Rudimentary information for the "Chicago Sports Fan 101" Course Guide.

I'll start it off...

No "Crowd Wave" at Wrigley Field.
Michael Jordan is the greatest - period.
Walter Payton was, is and always will be beloved.
Cheering loudly is expected during the National Anthem at Blackhawks' home games.
Fireworks & Pinwheels at Comiskey Park (Yes, it will always be called "Comiskey") are a good thing.

Light 'em up!

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

No.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

To this point, he is.

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And you wonder why people don't like you.

I will add:
Ronnie Wooo is an wondering figure
You must tell Detroit sucks at least once a match no matter who the Hawks are playing.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

#Neverforget

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Any home run ball hit into the bleachers by an opposing team at Wrigley Field must be thrown back.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

BARNABIYS

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The 1985 Chicago Bears were the most dominant team in the history of professional sports.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

"Oh no, biased local fans are supremely upset at a generational talent surpassing the previous generational talent. Whatever will bring me solace in my time of discomfort."

Tell you one thing. I won't be hitting up chatroulette for local teens.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Cub fans know that black cats and goat curses were once very real... but not anymore.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

DITKA

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

The past is for cowards and losers, even of your entire legacy is based solely on one year in the past.
Harry lives on forever.
Imu has by far the most questionable sports thoughts on this board.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

You can't be a FUCKING WHITE SOX FAN AND A CUBS FAN.

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You are happier with a 2-14 Bears team that beats the Packers twice than you are with a 14-2 team that looses to them twice.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

Ray Meyer and the DePaul final four team is the peak of both Chicago college basketball, and possibly the peak of urban school college basketball.

To the latter point maybe the 3 final 4 Big East teams, but the end of DePaul was the harbinger of the end of urban school powerhouses in college basketball.

I thought that also but then Villanova came along to spoil the theory.

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All prime time nationally broadcasted Bears' games must include shots of; The Bean, The Skyline, Lou Malnati's Deep Dish Pizza, Bear Man and Superfans dressed up like Ditka.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

The mere thought of this...



Leads to a baker's dozen...

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

40 years ago the following schools were CBB powerhouses: Houston, DePaul, Marquette, St. John’s, Memphis, Temple, probably another urban school or two that I am forgetting. Exactly none of those teams is relevant now, although Calapari had Memphis humming a few years ago.

Sure Nova is rocking like Memphis was a decade ago, but the fact that one urban team is enjoying success doesn’t negate the general fact that CBB power has transitioned from urban schools to essentially power 5 state flagship schools.

Add Georgetown and Boston College. And Loyola had a solid program in the old gym as well.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Bears beating the Packers always feels good - no matter what.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

You might just be the biggest fucking douche in the Chicago Metro Area.

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I like thinking big. . . If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.
-Donald J. Trump, BPE

University of Chicago's Jay Berwanger won the first Heisman Trophy

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

seems like a feb/march thread....not the day before the bears clinch the division

The reasoning behind the decline in the city schools is easy to track. You can pin it all on one thing, ESPN. Before ESPN if you wanted your friends and family to see you play you had to go to a school close to your home and since most bball players come from urban areas it made sense that there were so many great city schools around the country. Once ESPN showed off and college ball took off that barrier was erased. You can now go to basically any major conferenc school in the country and get a guarantee that 90% of your games will be on some form of national television. Chicago kids no longer are stuck with DePaul, New York kids don't need St. Johns etc etc.

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To the rest of us, this just reads as a millenial lashing out at his elders because of bitterness and jealousy over not getting to experience first hand the brilliance of MJ during his prime and what that meant as a diehard Bulls fan.


For me, I was lucky enough to experience MJ during the absolute height of a sports fans life, the ages of teen through late 20s. As sports fans we'll never love and die with a team as much as we do during that period in our lives. And I got MJ from age 14 through age 28 when the last title was won. During that same period of age IMU was stuck with Elton Brand and Eddie Robinson. Understandable that he would be bitter about it now.


Sad and pathetic, but understandable.

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I'm older than you think I am. And based on your Lonzo Ball analysis, I knew more about basketball at age 6 than you ever will.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

You appear to be dumber than we think you are as well.

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Not dumb enough to almost get put on a sex offender registry for $52.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

what price did you pay?

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