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The Best Chicago Sports Arguments: The 100 Most Controversial, Debatable Questions for Die-Hard Chicago Fans
Every Chicago fan knows that the only thing better than watching sports is arguing about them-picking the best, the worst and who will come out on top. And no city tears its sports teams apart like we do in the Windy City! Veteran Chicago sportswriter John "Moon" Mullin takes you inside the 100 best debates in Chicago sports. Covering the Bears, Cubs, Sox, Bulls, Blackhawks and beyond, every question you want to debate is here-as well as a few surprises.
Arguments Who wins? Butkus vs. Payton. Sayers vs. Urlacher Who is the best Chicago announcer? Jack, Harry...or? NBA's best? Jordan's Bulls, Magic's Lakers or Bird's Celtics? Who really killed the '85 Bears? Was it just McCaskey? The Ultimate Bears Coach? Papa Bear or Da Coach? Who does Chicago most love to hate? A Piston, a Packer or one of our own?
Arguments Who wins? Butkus vs. Payton. Sayers vs. Urlacher Who is the best Chicago announcer? Jack, Harry...or? NBA's best? Jordan's Bulls, Magic's Lakers or Bird's Celtics? Who really killed the '85 Bears? Was it just McCaskey? The Ultimate Bears Coach? Papa Bear or Da Coach? Who does Chicago most love to hate? A Piston, a Packer or one of our own?
304 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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December 1, 2016
A book with arguments in the title is made to stir things up.
In most cases the author can make a justify a point or opinion.
You may not agree but there is some thought there.
The soccer chapter however is a waste of paper.
Mr Mullin says that those who disagree with his opinions will dismiss him as a lazy a arrival that doesn't get soccer,then proceeds to make the laziest effort possible.
Soccer does not involve any skill?
Try putting a pass to to a team mate's feet, in stride from 50 yards, under pressure.
Or getting the ball from Lionel Messi.
Or dribbling past defenders.
Beating a goalkeeper.
Having not bothered to watch top level international or European football /soccer he has no clue.
He says hitting a basketball hoop is more impressive because it is a smaller target. I appreciate basketball and the skill involved. But there is a counter argument that players are much closer and scores are regularly in the hundreds.
But I bet any such argument would fall on deaf ears.
And should anyone disagree with the arguments put forward in this book, simply look in the final pages at the section about the next generation of great Chicago athletes and read how the author says Cedric Benson is the next great Bears runner.
Does what it says on the tin.
In most cases the author can make a justify a point or opinion.
You may not agree but there is some thought there.
The soccer chapter however is a waste of paper.
Mr Mullin says that those who disagree with his opinions will dismiss him as a lazy a arrival that doesn't get soccer,then proceeds to make the laziest effort possible.
Soccer does not involve any skill?
Try putting a pass to to a team mate's feet, in stride from 50 yards, under pressure.
Or getting the ball from Lionel Messi.
Or dribbling past defenders.
Beating a goalkeeper.
Having not bothered to watch top level international or European football /soccer he has no clue.
He says hitting a basketball hoop is more impressive because it is a smaller target. I appreciate basketball and the skill involved. But there is a counter argument that players are much closer and scores are regularly in the hundreds.
But I bet any such argument would fall on deaf ears.
And should anyone disagree with the arguments put forward in this book, simply look in the final pages at the section about the next generation of great Chicago athletes and read how the author says Cedric Benson is the next great Bears runner.
Does what it says on the tin.
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January 19, 2022
It was entertaining but included a lot of opinions. I enjoyed it.
July 7, 2022
Good stuff
December 29, 2007
The book had some interesting topics and provided some Chicago sports history, but the arguments were often short, weak, and/or incomplete. This criticism, however, stems from the fact that my friends and I give long, detailed arguments when debating sports, which I realize a book under 300 pages can't provide. Overall, I would recommend this book to other Chicago sports fans because it at least raises some good topics.
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