by cdarland | Jun 26, 2017 | Featured News
Converting Wrigley Field back to its normal state actually was quite an undertaking for Steve Bush, a Rock Island County Farm Bureau board member, and his company, Bush Sports Turf of Milan. Rock Island County farmer Steve Bush at Wrigley Field’s home plate...
by cdarland | Jun 26, 2017 | Featured News
The list is lengthy and impressive: Dodger Stadium, Iowa State University’s Jack Trice Field, the University of Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium, Modern Woodmen Park. But Wrigley Field, Steve Bush said, “is king.” Mr. Bush, owner of Bush Sports Turf in...
by cdarland | Jun 26, 2017 | Featured News
FIFA doesn’t want to talk about installing grass for next summer’s Women’s World Cup in Canada. The Canadian Soccer Association doesn’t want to talk about it, either. Trey Rogers? He’s happy to talk about it. Rogers, a professor of turf grass management at Michigan...
by cdarland | Jun 26, 2017 | Featured News
Despite only being a preseason friendly, Manchester United’s match against Real Madrid at Michigan Stadium drew a sell-out crowd of 109,318 — a new record for a soccer match in the United States. The previous record of 101,799 was set by the 1984 Olympic...
by cdarland | Jun 26, 2017 | Featured News
Rock Island’s Douglas Park has a one-of-a-kind sports history. The first Iowa-Illinois college football game was played there. So was the first NFL game — between the Rock Island Independents and St. Paul Ideals. In the 1960s, the popular World Fast-Pitch...
