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Clean the Boards

by Austin Barach, John Boyle

From hot takes to statistical and annecdotal evidence, a group of friends review and debate the recent events in the sports world, mostly the NBA. Cover art photo provided by Ian Simmonds on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@ihs_photo

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  1. How Real Are the Red Sox? Plus, a Celtics Check-in and a Great World Cup

    (0:00) Anthony's season-long optimism on the Red Sox versus John's pessimism, and Austin's in-between stances (14:45) Differences in opinions on the ceiling of the 2026 Red Sox and how that impacts the trade deadline (32:41) Seigler vs. Mayer, Story, Roman Anthony, and lasting Sox thoughts…

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  2. Jaylen Brown Traded to Philly

    With about a day to process a stunning deal, we talk through our feelings about Jaylen Brown no longer being a Celtic. Certainly some coping going on.

  3. Brutal Honesty About the Celtics Ahead of Game 7 vs. Philly

    (0:00) Initial feelings (4:52) Identity crisis, disappointing players, and lineups (9:48) Jaylen Brown (13:10) Coping, fears, and memory lane (18:26) Game 7 tomorrow night (24:45) Derrick White, plus more Jaylen frustrations (31:08) Other playoff teams (34:12) Preseason perceptions, more cope…

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  4. 2026 March Madness Preview!

    With Zach Kopelman and Luke Fain: (2:00) Recap of the NEC title game experience at LIU (5:18) Talking through our National Championship picks + other contenders: Florida, Arizona, Houston, Michigan, Duke, Purdue, etc. (38:10) Some Miami OH discourse (43:21) Personal dilemmas with the bracket...

  5. Super Bowl 60 Preview and Predictions, Plus NBA Trade Deadline

    Preopen: Bigger picture Pats fandom thoughts + Craig Woodson (6:52) NBA Trade Deadline Reactions: Boston, Cleveland, Washington, etc. (26:29) Belichick and Kraft Snubbed from the HOF (28:47) Sizing up the challenge that the Seahawks present (34:50) Updated Drake Maye ranking (37:27) The plan...

  6. Red Sox Back in the Playoffs, NBA Around the Corner, Football, Carlisle things, and More

    (0:00) Reviewing the regular season and September of the Red Sox and the emotions of another meeting with the Yankees (19:44) Al Horford no longer with the Celtics (26:30) Vibes of this year's Celtics team + the miserable Bulls (37:54) WNBA takes (48:40) Quick Drake Maye stuff (49:53) College...

  7. 2024 NBA Finals Preview

    (0:00) Running through non-NBA sports: the NHL, the WNBA, lacrosse, and NCAA baseball (6:44) Breaking down the storylines and matchups within the NBA Finals: the Luka dilemma, who defends who, the media anointing the best player in the world in recent years, the Mavs' crunch-time offense versus…

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  8. Reacting to the Celtics Down 3-0 in the ECF

    (0:00) Context (1:00) Celtics fans Bijan, Max, and Austin rant after midnight following the 128-102 loss in Game 3. Big picture and offseason talk included.

  9. Round One NBA Matchups, the Celtics' Outlook, and More

    (0:00) Contextualizing the episode (1:00) What Bijan and Austin make of the Boston Celtics Bulls-Raptors, Cavs-Knicks, Sixers-Nets The very intriguing Suns-Clippers and Kings-Warriors matchups West Play-In Other sports updates: The Masters, the Bruins, UFC, college basketball, and the Red Sox

  10. Down Goes Texas, UConn Rolls On, Parity in the Sport, and More

    Contextualizing the episode Austin and John vent about Texas Rohit on UCLA Drew Timme's future UConn's dominance and theories on it FAU and SDSU and why Austin likes the Owls and Rohit likes the Aztecs Big picture talk about parity in the NCAA Tournament Picking a bracket solely based on...

