As a Rugby sir, I have no idea why this is allowed in soccer. A player even getting in the referee’s face in Rugby is usually an automatic red, but for some reason in soccer the referees are expected to take it.

The trend of crowding and haranguing the referee needs to stop immediately. FIFA should instruct all of the pro leagues that only captains are allowed to talk to the ref and that anybody who touches the referee (outside of maybe a tap on the shoulder) is given a red card. Bonus suspension for repeat offenders.

I (a lifelong Chicagoan) hear you, and these are fair points, especially Shaw’s face. (But not Toews, that shit is genuine drabness. Many all-time great athletes share an incredible lack of charisma, personality and non-professional interests, including at least one prime example from the Wings, discussed below.)

... we should all wish to be half as “crushingly boring” as he is

It was a long, tough road to get to this point for the Blackhawks. There were many years during the drunk old man Wirtz days where the Hawks were probably to worst sports franchise in all the major sports. I think Sports Illustrated gave them that title.

I’d feel bad for Noah, because Jones seems committed to kicking his ass. However, he can easily hide from Cardale by taking refuge in one of Ohio State’s many academic buildings.

Might want to investigate what that whooshing noise was.

Counter-Counterpoint: Mike Miller.

Asking one of the most self aggrandizing tools in Chicago sports journalism if he's even a journalist. +1 for Forte

David Kaplan is a Grade-A dipshit.

How does he still have any sort of platform to spew his garbage?!

It's well known among people in the Chicago area who watch CSN that Kaplan is the biggest douche in Chicago sports media.... And we have a lot of them

I knew this would involve David Kaplan. I knew it.

It’s going to be so satisfying to watch when someone eventually beats the shit out of him.

This is about the Bulls, not the Cubs.

Venturas, ranked:

Yeah, I am a Cubs fan, but it really annoys me how overly excited the crowd gets sometimes. The can be up 7-6 in the ninth inning, with a 32-50 record in July, and the crowd gets up like it’s the World Series. And they go “ohhhh” when the umpire calls a ball. It’s embarrassing really.

It cannot be said enough. Drew's rankings were not only annoying but so fucking wrong.

PREDS BLOW 3 GOAL LEAD, PROCEED TO COMPLAIN ABOUT GETTING HOSED BY OFFICIATING