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Chris Carr

Deputy Design Director for News

Phone: 612-673-4534

E-mail: cdcarr@startribune.com

Recent content from Chris Carr

  • The Fantasy Reality: Numbers racket
    Fantasy football advice from Chris Carr and Michael Rand that falls somewhere between fantasy and reality.
    Oct 15, 2009
  • The Fantasy Reality: Let sleepers lie
    Fantasy football advice from Chris Carr and Michael Rand that falls somewhere between fantasy and reality.
    Sep 10, 2009
  • The Fantasy Reality: Boom or bust?
    Fantasy football advice from Chris Carr and Michael Rand that falls somewhere between fantasy and reality.
    Sep 3, 2009
  • NFL fantasy reality: Stars look ready to take their best shots

    Dec 5, 2008
  • Fantasy reality: Trying to set the table for a fantasy feast

    Nov 27, 2008
  • The fantasy reality: And the Samkon Gado winner is ...

    Nov 7, 2008
  • The fantasy reality: Don't ask me. I just work here
    Up is down, left is right. Peyton's average. Eli's good. LenDale White can make it 80 yards without puking. Tight ends are worthless.
    Oct 26, 2008
  • Fantasy football: Backs will get back to scoring
    Five weeks left, folks. Say that to your favorite non-geek and you'll get a crooked look, but that's how we roll. Week 17? Pffft. Time to check out the remaining schedules. On the teams with friendly schedules you can find your final trade target or that perfect late-season pickup. The teams with rough roads, start only the studs. None of this analysis factors in the Patriots, who we are trying to ignore.
    Nov 22, 2007
  • Fantasy football: Did anyone see this coming?
    Is it 2008 yet? Has anyone else been very close to going Ron Artest on their remote control on Sunday afternoons? This season is so upside down, we've gone ahead and just planned on Priest Holmes finishing with 1,000 yards and 12 TDs. Owners atop their standings are winning weeks with guys such as Braylon Edwards and Derek Anderson and wondering when they're going to turn into pumpkins. And winless owners are trudging out the venerable fantasy line: "I still like my team better than anyone else's in our league!" This season has degenerated from weird to Bill Cowher-foaming-at-the-mouth crazy. Let's review the top scorers so far, along with our preseason thoughts, if only because we enjoy beating our heads repeatedly against the wall:
    Nov 8, 2007
  • Fantasy football: Tricks, treats, second-half stars
    We did it again. We ate all the candy and had to hide from trick-or-treaters on the living room floor with the lights off. Sitting in the dark is not where you want to be when you're looking into your crystal ball, so we can't give you the 100 percent money-back guarantee that usually comes with the Fantasy Reality. That won't stop us, however, from following last week's First-Half Fantasy Team with our sugar-fueled, live-from-the-living-room-floor Second-Half All-Fantasy Team prediction:
    Nov 1, 2007