Hello everybody, welcome into Sports Talk Chicago.

Great to see all of you here with us from beautiful studios here in Chicagoland.

John Meadows is directing and producing.

We're live on YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook, and we have a huge guest hanging here with us tonight.

Good friend of the program, senior fantasy football writer over at CBS Sports and a contributor to fantasy football today.

Please welcome Dave Richard to the program, Dave.

It is great to see you. How are you?

I'm great, John. It's great to talk with you.

I was thinking just before I came on the air about how long we go back.

And I think it's pre-pandemic how long we've gone back. You can correct me if I'm

wrong. You're smarter than I am, so you would know for sure. But I remember you as a wee

taught in college. And now here you are doing this show still, still chasing your dream.

I love to see it. I pay attention to what

you do on social media. Recently reached out to you and Mike North when Pappy was on talking

with you about Chicago sports. Mike North holds a dear place in my heart. I'm a fellow Chicagoan.

I don't know if everybody knows that that's watching.

But I was listening to the score when they were on 820 and then at 1160.

And of course, now they're at 670.

And they were a huge influence in my life, just as I know that they were a huge influence in your life, John. I'm giving you a very long,

rambling answer to your question. I could have just said, I'm good. How are you? But I get excited

when we talk about football in Chicago and everything that comes along with it. So you're getting the

long-ass winded answer. Thank you very much.

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