID:"3227",adServer:"googletag",params:{us_privacy: uspData.uspString || "1---"}};apstag.init(params);})();
})();
</script>
<script>
window.TSM = window.TSM || {}; window.TSM.adSlots = window.TSM.adSlots || {};window.TSM.adLog = window.TSM.adLog || {};
googletag.cmd.push(function(){
googletag.pubads().disableInitialLoad();
window.pbjs.que.push(function(){
try{
var
euConsent = RegExp( "euconsent=([^;]+)" ).exec( document.cookie ),
hasConsented = euConsent && RegExp( "gdpr_consent[^;]+" ).exec( document.cookie ),
isEU = RegExp( "gdpr-source[^;]+" ).exec( document.cookie ),
isUS = RegExp( "us-region-source=CA" ).exec( document.cookie );
if( pbjs.setConfig ){
pbjs.setConfig({
bidderTimeout: 1350,
gptPreAuction: {
useDefaultPreAuction: true,
},
sendBidsControl: {
dealPrioritization: true
},
targetingControls: {
alwaysIncludeDeals: true
}
});
}
if( pbjs.setConfig ){
pbjs.setConfig({
consentManagement: {
gdpr:{
cmpApi: "iab",
allowAuctionWithoutConsent: true,
},
usp:{
cmpApi: "iab",
}
}
});
}
pbjs.bidderSettings = pbjs.bidderSettings || {};
pbjs.bidderSettings.standard = pbjs.bidderSettings.standard || {};
pbjs.bidderSettings.standard.storageAllowed = true;
pbjs.adUnits = pbjs.adUnits || [];
var floors = {};
pbjs.adUnits.forEach(function(unit){
if( unit.floor ){
floors[ unit.code ] = function(cpm,bid){if( bid.adUnitCode===unit.code && cpm<unit.floor ){return 0;}return cpm;};
}
});
if( Object.keys( floors ).length ){
pbjs.bidderSettings.standard.bidCpmAdjustment = function(cpm, bid){
return ( cpm === 0 || !floors[ bid.adUnitCode ] ) ? cpm : floors[ bid.adUnitCode ](cpm, bid);
}
}
if( window.pbjsBidderSettings ){
for( var i=0; i<window.pbjsBidderSettings.length; i++ ){
var
bidder = window.pbjsBidderSettings[i].name,
bidAdjustment = window.pbjsBidderSettings[i].bidAdjustment;
if( bidAdjustment && parseFloat( bidAdjustment ) ){
pbjs.bidderSettings[ bidder ] = pbjs.bidderSettings[ bidder ] || {};
if( !pbjs.bidderSettings[ bidder ].bidCpmAdjustment ){
pbjs.bidderSettings[ bidder ].bidCpmAdjustment = (function( ba ){
return function(cpm, bid){
return ba * cpm;
};
})( parseFloat( bidAdjustment ) );
}
}
}
}
}catch(e){console.log("TSMBling error", e);}
});
googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "catid", "" );
googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "tags", "" );
googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "id", "" );
googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "author", "" );
googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "kw", ["pagetype-home"] );
googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "genre", ["sports"] );
googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "device", "web" );
googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "hasApp", "yes" );
if( window.TSM.adSlots["tsm-ad-leaderboard-320a"] === undefined ){
window.TSM.adSlots["tsm-ad-leaderboard-320a"] = googletag.defineSlot( "/8328825/local/Quad_cities/KBOB/home", [[320,50]], "tsm-ad-leaderboard-320a" ).
addService(googletag.pubads()).
setTargeting( "pos", ["top","320a"] );
}
if( window.TSM.adSlots["tsm-ad-320h"] === undefined ){
window.TSM.adSlots["tsm-ad-320h"] = googletag.defineSlot( "/8328825/local/Quad_cities/KBOB/home", [[320,50],[1,5]], "tsm-ad-320h" ).
addService(googletag.pubads()).
setTargeting( "pos", "320h" );
}
googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs();
window.aleph && googletag.pubads().setPublisherProvidedId( window.aleph );
googletag.enableServices();
});
</script>
<script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@context":"https://schema.org/","@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://espnquadcities.com/#organization","name":"Quad Cities Sports Network","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://espnquadcities.com/#sitelogo","url":"https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/attachment-146-1.png"},"sameAs":["https://espnquadcities.com/"]},{"@context":"http://schema.org/","@type":"Website","@id":"https://espnquadcities.com/#website","publisher":{"@id":"https://espnquadcities.com/#organization"},"name":"Quad Cities Sports Network","url":"https://espnquadcities.com/","sameAs":["https://twitter.com/espnquadcities","https://www.instagram.com/espnquadcities","https://www.facebook.com/espnquadcities/"],"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://espnquadcities.com/search/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}]}]}</script>
</head>
<body>
<script>(function(w,d){
const
getCookie = window.TSM.fn.getCookie,
setCookie = window.TSM.fn.setCookie,
alephExpire = 365*2;
dealWithAlephCount = () => {
let
alephCount = getCookie( "aleph-count" );
if( !alephCount ){
setCookie( "aleph-count", 1, alephExpire );
}else{
setCookie( "aleph-count", parseInt( alephCount )+1 );
}
};
let
aleph = getCookie( "aleph" );
if( aleph ){
w.aleph = aleph;
dealWithAlephCount();
}else{
w.addEventListener("message", (e) => {
//console.log(e);
if( e.data && e.data.aleph ){
//console.log( "e.data.aleph", e.data.aleph );
window.aleph = e.data.aleph;
window.cQ = window.cQ || [];
window.cQ.push(()=>{
window.globalActionCreators && window.globalActionCreators.addAleph && window.globalActionCreators.addAleph( window.aleph )
});
setCookie( "aleph", e.data.aleph, alephExpire );
dealWithAlephCount();
}
});
let
ifr = d.createElement( "iframe" );
ifr.id = "aleph-iframe";
ifr.title = "aleph";
ifr.src = "https://cdn.production.townsquareblogs.com/aleph/";
ifr.frameborder = "0";
ifr.style = "display:none;"
ifr.addEventListener("load", ()=>{
ifr.contentWindow.postMessage({action: "getAleph"}, "https://cdn.production.townsquareblogs.com");
});
d.body.appendChild( ifr );
}
})(window, document);</script>
<div id="fb-root"></div>
<div id="app"><div id="container"><div class="container-inner"><header id="site-menu-wrapper" aria-label="site header"><div id="skip-to-main"><a href="#main-content">Skip to main content</a><a href="#site-footer">Skip to site footer</a></div><div class="tsm-ad tsm-ad-320" aria-label="advertisement"><div id="tsm-ad-leaderboard-320a"><!-- dynamic ad --></div></div><div><!-- tsm-out-of-page slot inactive --></div><div class="logo-nav-and-stuff"><a class="logo" itemProp="logo url" title="Quad Cities Sports Network" href="/" data-source="logo"><img src="https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/attachment-100-1.png" alt="Quad Cities Sports Network"/><h1>Quad Cities Sports Network</h1></a><nav id="site-menu" class="" aria-label="primary navigation"><div class="wrapper"><input type="checkbox" id="site-menu-toggler"/><label class="icon-base icon-menu select-none" for="site-menu-toggler"></label><ul class="links"><div class="nav-top"><form class="search-form"><input type="text" class="search-input" placeholder="Search" name="searchInput"/><input type="submit" class="search-submit" value="SEARCH"/></form></div><div class="nav-social-links"><li class="social"><a class="share_link app" href="/app" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-social="app"></a></li><li class="social"><a class="share_link newsletter" href="/newsletter" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-social="newsletter"></a></li><li class="social"><a class="share_link facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/espnquadcities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-social="facebook"></a></li><li class="social"><a class="share_link twitter" href="https://twitter.com/espnquadcities" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-social="twitter"></a></li><li class="social"><a class="share_link instagram" href="https://www.instagram.com/espnquadcities" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-social="instagram"></a></li></div><li class="promo-links hassub"><a href="#" target="_blank" data-source="nav"><label for="6" class="icon-arrow-right-container">Trending:</label></a><input type="checkbox" id="6"/><label for="6" class="subnav-backdrop"></label><ul class="links submenu"><div class="subnav-title">Trending:</div><li class="hassub nav-back"><a href="#"><label for="6" class="icon-arrow-left-container">Back</label></a></li><li class=""><a href="/play-by-play-schedule" data-source="nav">Trending:</a></li><li class=""><a href="https://www.seizethedeal.com/cities/quad-cities" target="_blank" data-source="nav">Seize The Deal</a></li><li class=""><a href="/app" data-source="nav">Download The App</a></li><li class=""><a href="/quad-city-traffic-cameras/" data-source="nav">QC Traffic Cameras</a></li><li class=""><a href="/hall-pass-cash-2025" data-source="nav">Win $500 Visa</a></li></ul></li><li class=""><a href="/" data-source="nav">Home</a></li><li class=" hassub"><a href="#" data-source="nav"><label for="2" class="icon-arrow-right-container">App</label></a><input type="checkbox" id="2"/><label for="2" class="subnav-backdrop"></label><ul class="links submenu"><div class="subnav-title"><a href="/app" class="icon-link-container">App</a></div><li class="hassub nav-back"><a href="#"><label for="2" class="icon-arrow-left-container">Back</label></a></li><li class=""><a href="/download/ios" data-source="nav">Download iOS</a></li><li class=""><a href="/download/android" data-source="nav">Download Android</a></li></ul></li><li class=" hassub"><a href="#" data-source="nav"><label for="3" class="icon-arrow-right-container">Win Stuff</label></a><input type="checkbox" id="3"/><label for="3" class="subnav-backdrop"></label><ul class="links submenu"><div class="subnav-title"><a href="/vip" class="icon-link-container">Win Stuff</a></div><li class="hassub nav-back"><a href="#"><label for="3" class="icon-arrow-left-container">Back</label></a></li><li class=""><a href="/contests" data-source="nav">Contests</a></li><li class=""><a href="/registration" data-source="nav">Join Now</a></li></ul></li><li class=""><a href="/newsletter/" data-source="nav">Newsletter</a></li><li class=" hassub"><a href="#" data-source="nav"><label for="5" class="icon-arrow-right-container">Contact</label></a><input type="checkbox" id="5"/><label for="5" class="subnav-backdrop"></label><ul class="links submenu"><div class="subnav-title"><a href="/help" class="icon-link-container">Contact</a></div><li class="hassub nav-back"><a href="#"><label for="5" class="icon-arrow-left-container">Back</label></a></li><li class=""><a href="/help" data-source="nav">Help & Contact Info</a></li><li class=""><a href="/feedback" data-source="nav">Send Feedback</a></li><li class=""><a href="/jobs" data-source="nav">Job Opportunities at Townsquare Media – Quad Cities</a></li></ul></li><div class="admin-bar-wrap"></div></ul></div></nav></div></header><div class="site-content clearfix"><main id="main-content" class="main-content" tabindex="-1"><div class="wrapper page-wrapper ts-template-sidebars-main"><div class="content"><div class="internal-header " style="max-height:0px"></div><section id="dynamic_lead-10" class="dynamic-lead slider image-text-overlay align-default"><div class="slider dl-items"><div class="sizer"></div><div class="mover slide"><article><figure class="frameme v3"><a class="theframe " href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/965/p/machine-shed-farm-to-table/" data-loading="eager" data-source="dynamic lead" data-width="780"><img src="//townsquare.media/site/965/files/2025/07/attachment-rs42858_gettyimages-624988034-scr.jpg?w=780&q=75" alt="Win Two Seats To This Unique Meal From The Machine Shed" loading="eager" onload="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('frame-loaded');" onerror="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('broken-image');" fetchpriority="high" width="780" /></a><figcaption class="visually-hidden">Win Two Seats To This Unique Meal From The Machine Shed</figcaption></figure><header><h2><span>Win Two Seats To This Unique Meal From The Machine Shed</span></h2></header><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/965/p/machine-shed-farm-to-table/" data-source="dynamic lead"><span class="visually-hidden">Win Two Seats To This Unique Meal From The Machine Shed</span></a></article></div></div><div class="dynamic-lead-indicators"><div class="dynamic-lead-indicator active"></div><div class="dynamic-lead-indicator"></div><div class="dynamic-lead-indicator"></div></div></section><section id="ts_blogroll-3" class="blogroll row-standard-3x ts_blogroll"><header class="header-band"><h2 class="">LATEST POSTS</h2></header><div class="articles"><article class=""><figure class="frameme v3"><a class="theframe " href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/723/p/private-dog-park-rentals-illinois/" data-loading="lazy" data-source="blogroll"><img src="//townsquare.media/site/723/files/2025/08/attachment-rs43083_gettyimages-626807678-scr.jpg?w=300&q=75" alt="The Secret Dog Park Hack You Need in Illinois" loading="lazy" onload="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('frame-loaded');" onerror="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('broken-image');" fetchpriority="low" /></a><figcaption class="visually-hidden">The Secret Dog Park Hack You Need in Illinois</figcaption></figure><div class="content"><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/723/p/private-dog-park-rentals-illinois/" class="title" data-source="blogroll">The Secret Dog Park Hack You Need in Illinois</a><time></time><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/723/p/private-dog-park-rentals-illinois/" class="overlaying-link" data-source="blogroll"><span class="visually-hidden">The Secret Dog Park Hack You Need in Illinois</span></a></div></article><article class=""><figure class="frameme v3"><a class="theframe " href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/341/p/chains-closing-locations-2025/" data-loading="lazy" data-source="blogroll"><img src="//townsquare.media/site/341/files/2025/03/attachment-Featured-Images-89.jpg?w=300&q=75" alt="List of Chains That Are Closing or Have Closed Locations in 2025" loading="lazy" onload="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('frame-loaded');" onerror="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('broken-image');" fetchpriority="low" /></a><figcaption class="visually-hidden">List of Chains That Are Closing or Have Closed Locations in 2025</figcaption></figure><div class="content"><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/341/p/chains-closing-locations-2025/" class="title" data-source="blogroll">List of Chains That Are Closing or Have Closed Locations in 2025</a><time></time><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/341/p/chains-closing-locations-2025/" class="overlaying-link" data-source="blogroll"><span class="visually-hidden">List of Chains That Are Closing or Have Closed Locations in 2025</span></a></div></article><article class=""><figure class="frameme v3"><a class="theframe " href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/784/p/iowa-nonprofit-youth-improv-camp/" data-loading="lazy" data-source="blogroll"><img src="//townsquare.media/site/784/files/2025/08/attachment-img_5119.jpg?w=300&q=75" alt="Iowa Nonprofit Celebrates Youth Improv Camp With Final Showcase" loading="lazy" onload="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('frame-loaded');" onerror="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('broken-image');" fetchpriority="low" /></a><figcaption class="visually-hidden">Iowa Nonprofit Celebrates Youth Improv Camp With Final Showcase</figcaption></figure><div class="content"><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/784/p/iowa-nonprofit-youth-improv-camp/" class="title" data-source="blogroll">Iowa Nonprofit Celebrates Youth Improv Camp With Final Showcase</a><time></time><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/784/p/iowa-nonprofit-youth-improv-camp/" class="overlaying-link" data-source="blogroll"><span class="visually-hidden">Iowa Nonprofit Celebrates Youth Improv Camp With Final Showcase</span></a></div></article><article class=""><figure class="frameme v3"><a class="theframe " href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/723/p/rockford-housing-market-update/" data-loading="lazy" data-source="blogroll"><img