Illinois AG Lisa Madigan handed down her opinion on DFS. Where does that leave DraftKings and FanDuel in Illinois? We go over the latest DFS news and get you ready for Week 17 in fantasy football. The Chicago Football Fantasy Podcast, presented by your Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana Chevy Dealers. For fantasy news, analysis, and more, please visit ChicagoFootball.com Copyright © 2015 Shaw Media. All Rights Reserved. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-l...
Dec 29, 2015•33 min
In our holiday edition of the ChicagoFootball.com Bears podcast, Kevin and Arthur as briefly as possible recap Sunday's loss in Minnesota, then Robert Mays of the MMQB joins the show (13:28) to talk Kyle Long, Robbie Gould and even Fred Hoiberg. The guys then preview Bears-Bucs and another game against Lovie Smith before a major shifting of gears to discuss all-time favorite Christmas movies (38:51). We wrap the show with our game picks for Sunday. Will anyone pick the Bears? Tune in to find out...
Dec 23, 2015•51 min
It's Fantasy Football Championship Week! Listen as John Sahly, Arthur Arkush and JC Talon help get you ready for your fantasy football title games. They break down every game on the slate, give you their top waiver wire pickups and make a few bold calls for this week. The Chicago Football Fantasy Podcast, presented by your Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana Chevy Dealers. For fantasy news, analysis, and more, please visit ChicagoFootball.com Copyright © 2015 Shaw Media. All Rights Reserved. Bec...
Dec 22, 2015•38 min
Another week, another Bears podcast recapping a close loss, but don't worry, we kept it quick. Kevin interviewed Bears WR Josh Bellamy (12:31) talking about the best-dressed players on the Bears and what it's like to be out with Alshon Jeffery. The guys move on to previewing the Vikings with Mark Craig of the MInneapolis Star-Tribune (28:33). Kevin and Arthur reminisce about the last time the Bears were in MInnesota and then make their picks for Sunday's game. The ChicagoFootball.com Bears Podca...
Dec 16, 2015•49 min
It's fantasy football playoffs time! With the injuries to Andy Dalton and Thomas Rawls, we identify some top waiver wire targets. John Sahly, Arthur Arkush and J.C. Talon break down their top match-ups and sleepers for the week, and we break down Bears-Minnesota from a fantasy perspective. The Chicago Football Fantasy Podcast, presented by your Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana Chevy Dealers. For fantasy news, analysis, and more, please visit ChicagoFootball.com Copyright © 2015 Shaw Media. Al...
Dec 15, 2015•27 min
Another week, another weird, frustrating loss for the Bears that Kevin and Arthur recap. They quickly move on to Washington and preview Sunday's game with Brian McNally of 106.7 The Fan (3:22) then break down the matchup between a bad road team and a bad home team. The guys shift gears to talking about the NFL with Bleacher Report's Mike Tanier (39:13) and conclude with closer Hub Arkush discussing the Martellus Bennett news and making picks for Sunday's game. The ChicagoFootball.com Bears Podca...
Dec 09, 2015•1 hr 4 min
It's time for the fantasy playoffs! We get you ready with some of the top trends and a couple of our favorite waiver wire pickups. John Sahly, Arthur Arkush and J.C. Talon break down Bears-Washington from a fantasy perspective, and then give you our top plays at QB, RB, WR and TE. The Chicago Football Fantasy Podcast, presented by your Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana Chevy Dealers. For fantasy news, analysis, and more, please visit ChicagoFootball.com Copyright © 2015 Shaw Media. All Rights ...
Dec 08, 2015•25 min
The guys are back from Thanksgiving and talking about a Bears team in the playoff hunt. Arthur and Kevin are joined by Matt Barrows, 49ers beat writer for the Sacramento Bee (9:56), to preview Sunday’s game with the 49ers. After breaking down the matchup, Kevin talks with NBC 5 Sports’ Peggy Kusinski (32:43) about the Bears and her favorite John Fox’ism. The closer Hub Arkush joins the show at the end to talk about NFL officiating and then the guys make their picks for Sunday. The ChicagoFootbal...
Dec 02, 2015•53 min
Fire up your Chicago Bears in Fantasy Football this week? We say yes. John Sahly, Arthur Arkush and J.C. Talon get you ready for this week with our top waiver wire pickups and our top plays and sleepers in fantasy football. The Chicago Football Fantasy Podcast, presented by your Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana Chevy Dealers. For fantasy news, analysis, and more, please visit ChicagoFootball.com Copyright © 2015 Shaw Media. All Rights Reserved. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www....
