Sports

The 20th Annual Quad City Triathlon will be held Saturday in West Lake Park. Hosted by the Scott County Conservation Board, participants will swim, bike, and run for a total of more than 18 miles. 

This week, the Quad Cities River Bandits announced solar panels have been placed on the roof of Modern Woodmen Park. It's the first municipally-owned building in Davenport that has a solar array on its rooftop. 

Some new signs will soon go up at the minor league baseball stadium in Clinton. Last week, the Lumber Kings announced it's now called "NelsonCorp Field," thanks to a new naming rights deal with NelsonCorp Wealth Management.

For the 54th year, the Quad Cities will host bicycle races on Memorial Day. The Kwik Star Criterium will be held on Monday in the Village of East Davenport.

Hundreds of bicycle racers from across the country are coming to eastern Iowa for the annual Memorial Day Weekend series. They start Friday night with the Burlington Road Races, followed by the Snake Alley Criterium in Burlington on Saturday, the Melon City Criterium in Muscatine on Sunday, and conclude Monday with the Quad Cities Kwik Star Criterium in Davenport.

Michael Kim is looking forward to defending his title at the John Deere Classic in July. This morning at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, last year's champion talked with reporters more than one month before the PGA Tour tournament.

Rock Island will embrace its gridiron glory days on Saturday, when the NFL Draft comes to town as part of a full day of free events at Augustana College's football stadium.

Three weeks after the season began, the Quad Cities River Bandits will finally get to play a game at home. Floodwater from the Mississippi River still surrounds Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport, but an elevated walkway has been built that will allow fans to cross the railroad tracks, and enter the ballpark.