  11. 2023 March Madness Bracket Special

    (0:00) Contextualizing the episode (2:19) Big picture of the bracket and how open this year's tournament is (5:34) Going through the Alabama/South region (19:09) Going through the Houston/Midwest region (29:31) Going through the gauntlet of a Kansas/West region (38:44) Going through the…

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  12. Damar Hamlin, Week 18, Struggling Celts, D3 to D1 College Hoops, and TCU-Georgia; Plus, Steve Cohen Makes his CtB Debut

    (0:00) Contextualizing the episode (2:12) Damar Hamlin (24:35) NFL talk: the trending up Bucs, (36:12) the Pats in a win and in situation, (44:40) the 7 seed in the AFC and Brady rumors, (52:48) and the 7 seed in the NFC (56:08) The struggling Celtics and the surging Nets (79:11) College…

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  13. Our Top 20 Sports Moments of 2022, the NFL Playoff Picture, the Top Teams in the East, and More

    (0:00) Contextualizing the episode (1:11) AFC playoff picture and (8:21) the Chargers' outlook (13:29) Blind resumes for the mediocre teams fighting for the 7 seed in the AFC (26:48) The battle for the AFC South (31:07) The NFC: Packers, 49ers, Bucs, Cowboys, Eagles, and more (52:16) Assessing…

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  14. 3rd Annual Top 20 Sports Things that we're Thankful For, World Cup Fervor, the 6-4 Patriots, and More

    (0:00) We're back in studio. (1:35) Updates on our lives after more college experience (6:11) World Cup talk! Team USA, early upsets, sleeper teams, putting on for your country, champion picks, and more (30:47) The state of the Patriots and their playoff chances (48:11) The Celtics and other NBA...

  15. Strong Start for the Celts, Patriots' Mediocrity, College Hoops is Back, and More

    (0:00) Open segment contextualizing the episode (0:34) Austin's pick to win the 2023 men's college basketball National Championship (11:39) Assessing the Patriots (21:54) Bucs' struggles and other NFL teams (29:19) The Celtics' 6-3 start (43:00) Bulls talk; the Kyrie drama (51:08) Astros win the...

  16. MLB Playoffs Preview and Mets Optimism

    (0:00) Intro segment contextualizing the episode (2:07) Wild Card preview, predictions, and more with Ryan Grace and Anthony Scichilone (35:26) First-time CtB guest Jordan Leonard on the Mets (52:00) First-time CtB guest Luke Fain on the Mets, but with some different angles

  17. 2022 NFL Season Preview: Predicting the Playoff Teams

    (0:00) Contextualizing this episode... (1:57) Predicting our seven AFC playoff teams (brief discussion about Logic from 33:46-34:56) (40:24) Predicting our seven NFC playoff teams (Bears talk with Jacob White from (54:38-61:34) (71:19) Super Bowl picks

  18. The 4th Annual Sports Jeopardy Special

    (0:00) Open segment that contextualizes the episode (2:25) Quick hits on eight sports stories (9:29) The main thing: sports (and some non-sports) trivia. Little over an hour here. Ridiculousness ensues.

  19. Football! Various NFL and College Topics

    (0:00) Open: observations from Pats camp on 8/1 (2:19) John and Anthony debate NFL topics, including: Chiefs without Hill versus Packers without Adams, the Bills, the loaded AFC West, Justin Herbert, no OC or DC in New England, Kyler, Julio, the NFC North, Baker, the Commanders, and the state of...

  20. Winners and Losers of the NBA Offseason; Plus, Conference Realignment and 'Stranger Things'

    (0:00) Contextualizing the episode (0:43) Open #1: Conference realignment and what it means for Syracuse (3:51) Open #2: 'Stranger Things' takes (8:05) NBA Offseason Winners and Losers, including the Jazz-Timberwolves trade, the Lakers, the Celtics, small guards for Portland, Jabari Smith Jr.,...

  21. Celtics-Warriors Finals Preview; Plus, Dhani Joseph on the Emotions of Game 7

    (0:00) Open segment contextualizing the episode (1:00) Celtics-Warriors Finals preview (22:00) Series predictions (26:16) ESPN Deportes (27:09) Favorite Celtics players from 2013-14 to 2016-2017 (34:41) Mystics PSA (35:36) Maryland-Cornell MLAX Championship (36:57) NHL Playoffs update SEGMENT 2...

  22. Conference Finals Previews: Celtics-Heat and Mavericks-Warriors

    (0:00) Open segment contextualizing the episode (1:00) Celtics triumph against the Bucks (3:09) Celtics-Heat ECF Preview (25:11) Mavs-Warriors WCF Preview, plus some Suns slander (46:56) Recap of our Conference Finals predictions (47:21) NBA Draft lottery...

  23. Celtics-Bucks Post-Game 1 Thoughts, Other NBA Series', and More

    (0:00) open segment contextualizing the episode (1:30) In-depth Celtics-Bucks Game 1 thoughts and takeaways and our outlook for Game 2/the series (29:19) Warriors-Grizzlies thoughts (34:50) Suns-Mavs thoughts (37:49) Heat-Sixers thoughts and where Bijan ranks Harden now (44:37) Pats draft and the...

  24. NBA Playoffs Round One Previews and Predictions; Plus, the CtB 1v1 Tourney

    (0:00) open segment previewing the episode (1:13) Celtics-Nets (29:16) Sixers-Raptors (40:53) Bucks-Bulls (47:23) Hawks-Cavs and the Heat series (51:41) Grizzlies-Timberwolves (60:03) Warriors-Nuggets (65:06) Mavs-Jazz (72:21) Pelicans-Clippers and the Suns series (78:29) Conference Finals picks...

  25. Final Four Preview, Celtics' Seeding, World Cup Draws, and More

    Open segment Rohit and Austin discuss the storylines and individual matchups of the Final Four before predicting the winners of Villanova-Kansas and of course, Duke-UNC Bijan joins to discuss Group B of the World Cup, the Boston Celtics, and more

  26. Sweet 16 and Elite 8 Preview, First Weekend Recap, and More

    (0:00) Open segment laying out the plan for the episode (1:00) Biggest takeaways, lessons learned, and bracket frustrations through the first weekend (10:07) Macro-level thoughts on the Sweet 16/remaining field (15:25) Going through the West region: Gonzaga, Arkansas, Duke, Texas Tech (31:16)…

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  27. CtB Special: The 2022 March Madness Bracket

    (0:00) Open segment that contextualizes the episode (0:59) Going through the Gonzaga/West region (11:46) Going through the Arizona/South region (20:11) Going through the Kansas/Midwest region (29:59) Going through the Baylor/East region (41:36) Elite Eight, Final Four, and Championship picks

  28. Ranking and Debating Our Top 10 Teams in College Basketball

    (0:00) Open segment contextualizing the episode (3:00) John interrupting: Memphis and then somehow being wrong about when the Big Ten tourney is (4:42) Ranking each of our top 10 teams (9:24) Debating Baylor (14:39) Debating Arizona, plus John pivoting to talk about Illinois (19:58) Debating...

  29. Bengals-Rams Super Bowl Storylines, Props, and Predictions; Plus, Bengals Fan Cole Siefer

    (0:00) Open segment contextualizing the episode (1:37) SB Storylines and general thoughts (6:21) Unfinished business (10:20) Joe Burrow being a winner, Matthew Stafford's story, and Aaron Donald (15:35) Prop bets, including way too much time debating the coin toss! (28:21) Winner and score...

  30. The Tom Brady News, Conference Championship Previews, and College Basketball

    (0:00) Open segment contextualizing the two-part episode; plus, Syracuse beats Wake Forest (2:15) PART 1: Reacting to the news of Tom Brady's (ostensible) retirement (25:50) PART 2 begins (26:12) 49ers-Rams preview and predictions (40:24) Bengals-Chiefs preview and predictions (47:46) Intriguing...

  31. The Buffalo trip: Pats get Routed by the Bills

    (0:00) Open segment recapping the environment and game in Orchard Park (5:44) The 6-minute recap of the Patriots' embarrassment from the hotel in Buffalo at 1 a.m.

