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QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 20, 2013 -> 09:21 PM) I have a feeling many cities, including Chicago, will soon be war zones with so many random killings. Life is not valued anymore. People will just bring machine guns to places or shot guns and just start firing. This incident is AWFUL. I'm sick of this s***. Why would anybody going to the high school game at Gately Stadium tonight feel confident they'll make it home alive?? I'm so sick of f***ing violence and can anybody dispute my prediction of the warzones in major cities in the future? It's going to keep GETTING WORSE. I agree it's awful and I'm glad someone was actually disturbed by this. But keep in mind that violence has plunged nationwide, especially in cities. As bad as Chicago is right now, it's this noticeable because the coastal cities have done so much better. The rustbelt cities have not seen the population resurgence. I hope things can get better fast, because so many children are dying right now.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 20, 2013 -> 07:12 PM) Life in the City of Chicago. Things weren't exactly rosy under Daley, but he was fairly immune from criticism during his reign. Kass was the only one I ever saw take Daley to task. Everyone else was scared, weak, or both. I think in terms of keeping the major functions of the city working, Daley was better. Rahm only seems concerned with taking national political controversies and pummeling them into the local level. I just want someone to get the trains running on time and not have the one major city where crime isn't declining. But I totally disagree with you on that criticism idea. The chicago reader was by far the most ruthless in its assault on Daley. My favorite article I've ever read was in the reader. It started with an anecdote of a domestic abuse incident, and them asking the women why she keeps coming back, and she responds "It's all I know". They immediately pivoted to Daley in the article. It was brilliant.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 20, 2013 -> 07:33 PM) I'm not sure it is really that much worse, just for whatever reason no one talked about it when it was Daley in charge. Not sure what 'it' you are referring to. CTA has been noticeably worse and more expensive. Road maintenance may be better. His parking deal correction was hilarious. Crime has been terrible. I guess the only thing I can credit him for is overseeing deregulation of food trucks and not yet having put up regulatory barriers to the new car sharing and uber issues.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Sep 19, 2013 -> 11:10 PM) It sounds like you have a bit of a problem with cars? Don't like the civilized world where we have nice things like cars that allow to make those kinda of trip? Rather live ina country where that isn't even an option? Great! Africa will take you I'm sure. You'll live a nice progressive lifestyle until you're burned alive for being a witch. Africa has cars.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 20, 2013 -> 02:57 PM) During Barry Sanders’ 10-year career, he averaged 4.98 yards per carry, scored a rushing touchdown every 0.64 games and averaged 2.30 receptions per game. Through LeSean McCoy’s four-plus seasons, he’s averaged 4.75 yards per carry, scored a rushing touchdown every 0.52 games and averaged 3.70 receptions per game. I'm not sure I find this that interesting. The thing that separates the great RBs from the good ones is consistency and longevity.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Sep 20, 2013 -> 05:51 PM) 10:00 on a warm night is not that crazy. The 2AM shootings of the 7 year olds are more questionable. At some point McCarthy or Rahm have to be taken to task on this. Who is going to protect the $100M park? Especially if parents/grandparents have odd work hours, they might not have better hours to spend time with them. Can't believe how every major function of the city has declined so much since Rahm has taken over. I guess biking is better.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 19, 2013 -> 07:02 PM) The Birdman got Catfished http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/miamiheat/...ly-complex-case This was pretty insane reading.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 20, 2013 -> 04:48 PM) Alex Smith!!! Ha, yeah, forgot the biggest parallel.

Cool guys, these aren't people. I suggest ridiculing them for being victims in a mass shooting.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Sep 20, 2013 -> 03:00 PM) So someone proposed this trade to me in a 2QB PPR league...Cam + Daryl Richardson for Big Ben + Trent Richardson. Obviously a huge upgrade at QB but I don't trust D. Richardson to start all year. Especially with Pead back now. I don't know the rest of your RBs but you'd be getting best player in deal IMO and that's usually worth it. Is Pead taken? Pick him up as your handcuff. Pead has never done anything to take the job from Richardson though. He's like David Wilson 2.0.

There are certainly a lot of parallels b/w Chiefs and 49ers. Chiefs stayed impossibly bad considering amount of talent on roster, much like 49ers. All it takes is an offense that can create more TOP and let that defense play more risky.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Sep 19, 2013 -> 06:27 PM) The USA is also made up of 50 states, many of which are much larger than Great Britain. So making cars insanely expensive to own is going to do some serious damage to the economy. I really don't understand this logic.