src="//townsquare.media/site/723/files/2025/08/attachment-rs51643_gettyimages-533776853-scr.jpg?w=300&q=75" alt="Rockford Remains One of America’s Hottest Housing Cities" loading="lazy" onload="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('frame-loaded');" onerror="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('broken-image');" fetchpriority="low" /></a><figcaption class="visually-hidden">Rockford Remains One of America’s Hottest Housing Cities</figcaption></figure><div class="content"><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/723/p/rockford-housing-market-update/" class="title" data-source="blogroll">Rockford Remains One of America’s Hottest Housing Cities</a><time></time><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/723/p/rockford-housing-market-update/" class="overlaying-link" data-source="blogroll"><span class="visually-hidden">Rockford Remains One of America’s Hottest Housing Cities</span></a></div></article><article class=""><figure class="frameme v3"><a class="theframe " href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/164/p/martha-stewart-kohler-wisconsin/" data-loading="lazy" data-source="blogroll"><img src="//townsquare.media/site/164/files/2025/08/attachment-martha_stewart1.jpg?w=300&q=75" alt="Martha Stewart’s Surprising New Role In Wisconsin" loading="lazy" onload="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('frame-loaded');" onerror="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('broken-image');" fetchpriority="low" /></a><figcaption class="visually-hidden">Martha Stewart’s Surprising New Role In Wisconsin</figcaption></figure><div class="content"><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/164/p/martha-stewart-kohler-wisconsin/" class="title" data-source="blogroll">Martha Stewart’s Surprising New Role In Wisconsin</a><time></time><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/164/p/martha-stewart-kohler-wisconsin/" class="overlaying-link" data-source="blogroll"><span class="visually-hidden">Martha Stewart’s Surprising New Role In Wisconsin</span></a></div></article><article class=""><figure class="frameme v3"><a class="theframe " href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/721/p/rockford-jackpot-lucky-day-lotto/" data-loading="lazy" data-source="blogroll"><img src="//townsquare.media/site/721/files/2025/08/attachment-jackpot.jpg?w=300&q=75" alt="Rockford Resident Wins $1.1 Million With Lucky Day Lotto" loading="lazy" onload="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('frame-loaded');" onerror="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('broken-image');" fetchpriority="low" /></a><figcaption class="visually-hidden">Rockford Resident Wins $1.1 Million With Lucky Day Lotto</figcaption></figure><div class="content"><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/721/p/rockford-jackpot-lucky-day-lotto/" class="title" data-source="blogroll">Rockford Resident Wins $1.1 Million With Lucky Day Lotto</a><time></time><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/721/p/rockford-jackpot-lucky-day-lotto/" class="overlaying-link" data-source="blogroll"><span class="visually-hidden">Rockford Resident Wins $1.1 Million With Lucky Day Lotto</span></a></div></article><article class=""><figure class="frameme v3"><a class="theframe " href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/726/p/iowa-happiest-cities/" data-loading="lazy" data-source="blogroll"><img src="//townsquare.media/site/726/files/2025/08/attachment-untitled-design-4.jpg?w=300&q=75" alt="AI Calls These the Happiest Cities in Iowa – Do You Agree?" loading="lazy" onload="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('frame-loaded');" onerror="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('broken-image');" fetchpriority="low" /></a><figcaption class="visually-hidden">AI Calls These the Happiest Cities in Iowa – Do You Agree?</figcaption></figure><div class="content"><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/726/p/iowa-happiest-cities/" class="title" data-source="blogroll">AI Calls These the Happiest Cities in Iowa – Do You Agree?</a><time></time><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/726/p/iowa-happiest-cities/" class="overlaying-link" data-source="blogroll"><span class="visually-hidden">AI Calls These the Happiest Cities in Iowa – Do You Agree?</span></a></div></article><article class=""><figure class="frameme v3"><a class="theframe " href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/712/p/summer-long-balls/" data-loading="lazy" data-source="blogroll"><img src="//townsquare.media/site/712/files/2025/08/attachment-gettyimages-1782207830-170667a.jpg?w=300&q=75" alt="Summer Long Balls? Why Your Junk Might Hang a Little Lower in This Midwest Summer" loading="lazy" onload="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('frame-loaded');" onerror="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('broken-image');" fetchpriority="low" /></a><figcaption class="visually-hidden">Summer Long Balls? Why Your Junk Might Hang a Little Lower in This Midwest Summer</figcaption></figure><div class="content"><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/712/p/summer-long-balls/" class="title" data-source="blogroll">Summer Long Balls? Why Your Junk Might Hang a Little Lower in This Midwest Summer</a><time></time><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/712/p/summer-long-balls/" class="overlaying-link" data-source="blogroll"><span class="visually-hidden">Summer Long Balls? Why Your Junk Might Hang a Little Lower in This Midwest Summer</span></a></div></article><article class=""><figure class="frameme v3"><a class="theframe " href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/711/p/illinois-mental-health-screenings-students-chicago/" data-loading="lazy" data-source="blogroll"><img src="//townsquare.media/site/711/files/2025/08/attachment-untitled-design-2025-08-01t090126-578.jpg?w=300&q=75" alt="Illinois Now Requires Mental Health Screenings For Students" loading="lazy" onload="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('frame-loaded');" onerror="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('broken-image');" fetchpriority="low" /></a><figcaption class="visually-hidden">Illinois Now Requires Mental Health Screenings For Students</figcaption></figure><div class="content"><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/711/p/illinois-mental-health-screenings-students-chicago/" class="title" data-source="blogroll">Illinois Now Requires Mental Health Screenings For Students</a><time></time><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/711/p/illinois-mental-health-screenings-students-chicago/" class="overlaying-link" data-source="blogroll"><span class="visually-hidden">Illinois Now Requires Mental Health Screenings For Students</span></a></div></article><article class=""><figure class="frameme v3"><a class="theframe " href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/965/p/intersection-needs-roundabout-davenport-iowa/" data-loading="lazy" data-source="blogroll"><img src="//townsquare.media/site/965/files/2024/07/attachment-Roundabout.jpg?w=300&q=75" alt="The One Intersection That Needs A Roundabout In Davenport" loading="lazy" onload="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('frame-loaded');" onerror="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('broken-image');" fetchpriority="low" /></a><figcaption class="visually-hidden">The One Intersection That Needs A Roundabout In Davenport</figcaption></figure><div class="content"><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/965/p/intersection-needs-roundabout-davenport-iowa/" class="title" data-source="blogroll">The One Intersection That Needs A Roundabout In Davenport</a><time></time><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/965/p/intersection-needs-roundabout-davenport-iowa/" class="overlaying-link" data-source="blogroll"><span class="visually-hidden">The One Intersection That Needs A Roundabout In Davenport</span></a></div></article><article class=""><figure class="frameme v3"><a class="theframe " href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/711/p/pope-leo-chicago-style-pizza-illinois/" data-loading="lazy" data-source="blogroll"><img src="//townsquare.media/site/711/files/2025/08/attachment-untitled-design-2025-08-01t081255-163.jpg?w=300&q=75" alt="Illinois Native Pope Leo Gets Favorite Chicago-Style Pizza Delivered To Vatican" loading="lazy" onload="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('frame-loaded');" onerror="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('broken-image');" fetchpriority="low" /></a><figcaption class="visually-hidden">Illinois Native Pope Leo Gets Favorite Chicago-Style Pizza Delivered To Vatican</figcaption></figure><div class="content"><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/711/p/pope-leo-chicago-style-pizza-illinois/" class="title" data-source="blogroll">Illinois Native Pope Leo Gets Favorite Chicago-Style Pizza Delivered To Vatican</a><time></time><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/711/p/pope-leo-chicago-style-pizza-illinois/" class="overlaying-link" data-source="blogroll"><span class="visually-hidden">Illinois Native Pope Leo Gets Favorite Chicago-Style Pizza Delivered To Vatican</span></a></div></article><article class=""><figure class="frameme v3"><a class="theframe " href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/341/p/oklahoma-cow-heart-on-head-viral/" data-loading="lazy" data-source="blogroll"><img src="//townsquare.media/site/341/files/2024/02/attachment-Courier-Prime-2024-02-15T212924.310.jpg?w=300&q=75" alt="Viral Cow With Cute Head Marking Finally Gets a Name" loading="lazy" onload="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('frame-loaded');" onerror="this.parentNode.parentNode.classList.add('broken-image');" fetchpriority="low" /></a><figcaption class="visually-hidden">Viral Cow With Cute Head Marking Finally Gets a Name</figcaption></figure><div class="content"><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/341/p/oklahoma-cow-heart-on-head-viral/" class="title" data-source="blogroll">Viral Cow With Cute Head Marking Finally Gets a Name</a><time></time><a href="https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/341/p/oklahoma-cow-heart-on-head-viral/" class="overlaying-link" data-source="blogroll"><span class="visually-hidden">Viral Cow With Cute Head Marking Finally Gets a Name</span></a></div></article></div><section class="main-content-button"><header class="header-band"><h2><a href="/page/2/">Load More Articles</a></h2></header></section></section></div></div></main><aside class="main-aside" aria-label="sidebar"></aside></div><footer class="site-footer" id="site-footer"><ul class="social-links"><li class="social"><a class="share_link app" href="/app" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-social="app"></a></li><li class="social"><a class="share_link newsletter" href="/newsletter" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-social="newsletter"></a></li><li class="social"><a class="share_link facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/espnquadcities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-social="facebook"></a></li><li class="social"><a class="share_link twitter" href="https://twitter.com/espnquadcities" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-social="twitter"></a></li><li class="social"><a class="share_link instagram" href="https://www.instagram.com/espnquadcities" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-social="instagram"></a></li></ul><ul class="links clearfix"><li>
<a title="Equal Employment Opportunities" href="/equal-employment-opportunity/" class="">Equal Employment Opportunities</a>
</li><li>
<a title="Marketing and Advertising Solutions" href="/advertising-and-marketing-for-business/quad-cities-ia/" class="">Marketing and Advertising Solutions</a>
</li><li>
<a title="Public File" data-title="KBOBAM Public File" href="https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/am-profile/KBOB" class="">Public File</a>
</li><li>
<a title="Need Assistance" data-title="Persons with disabilities who need assistance with the KBOBAM / KBOB Public File" href="/kbob-public-file/" class="">Need Assistance</a>
</li><li>
<a title="FCC Applications" href="/fcc-applications/" class="">FCC Applications</a>
</li><li>
<a title="Report an Inaccuracy" href="/report-an-inaccuracy/" class="">Report an Inaccuracy</a>
</li><li>
<a title="Terms" href="/terms/" class="">Terms</a>
</li><li>
<a title="Contest Rules" href="/contest-rules/" class="">Contest Rules</a>
</li><li>
<a title="Privacy Policy" href="/privacy/" class="">Privacy Policy</a>
</li><li>
<a title="Accessibility Statement" href="/digital-accessibility-statement/" class="">Accessibility Statement</a>
</li><li>
<a title="Exercise My Data Rights" href="/privacy/preferences/" class="">Exercise My Data Rights</a>
</li><li>
<a title="Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" href="#" class="">Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information</a>
</li><li>
<a title="Contact" href="/help/" class="">Contact</a>
</li></ul><div class="legal">2025<!-- --> <!-- -->Quad Cities Sports Network<a href="https://www.townsquaremedia.com">, Townsquare Media, Inc</a>. All rights reserved.</div></footer></div><section class="bottom-components"><div class="tsm-ad tsm-ad-320" aria-label="advertisement"><div id="tsm-ad-320h"><!-- dynamic ad --></div></div><div class="tsm-ad tsm-ad-interstitial" aria-label="advertisement"><div id="tsm-ad-interstitial"><!-- dynamic ad --></div></div></section></div></div>
<script style="display: none;">
window.__INITIAL_STATE__ = {"router":{"location":{"pathname":"/","search":"","hash":"","key":"3b1on7"},"action":"POP"},"internalads":{},"json":{"response":{"options":{"method":"get_home","adPageType":"home","mediaType":"none","methodSubType":null,"blogId":783,"postId":"4434","templateId":18241,"url":"/","unfriendlyRequestUrl":"/","requestUrl":"/","blogOptions":{"blogname":"Quad Cities Sports Network","blogdescription":"The Quad Cities Sports Leader","posts_per_rss":"35","posts_per_page":"10","blog_public":"1","timezone_string":"America/Chicago","exclude_top_banner":"","aioseop_options":{"aiosp_can":"on","aiosp_donate":null,"aiosp_home_title":"Quad Cities Sports Network - The Quad Cities Sports Leader","aiosp_home_description":"Quad Cities Sports Network, The best sports coverage in Quad Cities, Iowa and Illinois.","aiosp_home_keywords":"quad cities sports, sports quad cities, quad cities, sports quad cities","aiosp_max_words_excerpt":null,"aiosp_rewrite_titles":"on","aiosp_post_title_format":"%post_title%","aiosp_page_title_format":"%page_title% - %blog_title%","aiosp_category_title_format":"%category_title% - %blog_title%","aiosp_archive_title_format":"%date% - %blog_title%","aiosp_tag_title_format":"%tag% - %blog_title%","aiosp_search_title_format":"%search% - %blog_title%","aiosp_description_format":"%description%","aiosp_404_title_format":"Nothing found for %request_words%","aiosp_paged_format":" - Part %page%","aiosp_use_categories":"on","aiosp_dynamic_postspage_keywords":null,"aiosp_category_noindex":null,"aiosp_archive_noindex":null,"aiosp_tags_noindex":null,"aiosp_cap_cats":"on","aiosp_generate_descriptions":"on","aiosp_debug_info":null,"aiosp_post_meta_tags":"","aiosp_page_meta_tags":"","aiosp_home_meta_tags":"","aiosp_enabled":"1","aiosp_use_tags_as_keywords":null,"aiosp_do_log":null,"aiosp_ex_pages":""},"_station_info":{"sitetype":"Local","market":"Quad Cities","format":"","genre":{"0":"sports"},"callsign":"KBOBAM","frequency":"","invocation":"","secondary-callsign":{"0":""},"secondary-frequency":{"0":""},"callletters":"KBOB","legalname":"Quad Cities Sports Network","cluster":"","siteclassification":"Local","street":"1229 Brady Street","street-2":"","city":"Davenport","state":"IA","zip":"52803","phone":"563-326-2541","helpline":"","studioline":"563-391-3776","officeline":"563-326-2541","officehours":"9AM - 5PM","email":"quadcities.dme@townsquaremedia.com","tipus-email":"","inquiries-email":"","advertising-contact":"","advertising-email":"","advertising-phone":"","gm-contact":"Jason Vidmar","gm-email":"Jason.Vidmar@townsquaremedia.com","programming-director-contact":"Ryan McCredden ","programming-director-email":"Ryan.McCredden@townsquaremedia.com","digital-managing-editor-contact":"","digital-managing-editor-email":"","digital-sales-manager-contact":"","digital-sales-manager-email":"","promotions-director-contact":"","promotions-director-email":"","mobile-app-feedback-email":"Ryan.McCredden@townsquaremedia.com","mobile-app-media-submission-email":"Ryan.McCredden@townsquaremedia.com","mobile-app-app-chat-email":"","public-record-administrator-name":"Jason Vidmar","public-record-administrator-email":"Jason.Vidmar@townsquaremedia.com","fcc-online-public-file-call-sign":"","fcc-online-public-file-url":"https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/am-profile/KBOB","fcc-pending-application-page":"1","fcc-pending-application-notice":"","fcc-pending-application-date":"11/30/21","fcc-eeo-page":"1","fcc-eeo-file-url":"https://townsquare.media/site/784/files/2024/09/attachment-2023-2024-EEO-Report.pdf","feedbackurl":"https://espnquadcities.com/feedback/","biz-list-url":"","amazon_affiliate":"quadcitiestsm-20","alexa_skill_id":"B07X7TCRC7","yieldmo_placement":"","jwplayer":"","brave_referral":"","twitter_handle":"espnquadcities","youtube_handle":"","youtube_channel_id":"","instagram_handle":"espnquadcities","tiktok_username":"","pinterest_username":"","make_homepage":"1","rss_icon":"1","report_inaccuracy":"1","enableLocalAdvertisingPage":"1","marketing_page":"market","comscore-label":"None Selected","ethicsPolicy":"","correctionsPolicy":"","verificationFactCheckingPolicy":"","actionableFeedbackPolicy":"","missionCoveragePrioritiesPolicy":"","nextdoorUsername":"espn-1170am-and-1041fm","legalnameDecoded":"Quad Cities Sports Network","comscore-labelDecoded":"None Selected"},"_townsquare_user_registration_settings":{"registration-confirmation":"yes","use-short-form":"no","use-captcha":"yes","show-welcome":"yes","disable-registration":"yes","javascript-links":"no","profile_language":{"registration":{"lightbox_title":"Sign up for the ESPN 93.5 VIP Club","lightbox_message":"Sign up for an account to comment, share your thoughts, and enter to win great prizes","lightbox_button":"Registration","page_signup_title":"Registration","page_signup_message":"Sign up now for member rewards and benefits! Only your Display Name will be visible to the public.","page_signup_email_subscribe":"Sign me up for email notifications and newsletters!","page_email_confirm_title":"Please Confirm Your Registration.","page_email_confirm_title_error":"Error Confirming Your Registration.","page_email_confirm_message":"We just sent you an email with a confirmation link in it. Click the link and you'll be ready to start leaving comments for your favorite DJs.","page_email_confirm_button":"Resend confirmation email."},"profile":{"edit_user_title":"Personal Information","edit_contact_title":"Contact Info","edit_contact_email_subscribe":"I want to receive emails from this radio station.","edit_contact_sms_subscribe":"I want to receive SMS text updates from this radio station."}},"requires-confirmation":"no"},"FacebookCommentsOptions":{"moderator_userids":"100002025987268","moderator_appid":"134615943276794","show_commentscount":"yes","colorscheme":"","show_comments":"no"},"exclude_bottom_banner":"","iq_weather_page_sponsor_zip_code":"52803","iq_weather_page_sponsor_city_name":"Davenport","_station_logos":{"admin-icon-logo":"//townsquare.media/site/783/files/2021/11/32.jpg","apple-low-res":"//townsquare.media/site/783/files/2021/11/57.jpg","apple-ipad":"//townsquare.media/site/783/files/2021/11/72.jpg","web-apps":"//townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/80.jpg","apple-high-res":"//townsquare.media/site/783/files/2021/11/114.jpg","apple-ipad-retina":"https://townsquare.media/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KJOCFM.png?h=152w=152","apple-iphone-retina":"https://townsquare.media/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/KJOCFM.png?h=180w=180","facebook-logo":"//townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/Facebook-skill-big.jpg"},"site_template_theme_meta":{"template-tone":"2","listen-live-bar":"block","sidebar-widgets-header":"block","blogroll-image-size":"cropped","next-page-offset":"11"},"ts-templates-homepage-id":"4434","onlyhome_topbanner":"","onlyhome_pushdown":"","facebook_app":{"id":"1179302169159794","fanpage":"https://www.facebook.com/espnquadcities/","plugins":{"facebook-like-button":"1","facebook-authentication":0},"instant_articles":"","iaadplacement":{"enabled":"0","density":"medium"},"pageid":"771372089596026"},"radio_players_is_activated":"","townsquare_ad_version":"","disable_mobile_ads":"","social_overlay":{"active":"1","text":"Sign up to have news and information about your community delivered to your email.","colors":{"background-color":"#474747","color":"#FFFFFf"},"wrapper":{"divider":"#FFFFFF","button":"#FF0000","button-font":"#FFFFFF"},"module":"newsletter","modulemobile":"","strategy":"firstview","logolink":"","logo":"https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/attachment-146.png"},"tsc_category_sidebars":{},"sailthru_widget_active":"1","sailthru_list_default":"ESPN-Loyalty Emails","radio_players_wo_stream_id":"3693","carbonUiUpdateCounter":"56","_station_settings":{"default_show_image":"","show_sort_type":"starttimes"},"enable_chartbeat":"","enableInGalleryEndcard":"1","enableBelowGalleryEndcard":"1","ts-templates-carbon-homepage-id":"18241","ts-templates-mobile-homepage-id":"4434","carbon_search_engine":"yes","carbon":{"settings":{"desktop-header-style":{"value":"fixed-full-width"},"desktop-logo-style":{"value":"default"},"desktop-leaderboard-style":{"value":"default"},"enable-debug-mode":{"value":"no"},"enable-youtube-thumb":{"value":"no"},"infinite-scroll-logic":{"value":"default"},"after-post-logic":{"value":"blogroll"},"after-post-blogroll-count-desktop":{"value":"9"},"after-post-blogroll-count-mobile":{"value":"8"}},"social-buttons-nav":{"youtube":{"value":"0","order":"0","name":"youtube"},"fb":{"value":"1","order":"1","name":"fb"},"tw":{"value":"1","order":"2","name":"tw"},"instagram":{"value":"1","order":"3","name":"instagram"}}},"SmartAppBannerSettings":{"daysreminder-text":"90","dayshidden-text":"15","button-text":"View","price-text":"Get","title-text":"ESPN Quad Cities","itunesstoreid-text":"1210483567","googleplayappid-text":"com.tsm.espn935","usetownsquaresettings":"1","imageurl-text":"","message-id":"","audience-id":"","app-promo-url":"","override-title":"","useopenmessage":0},"tsmclipSettings":{"tsmclip-enabled":"1","tsmclip-readmore-enabled":"1","tsmclip-followus-enabled":"0","tsmclip-visitus-enabled":"0","readmore-text":"Read More: ","followus-text":"Follow Us: ","visitus-text":"Visit Us At: ","followus-module-text":{},"followus-module-url":{}},"carbon_search_display_filter_dropdown":"no","cmp-conversant-lid":"336","exclude_aioseop_title":"1","cmp-which-gdpr":"osano","job-openings":{"active":"1","offices":{"0":"","1":"Davenport, IA"},"page-description":"Interested in working for Townsquare Quad Cities? Browse through our available job postings for content creator, marketing, sales, radio and digital roles in the Quad Cities, IA area."},"weather_page_carbon_sidebar":"","childPublisherId":"","radio_player_adblocker":"message","cmp-which-ccpa":"osano","tsmConcerts":{"partner":"disabled","hotArtist":""},"cmp-osano-id":"b22a3c1e-9330-420c-a146-9d99b80cfddc","cmp-osano-header":"0","nextdoorUsername":"espn-1170am-and-1041fm","blogInfo":{"blogId":783,"blogName":"Quad Cities Sports Network","blogNameDecoded":"Quad Cities Sports Network","blogDescription":"The Quad Cities Sports Leader","blogDescriptionDecoded":"The Quad Cities Sports Leader","postTitleFormat":"%post_title%"},"GaCompanyRollupId":"","GaExperimentsKeyword":"moapd","GaMarketRollupId":"G-DD1R53Y76S","GaPrimaryId":"G-47M9SDC2WE","GaRegionRollupId":"G-GDF6W4Y0TK","GaStationRollupId":"","letterhead_channel":"espnquadcities","pushlyDomainKey":"DsicFTnTiZb545L9oi20R3cCcevOFduuMvGW","useBrowserNotifications":true,"design_option_live":{"page_bg":"FF010101","page_head_bg":"FF474747","primary_bg":"FFFFFFFF","secondary_bg":"FFDDDEE2","mdl_head_bg":"FF0F0F0F","main_nav_hue":"FFFFFFFF","nav_hover_hue":"FF2B4D7A","primary_hue":"FF000000","secondary_hue":"FF696969","primary_head_hue":"FF262626","secondary_head_hue":"FF0F0F0F","primary_active_hue":"FF8BA1B9","secondary_active_hue":"FF2A4C79","accent_hue":"FF2B4D7A","header_link_hue":"FFFFFFFF","footer_link_hue":"FFFFFFFF","primary_mdl_bg":"FFE9E9E9","primary_mdl_hue":"FF111111","secondary_mdl_bg":"7C474747","secondary_mdl_hue":"FF111111","standout_bg":"FF2B4D7A","mobile_primary_color":"FF2B4D7A","mobile_secondary_color":"FF8BA1B9","iv_primary_color":"FF8CA1B8","iv_secondary_color":"FF8BA1B9","iv_tertiary_color":"FFEF3E33","iv_html_color":"FF000000","iv_container_color":"FFFFFFFF","iv_html_bg":"","iv_body_bg":"","iv_logo":"","iv_logo_trim":"","carbon_logo_bg":"FF474747","carbon_showticker_bg":"80000000","events_app_primary_color":"FF8BA1B9","events_app_secondary_color":"FF2A4C79","carbon_primary_hue":"FF45444A","carbon_header_hue":"FFFFFFFF","carbon_footer_hue":"FFFFFFFF","carbon_blingbar_bg":"A6000000","dropdown_menu_hue":null,"second_head_twotone_hue":null,"input_field_bg":null,"input_field_focus_hue":null,"input_field_blur_hue":null,"calendar_date_hue":null,"alert_hue":null,"standout_hue":null,"carbon_body_img":"https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2021/11/attachment-bg2.jpg","carbon_logo_img":"https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/attachment-quadcities.png","carbon_video_logo_img":"","carbon_promo_bg_img":"//townsquare.media/site/783/files/2017/11/kjocfm-promo2.jpg","carbon_fixedheader_bg_img":"","page_img":"","body_img":"//townsquare.media/site/783/files/2014/06/ESPNQuadCitiesSkin.jpg","square_logo_img":"https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/attachment-900.jpg","logo_img":"https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/attachment-146-1.png","logo_img_trim":"https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/attachment-100-1.png","logo_img_light":"","logo_img_dark":"","header_img":"https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2021/11/attachment-bgmobile2.jpg","placeholder_img":"","page_head_img":"","favicon_img":"https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/attachment-favicon.png","top_banner_img":"dark","title":"KBOB 2025","ID":"live-2","designer":"Adrianb","comment":"1170 AM","action":"edit","editor":"Adrian Borromeo","editorID":1564213,"siteID":"783","timestamp":1740607400.586,"status":"active","properties":{"iv_html_bg":{"background-repeat":"","background-attachment":"","background-size":""},"carbon_body_img":{"background-repeat":"","background-attachment":"","background-size":""}},"layout":"clean","border_color":"FFFFFFFF","spacing":"20"},"tsiMarkets":{"0":"Quad Cities"},"liveDesignName":"design_option_live-2","liveDesignNameFallback":"design_option_live-2","google_ads_dfp6_template_ads":{"top-leaderboard":"1","before-blogroll-320":"1","in-between-article-320":"1","in-article-oop":"1","bottom-adhesion":"1","photogallery-320":"1","listenlive-320":"1","listenlive-oop":"1","in-article-320":"1","in-article-pixel":"1","below-article-tpa":"revcontent","podcastplayer-bottom":"1","interstitial":"1","top-right-300x250":"1","middle-right-300x250":"1","bottom-right-300x250":"1"}},"globalBlogOptions":{"adconfigEnabled":"1","adconfigmobile":"{\\"top-right-300x250\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-320\\",\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-320a\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[300,250],[320,100],[320,50],[336,280],[1,2]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"320a\\",\\"aside\\",\\"sidebar320top\\"]}},\\"createInclass\\":true},\\"middle-right-300x250\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-320\\",\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-320b\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[300,250],[320,100],[320,50],[336,280],[1,2]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"320b\\",\\"320c\\",\\"sidebar320mid\\"]}},\\"createInclass\\":true},\\"bottom-right-300x250\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-320\\",\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-320c\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[300,250],[320,100],[320,50],[336,280],[1,2]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"320b\\",\\"320c\\",\\"sidebar320bot\\"]}},\\"createInclass\\":true},\\"top-leaderboard\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-320\\",\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-leaderboard-320a\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[320,50]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"top\\",\\"320a\\"]}}},\\"bottom-leaderboard\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-320\\",\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-320d\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[320,50]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":\\"320d\\"}}},\\"listenlive-320\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-320\\",\\"createInclass\\":true,\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-listenlive-320d\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[320,50]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"320d\\",\\"listenlive\\"]}}},\\"listenlive-oop\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-oop listenlive-oop\\",\\"createInclass\\":true,\\"isIncremental\\":false,\\"gptParams\\":{\\"outOfPage\\":true,\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-listenlive-oop\\",\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"listenliveoop\\"]},\\"slotSize\\":[]}},\\"mediapoll-300x250\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-300 tsm-ad-mediapoll-300\\",\\"createInclass\\":true,\\"isIncremental\\":true,\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-mediapoll-300a\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[300,250],[1,2]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"320b\\",\\"mid320\\",\\"mediapollmid\\",\\"mediapoll300\\"]}}},\\"mediapoll-overlay-300x250\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-300 tsm-ad-mediapoll-300\\",\\"createInclass\\":true,\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-mediapoll-overlay-300\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[300,250]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"300a\\",\\"mediapolloverlay\\"]}}},\\"in-article-oop\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-oop\\",\\"createInclass\\":true,\\"isIncremental\\":true,\\"gptParams\\":{\\"outOfPage\\":true,\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-in-article-oop\\",\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"inarticleoop\\"]},\\"slotSize\\":[[1,1]]}},\\"in-article-pixel\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-1x1 tsm-ad-oop\\",\\"createInclass\\":true,\\"isIncremental\\":true,\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-in-article-pixel\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[1,1],[300,250],[320,50],[320,100],[336,280],[325,508],[325,204]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"inarticleoop\\"]}}},\\"post-300x250\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-300\\",\\"createInclass\\":true,\\"isIncremental\\":true,\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-300d\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[300,250],[300,600],[1,2]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":\\"300d\\"}}},\\"in-between-article-320\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-320 tsm-ad-in-between-article\\",\\"createInclass\\":true,\\"isIncremental\\":true,\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-in-between-320b\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[300,250],[320,50],[320,100],[\\"fluid\\"],[1,2],[336,280]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"320b\\",\\"mid320\\"]}}},\\"before-blogroll-320\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-320 tsm-after-blogroll\\",\\"createInclass\\":true,\\"isIncremental\\":true,\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-before-blogroll-320d\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[320,50],[320,100],[300,250],[336,280],[1,2]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"320d\\",\\"blogroll320\\"]}}},\\"after-blogroll-320\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-320 tsm-after-blogroll\\",\\"createInclass\\":true,\\"isIncremental\\":true,\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-after-blogroll-320d\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[320,50],[320,100]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"320d\\"]}}},\\"tsm-out-of-page\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-oop\\",\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-oop\\",\\"outOfPage\\":true,\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"mobileoop\\"]},\\"slotSize\\":[]}},\\"bottom-adhesion\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-320\\",\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-320h\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[320,50],[1,5]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":\\"320h\\"}},\\"callbacks\\":{\\"slotRequested\\":[\\"window.postMessage(JSON.stringify({message:\\'DESTROY\\', apiK : \\'lJK2RFQlPa\\'}), \\'*\\');\\",\\"window.closeConsumablePlayer();\\"]}},\\"photogallery-320\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-320\\",\\"createInclass\\":true,\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-photogallery-320a\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[320,50],[325,508],[325,204]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"320a\\",\\"photogallery320\\"]}},\\"isIncremental\\":true},\\"in-article-320\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-320 tsm-ad-in-article-320\\",\\"createInclass\\":true,\\"isIncremental\\":true,\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-in-article-320b\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[300,250],[320,100],[320,50],[336,280],[1,2],[325,508],[325,204]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"320b\\",\\"inarticle320\\"]}}},\\"podcastplayer-bottom\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-320 tsm-ad-podcastplayer\\",\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-podcastplayer-320d\\",\\"slotSize\\":[[320,50]],\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"320d\\",\\"podcastplayer\\"]}},\\"createInclass\\":true},\\"interstitial\\":{\\"className\\":\\"tsm-ad-interstitial\\",\\"gptParams\\":{\\"id\\":\\"tsm-ad-interstitial\\",\\"interstitial\\":true,\\"targeting\\":{\\"pos\\":[\\"interstitial\\"]}},\\"createInclass\\":true,\\"zone\\":\\"Interstitial\\"}}","carbonUiUpdateCounter":"6","consent-string":"BOvfNCHOvfNCHABABAENC_-AAAAuiAZAAUAA2ADAAMgAcABAADSAHoAfABFACYAFEAMIAaAA5ACEAEgAJQAUQApQBUgC3AHIAXUBEoCTwFSg","google_maps_default_api_key":"AIzaSyCcIkjOyxS9DtubyqzLX2Sbancl83fKon4","gtmSiteId":"GTM-K346HJZ","kruxSiteId":"rwjnisqy1","sweeps-wincash-20-warning":"0","tsmbling-bidtimeout":"1500","tsm_ga_properties":{"auth":"UA-53779251-5","gravity_forms":"UA-53779251-3","search":"UA-115003007-2","sweeps":"UA-53779251-1","media_poll":"UA-115003007-3","blogroll":"UA-115003007-4","adblocker":"UA-115003007-7","error":"UA-115003007-8","dl":""},"kruxEnabled":false,"oipEnabled":false,"adrizerEnabled":false,"adrecoverEnabled":false,"bandsintownEnabled":false,"blockthroughEnabled":true,"blogherEnabled":false,"cafemediaEnabled":false,"dstilleryEnabled":true,"linkfireEnabled":false,"optimeraEnabled":false,"organicEnabled":false,"remixdEnabled":false,"targetspotEnabled":false,"pubcidEnabled":true,"fbpEnabled":false,"alephIframeDomain":"https://cdn.production.townsquareblogs.com"},"headers":{"title":[{"textContent":"Quad Cities Sports Network - The Quad Cities Sports Leader"}],"meta":[{"attrs":{"http-equiv":"Content-Type","content":"text/html;charset=UTF-8"}},{"attrs":{"charset":"UTF-8"}},{"attrs":{"name":"instagram_profile","value":"espnquadcities"}},{"attrs":{"name":"description","content":"Quad Cities Sports Network, The best sports coverage in Quad Cities, Iowa and Illinois."}},{"attrs":{"name":"keywords","content":"quad cities sports, sports quad cities, quad cities, sports quad cities"}},{"attrs":{"property":"fb:app_id","content":"1179302169159794"}},{"attrs":{"property":"fb:use_automatic_ad_placement","content":"false"}},{"attrs":{"property":"og:title","content":"Quad Cities Sports Network - The Quad Cities Sports Leader"}},{"attrs":{"property":"og:description","content":"Quad Cities Sports Network, The best sports coverage in Quad Cities, Iowa and Illinois."}},{"attrs":{"property":"og:url","content":"https://espnquadcities.com/"}},{"attrs":{"property":"og:site_name","content":"Quad Cities Sports Network"}},{"attrs":{"property":"og:type","content":"website"}},{"attrs":{"property":"og:image:width","content":"1200"}},{"attrs":{"property":"og:image:height","content":"630"}},{"attrs":{"property":"og:image","content":"https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2021/11/attachment-256.png?w=300&q=75&format=natural"}},{"attrs":{"name":"twitter:card","content":"summary_large_image"}},{"attrs":{"name":"twitter:site","content":"@espnquadcities"}},{"attrs":{"property":"fb:admins","content":"100002025987268"}}],"link":[{"attrs":{"id":"design-fav","rel":"shortcut icon","href":"https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/attachment-favicon.png"}},{"attrs":{"rel":"alternate","type":"application/rss+xml","title":"Quad Cities Sports Network » Feed","href":"https://espnquadcities.com/feed/"}},{"attrs":{"rel":"profile","href":"http://gmpg.org/xfn/11"}},{"attrs":{"rel":"wlwmanifest","type":"application/wlwmanifest+xml","href":"https://espnquadcities.com/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml"}},{"attrs":{"rel":"canonical","href":"https://espnquadcities.com/"}},{"attrs":{"rel":"apple-touch-icon-precomposed","href":"https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/attachment-900.jpg?w=57&h=57"}},{"attrs":{"rel":"apple-touch-icon-precomposed","sizes":"114x114","href":"https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/attachment-900.jpg?w=144&h=144"}},{"attrs":{"rel":"apple-touch-icon-precomposed","sizes":"72x72","href":"https://townsquare.media/site/783/files/2025/02/attachment-900.jpg?w=72&h=72"}}],"noscript":[{"attrs":{"children":[{"tagName":"img","src":"https://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=6665296&cv=2.0&cj=1"}]}},{"attrs":{"children":[{"tagName":"iframe","src":"https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NV8XQ98","height":"0","width":"0","style":"display:none;visibility:hidden"}]}}]},"adVars":{"enableIndexExchange":true,"amazonAds":true,"enableCriteo":true,"enableViewability":false,"enableViewabilityBR":true,"enableSharethrough":false,"enableAppNexusWrapper":true,"sharethroughKey":"","sharethroughArticleKey":"px8gAdRJJvU2s6wvLiFG2kuh","enableOpenx":false,"enableRoxot":false,"enableAirtv":false,"enablePubplus":false,"enableKiosked":false,"enableKioskedMobile":false,"enableSonobi":false,"sonobiScript":"","zergnetId":"59660","revContentSidebarId":"277568","revContentSidebarId2":"281909","revContentUnderId1":"277567","revContentUnderId2":"277693","apesterToken":"59fcc69d6173b30100efb62b","enableInfluencer":false,"enableCleanCreative":true,"enableCleanCreativeAsync":true,"scriptCleanCreative":"//cadmus.script.ac/d20yokc2jf6ta9/script.js","lazyloadAdOffsetDesktop":null,"lazyloadAdOffsetMobile":null,"adRefreshFrequencyCap":2000,"adRefreshFrequencyListenLive":60000,"adRefreshAutoFrequencyPosts":-1,"networkTpa":"revcontent","networkTpaWidget":"revcontent","blingFrequencyDefault":3,"primisId":"114021","enableDoubleverify":false,"admiralPropertyId":"A-673CE014E1D347417BADC70A-115","enableYieldbot":"101f"},"scriptVars":{"dfp":{"activeSlots":["tsm-out-of-page","top-right-300x250","middle-right-300x250","bottom-right-300x250","in-vertical-728x90","top-728x90","blingbar-728","bottom-728x90","mid-top-300x250","mid-bottom-300x250","tsm-out-of-page2","top-right-noflex-300x250","photogallery-300x250","photogallery-728x90","in-between-article-728","below-nav-970x50","listenlive-728x90","in-article-oop","in-article-pixel","maintop-300x250","listenlive-300x250","in-between-article-noflex-728","in-article-300","podcastplayer-bottom","interstitial"],"adPageSettings":{"attrs":{"catid":"","tags":"","id":"","author":"","kw":["pagetype-home"],"genre":["sports"],"device":"web","kv":[]}},"mobileActiveSlots":["ads-expand","ads-prestitial","ads-top-right","ads-bottom-right","ads-top-leaderboard","ads-bottom-leaderboard","ads-mid-top","ads-mid-bottom","listenlive-320x50"],"dfp6":true},"smartAppBanner":{"bannerTitle":"ESPN Quad Cities","itunes_app_id":"1210483567","google_play_app_id":"com.tsm.espn935","daysHidden":"15","daysReminder":"90","buttonText":"View","priceText":"Get","message-id":"","audience-id":"","override-title":"","app-promo-url":"","useopenmessage":0,"img_url":"//townsquare.media/site/783/files/2021/11/57.jpg","hasApp":true},"revision":"74a9150d76a08c669fdf7fe6d9ca8021d5d737fa","template_id":18241},"postMeta":null,"activeDomain":"espnquadcities.com","authLoginFormNonce":"c21a4990f4","authRegFormNonce":"4137c8111f","authLostPasswordNonce":"5fcba87529","authEditProfileNonce":"66e81215ad","ga":{"ids":{"primary":"UA-45676712-7","secondary":["UA-19109753-1","UA-45676712-1","UA-28825804-1","UA-45260060-2"],"all":["UA-45676712-7","UA-19109753-1","UA-45676712-1","UA-28825804-1","UA-45260060-2"]}},"tsmStatic":{"revision":"06fab25e003af867960e035c0ab379004e6eef31"},"isGallery":false,"userRegistrationSettings":{"disable-registration":"yes"},"activePlugins":{"braveBrowserPopup":false},"hasPodcasts":false,"flags":{},"isHomepage":true,"postData":{"id":4434,"postAuthor":1,"postDate":"2012-10-18T19:05:26.000Z","postDateGmt":"2012-10-18T19:05:26.000Z","postTitle":"Main","postExcerpt":"","postStatus":"publish","commentStatus":"open","postPassword":"","postName":"ts-template-main","toPing":"","pinged":"","postModified":"2012-10-18T19:05:26.000Z","postModifiedGmt":"2012-10-18T19:05:26.000Z","postContentFiltered":"","postParent":0,"guid":"http://replicate.production.townsquareblogs.com/?ts_template=ts-template-main","menuOrder":0,"postType":"ts_template","postMimeType":"","commentCount":0,"postDateGmtStr":"2012-10-18 19:05:26.000+0000","postModifiedGmtStr":"2012-10-18 19:05:26.000+0000","meta":{}},"sidebarOptions":{"template_page_sidebar":"home-right","ts-template-sidebar":"ts-template-sidebars-main"},"cadata":{"activeDomain":"espnquadcities.com","blogId":783,"method":"get_home","postId":"4434","templateId":18241,"postType":"ts_template","postDateGmt":"2012-10-18 19:05:26.000+0000"},"env":"production"},"structure":{"data":["header","main","mainads","mainbottom","side","nav"],"dataDetails":{"header":["header-sidebar"],"main":["ts-template-sidebars-main"],"mainads":["carbonsidebar/mainads"],"mainbottom":[],"side":["home-right"],"nav":["carbonsidebar/nav/blueiv","carbonsidebar/nav/main","carbonsidebar/nav/promo_links","carbonsidebar/nav/footer"]}},"sidebars":{"data":["header-sidebar","ts-template-sidebars-main","carbonsidebar/mainads","home-right","carbonsidebar/nav/blueiv","carbonsidebar/nav/main","carbonsidebar/nav/promo_links","carbonsidebar/nav/footer"],"dataDetails":{"header-sidebar":{"widgets":[],"widgetDetails":{"widget_listen_live-26":{},"now-playing-20":{},"widget_onair-26":{}}},"ts-template-sidebars-main":{"widgets":["carbonwidget/titleWidget-1","dynamic_lead-10","ts_blogroll-3"],"widgetDetails":{"dynamic_lead-10":{"widgetInfo":{"id":"dynamic_lead-10","groupType":"dynamic_lead","widgetType":"widget_dynamic_lead","widgetInstance":"10","redKey":["carbon~blogId~783~widgets~dynamic_lead-10"]},"widgetParams":{"data_source":"trending","trending_source":"market","trending_blogid":"","trending_market":"Quad Cities","pinned_id":"","title":"","type":"image-text-overlay","filter_tag":"dynamic-lead-homepage-primary","posts_per_page":"3","link_label":"","link":"","break_image":"title_image","caption_align":"caption_left","align":"default","titleviewability":"visible","filterTime":"2025-08-02T22:28:45.220Z","addrows":[],"removerows":{"25485":true,"30218":true},"widgetTime":16,"widgetFilterTime":1,"widgetFilterParallelTime":7}},"ts_blogroll-3":{"widgetInfo":{"id":"ts_blogroll-3","groupType":"ts_blogroll","widgetType":"widget_ts_blogroll","widgetInstance":"3","redKey":["carbon~blogId~783~widgets~ts_blogroll-3"]},"widgetParams":{"title":"","pinned_id":"","pinned_label":"","type":"row-standard","author":"","cat":"","tag":"","private_tag":"","posts_per_page":"12","thumb_type":"landscape","link_label":"","link":"","align":"default","columns":"3x","widgetTime":16,"widgetFilterTime":0,"rowStandardOffset":12,"paging":{"nextPageUrl":"/page/2/","loadMoreUrl":"/rest/carbon/filter/main/page/2/offset/12/widget/ts_blogroll-3/limit/12/"},"widgetFilterParallelTime":22}},"carbonwidget/titleWidget-1":{"widgetInfo":{"id":"carbonwidget/titleWidget-1","groupType":"carbonwidget/titleWidget","widgetInstance":"1"},"widgetParams":{"widgetTime":2}}}},"carbonsidebar/mainads":{"widgets":[],"widgetDetails":{}},"home-right":{"widgets":["fix_sidebar_marker-21","google-ads-widget-78","branded_app_promo-2","widget_tsiwd-2","google-ads-widget-77","widget_third_party_content-5"],"widgetDetails":{"fix_sidebar_marker-21":{"widgetInfo":{"id":"fix_sidebar_marker-21","groupType":"fix_sidebar_marker","widgetType":"widget_fix_sidebar_marker","widgetInstance":"21"}},"google-ads-widget-78":{"widgetInfo":{"id":"google-ads-widget-78","groupType":"google-ads-widget","widgetType":"widget_google-ads-widget","widgetInstance":"78"},"widgetParams":{"adunit":"middle-right-300x250","adtype":"","position":null,"align":"","widgetTime":1}},"branded_app_promo-2":{"widgetInfo":{"id":"branded_app_promo-2","groupType":"branded_app_promo","widgetType":"widget_branded_app_promo","widgetInstance":"2"}},"widget_tsiwd-2":{"widgetInfo":{"id":"widget_tsiwd-2","groupType":"widget_tsiwd","widgetType":"widget_widget_tsiwd","widgetInstance":"2"},"widgetParams":{"title":"Big Results for Small Business","widgetTime":1}},"google-ads-widget-77":{"widgetInfo":{"id":"google-ads-widget-77","groupType":"google-ads-widget","widgetType":"widget_google-ads-widget","widgetInstance":"77"},"widgetParams":{"adunit":"bottom-right-300x250","adtype":"","position":null,"align":"","widgetTime":1}},"widget_third_party_content-5":{"widgetInfo":{"id":"widget_third_party_content-5","groupType":"widget_third_party_content","widgetType":"widget_widget_third_party_content","widgetInstance":"5"},"widgetParams":{"type":"network-setting","title":"","id":"","placement":"","targettype":"","mode":"","apestertoken":"","widgetTime":1}}}},"carbonsidebar/nav/blueiv":{"widgets":["carbonwidget/nav/blueiv"],"widgetDetails":{"carbonwidget/nav/blueiv":{"widgetInfo":{"id":"carbonwidget/nav/blueiv","groupType":"carbonwidget/nav/blueiv"}}}},"carbonsidebar/nav/main":{"widgets":["carbonwidget/nav/main"],"widgetDetails":{"carbonwidget/nav/main":{"widgetInfo":{"id":"carbonwidget/nav/main","groupType":"carbonwidget/nav/main"}}}},"carbonsidebar/nav/promo_links":{"widgets":["carbonwidget/nav/promo_links"],"widgetDetails":{"carbonwidget/nav/promo_links":{"widgetInfo":{"id":"carbonwidget/nav/promo_links","groupType":"carbonwidget/nav/promo_links"}}}},"carbonsidebar/nav/footer":{"widgets":["carbonwidget/nav/footer"],"widgetDetails":{"carbonwidget/nav/footer":{"widgetInfo":{"id":"carbonwidget/nav/footer","groupType":"carbonwidget/nav/footer"}}}}}},"widgets":{"carbonwidget/titleWidget-1":{"info":{"id":"carbonwidget/titleWidget-1","groupType":"carbonwidget/titleWidget","widgetInstance":"1"},"params":{"widgetTime":2},"data":[],"dataDetails":{}},"dynamic_lead-10":{"info":{"id":"dynamic_lead-10","groupType":"dynamic_lead","widgetType":"widget_dynamic_lead","widgetInstance":"10","redKey":["carbon~blogId~783~widgets~dynamic_lead-10"]},"params":{"data_source":"trending","trending_source":"market","trending_blogid":"","trending_market":"Quad