DOPE VZN

09/02/2026

The voting just keeps getting better… we DOUBLED last week’s total! 🏈

A huge THANK YOU to everyone across Chicagoland! With an incredible 2,537 votes, this was our biggest voting week yet!

🏆 GAME OF THE WEEK
🥇 Lockport Jr. Porters vs. Plainfield Saints with 498 votes

TOP CONTENDERS
🥈 Hampshire Jr. Whippurs vs. Yorkville Foxes 449 votes
🥉 Oriole Park Falcons vs. Proviso Bills 431 votes

One of our closest races yet! Congratulations to all three matchups and thank you to everyone who voted and supported their teams.

Thank you again, Chicagoland, for helping us celebrate youth football and cheer and the athletes who make the game great. Stay tuned for our Game of the Week coverage! Plainfield Saints Youth Association Lockport Jr. Porters Youth Football & Cheerleading

08/27/2026

The work isn’t always weights, sprints and reps. 👑

Sometimes the work is learning how to slow down.

🔑 ngdomAthletics took training outside the lines for their KEY Yoga Lab at Montrose Beach, giving their athletes an opportunity to recover their bodies, reset their minds and realign their spirits.

Led by Amina of ✨Mina ✨, the athletes were challenged in a completely different way: mobility, breathing, balance, flexibility and being present.

Because developing an athlete means developing the whole athlete.

Mind. Body. Spirit.

Different environment. Same purpose.

🔑 Train with purpose. Perform with faith.

🎥: M.S.

08/27/2026

Chicagoland Pop Warner x DOPE VZN 🏈

We’re proud to announce our partnership with Chicagoland Pop Warner for the 2026 season.

DOPE VZN will be behind the lens for Game of the Week, capturing the games through video, photography, and written storytelling; but more importantly, documenting the athletes, coaches, families, communities, and moments that make youth football what it is.

For us, this is bigger than highlights.

These are some of the first chapters in these young athletes’ stories, and they deserve to be documented the right way.

Somebody has to capture the chapters before everybody knows the story..

Game of the Week coverage is officially underway.

Chicagoland Pop Warner x DOPE VZN

We tell the story.

08/27/2026

08/27/2026

A new partnership

08/13/2026

Most people see the final shot. We wanted to show everything it took to get there.

We followed Sammy through Lane Tech Varsity Football’s media day at O’Hare Airport, from finding the frames to directing the moments and turning an airport into a football set.

This is what creating the VZN looks like. 🎥🏈✈️

Produced by M.S.

07/28/2026

Some moments deserve more than a highlight.

They deserve a story.

The Denard Bros. All Class Showcase brought together some of Chicago’s top talent for a day filled with competition, confidence, and community. From intense 1v1 battles to the Girls and Boys All-Class games, every possession carried purpose, and every athlete stepped onto the court with something to prove.

Our goal wasn’t just to capture the biggest plays. It was to document the atmosphere, the emotions, the preparation, the celebrations, and the moments that make basketball culture what it is.

Eddie Denard
Denard Brothers
AUBERY DENARD
Jordan

07/16/2026

Some programs build athletes.

Others build leaders.

At KEYNGdom Athletics, football is the vehicle. The mission is much bigger.

This is a story about faith, discipline, mentorship, and the young men choosing to become more every single day.

We’re proud to help tell that story.

Client: 🔑 ngdomAthletics

Produced by: DOPE VZN | Sports Publication | Creative Agency
BTS: From The Sideline and Knuckles 🧡
Photography: Samuel Jaimes
Cam Op: M.S.

07/08/2026

Episode 1 is officially underway.

This season, we’re going beyond the scoreboard.

From the locker room to the practice field, we’re documenting the people, the culture, and the journey behind Lane Tech Football.

This isn’t just about Friday nights.

It’s about everything that happens before the lights come on.

🎥 Behind the scenes from Episode 1.

📸: Samuel Jaimes x From The Sideline