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Fantasy Fix: Hoop Dreams Are Here

By Dan O’Shea

The NBA is set to start a 66-game season on Christmas Day, and I have to say this pleases me both as a basketball fan and as a fantasy basketball participant. The first seven or eight weeks of the season – like the first month or so of baseball season – have always been a mess of waiting for stars to get their butts in gear while trying to determine which fast starters are really flashes in the pan. With a shorter season this year, the top 50 fantasy players are really going to have to come out and show their stuff immediately.
This is not to say there won’t be bumps in the road. For example, we don’t yet know where free agents like Nene Hilario, David West and Tyson Chandler will land (the free agent signing rush is likely to start Dec. 9). There also have been question about the availability of players who signed contracts to play in China, like Wilson Chandler. The upcoming season will not be without surprises.
Here’s my early attempt at ranking the top 20 fantasy players:

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Posted on November 30, 2011

They Call Theo Epstein The Seeker

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“Newly signed GM for the Chicago Cubs comes back to Boston to throw down with Buffalo Tom and Mike O’Malley. Song: The Seeker. Event: Buffalo Tom’s 25th Anniversary show at Brighton Music Hall, 26 November 2011.”

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Posted on November 29, 2011

SportsMonday: Paging Kyle Orton!

By Jim Coffman

The kid is lucky the Bears didn’t sign Orton.
Everyone was going nuts last year (myself very much included) when the coaching staff left in way-past-his-expiration-date quarterback Todd Collins to lead a second straight ineffective possession against the Packers in the NFC Championship game. But there was Caleb Hanie still in there for the second half on Sunday during the Bears’ 25-20 loss to the Raiders after a grim first 30 minutes. Before the intermission he reminded us that there is ineffective (Collins last year) and there is willfully self-destructive.

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Posted on November 28, 2011

The Blue & Orange Kool-Aid Report: Thumb and Thumber

By Carl Mohrbacher

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
With Patrick Mannelly moved to the IR, the Bears’ chances of a deep playoff run are finished. The team will play out the string with Bobby Nohnayme, Andy A. Nonimus or some special teams imposter heaving the ball between their legs to Adam Podlesh.
We can only hope that the Broncos cut their backup long snapper and none of the 28 teams in front of the Bears in the waiver order take action.

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Posted on November 24, 2011

Fantasy Fix: Hanie, Orton McCown And The Pope’s Nose

By Dan O’Shea

UPDATED 11/24
I’ll get to my annual Pope’s Nose Awards in a moment.
First up, our own Chicago Bears are in the hunt for QB help. After Jay Cutler got injured last week, it looked like we were set to pick up the Legend of Caleb Hanie where we left off last postseason, when he almost won the NFC Championship Game. However, as of Tuesday night, it looked like the Bears were going to add just-released Kyle Orton Josh McCown to the mix.
It wasn’t clear as of this writing who the Bears plan on starting for the next four to five weeks, but in terms of fantasy value, neither Hanie nor McCown Orton has all that much to offer.

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Posted on November 23, 2011

SportsMonday: Rivers Down, Cutler Out

By Jim Coffman

Before we embark on a discussion of whether the fracture is in the distal or proximal phalange and whether collateral damage was done to the (ulnar) collateral ligament, attention must be paid to at least some of the details of the Bears’ fifth consecutive victory, the one that elevated them to 7-3 overall.
Jay Cutler’s broken thumb notwithstanding, this 31-20 victory over San Diego featured prominent players making memorable plays for good and for ill. Let’s start by shining a bright light on an extremely talented and particularly irritating opponent who is experiencing heaping helpings of comeuppance this fall.

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Posted on November 21, 2011

Meet Dale Sveum!

New Cubs Manager Knows Heads And Hitting

With a little help from Prince Fielder; a dorky kid and his dad; and some dude in his bedroom.
1. “His main thing is just making sure you feel good mentally.”

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Posted on November 18, 2011

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