Dec 01, 2015•24 min
Happy Thanksgiving, folks! It's our Turkey Day edition of the ChicagoFootball.com Bears podcast. Kevin Fishbain and Arthur Arkush briefly recap the loss to the Broncos, then talk bad NFL officiating and preview Bears-Packers with Yahoo Sports Shutdown Corner's Eric Edholm [16:55]. To get an in-depth look at the Packers, and talk about cheese curds and Brett Favre, the guys are joined by Wes Hodkiewicz of the Green Bay Press-Gazette [32:26]. The guys wrap up by talking about Thanksgiving traditio...
Nov 24, 2015•54 min
After an injury minefield of Week 11, Arthur Arkush and John Sahly get you ready for the next week of fantasy football. Who should you pick up off the waiver wire? They also break down Bears-Packers from a fantasy perspective, and give their top plays of the week. The Chicago Football Fantasy Podcast, presented by your Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana Chevy Dealers. For fantasy news, analysis, and more, please visit ChicagoFootball.com Copyright © 2015 Shaw Media. All Rights Reserved. Become ...
Nov 24, 2015•25 min
The Bears won...again! We briefly recap the throttling in St. Louis and move on to previewing the Broncos with Les Shapiro (10:51), long-time Denver radio and TV personality. We refuse to talk "playoffs," but do get some optimism from our guest Barstool Big Cat Dan Katz (37:01), as we discuss Jay Cutler's personality, J.J. Watt, Bears fans and much more. Kevin and Arthur wrap up the show with their picks for Bears-Broncos. The ChicagoFootball.com Bears Podcast, presented by your Chicagoland &...
Nov 18, 2015•35 min
What's a Brock Osweiler? John Sahly and Arthur Arkush get you ready for this week in fantasy football by talking about the latest in Daily Fantasy Sports, why Charcandrick West needs to be on your roster, breaking down the matchups in Bears-Broncos and identify our top plays for this week in fantasy football. The Chicago Football Fantasy Podcast, presented by your Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana Chevy Dealers. For fantasy news, analysis, and more, please visit ChicagoFootball.com Shaw Media ...
Nov 17, 2015•29 min
Arthur Arkush sits in for Kevin Fishbain as Kevin travels back from San Diego, following the Bears win over the Chargers 22-19. Arthur and Hub Arkush discuss Bears/Chargers looking at positives and negatives in the weekly "3 and Out" [3:55]. Howard Balzer of The Sports Xchange and foxsportsmidwest.com joins the guys [11:51] to talk Bears/Rams as well as the future of football. The guys close the show with a full preview to the week 10 matchup of the Bears and Rams. Become a supporter of this pod...
Nov 10, 2015•40 min
We're gearing up for the stretch run in fantasy football. Who are the guys who can have a second-half surge and propel your team to a championship? We also breakdown the fantasy implications for Bears-Rams and give you our top picks and sleepers for Week 10. The Chicago Football Fantasy Podcast, presented by your Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana Chevy Dealers. For fantasy news, analysis, and more, please visit ChicagoFootball.com Shaw Media © 2015. All Rights Reserved. Become a supporter of t...
Nov 10, 2015•31 min
Following another last-second loss, Kevin and Arthur try to bring some positive spins to Bears fans in their ever-so-brief recap of Sunday's game against the Vikings. Before you know it, they've moved on to the Chargers, another bad team with tons of injuries. Kevin and Arthur break down the Monday night matchup, and then we shift gears to the 2016 NFL Draft and talk to Chris Burke of Sports Illustrated [25:14] to preview some of the top QB and OLB prospects. The guys wrap up the show with their...
Nov 04, 2015•47 min
Did you survive Drew Brees this week? John Sahly, Arthur Arkush and J.C. Talon talk about who to pick up on the waiver wire after a slew of RB injuries this past week. They also get you set for next week with their top fantasy football plays for Week 9. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support ....
Nov 03, 2015•29 min
John Sahly and Arthur Arkush get you ready for this week in fantasy football with their top plays. Sahly also goes over the proposed Fantasy Contests Act bill in the Illinois General Assembly and how it affects DFS players. he Chicago Football Fantasy Podcast, presented by your Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana Chevy Dealers. For fantasy news, analysis, and more, please visit ChicagoFootball.com Shaw Media © 2015. All Rights Reserved. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.co...
Oct 28, 2015•20 min
We are back from our bye! OK, we didn't miss a podcast but we are refreshed from our Bears-free weekend. Kevin Fishbain and Arthur Arkush talked about how they spent the bye, recapped the Jeremiah Ratliff news and then moved on to the Vikings. Matt Vensel of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune joined them [12:09] for the "Behind Enemy Lines" segment and the guys broke down the matchup then made their picks for Sunday's Bears-Vikings game. The ChicagoFootball.com Bears Podcast, presented by your Chicago...
