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The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #233: Bear Raid

By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes

Legion of Boom. Plus: The NFL Season In Review & Playoffs In Preview; Managers-In-Waiting; White Sox Sweepstakes; Bulls(hit) On Parade; and Blackhawks Actually Irrelevant.

SHOW NOTES

* 233.

* The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #232.

* No rest for the playoff wicked.

9:24: Magic Matt.

* Sports Illustrated: How The Bears Became Fun Again, One Knock At A Time.

* Army Leading The Charge In Football's 'Never Kick' Movement.

15:25: NFL Season Review.

* AFC East: The Patriots, Sam Darnold, Josh Allen, Miami's heat, and the Ghost of Jay Cutler.

* AFC West: The Chiefs, the Chargers, Phony Philip Rivers, Anthony Lynn, living and dying in LA, and those poor San Diegans.

* AFC North: Lamar Jackson, Mike Tomlin, Baker's Browns, and Marvin Lewis.

* AFC South: The Texans, the Colts, Illinois' Whitney Mercilus, and a lot of defense.

* NFC East: The Cowboys, home-field advantage, and Mitch Trubisky's intermediate passing game.

* NFC West: The Rams, the Seahawks, and Russell Wilson's sex life.

* NFC South: The Saints, Cam Newton, Matt Ryan, Jameis Winston, Ryan Fitzmagic's beard, and the Lovie-less Buccaneers

* NFC North: The Vikings, the Packers, Matt Patricia, Matthew Stafford, and of course the Bears.

51:40: NFL Playoff Preview.

* Andrew Luck vs. Deshaun Watson.

* Pete Carroll vs. America's Team.

* Offense vs. Defense.

* Matt Nagy vs. Doug Pederson.

56:39: Legion Of Boom.

Matt Nagy on the idea promoted by Chase Daniel for all of Soldier Field to do his "BOOM" before kickoff: "It might be pretty cool."
— JJ Stankevitz (@JJStankevitz) January 4, 2019

1:07:08: Manager(s)-In-Waiting?

* Mark Loretta vs. Mark DeRosa vs. David Ross.

* Tewks!

* The question-marky Cubs.

1:09:04: White Sox Sweepstakes.

* Harper and Machado!

1:11:45: Bulls(hit) On Parade.

* "Everything they're doing is wrong."

1:15:35: Blackhawks Actually Irrelevant.

STOPPAGE: 17:55

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The Ex-Cub Factor

By Steve Rhodes

Hello, Cleveland!

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Posted on Mar 21, 2019

The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #243: Bears Make Big Little Moves; Cubs Building A Mystery

By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes

Defense to get more aggressive, incur more penalties. Plus: The Cubs Did Not Respect 90 Last Year And No One Was Held Accountable; Budget Bullpen Breaks; New Rules, Fools!; Sister Jean Has Down Year; College Admissions' Side Doors; Duncan Keith, Biohacker; Alma Otter!; Puck Drop; and Schweinsteiger!

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Posted on Mar 15, 2019

College Admission Scandal Grew Out Of A System Already Rigged With 'Side Doors'

By Rick Eckstein/The Conversation

Those ensnared in the current criminal case - which alleges that they paid for their children to get spots on the sports teams of big-name schools - couldn't have succeeded if the college admissions process wasn't already biased toward wealthier families.

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