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This coming season, the Chicago Bears will face off against the Los Angeles Rams for the fourth year in a row. Last year, it didn’t exactly go the way Chicago wanted.

The Bears were dominated in every sense by the Rams in late October, as Los Angeles won by a score of 24-10. Chicago didn’t even score an offensive touchdown in this one.

At one point during the game, though, Bears wideout Darnell Mooney looked like he was about to make an enormous play. The Bears were beginning a drive right around their own 5-yard line and nearly went 95 yards in one play. You can see a clip of the play here.

Mooney shook Rams corner Jalen Ramsey and was wide open, sprinting down the outside of the field. Unfortunately, Nick Foles overthrew Mooney by a mile and it fell incomplete. If the pass would have been on target, Mooney scores on a lengthy play.

Chicago Bears fans won’t let Jalen Ramsey forget that play.

Over the last few days, Bears fans have been chirping at Ramsey on social media. They are using the clip of Mooney running past Ramsey to try and get under Ramsey’s skin. Well, it’s safe to say they have done just that, because Ramsey’s recent Instagram story revealed some frustration.

“Can’t wait til week 1 so all these lame a** Bears fans can stfu about they number 2 wr … it’s funny kus they know better too”

Ramsey included a few laughing emojis here and there in his story as well, but you get the point. He is clearly sick of all the talk about that play that never really meant anything in the end, anyways.

The end of that short post obviously insinuates that Bears fans know better than to try and throw Ramsey off his game. After all, he is arguably the best cornerback in the NFL and not a guy you want playing angry.

Nonetheless, it makes for some excellent bulletin board material and motivation for Mooney throughout the summer. Any coach or player will tell you that, once they get the official schedule, they already begin preparing for that Week 1 opponent just a little more than others.

Mooney will have a lot to think on over the summer as he gets ready to take on Ramsey and that vaunted Rams defense in prime time. Who knows, maybe Mooney even has a certain rookie quarterback throwing to him that night?

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By Tiffany Grant,
today at 8:24 am

As I walked through the park, I observed a colony of gulls whaling viciously as they ripped through a paper bag and Styrofoam container to get to scraps from someone’s meal that landed on the ground rather than in its proper place – the nearby trash can. A scene like this is familiar, and I’ve seen it plenty of times before especially in parking lots. But this time was different. I couldn’t help but notice one gull off to the side who for whatever reason decided not to participate in the feeding frenzy.

What did this one gull know that made him decide not to engage in the battle? Had he eaten already and was full? Did he realize that not every gull in the circle would fly away with food and that only the most savage of the colony would dominate? Did he want to wait for the next feeding opportunity? Or was it simply not his turn? Do you have enough restraint to be the one to stay out of this round even when everyone else is inside fighting for a meal ticket? Do you have enough faith to know that you won’t starve? Do you dare to be different and watch from the sideline alone? Only you know when you’re hungry! Just because everyone else is going at it, doesn’t mean you should too. Eat when you’re hungry!

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Patricia Deates went to the hospital Tuesday morning prepared to say a “final goodbye” to her 13-year-old son, one of the youngest victims of a violent weekend in Chicago.

“Eric is a wonderful, bright child,” Deates said from her son’s bed at Stroger Hospital.

Within hours, Eric Crawford was dead after being removed from life support, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was about to enter eighth grade, and loved to ride his bike and play video games, Deates said. He had two siblings.

Eric was riding his bike when he was shot about four blocks from his home in McKinley Park Sunday morning.

Someone in the back seat of a white SUV opened fire shortly before 8 a.m. in the 3700 block of South Wood Street, a police spokesperson said. He was hit in his head and neck and taken to Stroger, where his condition was described as “grave.”

Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said the shooting may have been a gang retaliation.

“The subject was riding his bike when it looks like a rival gang was following him and targeting him, and shot him and fled the area,” Deenihan said Monday at a news conference on the weekend, the most violent of the year so far.

He did not give details, and the family disputed that Eric was in a gang.

Deates told WGN-TV that Eric was not in a gang, though gang members had been trying to recruit him. “Yes, they have. And I blame them. Every single one of them,” she told the station.

On a GoFundMe page, the family said Eric was “in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

They said Eric was trying to cope with his grandfather having just been taken to the emergency room. ”Eric is a loving, caring child,” they said.

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Two people were killed and 12 others wounded in shootings Tuesday in Chicago, including a 16-year-old boy who was shot to death in the East Side neighborhood.

Officers found Leonardo Lee on the front porch of a home in the 3300 block of East 109th Street about 2:55 a.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

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Anyone who expects Jonathan Toews to make up nine standings points is delusional. He is amazing but this team is not good enough at full strength. The depth is very weak and it isn’t getting better any time soon. They need to actually rebuild the roster which is going to be a painful process. In fact, and some people aren’t going to want to hear this, but it is time to trade Patrick Kane while they can still get a lot for him.

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The girl was sitting in a passenger seat of a vehicle about 1:50 a.m. in the 2200 block of South Albany Avenue when someone fired shots, Chicago police said.

She suffered a graze wound to the head and was taken to Hinsdale Hospital by her family, police said. She was later transferred in good condition to Loyola University Medical Center in Hines.

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Bernard Barry, of Lawndale, was arrested in his home hours after he allegedly shot and killed Tyran Evans, 42, in the 300 block of North California Avenue, Chicago police said.

Evans was standing outside about 3:05 p.m. when Barry allegedly drove by and fired shots from inside the vehicle, police said.

The 42-year-old was shot in the abdomen and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Barry was charged with one felony count of first-degree murder, according to police.

He is due back in court Wednesday.

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