Cities","pinned_id":"","title":"","type":"image-text-overlay","filter_tag":"dynamic-lead-homepage-primary","posts_per_page":"3","link_label":"","link":"","break_image":"title_image","caption_align":"caption_left","align":"default","titleviewability":"visible","filterTime":"2025-08-02T22:28:45.220Z","addrows":[],"removerows":{"25485":true,"30218":true},"widgetTime":16,"widgetFilterTime":1,"widgetFilterParallelTime":7},"data":["9650000000046742","1640000000473633","7110000000214038"],"dataDetails":{"9650000000046742":{"blogid":783,"widgetid":"dynamic_lead-10","sortdate":"2025-07-31T17:40:03.000Z","postid":"9650000000046742","data":{"mainData":{"postType":"post","caption":"oksix","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/965/files/2025/07/attachment-rs42858_gettyimages-624988034-scr.jpg","postDateGmt":"2025-07-31 12:39:48 +0000","title":"Win Two Seats To This Unique Meal From The Machine Shed","url":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/965/p/machine-shed-farm-to-table/","id":46742,"carbonMeta":{"widePromotion":false,"galleryBadge":false,"disableInfiniteLoad":false,"disableConcertWidget":false,"disableInArticleAds":false,"hideFromSearchEngines":false,"addNofollow":false,"overlookedTags":false,"isGallery":true,"isLaunchpadProfile":false,"commentsEnabled":true},"_crosspost_source_blog_id":"","excerpt":"The Machine Shed is hosting Chef Cory with a unique Farm To Table dinner on August 12.","authors":[{"id":4242212,"slug":"rmccredden","name":"Ryan McCredden","first_name":"Ryan","last_name":"McCredden","nickname":"rmccredden","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/965/files/2020/04/IMG_0247-31.jpg","url":"//espnquadcities.com/author/rmccredden/"}],"categories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"},{"slug":"contests","id":5058,"term_taxonomy_id":"4985","title":"Contests","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/contests/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/contests/feed/"}],"tags":[{"slug":"iowa","id":509,"term_taxonomy_id":"514","title":"Iowa","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/iowa/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/iowa/feed/"},{"slug":"davenport","id":527,"term_taxonomy_id":"529","title":"Davenport","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/davenport/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/davenport/feed/"},{"slug":"vip","id":820,"term_taxonomy_id":"798","title":"vip","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/vip/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/vip/feed/"},{"slug":"food","id":1105,"term_taxonomy_id":"1072","title":"food","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/food/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/food/feed/"}],"privateTags":[{"slug":"no-gallery","id":5371,"term_taxonomy_id":"5292","title":"No Gallery","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/feed/"}],"appUrl":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/965/p/machine-shed-farm-to-table/","titleDecoded":"Win Two Seats To This Unique Meal From The Machine Shed","postDateFancy":"2 days ago","postDateDiff":208137226},"alternateData":{"_townsquare_media_url":"","dynamic-lead-title":"Win Two Seats To This Unique Meal From The Machine Shed","dynamic-lead-excerpt":"","dynamic-lead-link-url":"","dynamic-lead-image":"","dynamic-lead-video":"0","station-app":{"openinexternalbrowser":"0","urloverride":""},"loyalty_hidden_content_settings":"","sendToLetterhead":"4242212|2025-07-31 12:39:14","ssd":{"ssd-title":"We Have Your Seat To Savor A Four-Course Meal At The Machine Shed","ssd-desc":"Join the Machine Shed in Davenport on August 12 for a four-course Farm to Table dinner, featuring local ingredients like Sweet Corn Fritters and Heritage Pork Chop.","ssd-img":""},"ts3_alternate":{"title":"","excerpt":"","link-url":"","image":""},"_aioseop_description":"Join Chef Cory at the Machine Shed for a special Farm to Table dinner featuring local ingredients and seasonal dishes on August 12.","_aioseop_title":"Experience Local Flavors At Davenport Iowa's Machine Shed Dinner","letterhead_curation_id":"6981ba2ba422782cdce9f885d87c7725"}}},"1640000000473633":{"blogid":783,"widgetid":"dynamic_lead-10","sortdate":"2025-07-30T08:11:02.610Z","postid":"1640000000473633","data":{"mainData":{"postType":"post","caption":"Getty Images","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/164/files/2025/07/attachment-gettyimages-660694978.jpg","postDateGmt":"2025-07-29 15:17:04 +0000","title":"You Won’t Believe What’s #1 At McDonald’s In Wisconsin","url":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/164/p/wisconsin-top-mcdonalds-menu-items/","id":473633,"carbonMeta":{"widePromotion":false,"galleryBadge":false,"disableInfiniteLoad":false,"disableConcertWidget":false,"disableInArticleAds":false,"hideFromSearchEngines":false,"addNofollow":false,"overlookedTags":false,"isGallery":true,"isLaunchpadProfile":false,"commentsEnabled":true},"_crosspost_source_blog_id":"","excerpt":"A recent survey reveals the surprising fan favorite across the Badger State.","authors":[{"id":315,"slug":"thart","name":"Tony Hart","first_name":"Tony","last_name":"Hart","nickname":"Tony Hart","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/164/files/2022/03/attachment-TonyHart_2022.jpg","url":"//espnquadcities.com/author/thart/"}],"categories":[],"tags":[{"slug":"mcdonalds","id":1634,"term_taxonomy_id":"1586","title":"McDonalds","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/mcdonalds/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/mcdonalds/feed/"},{"slug":"wisconsin","id":1753,"term_taxonomy_id":"1704","title":"Wisconsin","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/wisconsin/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/wisconsin/feed/"}],"privateTags":[{"slug":"no-gallery","id":5371,"term_taxonomy_id":"5292","title":"No Gallery","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/feed/"},{"slug":"tony-evergreen","id":5544,"term_taxonomy_id":"5462","title":"tony-evergreen","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/tony-evergreen/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/tony-evergreen/feed/"}],"appUrl":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/164/p/wisconsin-top-mcdonalds-menu-items/","titleDecoded":"You Won’t Believe What’s #1 At McDonald’s In Wisconsin","postDateFancy":"4 days ago","postDateDiff":371501227},"alternateData":{"_townsquare_media_url":"","dynamic-lead-title":"","dynamic-lead-excerpt":"","dynamic-lead-link-url":"","dynamic-lead-image":"","dynamic-lead-video":"0","station-app":{"openinexternalbrowser":"0","urloverride":""},"loyalty_hidden_content_settings":"","sendToLetterhead":"315|2025-07-29 15:20:19","ssd":{"ssd-title":"McDonald’s Favorites in Wisconsin: Top 5 Items Revealed","ssd-desc":"You might not guess the winner","ssd-img":"","ssd-fb-pub":"1","ssd-fb-msg":"You might not guess the winner"},"ts3_alternate":{"title":"","excerpt":"","link-url":"","image":""},"_aioseop_description":"Wisconsin’s go-to McDonald’s order isn’t the Big Mac or McNuggets. So what is it? A recent survey reveals the surprising fan favorite.","_aioseop_title":"Top McDonald’s Menu Items In Wisconsin Revealed"}}},"7110000000214038":{"blogid":783,"widgetid":"dynamic_lead-10","sortdate":"2025-07-30T08:11:02.608Z","postid":"7110000000214038","data":{"mainData":{"postType":"post","caption":"Getty Images","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/711/files/2025/07/attachment-untitled-design-2025-07-29t084925-267.jpg","postDateGmt":"2025-07-29 13:51:11 +0000","title":"Iowa Mayor Starts Petition To Bring State’s First Buc-ee’s To His Town","url":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/711/p/iowa-mayor-bucees-petition/","id":214038,"carbonMeta":{"widePromotion":false,"galleryBadge":false,"disableInfiniteLoad":false,"disableConcertWidget":false,"disableInArticleAds":false,"hideFromSearchEngines":false,"addNofollow":false,"overlookedTags":false,"isGallery":true,"isLaunchpadProfile":false,"commentsEnabled":true},"_crosspost_source_blog_id":"","excerpt":"They say you'll never know if you never ask.","authors":[{"id":4811259,"slug":"sarahstringer","name":"Sarah Stringer","first_name":"Sarah","last_name":"Stringer","nickname":"sarahstringer","url":"//espnquadcities.com/author/sarahstringer/","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/711/files/2022/01/attachment-Sarah-Stringer.jpg"}],"categories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"},{"slug":"local-news","id":48,"term_taxonomy_id":"48","title":"Local News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/feed/"}],"tags":[{"slug":"iowa","id":509,"term_taxonomy_id":"514","title":"Iowa","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/iowa/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/iowa/feed/"}],"privateTags":[{"slug":"b100-xpost","id":2660,"term_taxonomy_id":"2606","title":"b100-xpost","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/b100-xpost/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/b100-xpost/feed/"},{"slug":"linkinbio","id":2661,"term_taxonomy_id":"2607","title":"linkinbio","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/linkinbio/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/linkinbio/feed/"},{"slug":"no-gallery","id":5371,"term_taxonomy_id":"5292","title":"No Gallery","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/feed/"}],"appUrl":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/711/p/iowa-mayor-bucees-petition/","titleDecoded":"Iowa Mayor Starts Petition To Bring State’s First Buc-ee’s To His Town","postDateFancy":"4 days ago","postDateDiff":376654227},"alternateData":{"_townsquare_media_url":"","dynamic-lead-title":"","dynamic-lead-excerpt":"","dynamic-lead-link-url":"","dynamic-lead-image":"","dynamic-lead-video":"0","station-app":{"openinexternalbrowser":"0","urloverride":""},"loyalty_hidden_content_settings":"","_aioseop_description":"They say you'll never know if you never ask.","_aioseop_title":"Iowa Mayor Starts Petition To Bring Buc-ee's To His Town","sendToLetterhead":"4811259|2025-07-29 13:50:51","ssd":{"ssd-title":"Iowa Mayor Starts Petition To Bring State's First Buc-ee's To His Town","ssd-desc":"They say you'll never know if you never ask.","ssd-img":""},"ts3_alternate":{"title":"","excerpt":"","link-url":"","image":""},"letterhead_curation_id":"9e912b39bfbde6242001a18dd3a7f01b"}}}}},"ts_blogroll-3":{"info":{"id":"ts_blogroll-3","groupType":"ts_blogroll","widgetType":"widget_ts_blogroll","widgetInstance":"3","redKey":["carbon~blogId~783~widgets~ts_blogroll-3"]},"params":{"title":"","pinned_id":"","pinned_label":"","type":"row-standard","author":"","cat":"","tag":"","private_tag":"","posts_per_page":"12","thumb_type":"landscape","link_label":"","link":"","align":"default","columns":"3x","widgetTime":16,"widgetFilterTime":0,"rowStandardOffset":12,"paging":{"nextPageUrl":"/page/2/","loadMoreUrl":"/rest/carbon/filter/main/page/2/offset/12/widget/ts_blogroll-3/limit/12/"},"widgetFilterParallelTime":22},"data":["7230000000277389","3410000000303481","7840000000102320","7230000000277370","1640000000473734","7210000000335510","7260000000265510","7120000000236169","7110000000214090","9650000000044123","7110000000214087","3410000000286835"],"dataDetails":{"7230000000277389":{"postid":"7230000000277389","sortdate":"2025-08-02T04:07:59.000Z","data":{"mainData":{"postType":"post","caption":"alexei_tm","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/723/files/2025/08/attachment-rs43083_gettyimages-626807678-scr.jpg","postDateGmt":"2025-08-02 04:07:59 +0000","title":"The Secret Dog Park Hack You Need in Illinois","url":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/723/p/private-dog-park-rentals-illinois/","id":277389,"carbonMeta":{"widePromotion":false,"galleryBadge":false,"disableInfiniteLoad":false,"disableConcertWidget":false,"disableInArticleAds":false,"hideFromSearchEngines":false,"addNofollow":false,"overlookedTags":false,"isGallery":true,"isLaunchpadProfile":false,"commentsEnabled":true},"_crosspost_source_blog_id":"","excerpt":"Tired of crowded dog parks or unpredictable off-leash encounters? Sniffspot lets you rent private land by the hour for safe, off-leash fun.","authors":[{"id":1584681,"slug":"shannonzimmerman","name":"Lil Zim","first_name":"Shannon","last_name":"Zimmerman","nickname":"Lil Zim","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/723/files/2017/06/zim-head.png","url":"//espnquadcities.com/author/shannonzimmerman/"}],"categories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"},{"slug":"local-news","id":48,"term_taxonomy_id":"48","title":"Local News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/feed/"}],"tags":[{"slug":"illinois","id":514,"term_taxonomy_id":"518","title":"Illinois","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/illinois/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/illinois/feed/"},{"slug":"rockford","id":1171,"term_taxonomy_id":"1136","title":"rockford","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/rockford/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/rockford/feed/"},{"slug":"dogs","id":2843,"term_taxonomy_id":"2789","title":"dogs","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/dogs/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/dogs/feed/"}],"privateTags":[{"slug":"no-gallery","id":5371,"term_taxonomy_id":"5292","title":"No Gallery","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/feed/"}],"appUrl":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/723/p/private-dog-park-rentals-illinois/","titleDecoded":"The Secret Dog Park Hack You Need in Illinois","postDateFancy":"18 hours ago","postDateDiff":66046234,"sortedCategories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"},{"slug":"local-news","id":48,"term_taxonomy_id":"48","title":"Local News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/feed/"}]},"alternateData":{"_townsquare_media_url":"","dynamic-lead-title":"The Secret Dog Park Hack You Need in Illinois","dynamic-lead-excerpt":"Dog parks too hectic? Sniffspot connects you with private land for peaceful, tail-wagging adventures.","dynamic-lead-link-url":"","dynamic-lead-image":"","dynamic-lead-video":"0","station-app":{"openinexternalbrowser":"0","urloverride":""},"loyalty_hidden_content_settings":"","_aioseop_description":"Sniffspot lets dog owners rent private land for safe, off-leash fun without crowds or dog park stress.","_aioseop_title":"Best App to Find Private Dog Parks in Illinois","sendToLetterhead":"1584681|2025-08-02 04:08:02","ssd":{"ssd-title":"The Secret Dog Park Hack You Need in Illinois","ssd-desc":"Dog parks too hectic? Sniffspot connects you with private land for peaceful, tail-wagging adventures.","ssd-img":""},"ts3_alternate":{"title":"","excerpt":"","link-url":"","image":""},"letterhead_curation_id":"53b4e24ba41e4aa1de5ca009080e02f4"},"originalData":{"title":"Illinois Dog Owners Are Loving This Game-Changing Dog Park Alternative"}}},"3410000000303481":{"postid":"3410000000303481","sortdate":"2025-08-02T02:56:15.000Z","data":{"mainData":{"postType":"post","caption":"Getty Images/Canva","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/341/files/2025/03/attachment-Featured-Images-89.jpg","postDateGmt":"2025-08-02 02:56:15 +0000","title":"List of Chains That Are Closing or Have Closed Locations in 2025","url":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/341/p/chains-closing-locations-2025/","id":303481,"carbonMeta":{"widePromotion":false,"galleryBadge":false,"disableInfiniteLoad":false,"disableConcertWidget":false,"disableInArticleAds":false,"hideFromSearchEngines":false,"addNofollow":false,"overlookedTags":false,"isGallery":true,"isLaunchpadProfile":false,"commentsEnabled":true},"_crosspost_source_blog_id":"","excerpt":"Hundreds