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Alan Goldsher
@alangoldsher.bsky.social
🏈Sportswriter
📚Celeb ghostwriter
🎸Bass plucker
🎵Gold Note Records CEO
🏀ChicagoSportsStuff.substack.com Editor-in-Chief
📕Bestselling novelist
🎙️Podcaster
😀Nice dude.
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Today on Chicago Sports Stuff: "Non-Sports Week, Day 3: The Best and Worst Bass Lesson Ever"
Non-Sports Week, Day 3: The Best and Worst Bass Lesson Ever
How Ray Brown made me feel awesome, then moronic, all in the span of one second.
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"Non-Sports Week, Day 2: KER-PLOP! THWACK! ZLONK!: Celebrating Batman’s 60th Anniversary"
Non-Sports Week, Day 2: KER-PLOP! THWACK! ZLONK!: Celebrating Batman’s 60th Anniversary
Next year, it'll be six decades since Adam West swung his way onto your TV set. Holy time flies!
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Today on Chicago Sports Stuff: "Non-Sports Week, Day 1: Donald Trump Saw Me Play Bass. He Wasn’t Impressed."
Non-Sports Week, Day 1: Donald Trump Saw Me Play Bass. He Wasn’t Impressed.
In 1994, Donald Trump hated my music. But I don't like his either, so I guess we're even.
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
December 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Today on Chicago Sports Stuff: "The Best of Good, Better, Best: A Ben Johnson Megamix"
The Best of Good, Better, Best: A Ben Johnson Megamix
Chicago head coach Ben Johnson delivers the best freakin' Bears victory speeches since George Halas. Here they are in one convenient location
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today on Chicago Sports Stuff: "📚 The Best Sports Books of 2025 📚"
📚 The Best Sports Books of 2025 📚
Somehow, some way, I found the time to actually read this year. Whoda thunk?
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Today on Chicago Sports Stuff: "The Greatest Chicago Bears Fantasy Football Seasons Ever
The Greatest Chicago Bears Fantasy Football Seasons Ever
Let's hop into our time machine and revisit Bears fantasy seasons past — no matter how painful it may be.
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Today on Chicago Sports Stuff: "Hey, You Didn't Think the 2025 Bears Would Be Good, Either"
Hey, You Didn't Think the 2025 Chicago Bears Would Be Good, Either
Here's some of the stupider shit I've written about the Bears over the last six months. At the time it was published, you agreed with me — but you were smart enough not to Substack it.
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Today on Chicago Sports Stuff: "Our 500th Column: The Greatest NFL Fantasy Football Performances Before NFL Fantasy Football Was a Thing"
Our 500th Column: The Greatest NFL Fantasy Football Performances Before NFL Fantasy Football Was a Thing
Nobody was playing modern fantasy football in, say, 1976. But statistics existed, so here we are.
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today on Chicago Sports Stuff: "Bears Nice Tweets"
Chicago Bears Nice Tweets
Bears Twitter (we'll never call it X) went nutsy-cuckoo over the Monsters' Week 11 walk-off dub in Minnesota. You want proof? We got proof.
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If you're getting your health insurance via the Marketplace, what's the approximate percentage your premium will increase between 2025 & 2026. If we stick with our current plan, we're looking at 59%. We can switch to a garbage plan & our premium will remain more or less the same.
November 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Today on Chicago Sports Stuff: "CSS Mailbag: Swiftly, We Roll Along."
Chicago Sports Stuff Mailbag: Swiftly, We Roll Along
You asked. We answered. You're welcome.
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A Chicago Sports Stuff special: "💯💯💯 Coming Soon: Our 500th Post 💯💯"
💯💯💯 Coming Soon: Our 500th Post 💯💯
To celebrate 500 columns of varying quality, I want to hear from you!
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Today on Chicago Sports Stuff: "NFL Fantasy Football, Week 11: Eight Start Candidates to Consider"
NFL Fantasy Football, Week 11: Eight Start Candidates to Consider
Should you think about inserting Tua Tagovailoa into your fantasy lineup? Shockingly, yes.
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today on Chicago Sports Stuff: "4 Reasons the Chicago Bulls Don't Stink Plus 1 Stinky Move"
4 Reasons the Chicago Bulls Don't Stink Plus 1 Stinky Move
The 2025-26 Chicago Bulls are pretty dang good. But they could've been better.
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Today on Chicago Sports Stuff: "I Ran This Column Last Month, and I Like It, and I'm Posting It Again, So There."
I Ran This Column Last Month, and I Like It, and I'm Posting It Again, So There
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: My Substack, my rules.
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Tuesdays mean two things:

-Tacos

-My 2000-word Start 'Em Sit 'Em piece for PrizePicks.

www.prizepicks.com/playbook-art...
Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em, NFL Week 11: Tua Time? Yep. Cam Ward Time? Not So Much.
Resurgent Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa and flailing Titans signal caller Cam Ward headline our Start ‘Em Sit ‘Em for NFL Week 11.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Today on Chicago Sports Stuff: "11 Fantasy Football Questions With PrizePicks' Christian Hardy."
11 Fantasy Football Questions With PrizePicks' Christian Hardy
The sports betting maven and Dallas Cowboys loyalist gets the Chicago Sports Stuff treatment.
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
November 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Today on Chicago Sports Stuff: "Fantasy Football Fun From Former NFL Quarterback: Q&A With Steve Beuerlein."
Fantasy Football Fun From Former NFL Quarterback, Steve Beuerlein
Y'all, we have a legit athlete in the house.
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Today on Chicago Sports Stuff: "Fantasy Football Q&A With Nando di Fino from Matthew Berry's Fantasy Life "
Fantasy Football Q&A With Nando Di Fino
One of fantasy sports' most expert-y experts reveals all...about Caleb Williams and Rome Odunze.
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today on Chicago Sports Stuff: "12 Fantasy Football Questions With @DavidBearman."
12 Fantasy Football Questions With David Bearman
More Q&A's with more fake pigskin experts.
chicagosportsstuff.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM