- Readers’ Poll Winners
- Best athlete you’d resurrect to play another game
- Best local athlete
- Best draft selection
- Best sports blog
- Best Blackhawks bar
- Best Bears bar
- Best Bulls bar
- Best Cubs bar
- Best Sox bar
- Best place to watch college sports
- Best neighborhood park
- Best dog park
- Best alternative to the lakefront path
- Best organized bike ride
- Best public golf course
- Best billiards
- Best bowling alley
- Best canoe/kayak rentals
- Best beach
- Best sailing school
- Best gym
- Best personal trainer
- Best yoga studio
- Best pilates studio
- Best public pool
- Best YMCA branch
- Reader Critics’ Picks
- Best national anthem
- Best rehab project
- Best place to park for a Sox night game
- Best teammate on a pro sports team who hardly ever plays
- Best place to see an improbable comeback or sickening collapse on the gridiron
- Best local sports team
- Best year-round team for breast-cancer survivors
- Best place for lawn bowling
- Best place to watch cricket
- Best fake dinosaur
- Best intersection to watch people do stupid shit on their bikes
- Best book about Chicago baseball losers