of stores are being closed across the U.S. Here are some of the notable chains shutting down locations. ","authors":[{"id":1889329,"slug":"robc","name":"Rob Carroll","first_name":"Rob","last_name":"Carroll","nickname":"robc","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/341/files/2025/06/attachment-rob-headshot.jpeg","url":"//espnquadcities.com/author/robc/"}],"categories":[{"slug":"news","id":6,"term_taxonomy_id":"6","title":"News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/news/feed/"}],"tags":[{"slug":"kohls","id":4677,"term_taxonomy_id":"4617","title":"kohl's","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/kohls/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/kohls/feed/"},{"slug":"macys","id":5511,"term_taxonomy_id":"5430","title":"macy's","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/macys/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/macys/feed/"},{"slug":"big-lots","id":5517,"term_taxonomy_id":"5436","title":"big lots","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/big-lots/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/big-lots/feed/"}],"updatedDate":"1754099775","privateTags":[{"slug":"no-gallery","id":5371,"term_taxonomy_id":"5292","title":"No Gallery","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/feed/"}],"appUrl":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/341/p/chains-closing-locations-2025/","titleDecoded":"List of Chains That Are Closing or Have Closed Locations in 2025","postDateFancy":"20 hours ago","postDateDiff":70350237,"sortedCategories":[{"slug":"news","id":6,"term_taxonomy_id":"6","title":"News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/news/feed/"}]},"alternateData":{"_townsquare_media_url":"","dynamic-lead-title":"List of Chains That Are Closing or Have Closed Locations in 2025","dynamic-lead-excerpt":"","dynamic-lead-link-url":"","dynamic-lead-image":"","dynamic-lead-video":"0","station-app":{"openinexternalbrowser":"0","urloverride":""},"loyalty_hidden_content_settings":"","ssd":{"ssd-title":"34 Big-Name Chains Closing Locations Throughout The U.S. in 2025","ssd-desc":"The list is growing by the minute. See what has been added, now. ","ssd-img":""},"ts3_alternate":{"title":"","excerpt":"","link-url":"","image":""},"_aioseop_description":"The list of chains that have closed locations is growing at a rapid pace. Closings are affecting multiple sectors including restaurants, retail and automotive.","_aioseop_title":"List of Chains That Are Closing or Have Closed Locations in 2025","sendToLetterhead":"1889329|2025-08-02 02:57:04","letterhead_curation_id":"28c29309dba3549394745859b0c0c366"},"originalData":{"title":"34 Once-Popular Chain Stores That Have Shuttered Locations in 2025"}}},"7840000000102320":{"postid":"7840000000102320","sortdate":"2025-08-01T21:27:31.997Z","data":{"mainData":{"postType":"post","caption":"Yesandia","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/784/files/2025/08/attachment-img_5119.jpg","postDateGmt":"2025-08-01 21:27:31 +0000","title":"Iowa Nonprofit Celebrates Youth Improv Camp With Final Showcase","url":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/784/p/iowa-nonprofit-youth-improv-camp/","id":102320,"carbonMeta":{"widePromotion":false,"galleryBadge":false,"disableInfiniteLoad":false,"disableConcertWidget":false,"disableInArticleAds":false,"hideFromSearchEngines":false,"addNofollow":false,"overlookedTags":false,"isGallery":true,"isLaunchpadProfile":false,"commentsEnabled":true},"_crosspost_source_blog_id":"","excerpt":"Just picture it: a room full of laughter as kids take the stage, showcasing their newfound improv skills from this summer’s camp.","authors":[{"id":4745705,"slug":"jaketruemper","name":"Jake","first_name":"Jake","last_name":"Truemper","nickname":"jaketruemper","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/784/files/2022/01/attachment-jake-profile.jpg","url":"//espnquadcities.com/author/jaketruemper/"}],"categories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"}],"tags":[],"privateTags":[{"slug":"no-gallery","id":5371,"term_taxonomy_id":"5292","title":"No Gallery","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/feed/"}],"appUrl":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/784/p/iowa-nonprofit-youth-improv-camp/","titleDecoded":"Iowa Nonprofit Celebrates Youth Improv Camp With Final Showcase","postDateFancy":"a day ago","postDateDiff":90074232,"sortedCategories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"}]},"alternateData":{"_townsquare_media_url":"","dynamic-lead-title":"","dynamic-lead-excerpt":"","dynamic-lead-link-url":"","dynamic-lead-image":"","dynamic-lead-video":"0","station-app":{"openinexternalbrowser":"0","urloverride":""},"loyalty_hidden_content_settings":"","sendToLetterhead":"4745705|2025-08-01 21:26:48","ssd":{"ssd-title":"Iowa Nonprofit Celebrates Youth Improv Camp With Final Showcase","ssd-desc":"Yesandia's recent improv camp in Cedar Rapids brought 50 kids together for a showcase, highlighting how theater fosters confidence and creativity.","ssd-img":""},"ts3_alternate":{"title":"","excerpt":"","link-url":"","image":""},"_aioseop_description":"Yesandia's improv theater camp in Cedar Rapids showcased 50 young talents, emphasizing personal growth through improvisation and creativity.","_aioseop_title":"Young Performers Shine as Iowa Improv Camp Wraps Up","letterhead_curation_id":"446769890c9b8d33142a974d27198f11"},"originalData":{"title":"Iowa Nonprofit Celebrates Youth Improv Camp With Final Showcase"}}},"7230000000277370":{"postid":"7230000000277370","sortdate":"2025-08-01T17:29:14.000Z","data":{"mainData":{"postType":"post","caption":"Feverpitched","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/723/files/2025/08/attachment-rs51643_gettyimages-533776853-scr.jpg","postDateGmt":"2025-08-01 17:29:14 +0000","title":"Rockford Remains One of America’s Hottest Housing Cities","url":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/723/p/rockford-housing-market-update/","id":277370,"carbonMeta":{"widePromotion":false,"galleryBadge":false,"disableInfiniteLoad":false,"disableConcertWidget":false,"disableInArticleAds":false,"hideFromSearchEngines":false,"addNofollow":false,"overlookedTags":false,"isGallery":true,"isLaunchpadProfile":false,"commentsEnabled":true},"_crosspost_source_blog_id":"","excerpt":"Ranked 9th and still thriving, Rockford’s housing scene tells a story of resilience, where affordability meets a bit of uncertainty.","authors":[{"id":1561728,"slug":"slenny","name":"Sweet Lenny","first_name":"Chris","last_name":"Barber","nickname":"Sweet Lenny","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/721/files/2025/05/attachment-Sweet-Lenny.jpg","url":"//espnquadcities.com/author/slenny/"}],"categories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"},{"slug":"local-news","id":48,"term_taxonomy_id":"48","title":"Local News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/feed/"}],"tags":[{"slug":"illinois","id":514,"term_taxonomy_id":"518","title":"Illinois","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/illinois/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/illinois/feed/"},{"slug":"summer","id":731,"term_taxonomy_id":"717","title":"Summer","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/summer/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/summer/feed/"},{"slug":"rockford","id":1171,"term_taxonomy_id":"1136","title":"rockford","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/rockford/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/rockford/feed/"},{"slug":"homes","id":4558,"term_taxonomy_id":"4500","title":"Homes","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/homes/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/homes/feed/"},{"slug":"america","id":4792,"term_taxonomy_id":"4731","title":"america","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/america/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/america/feed/"}],"privateTags":[{"slug":"no-gallery","id":5371,"term_taxonomy_id":"5292","title":"No Gallery","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/feed/"}],"appUrl":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/723/p/rockford-housing-market-update/","titleDecoded":"Rockford Remains One of America’s Hottest Housing Cities","postDateFancy":"a day ago","postDateDiff":104371234,"sortedCategories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"},{"slug":"local-news","id":48,"term_taxonomy_id":"48","title":"Local News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/feed/"}]},"alternateData":{"_townsquare_media_url":"","dynamic-lead-title":"Rockford Remains One of America’s Hottest Housing Cities","dynamic-lead-excerpt":"Ranked 9th and still thriving, Rockford’s housing scene tells a story of resilience, where affordability meets a bit of uncertainty.","dynamic-lead-link-url":"","dynamic-lead-image":"","dynamic-lead-video":"0","station-app":{"openinexternalbrowser":"0","urloverride":""},"loyalty_hidden_content_settings":"","sendToLetterhead":"1561728|2025-08-01 17:29:46","ssd":{"ssd-title":"Rockford Just Made Another National Top 10 List","ssd-desc":"If you had $250K to spend on a house, would you do it in Rockford?","ssd-img":""},"ts3_alternate":{"title":"","excerpt":"","link-url":"","image":""},"letterhead_curation_id":"ba2cd6a728945f3e277c812211dbd6df","_aioseop_description":"Rockford, Illinois, is ranked 9th in the U.S. housing market, boasting the lowest median home price among top cities.","_aioseop_title":"Rockford's Housing Market: 9th Hottest In The U.S. Explained"},"originalData":{"title":"This Illinois City Is Still One of America’s Hottest Housing Markets"}}},"1640000000473734":{"postid":"1640000000473734","sortdate":"2025-08-01T16:44:26.000Z","data":{"mainData":{"postType":"post","caption":"","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/164/files/2025/08/attachment-martha_stewart1.jpg","postDateGmt":"2025-08-01 16:44:26 +0000","title":"Martha Stewart’s Surprising New Role In Wisconsin","url":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/164/p/martha-stewart-kohler-wisconsin/","id":473734,"carbonMeta":{"widePromotion":false,"galleryBadge":false,"disableInfiniteLoad":false,"disableConcertWidget":false,"disableInArticleAds":false,"hideFromSearchEngines":false,"addNofollow":false,"overlookedTags":false,"isGallery":true,"isLaunchpadProfile":false,"commentsEnabled":true},"_crosspost_source_blog_id":"","excerpt":"Martha Stewart just joined forces with Kohler for a historic new role.","authors":[{"id":315,"slug":"thart","name":"Tony Hart","first_name":"Tony","last_name":"Hart","nickname":"Tony Hart","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/164/files/2022/03/attachment-TonyHart_2022.jpg","url":"//espnquadcities.com/author/thart/"}],"categories":[],"tags":[{"slug":"wisconsin","id":1753,"term_taxonomy_id":"1704","title":"Wisconsin","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/wisconsin/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/wisconsin/feed/"}],"privateTags":[{"slug":"no-gallery","id":5371,"term_taxonomy_id":"5292","title":"No Gallery","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/feed/"}],"appUrl":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/164/p/martha-stewart-kohler-wisconsin/","titleDecoded":"Martha Stewart’s Surprising New Role In Wisconsin","postDateFancy":"a day ago","postDateDiff":107059238},"alternateData":{"_townsquare_media_url":"","dynamic-lead-title":"","dynamic-lead-excerpt":"","dynamic-lead-link-url":"","dynamic-lead-image":"","dynamic-lead-video":"0","station-app":{"openinexternalbrowser":"0","urloverride":""},"loyalty_hidden_content_settings":"","_aioseop_description":"Martha Stewart joins Wisconsin’s Kohler as Cast Iron Ambassador and will headline the 2025 Kohler Food & Wine Festival.","_aioseop_title":"Martha Stewart Joins Wisconsin Brand Kohler as Ambassador","sendToLetterhead":"315|2025-08-01 16:44:29","ssd":{"ssd-title":"Martha Stewart Headlining Big Wisconsin Event","ssd-desc":"The lifestyle queen teams up with iconic WI brand","ssd-img":"","ssd-fb-pub":"1","ssd-fb-msg":""},"ts3_alternate":{"title":"","excerpt":"","link-url":"","image":""},"letterhead_curation_id":"68cc68481ca6b98b731550cb68ff5061"},"originalData":{"title":"Martha Stewart’s Surprising New Role In Wisconsin"}}},"7210000000335510":{"postid":"7210000000335510","sortdate":"2025-08-01T15:48:19.000Z","data":{"mainData":{"postType":"post","caption":"Canva","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/721/files/2025/08/attachment-jackpot.jpg","postDateGmt":"2025-08-01 15:48:19 +0000","title":"Rockford Resident Wins $1.1 Million With Lucky Day Lotto","url":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/721/p/rockford-jackpot-lucky-day-lotto/","id":335510,"carbonMeta":{"widePromotion":false,"galleryBadge":false,"disableInfiniteLoad":false,"disableConcertWidget":false,"disableInArticleAds":false,"hideFromSearchEngines":false,"addNofollow":false,"overlookedTags":false,"isGallery":true,"isLaunchpadProfile":false,"commentsEnabled":true},"_crosspost_source_blog_id":"","excerpt":"A $1.1 million Lucky Day Lotto prize was claimed by a Rockford local.","authors":[{"id":4807488,"slug":"emilys","name":"Emily","first_name":"Emily","last_name":"Sotakoun","nickname":"Emily","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/721/files/2022/01/attachment-Emily-S.jpg","url":"//espnquadcities.com/author/emilys/"}],"categories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"},{"slug":"local-news","id":48,"term_taxonomy_id":"48","title":"Local News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/feed/"}],"tags":[{"slug":"illinois","id":514,"term_taxonomy_id":"518","title":"Illinois","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/illinois/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/illinois/feed/"}],"privateTags":[{"slug":"no-gallery","id":5371,"term_taxonomy_id":"5292","title":"No Gallery","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/feed/"}],"appUrl":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/721/p/rockford-jackpot-lucky-day-lotto/","titleDecoded":"Rockford Resident Wins $1.1 Million With Lucky Day Lotto","postDateFancy":"a day ago","postDateDiff":110426235,"sortedCategories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"},{"slug":"local-news","id":48,"term_taxonomy_id":"48","title":"Local News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/feed/"}]},"alternateData":{"_townsquare_media_url":"","dynamic-lead-title":"Rockford Resident Wins $1.1 Million With Lucky Day Lotto","dynamic-lead-excerpt":"A Rockford local is now a millionaire thanks to a $1.1M Lucky Day Lotto win. ","dynamic-lead-link-url":"","dynamic-lead-image":"","dynamic-lead-video":"0","station-app":{"openinexternalbrowser":"0","urloverride":""},"loyalty_hidden_content_settings":"","sendToLetterhead":"4807488|2025-08-01 15:49:42","ssd":{"ssd-title":"Mystery Millionaire Man in Rockford Scores $1.1M Prize","ssd-desc":"Rockford has a brand new millionaire after a $1.1M Lucky Day Lotto win.","ssd-img":""},"ts3_alternate":{"title":"","excerpt":"","link-url":"","image":""},"letterhead_curation_id":"346327a5ba0b214d34a77a6c9aab68af","_aioseop_description":"Someone in Rockford is celebrating a $1.1 million Lucky Day Lotto jackpot!","_aioseop_title":"Rockford Man Scores Big With $1.1M Lucky Day Lotto Prize"},"originalData":{"title":"Rockford Man Wins $1.1 Million With Lucky Day Lotto"}}},"7260000000265510":{"postid":"7260000000265510","sortdate":"2025-08-01T14:44:51.000Z","data":{"mainData":{"postType":"post","caption":"Canva/Google Maps","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/726/files/2025/08/attachment-untitled-design-4.jpg","postDateGmt":"2025-08-01 14:44:51 +0000","title":"AI Calls These the Happiest Cities in Iowa – Do You Agree?","url":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/726/p/iowa-happiest-cities/","id":265510,"carbonMeta":{"widePromotion":false,"galleryBadge":false,"disableInfiniteLoad":false,"disableConcertWidget":false,"disableInArticleAds":false,"hideFromSearchEngines":false,"addNofollow":false,"overlookedTags":false,"isGallery":true,"isLaunchpadProfile":false,"commentsEnabled":true},"_crosspost_source_blog_id":"","excerpt":"We've