Harry Chappas

Wait until you see the CCL Blue basketball schedule holy smokes.

Most important ability is availability and neither Rome or Luther showed this trait last year. That is the only risk here and a 2 is great get for that price. Kmet becomes more important with LT up in the air and Colson is WR3 but could be #1 target if Rome and Luther are not on the field.

The Bears and Indiana did exactly what they needed to do. I am still not certain this gets through the Illinois politics and passes. As long as Indiana keeps moving things along there is always a chance Illinois drops the ball.

Saw it around the holidays. Very interesting and sad how it unfolded as he seemed to be a good leader. Great cast

If the difference is a few million bucks even a couple hundred million I think the Bears stay. If it is a billion they would be fools not to move. The cash flow generation from a wholly owned entertainment district is a way off to top a billion and there are risks on that with the amount of debt they are taking on. Building something in Cook County has a good amount of risk and cost uncertainty that Indiana can better control. I'll leave it at that without getting political.

This is 100% on Illinois. Indiana was brought in when IL continued to play politics. The McCaskey's don't have the appetite to take on billions in debt. The cost to build in IN is 20% less than Cook County so the project will be a billion less if not more. If Indiana goes 50/50 there is more savings. The Bers budget on this project is $2B which if I were to guess is a loan through the NFL. The McCaskey's make enough revenue on the Bears to not need the entertainment district of AH. Now AH can develop that land without the Bears as the anchor tenant. Bears may make money in that development as well.

I am not a fan of Warren but this is fully on the state of Illinois over playing their hand and then the Bears finally looking at Indiana. I'd guess Indiana is going to throw up a couple new Hammond casinos/hotels not as large as the AH entertainment project but decent enough to draw some Chicago folks and pull from the New Buffalo casinos.

If we are looking at areas that need revenue generating activity in NE Illinois, the SE side of Chicago and SE suburbs could use an influx of development. If I am only looking at Chicago proper, Hammond makes much better sense to me than AH. Events in AH can be centered around AH, while events in Hammond can be driven through Chicago, if Chicago figured out how to properly work and improve the offerings. Why the original McCormick place is still in existence is mind boggling until you realize it is Chicago. Millennium and Grant Park are wasted opportunities as well as the loop circles the drain.

Yes my idea doesn't really take the cap into account. Moore may restructure but I think in the end he is the odd man out.

I still say Rome and something not a #1 for him. I am just not sold on Rome.

NOT AT 1-1

Missed relay luge but need to go find it. Snowboard cross is great.

How does not knowing the skillset of a player you traded for have no bearing? He literally did not know the player he traded for and admitted so on 4 separate occasions.

Somehow he had to have been told he was a switch hitter. Would he really make an assumption that he was. It is an odd mistake to make multiple times. Not knowing he was a switch hitter would have been an honest mistake as opposed to thinking he was a switch hitter when he is not. It's Getz so not surprising.

The skiing side bar graphic showing the map and other data is very cool. Drone coverage for certain sports is amazing.

I do not think the Indiana site is looking at an entertainment district.

Jumped on Illini and then lost when I started watching. Seem very long but defense is weak.

I love the oddity of the winter sports that I only need to see every 4 years. Curling, Luge, Biathlon, skiing. Not a fan of ice skating.

I was rather smitten by the Italian woman yesterday.

See, that is what I did not understand as I have never even seen a ski hill so good to know. Thanks

Something bugged me about that. She was given a spot over someone but I am not certain how that all works out but it seemed that there was a story there that was not being addressed. Maybe they couldn't change or were just deferring to her after all she has accomplished. Story was that the knee did not affect the fall but who knows.

Awesome ending to that and wow did Great Britain fall apart.

Elections in IL are joke. Nobody is losing their election as long at the teachers unions are properly catered to and they are. This is pure ego trip Warren v state legislators. Maybe George crumbles but the Indiana cost certainty outweighs the larger debt and Bears risk in Arlington Heights.

The Bulls are not changing. Maybe when AK's and Eversley's contract are up they go in a different direction by Reinsdorf is cool with .500 and a packed house.

The first thing was my initial shrug and thought it was a tad overblown. Then I read the bullets. Plenty of second person things on this and others that kind of warrant acknowledging. Frank Thomas should have gotten his own page and Dye should have have gotten a blurb about being on the World Series team. Anyone involved in that should not be involved in anything related to that kind of work again.