Oct 27, 2015•45 min
John Sahly and Arthur Arkush go over the latest news and notes and go through a game-by-game breakdown of Week 7 to help get you ready for this week in fantasy football. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support .
Oct 21, 2015•33 min
We attempt to answer the greatest existential question of our time — what, exactly, is a catch in the NFL? Kevin and Arthur recap Bears-Lions and are joined by Robert Klemko of the MMQB (15:58) to further discuss the controversial Golden Tate touchdown and get Robert's view of the Bears from a national perspective. Bears tight end Zach Miller (32:09) talks to Kevin about his favorite steakhouses in Chicago and Jay Cutler's dry humor, and then Hub joins the show to look ahead to the Bears' season...
Oct 21, 2015•52 min
Joe Ostrowski from 670 The Score joins host John Sahly to talk about the controversy in the Daily Fantasy Sports industry. They go over why the DraftKings' data leak questions still haven't been answered, what the lingering issues are, and what the sites need to do to fix it (fewer commercials is a start!). Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support ....
Oct 20, 2015•21 min
We promise we didn't rush our podcast in order to watch the Cubs. It's our job to bring you the best Bears analysis! Kevin Fishbain and Arthur Arkush recap the Bears' win over the Raiders and discuss the top plays from the game, then move on to the 0-5 Lions. Josh Katzenstein (17:33) of the Detroit News joins us to explain why the Lions are so bad. Kevin and Arthur break down the matchup on Sunday, then Bears D-lineman Ego Ferguson (33:43) joins Kevin to talk about seafood, his weight loss and h...
Oct 13, 2015•47 min
John Sahly, Arthur Arkush and JC Talon have some fun this week with a re-draft of the first round for the 2015 fantasy football season. How different does it look from six weeks ago? The three also talk about picking up Charcandrick West, and if Jay Cutler is a viable quarterback for fantasy football. Also, our picks of the week. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support ....
Oct 13, 2015•30 min
We have a win to talk about! Kevin Fishbain and Arthur Arkush recap the Bears' win over the Raiders — still in brief fashion, because we're always spinning it forward here at Chicago Football. We break down the 1-3 Chiefs and talk with Herbie Teope [20:35] of ChiefsDigest.com and the Topeka Capital-Journal to figure out, what's the deal with the Chiefs? Hub Arkush joins us to close the show, and we discuss his infamous Chiefs Super Bowl pick, the Cubs, Northwestern-Michigan and make our picks fo...
Oct 06, 2015•48 min
John Sahly, Arthur Arkush and J.C. Talon talk about the controversy in Daily Fantasy Sports and what it means going forward for the industry. They also talk rookie running backs and top plays for this week in fantasy football. For the very best in fantasy football news and analysis be sure and visit chicagofootball.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support ....
Oct 06, 2015•33 min
It's a special "trade everyone you can!" episode of our ChicagoFootball.com Bears podcast. Luckily, Ryan Pace can't trade our hosts, Kevin Fishbain and Arthur Arkush. They (as briefly as possible) recap the shutout loss in Seattle then turn the page to Oakland to preview a pretty good Raiders team. Jarvis Jenkins is our player interview this week [26:56]. What was his best move on the basketball court? What's his go-to for barbecue food in Chicago? Hub Arkush joins the show to close things out a...
Sep 30, 2015•46 min
John Sahly, Arthur Arkush and JC Talon review Week 3 and preview Week 4 in fantasy football. Is it time to panic if you're a Justin Forsett owner? How many Raiders is too many this week against the Bears? And Sahly says he's done with 1) Nick Foles and 2) Paying up for a QB and RB in DFS tournaments. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support ....
Sep 29, 2015•30 min
How did we get here? Kevin Fishbain and Arthur Arkush in extremely brief fashion recap how the Bears went to a competitive game with the Packers that gave fans hope to a blowout loss to the Cardinals and lots of panic. We turned the page to the Seahawks and previewed the matchup of two 0-2 teams in Seattle on Sunday with Liz Mathews (7:36) of ESPN 710 Seattle. Liz breaks down why the Seahawks are 0-2, and what to expect from Sunday’s game. Hub Arkush joins the show to help figure out if there is...
Sep 23, 2015•37 min
John Sahly, Arthur Arkush and JC Talon go over all of the injuries from Week 2 in the latest Chicago Football Fantasy Podcast. What do Tony Romo owners do? They also answer Twitter questions, including who is the No. 1 waiver wire pickup this week? Listen to this podcast for help in your season-long and DFS leagues. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/shaw-local-s-bears-insider-podcast--3098936/support ....
Sep 23, 2015•33 min