seen so many studies that claim to prove the happiest, the saddest, the wildest, the drunkest, etc., city in Iowa. Is out non-scientific study any less real?","authors":[{"id":4089251,"slug":"johnnymarks","name":"Johnny Marks","first_name":"Johnny","last_name":"Marks","nickname":"johnnymarks","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/676/files/2022/05/attachment-Johnny-Marks.jpg","url":"//espnquadcities.com/author/johnnymarks/"}],"categories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"},{"slug":"local-news","id":48,"term_taxonomy_id":"48","title":"Local News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/feed/"}],"tags":[{"slug":"iowa-city","id":451,"term_taxonomy_id":"456","title":"Iowa City","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/iowa-city/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/iowa-city/feed/"},{"slug":"iowa","id":509,"term_taxonomy_id":"514","title":"Iowa","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/iowa/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/iowa/feed/"},{"slug":"des-moines","id":573,"term_taxonomy_id":"573","title":"Des Moines","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/des-moines/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/des-moines/feed/"},{"slug":"cedar-falls","id":1210,"term_taxonomy_id":"1175","title":"cedar falls","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/cedar-falls/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/cedar-falls/feed/"},{"slug":"ames","id":4478,"term_taxonomy_id":"4422","title":"Ames","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/ames/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/ames/feed/"}],"privateTags":[{"slug":"no-gallery","id":5371,"term_taxonomy_id":"5292","title":"No Gallery","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/feed/"}],"appUrl":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/726/p/iowa-happiest-cities/","titleDecoded":"AI Calls These the Happiest Cities in Iowa – Do You Agree?","postDateFancy":"a day ago","postDateDiff":114234233,"sortedCategories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"},{"slug":"local-news","id":48,"term_taxonomy_id":"48","title":"Local News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/feed/"}]},"alternateData":{"_townsquare_media_url":"","dynamic-lead-title":"","dynamic-lead-excerpt":"","dynamic-lead-link-url":"","dynamic-lead-image":"","dynamic-lead-video":"0","station-app":{"openinexternalbrowser":"0","urloverride":""},"loyalty_hidden_content_settings":"","sendToLetterhead":"4089251|2025-08-01 14:45:17","ssd":{"ssd-title":"Is This the Happiest Place in Iowa? ChatGPT Sure Think So","ssd-desc":"Another not so scientific study... Do you agree?","ssd-img":""},"ts3_alternate":{"title":"","excerpt":"","link-url":"","image":""},"_aioseop_description":"We've seen studies that claim to prove the happiest, the saddest, the wildest, the drunkest, etc., city in Iowa. Is out non-scientific study any less real?","_aioseop_title":"You’ll Never Guess Which Iowa Town ChatGPT Called the Happiest"},"originalData":{"title":"AI Calls These the Happiest Cities in Iowa – Do You Agree?"}}},"7120000000236169":{"postid":"7120000000236169","sortdate":"2025-08-01T14:21:22.452Z","data":{"mainData":{"postType":"post","caption":"Getty Images","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/712/files/2025/08/attachment-gettyimages-1782207830-170667a.jpg","postDateGmt":"2025-08-01 14:21:22 +0000","title":"Summer Long Balls? Why Your Junk Might Hang a Little Lower in This Midwest Summer","url":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/712/p/summer-long-balls/","id":236169,"carbonMeta":{"widePromotion":false,"galleryBadge":false,"disableInfiniteLoad":false,"disableConcertWidget":false,"disableInArticleAds":false,"hideFromSearchEngines":false,"addNofollow":false,"overlookedTags":false,"isGallery":true,"isLaunchpadProfile":false,"commentsEnabled":true},"_crosspost_source_blog_id":"","excerpt":"As temperatures climb, some men are noticing a seasonal change that’s raising eyebrows — and dropping something else. ","authors":[{"id":4512491,"slug":"dwyerandmichaels","name":"Dwyer & Michaels","nickname":"Dwyer & Michaels","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/712/files/2020/09/DDP_053.jpg","url":"//espnquadcities.com/author/dwyerandmichaels/"}],"categories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"}],"tags":[{"slug":"iowa","id":509,"term_taxonomy_id":"514","title":"Iowa","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/iowa/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/iowa/feed/"},{"slug":"illinois","id":514,"term_taxonomy_id":"518","title":"Illinois","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/illinois/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/illinois/feed/"},{"slug":"missouri","id":2053,"term_taxonomy_id":"2001","title":"Missouri","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/missouri/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/missouri/feed/"},{"slug":"midwest","id":2228,"term_taxonomy_id":"2175","title":"midwest","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/midwest/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/midwest/feed/"}],"privateTags":[{"slug":"no-gallery","id":5371,"term_taxonomy_id":"5292","title":"No Gallery","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/feed/"}],"appUrl":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/712/p/summer-long-balls/","titleDecoded":"Summer Long Balls? Why Your Junk Might Hang a Little Lower in This Midwest Summer","postDateFancy":"a day ago","postDateDiff":115643235,"sortedCategories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"}]},"alternateData":{"_townsquare_media_url":"","dynamic-lead-title":"","dynamic-lead-excerpt":"","dynamic-lead-link-url":"","dynamic-lead-image":"","dynamic-lead-video":"0","station-app":{"openinexternalbrowser":"0","urloverride":""},"loyalty_hidden_content_settings":"","sendToLetterhead":"4446172|2025-08-01 14:19:55","ssd":{"ssd-title":"Summer Long Balls? Why Your Junk Might Hang a Little Lower This Summer ","ssd-desc":"As temperatures climb, some men are noticing a seasonal change that’s raising eyebrows — and dropping something else. ","ssd-img":""},"ts3_alternate":{"title":"","excerpt":"","link-url":"","image":""},"_aioseop_description":"As temperatures climb, some men are noticing a seasonal change that’s raising eyebrows — and dropping something else. ","_aioseop_title":"Summer Long Balls? Why Your Junk Might Hang a Little Lower ","letterhead_curation_id":"3a9839b8c4884a841c913a567273aeef"},"originalData":{"title":"Summer Long Balls? Why Your Junk Might Hang a Little Lower in This Midwest Summer"}}},"7110000000214090":{"postid":"7110000000214090","sortdate":"2025-08-01T14:17:14.087Z","data":{"mainData":{"postType":"post","caption":"Canva","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/711/files/2025/08/attachment-untitled-design-2025-08-01t090126-578.jpg","postDateGmt":"2025-08-01 14:17:14 +0000","title":"Illinois Now Requires Mental Health Screenings For Students","url":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/711/p/illinois-mental-health-screenings-students-chicago/","id":214090,"carbonMeta":{"widePromotion":false,"galleryBadge":false,"disableInfiniteLoad":false,"disableConcertWidget":false,"disableInArticleAds":false,"hideFromSearchEngines":false,"addNofollow":false,"overlookedTags":false,"isGallery":true,"isLaunchpadProfile":false,"commentsEnabled":true},"_crosspost_source_blog_id":"","excerpt":"The changes will start in the 2026-2027 school year.","authors":[{"id":4811259,"slug":"sarahstringer","name":"Sarah Stringer","first_name":"Sarah","last_name":"Stringer","nickname":"sarahstringer","url":"//espnquadcities.com/author/sarahstringer/","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/711/files/2022/01/attachment-Sarah-Stringer.jpg"}],"categories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"},{"slug":"local-news","id":48,"term_taxonomy_id":"48","title":"Local News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/feed/"}],"tags":[{"slug":"illinois","id":514,"term_taxonomy_id":"518","title":"Illinois","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/illinois/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/illinois/feed/"},{"slug":"chicago","id":659,"term_taxonomy_id":"655","title":"chicago","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/chicago/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/chicago/feed/"},{"slug":"illinois-laws","id":5270,"term_taxonomy_id":"5194","title":"Illinois laws","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/illinois-laws/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/illinois-laws/feed/"}],"privateTags":[{"slug":"b100-xpost","id":2660,"term_taxonomy_id":"2606","title":"b100-xpost","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/b100-xpost/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/b100-xpost/feed/"},{"slug":"linkinbio","id":2661,"term_taxonomy_id":"2607","title":"linkinbio","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/linkinbio/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/linkinbio/feed/"},{"slug":"no-gallery","id":5371,"term_taxonomy_id":"5292","title":"No Gallery","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/feed/"}],"appUrl":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/711/p/illinois-mental-health-screenings-students-chicago/","titleDecoded":"Illinois Now Requires Mental Health Screenings For Students","postDateFancy":"a day ago","postDateDiff":115891236,"sortedCategories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"},{"slug":"local-news","id":48,"term_taxonomy_id":"48","title":"Local News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/feed/"}]},"alternateData":{"_townsquare_media_url":"","dynamic-lead-title":"","dynamic-lead-excerpt":"","dynamic-lead-link-url":"","dynamic-lead-image":"","dynamic-lead-video":"0","station-app":{"openinexternalbrowser":"0","urloverride":""},"loyalty_hidden_content_settings":"","sendToLetterhead":"4811259|2025-08-01 14:16:54","ssd":{"ssd-title":"New Illinois Law To Require Mental Health Screenings For Students","ssd-desc":"The changes will start in the 2026-2027 school year.","ssd-img":""},"ts3_alternate":{"title":"","excerpt":"","link-url":"","image":""},"letterhead_curation_id":"56d7bd8ad72e8d1c5f43ee26a91ed32a","_aioseop_description":"The changes will start in the 2026-2027 school year.","_aioseop_title":"Illinois Now Requires Kids Mental Health Screenings"},"originalData":{"title":"Illinois Now Requires Mental Health Screenings For Students"}}},"9650000000044123":{"postid":"9650000000044123","sortdate":"2025-08-01T13:59:46.000Z","data":{"mainData":{"postType":"post","caption":"Canva","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/965/files/2024/07/attachment-Roundabout.jpg","postDateGmt":"2025-08-01 13:59:46 +0000","title":"The One Intersection That Needs A Roundabout In Davenport","url":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/965/p/intersection-needs-roundabout-davenport-iowa/","id":44123,"carbonMeta":{"widePromotion":false,"galleryBadge":false,"disableInfiniteLoad":false,"disableConcertWidget":false,"disableInArticleAds":false,"hideFromSearchEngines":false,"addNofollow":false,"overlookedTags":false,"isGallery":true,"isLaunchpadProfile":false,"commentsEnabled":true},"_crosspost_source_blog_id":"","excerpt":"It would make traffic flow so much better but people would freak out.","authors":[{"id":4242212,"slug":"rmccredden","name":"Ryan McCredden","first_name":"Ryan","last_name":"McCredden","nickname":"rmccredden","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/965/files/2020/04/IMG_0247-31.jpg","url":"//espnquadcities.com/author/rmccredden/"}],"categories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"},{"slug":"local-news","id":48,"term_taxonomy_id":"48","title":"Local News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/feed/"}],"tags":[{"slug":"iowa","id":509,"term_taxonomy_id":"514","title":"Iowa","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/iowa/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/iowa/feed/"},{"slug":"davenport","id":527,"term_taxonomy_id":"529","title":"Davenport","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/davenport/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/davenport/feed/"},{"slug":"traffic","id":1463,"term_taxonomy_id":"1424","title":"Traffic","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/traffic/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/traffic/feed/"},{"slug":"mvf-2024","id":5336,"term_taxonomy_id":"5256","title":"mvf 2024","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/mvf-2024/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/mvf-2024/feed/"}],"updatedDate":"1754056786","privateTags":[{"slug":"no-gallery","id":5371,"term_taxonomy_id":"5292","title":"No Gallery","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/feed/"}],"appUrl":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/965/p/intersection-needs-roundabout-davenport-iowa/","titleDecoded":"The One Intersection That Needs A Roundabout In Davenport","postDateFancy":"a day ago","postDateDiff":116939232,"sortedCategories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"},{"slug":"local-news","id":48,"term_taxonomy_id":"48","title":"Local News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/feed/"}]},"alternateData":{"_townsquare_media_url":"","dynamic-lead-title":"","dynamic-lead-excerpt":"","dynamic-lead-link-url":"","dynamic-lead-image":"","dynamic-lead-video":"0","station-app":{"openinexternalbrowser":"0","urloverride":""},"loyalty_hidden_content_settings":"","ssd":{"ssd-title":"The One Intersection That Needs A Roundabout In Davenport","ssd-desc":"It would save you so much time when going to the Mississippi Valley Fair.","ssd-img":""},"ts3_alternate":{"title":"","excerpt":"","link-url":"","image":""},"_aioseop_description":"You might not like it but you know it would make sense. The roundabout would make traffic flow so much smoother in Davenport.","_aioseop_title":"The One Intersection That Needs A Roundabout In Davenport, Iowa","sendToLetterhead":"4242212|2025-08-01 14:15:10"},"originalData":{"title":"The One Intersection That Needs A Roundabout In Davenport"}}},"7110000000214087":{"postid":"7110000000214087","sortdate":"2025-08-01T13:30:17.211Z","data":{"mainData":{"postType":"post","caption":"Jayden Remias Instagram","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/711/files/2025/08/attachment-untitled-design-2025-08-01t081255-163.jpg","postDateGmt":"2025-08-01 13:30:17 +0000","title":"Illinois Native Pope Leo Gets Favorite Chicago-Style Pizza Delivered To Vatican","url":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/711/p/pope-leo-chicago-style-pizza-illinois/","id":214087,"carbonMeta":{"widePromotion":false,"galleryBadge":false,"disableInfiniteLoad":false,"disableConcertWidget":false,"disableInArticleAds":false,"hideFromSearchEngines":false,"addNofollow":false,"overlookedTags":false,"isGallery":true,"isLaunchpadProfile":false,"commentsEnabled":true},"_crosspost_source_blog_id":"","excerpt":"A highlight of 2025 has been the first American pope being from the Midwest.","authors":[{"id":4811259,"slug":"sarahstringer","name":"Sarah Stringer","first_name":"Sarah","last_name":"Stringer","nickname":"sarahstringer","url":"//espnquadcities.com/author/sarahstringer/","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/711/files/2022/01/attachment-Sarah-Stringer.jpg"}],"categories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"},{"slug":"local-news","id":48,"term_taxonomy_id":"48","title":"Local