  32. Pats Lose in Miami, Looking Ahead to the Wild Card, Fantasy Championships, and More

    (0:00) Contextualizing the episode and recapping Chargers-Raiders (recorded right before the Flores firing) (2:59) Patriots-Dolphins recap and analysis, plus looking ahead to the New England Wild Card matchup (recorded during LAC-LV) (20:00) Off the cuff thoughts on the known Wild Card matchups...

  33. The Top 25+ Sports Moments of 2021, an NFL Blind Resume Game, an NBA Name Game, the Pats, and More

    (0:00) Open segment on contextualizing the episode (2:52) Pats lose to the Bills... and then (8:07) Power ranking the top of the AFC/Steelers confidence? (12:21) NFL contenders blind resume guessing game (28:34) The Top 25 Sports Moments of the year, plus lots of honorable mentions (top 5 from…

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  34. 'Squid Game' Thoughts; Plus, College Basketball is Back

    (0:00) Intro segment that includes about 15 minutes on college basketball. Also some housekeeping and NBA notes (19:41) Talking about the Netflix show 'Squid Game'

  35. 4th Annual NBA Preview Show, Part 2/2: The West + Awards

    (0:00) Intro segment (5:00) Revealing our non-playoff team, 15-9 (8:37) Debating the major differences with our non-playoff teams (17:21) Revealing our playoff teams, 8-1 (21:13) Debating the major differences with our playoff teams Western Conference teams that were talked about the most:...

  36. 4th Annual NBA Preview Show, Part 1/2: The East

    (0:00) Intro segment (3:00) General issues with the NBA today (5:26) Revealing last year's prediction results (9:18) College football Here we go... (11:22) Revealing our non-playoff teams, 15-9 (13:05) Debating the major differences with our non-playoff teams (25:15) Revealing our playoff teams,...

  37. Brady's Highly Anticipated Return to Foxboro, Other Week 4 Games, NBA Ramping up, and College

    (0:00) Intro segment, including growing up being a Pats/Tom Brady fan... (4:49) CtB birthdays and (5:17) Teasing the Brady return to Gillette... (6:55) Setting the stage for TB-NE: Takeaways + observations from the Pats' first three games and (15:05) Bucs takeaways + observations this season...

  38. 2021 NFL Season Preview, Part 2/2: Predicting the Seven Playoff Teams in Each Conference

    (0:00) Intro segment Revealing our AFC Playoff teams from the 7 seed to the 1 seed (2:50) most talked about teams: Patriots, Broncos, Ravens, Browns, and Bills Revealing our NFC Playoff teams from the 7 seed to the 1 seed (30:49) most talked about teams: 49ers, Seahawks, Cowboys, Rams, Packers…

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  39. 2021 NFL Season Preview, Part 1/2: Steelers, Broncos, and 49ers

    (0:00) Intro segment Zach Kopelman previewing the Pittsburgh Steelers season (1:16) Big Ben, the new OC, the defense, a bunch of depth guys, potential QBs of the future, going through the schedule, and much more Richie Kuty previewing the Denver Broncos season (24:25) Teddy Two-Gloves vs. Lock…

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  40. CtB Special: 3rd Annual Sports Jeopardy

    (0:00) Intro segment on all the context that you might want to know about this episode (6:00) Explaining the Jeopardy show rules/getting set up (8:41) Jeopardy, just under 59 minutes of it here. NSFW. Good stuff. 37+ diverse trivia questions from our 5 participants. (67:33) An official foe of the...

  41. CtB Special: CC Baseball Season in Review

    (0:00) Intro segment Coach Hernandez part (2:00) Notable memories from the season, Senior Night, our 1-2-3 with Liam, Nick, and Ryan, Matt and Curley's pitching ability, how coach and Tony met, impressive home runs, food, internal excitement about Ryan stepping into the box, how to deliver a...

  42. Bucks-Suns Game 5 Anticipation and Series Thoughts/Takeaways; plus, Coach Kilian

    (0:00) Intro segment (1:19) Thoughts on Coach Kilian... (10:42) Bucks-Suns Finals talk: assessing each of our Finals predictions through four games, concerns for the Suns, concerns for the Bucks, Chris Paul legacy stuff, our predictions for the pivotal Game 5 and the series, gambling stuff,...

  43. Suns-Bucks NBA Finals Preview and More

    (0:00) Intro segment (2:00) Rundown of NBA things that have happened since our last show and (4:53) NBA Finals things to know/setting the scene Bijan part (8:25) The Clippers and Ben Simmons and the 76ers (20:20) Suns-Bucks Finals preview, including the play of DeAndre Ayton, who the Suns are…

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  44. NBA Playoffs First Round Matchups, Play-in stuff, and More

    (0:00) Intro segment on the Bruins Game 3 win, Western Conference play-in games, the Red Sox, CC baseball, and more (6:32) Reacting to the Celtics' play-in win vs. the Wizards and looking ahead to the Nets series (16:31) Clippers ducking the Lakers (17:45) Predicting Sixers-winner of...

  45. CtB Special: CC Baseball Preview with Ryan and Roman

    (0:00) Intro segment on Terrence Clarke and the outline of this special show (2:59) Preview of the CC baseball season with a captain of the team and Quinnipiac commit, Ryan Grace (19:47) Preview of the CC baseball season with another captain of the team and Saint Anselm commit, Roman Ercoli…

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  46. CtB Special: Everything CC Ball. A Recap of the Years in the Program and an Interview with Coach Cohen

    (0:00) Intro segment (2:30) Announcing the CC ball 2021 starting lineup with the hype song "Sirius," the early camp days at the old high-school, Coach Williamson, rec league memories, 7th-grade travel team memories, Joncas and 6-inches, a letter from 7th-grade Austin about wanting to go the 2016...

  47. The Venting on the Under .500 Celtics Episode; Plus, NFL Offseason Stuff, NBA notes, and More

    (0:00) 7 min-40 sec intro segment on notes for the Nets, Wizards, Raptors, and Bulls; also some technicality notes for the main part of the show (9:08) Tiger Woods car crash reaction, plus Bobby Shmurda out of prison (12:23) Celtics venting: Ainge and Stevens frustrations, Nesmith in crunch time,...

  48. CC Ball in the Ship, State of the Celtics, Nets notes, Bulls talk, the Jazz's legitimacy, Draymond's comments, College Basketball, and More

    (0:00) 8 min, 30-sec intro segment mostly on CC ball in the DCL Large Championship/team of destiny vibes (8:38) Celtics frustrations... (27:03) Nets notes from the Kings and Suns games... (32:36) A longer than usual Bulls update into a (36:02) discussion for some of the final All-Star spots in…

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  49. Bucs-Packers Fallout, SB Storylines, Celtics Frustrations, NBA Updates, and More

    (1:32) Bucs beat the Packers: Game summary, the 3rd & 8 and 4th & 8 decisions by Rodgers and LaFleur, the controversial PI, and Rodger's legacy and what "talent" means (26:20) Chiefs throttle the Bills (27:50) Super Bowl storylines, including Brady and Mahomes legacy and resume stuff (49:02)...

  50. Top 30 Sports Moments of 2020, NFL Wild Card Scenarios, Jayson vs. Jaylen, Things we Want to Happen in 2021, and More

    (2:02) NFL Week 17 Playoff Scenario Madness, plus a tangent at (13:51) for John's trivia question (23:31) Jayson Tatum vs. Jaylen Brown so far this season, plus revisiting the Harden thing for the Celtics (39:58) NBA Trivia: Fun way-too-early-to-be-legitimate stats (44:44) Our collective top 30...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

From hot takes to statistical and annecdotal evidence, a group of friends review and debate the recent events in the sports world, mostly the NBA. Cover art photo provided by Ian Simmonds on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@ihs_photo

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Austin Barach, John Boyle

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