Highly recommend listening to that Jay Cutler show with Bennett. It was hilarious. I think it's still on ESPN.com/chicago

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Sep 19, 2013 -> 05:02 PM) Yea Trent being traded kinda screwed me over too. Thank god I have McCoy, but I have a few guys banged up (Lacy, D. Richardson, etc.) already. You have 4 starting RBs? yeesh, stop complaining.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Sep 19, 2013 -> 02:17 PM) Moreno. Should get a lot of touches in a presumed blowout. And most likely to score a TD. I have Ridley and Bradshaw too but fortunately they are only my RB3 and RB4. Someone just dropped Bilal Powell so if he passes through waivers I'm going to drop Bradshaw for him. I disagree. Cleveland will be throwing a lot this year. Not sure how you figure. They didn't trade away any pieces of their legitimately good to great defense, they made their already bad offense worse. I doubt they will be running more plays at all.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 10:48 PM) So I'd like to pick up McGahee since my backs are currently Foster, Jones-Drew and Bernard Pierce (14 team league) and I want some depth but I can't figure out which WR to drop out of Miles Austin, Josh Gordon and Eddie Royal (I also have Fitzgerald, Tavon Austin and Steve Smith) or whether I should even drop one for McGahee. Thoghts? I have a feeling Gordon's value went in the crapper.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 08:10 PM) I do agree that I wish he'd mentioned the World Series, but that's one thing Sox fans hang on to as well, similar to the Bears and '85. I honestly don't see a lot of Bulls fans reminiscing about the 90s, but the second someone even begins to describe LeBron as the best in the game, a Bulls fan will always preface it with "RIGHT NOW." Still, how many people hold Joe Crede and Aaron Rowand in high regard simply due to that World Series? They weren't bad players, but, if not for a World Series, they shouldn't be players that are celebrated forever. I think he really hurt his article by not mentioning that. (oh, and of course Deadspin wants hits - what website doesn't? - but they are merely about producing good articles, and that has fallen off to some extent in recent years, even if it is still one of my favorite sites) I'm not sure I agree that Bulls fans don't hold onto the 90s, but it certainly is different. I don't know, I think because a world series win seemed so impossible in Chicago that it holds a different type of reverence.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 05:14 PM) Glad everyone's a critic. Perhaps I should have pointed out this part and how accurate and spot on I felt it was Yes, there are some details in that paragraph that are surely incorrect, but it's pretty spot on and fits the Sox. I'm surprised negative reaction article article is getting. i thought it was pretty spot on. I came from a household that had AL loyalty and came from baltimore. So growing up we didn't have built-in history from parents that were there. I soaked in history of Bears, Bulls, Hawks pretty easily. Sox though, to me it's like they began in 1992 when I first consciously started watchin.g

QUOTE (ewokpelts @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 05:05 PM) Article written by a stupid. Also, I love how the writer implies that a well over a century old rail line and a super highway is an example of how white people like to be walled off from black people. I'm sorry to mods for direction this could take. But, there is much of Chicago political history and "urban renewal" that supports the authors take over yours. Chicagos neighborhoods aren't the way they are because of preference.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Sep 18, 2013 -> 05:59 PM) I know nobody cares but it might make some people feel better, had one of the more disappointing losses in my FF career. I was up 6 and still had AJ Green and Antonio Brown on MNF and I was going up against Cincys defense, ya I lost by 1. I think I would lose my goddamn mind if that happened to me. Actually yeah I think one time I was up 14 points with nobody left, and we have a single dplayer in our league. They had Darrelle Revis. I didn't even think about it, checked my phone, that day revis had a pick-6 and like 8 tackles and I had lost.

Yeah, totally agree. But the idea that chicago is more self conscious of their standing than say, St. Louis, is insane.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 17, 2013 -> 04:53 PM) Go for the vodka. You're f***ed. Actually it'll kinda just be like a normal week so far with Rice and MJD. Team is f***ed. Hopefully Mcfadden can keep it up and I can get a good performance from 3 WR. But i have no RB2 right now.

Man I'm also down Rice and Jones Drew. Should i go for J Rodgers? I picked up MJDs handcuff but against seahawks? Not sure they'll come close to scoring.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 17, 2013 -> 01:34 PM) Not really. Even if they win, they are not making the playoffs. Just not a very good football team. Agree with this. Still have a scary d for anyone to face. Can't allow mistakes on offense to turn into quick TDs like last week. However, this steelers offense is so bad, if we can't get our pass rush going against them they are hopeless.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 16, 2013 -> 08:13 PM) I think a big portion of why Ponder had it easy against the Bears is that the Bears were focused on not letting Peterson beat them. That said, they still need to get to the QB. I mean, that's pretty much every team vs. the vikes and yet Ponder still has horrible numbers against most all teams.