News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/feed/"}],"tags":[{"slug":"illinois","id":514,"term_taxonomy_id":"518","title":"Illinois","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/illinois/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/illinois/feed/"},{"slug":"chicago","id":659,"term_taxonomy_id":"655","title":"chicago","taxonomy":"post_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/chicago/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/tags/chicago/feed/"}],"privateTags":[{"slug":"b100-xpost","id":2660,"term_taxonomy_id":"2606","title":"b100-xpost","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/b100-xpost/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/b100-xpost/feed/"},{"slug":"linkinbio","id":2661,"term_taxonomy_id":"2607","title":"linkinbio","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/linkinbio/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/linkinbio/feed/"},{"slug":"no-gallery","id":5371,"term_taxonomy_id":"5292","title":"No Gallery","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/feed/"}],"appUrl":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/711/p/pope-leo-chicago-style-pizza-illinois/","titleDecoded":"Illinois Native Pope Leo Gets Favorite Chicago-Style Pizza Delivered To Vatican","postDateFancy":"a day ago","postDateDiff":118708236,"sortedCategories":[{"slug":"articles","id":1,"term_taxonomy_id":"1","title":"Articles","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/articles/feed/"},{"slug":"local-news","id":48,"term_taxonomy_id":"48","title":"Local News","taxonomy":"category","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/category/local-news/feed/"}]},"alternateData":{"_townsquare_media_url":"","dynamic-lead-title":"","dynamic-lead-excerpt":"","dynamic-lead-link-url":"","dynamic-lead-image":"","dynamic-lead-video":"0","station-app":{"openinexternalbrowser":"0","urloverride":""},"loyalty_hidden_content_settings":"","_aioseop_description":"A highlight of 2025 has been the first American pope being from the Midwest.","_aioseop_title":"Illinois Native Pope Leo Gets Fave Chicago-Style Pizza Delivered","sendToLetterhead":"4811259|2025-08-01 13:29:35","ssd":{"ssd-title":"Illinois Native Pope Leo Gets Favorite Chicago-Style Pizza Delivered To Vatican","ssd-desc":"A highlight of 2025 has been the first American pope being from the Midwest.","ssd-img":""},"ts3_alternate":{"title":"","excerpt":"","link-url":"","image":""},"letterhead_curation_id":"c158ec64ea10c7691c80b898fa2f0ef1"},"originalData":{"title":"Illinois Native Pope Leo Gets Favorite Chicago-Style Pizza Delivered To Vatican"}}},"3410000000286835":{"postid":"3410000000286835","sortdate":"2025-07-31T20:35:38.000Z","data":{"mainData":{"postType":"post","caption":"Merchen Farms via Facebook/Canva","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/341/files/2024/02/attachment-Courier-Prime-2024-02-15T212924.310.jpg","postDateGmt":"2025-07-31 20:35:38 +0000","title":"Viral Cow With Cute Head Marking Finally Gets a Name","url":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/341/p/oklahoma-cow-heart-on-head-viral/","id":286835,"carbonMeta":{"widePromotion":false,"galleryBadge":false,"disableInfiniteLoad":false,"disableConcertWidget":false,"disableInArticleAds":false,"hideFromSearchEngines":false,"addNofollow":false,"overlookedTags":false,"isGallery":true,"isLaunchpadProfile":false,"commentsEnabled":true},"_crosspost_source_blog_id":"","excerpt":"From a simple dot to a heart, this calf's transformation has everyone talking. Who knew love could come wrapped in fur?","authors":[{"id":1889329,"slug":"robc","name":"Rob Carroll","first_name":"Rob","last_name":"Carroll","nickname":"robc","thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/341/files/2025/06/attachment-rob-headshot.jpeg","url":"//espnquadcities.com/author/robc/"}],"categories":[],"updatedDate":"1753990538","tags":[],"privateTags":[{"slug":"no-gallery","id":5371,"term_taxonomy_id":"5292","title":"No Gallery","taxonomy":"ts_private_tag","link_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/","feed_url":"//espnquadcities.com/ts_private_tag/no-gallery/feed/"}],"appUrl":"https://espnquadcities.com/ixp/341/p/oklahoma-cow-heart-on-head-viral/","titleDecoded":"Viral Cow With Cute Head Marking Finally Gets a Name","postDateFancy":"2 days ago","postDateDiff":179587237},"alternateData":{"_townsquare_media_url":"","dynamic-lead-title":"Viral Cow With Cute Head Marking Finally Gets a Name","dynamic-lead-excerpt":"","dynamic-lead-link-url":"","dynamic-lead-image":"","dynamic-lead-video":"0","station-app":{"openinexternalbrowser":"0","urloverride":""},"loyalty_hidden_content_settings":"","ssd":{"ssd-title":"This Oklahoma Calf's Heart-shaped Marking Will Make You Believe In Love At First Sight","ssd-desc":"He was given the perfect name, too.","ssd-img":""},"ts3_alternate":{"title":"","excerpt":"","link-url":"","image":""},"sendToLetterhead":"1889329|2025-07-31 20:38:00","letterhead_curation_id":"75d51d262cff726eac21bb4f5ae175d3","_aioseop_description":"A calf in Oklahoma was born with a white dot on its head that later turned into a giant heart. Here's how the transformation made the cow go viral. ","_aioseop_title":"Oklahoma Calf Goes Viral For Its Unique Heart-Shaped Mark"},"originalData":{"title":"Calf Goes Viral After Oklahoma Farm Shares Photos of his Cute Markings"}}}},"origData":["7230000000277389","3410000000303481","7840000000102320","7230000000277370","1640000000473734","7210000000335510","7260000000265510","7120000000236169","7110000000214090","9650000000044123","7110000000214087","3410000000286835"]},"fix_sidebar_marker-21":{"info":{"id":"fix_sidebar_marker-21","groupType":"fix_sidebar_marker","widgetType":"widget_fix_sidebar_marker","widgetInstance":"21"},"params":{"widgetTime":1},"data":[],"dataDetails":{}},"google-ads-widget-78":{"info":{"id":"google-ads-widget-78","groupType":"google-ads-widget","widgetType":"widget_google-ads-widget","widgetInstance":"78"},"params":{"adunit":"middle-right-300x250","adtype":"","position":null,"align":"","widgetTime":1},"data":["middle-right-300x250"],"dataDetails":{"middle-right-300x250":{"adUnit":"middle-right-300x250","adType":""}}},"branded_app_promo-2":{"info":{"id":"branded_app_promo-2","groupType":"branded_app_promo","widgetType":"widget_branded_app_promo","widgetInstance":"2"},"params":{"widgetTime":1},"data":[0],"dataDetails":{"0":"dummy."}},"widget_tsiwd-2":{"info":{"id":"widget_tsiwd-2","groupType":"widget_tsiwd","widgetType":"widget_widget_tsiwd","widgetInstance":"2"},"params":{"title":"Big Results for Small Business","widgetTime":1},"data":[0],"dataDetails":{"0":{"mobile":{"url":"//townsquareinteractive.com/request-a-demo/","title":"Big Results for Small Business","label":["Build a digital presence for your business that drives results!"],"thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/1/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TSI_Promo_Mobile.png"},"desktop":{"url":"//espnquadcities.com/quad-cities-web-design","title":"Big Results for Small Business","label":["Devote more time to running your business.","Engage your clients across multiple platforms.","Reach more customers than ever before."],"thumbnail":"//townsquare.media/site/1/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/TSI_Promo.png"}}}},"google-ads-widget-77":{"info":{"id":"google-ads-widget-77","groupType":"google-ads-widget","widgetType":"widget_google-ads-widget","widgetInstance":"77"},"params":{"adunit":"bottom-right-300x250","adtype":"","position":null,"align":"","widgetTime":1},"data":["bottom-right-300x250"],"dataDetails":{"bottom-right-300x250":{"adUnit":"bottom-right-300x250","adType":""}}},"widget_third_party_content-5":{"info":{"id":"widget_third_party_content-5","groupType":"widget_third_party_content","widgetType":"widget_widget_third_party_content","widgetInstance":"5"},"params":{"type":"network-setting","title":"","id":"","placement":"","targettype":"","mode":"","apestertoken":"","widgetTime":1},"data":[],"dataDetails":{}},"carbonwidget/nav/blueiv":{"info":{"id":"carbonwidget/nav/blueiv","groupType":"carbonwidget/nav/blueiv"},"params":{"widgetTime":2},"data":[],"dataDetails":{},"redisCached":true},"carbonwidget/nav/main":{"info":{"id":"carbonwidget/nav/main","groupType":"carbonwidget/nav/main"},"params":{"widgetTime":2},"data":["1",{"2":["2.1","2.2"]},{"3":["3.1","3.2"]},"4",{"5":["5.1","5.2","5.3"]}],"dataDetails":{"1":{"menuId":"1","attrs":{"menuPostId":8,"title":"Home","titleExcerpt":"Home","href":"/","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"2":{"menuId":"2","attrs":{"menuPostId":35934,"title":"App","titleExcerpt":"App","href":"/app","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"3":{"menuId":"3","attrs":{"menuPostId":4241,"title":"Win Stuff","titleExcerpt":"Win Stuff","href":"/vip","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"4":{"menuId":"4","attrs":{"menuPostId":19763,"title":"Newsletter","titleExcerpt":"Newsletter","href":"/newsletter/","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"5":{"menuId":"5","attrs":{"menuPostId":4245,"title":"Contact","titleExcerpt":"Contact","href":"/help","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"2.1":{"menuId":"2.1","attrs":{"menuPostId":35935,"title":"Download iOS","titleExcerpt":"Download iOS","href":"/download/ios","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"2.2":{"menuId":"2.2","attrs":{"menuPostId":35936,"title":"Download Android","titleExcerpt":"Download Android","href":"/download/android","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"3.1":{"menuId":"3.1","attrs":{"menuPostId":4242,"title":"Contests","titleExcerpt":"Contests","href":"/contests","samedomain":true,"menupath":"/rest/carbon/api/menu/contests","hasBlogroll":false}},"3.2":{"menuId":"3.2","attrs":{"menuPostId":4244,"title":"Join Now","titleExcerpt":"Join Now","href":"/registration","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"5.1":{"menuId":"5.1","attrs":{"menuPostId":4247,"title":"Help & Contact Info","titleExcerpt":"Help & Contact Info","href":"/help","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"5.2":{"menuId":"5.2","attrs":{"menuPostId":4246,"title":"Send Feedback","titleExcerpt":"Send Feedback","href":"/feedback","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"5.3":{"menuId":"5.3","attrs":{"menuPostId":15289,"title":"Job Opportunities at Townsquare Media – Quad Cities","titleExcerpt":"","href":"/jobs","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}}},"redisCached":true},"carbonwidget/nav/promo_links":{"info":{"id":"carbonwidget/nav/promo_links","groupType":"carbonwidget/nav/promo_links"},"params":{"widgetTime":2},"data":["1","2","3","4","5"],"dataDetails":{"1":{"menuId":"1","attrs":{"menuPostId":22862,"title":"Trending:","titleExcerpt":"Trending:","href":"/play-by-play-schedule","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"2":{"menuId":"2","attrs":{"menuPostId":36039,"title":"Seize The Deal","titleExcerpt":"Seize The Deal","href":"https://www.seizethedeal.com/cities/quad-cities","samedomain":false,"hasBlogroll":false}},"3":{"menuId":"3","attrs":{"menuPostId":35937,"title":"Download The App","titleExcerpt":"Download The App","href":"/app","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"4":{"menuId":"4","attrs":{"menuPostId":31780,"title":"QC Traffic Cameras","titleExcerpt":"QC Traffic Cameras","href":"/quad-city-traffic-cameras/","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"5":{"menuId":"5","attrs":{"menuPostId":36158,"title":"Win $500 Visa","titleExcerpt":"Win $500 Visa","href":"/hall-pass-cash-2025","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}}},"redisCached":true},"carbonwidget/nav/footer":{"info":{"id":"carbonwidget/nav/footer","groupType":"carbonwidget/nav/footer"},"params":{"widgetTime":1},"data":["1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10","11","12","13"],"dataDetails":{"1":{"menuId":"1","attrs":{"title":"Equal Employment Opportunities","href":"/equal-employment-opportunity/","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"2":{"menuId":"2","attrs":{"title":"Marketing and Advertising Solutions","href":"/advertising-and-marketing-for-business/quad-cities-ia/","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"3":{"menuId":"3","attrs":{"title":"Public File","data-title":"KBOBAM Public File","href":"https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/am-profile/KBOB","className":"next-one-merge","samedomain":false,"hasBlogroll":false}},"4":{"menuId":"4","attrs":{"title":"Need Assistance","data-title":"Persons with disabilities who need assistance with the KBOBAM / KBOB Public File","href":"/kbob-public-file/","className":"last-one-merge","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"5":{"menuId":"5","attrs":{"title":"FCC Applications","href":"/fcc-applications/","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"6":{"menuId":"6","attrs":{"title":"Report an Inaccuracy","href":"/report-an-inaccuracy/","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"7":{"menuId":"7","attrs":{"title":"Terms","href":"/terms/","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"8":{"menuId":"8","attrs":{"title":"Contest Rules","href":"/contest-rules/","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"9":{"menuId":"9","attrs":{"title":"Privacy Policy","href":"/privacy/","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"10":{"menuId":"10","attrs":{"title":"Accessibility Statement","href":"/digital-accessibility-statement/","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"11":{"menuId":"11","attrs":{"title":"Exercise My Data Rights","href":"/privacy/preferences/","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"12":{"menuId":"12","attrs":{"title":"Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information","href":"osano","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}},"13":{"menuId":"13","attrs":{"title":"Contact","href":"/help/","samedomain":true,"hasBlogroll":false}}},"redisCached":true}},"data":{},"time":{"wpTime":3.208,"mainOptionsTime":201.179,"sidebarsTime":48.894,"widgetsTime":38.89,"processTime":293.291},"experimentGroup":"A"},"serverConfig":{"host":"espnquadcities.com","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36","protocol":"http"},"hash":"186bbb79d5ea56b75e43ad95bd136d32a16c596f"},"nav":{},"newsletter":{},"ui":{},"weather":{},"sweeps":{},"events":{},"ads":{}}
window.__INITIAL_STATE__.json.response.options.aleph = window.aleph || false;
</script>
<script>((d,s,id)=>{
window.fbLoaded = () => {
(window.FB && !window.FB.__buffer) && (()=>{window.FB.__buffer=true;})();
};
})(document, "script", "ig-shit");</script><script async defer type="text/javascript" src="https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script>
<script>(function(d){
var getFile = window.TSM.fn.getFile;
try{
let
getDependencies = function(){
return new Promise(async function( res, rej ){
var dependencies = ["https://townsquare.media/public/dist/mobile/main.bundle.c7d4c714fd6dd11baa7cf066aba0618d.js?mver=56&gver=6&bid=783"];
for(var i=0;i<dependencies.length;i++){
await getFile( dependencies[i] );
}
res({});
});
},
getInitialState = function(){
return fetch( [ location.pathname, location.search, ( location.search ? "&" : "?" ), "initialState=c7d4c714fd6dd11baa7cf066aba0618d" ].join( "" ) )
.then( response => {
if( !response.ok ){
if( response.status === 404 ){
return response;
}
throw Error( response.statusText );
}
return response;
})
.then( response => response.json() )
.catch(( err )=>{
console.log( "Carbon - Error in Rest response", err );
});
};
let allTasks = [ getDependencies() ]; Promise.all( allTasks )
.then(function(results){
window.initCarbon && window.initCarbon();
});
}catch(e){console.error(e);}
const
env="production",
isDebug="no";
if( env === "production" && isDebug === "no" ){
var console = (function( oldconsole ){
return {
...oldconsole,
log: function(){}
};
})(window.console);
window.console = console;
}
if( isDebug === "YES" ){
const hisoryPushState = window.history.pushState;
history.pushState = function( data, title, url ){
window.console.log( "history pushState called", arguments );
window.console.trace();
hisoryPushState.call( history, ...arguments );
}
}
})(document);</script>
</body>
</html>
