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And gentlemen, the matter from heaven for those of people who are still talking about sports,

people such as us, continues on.

And last night, we had episodes five and six of the last dance.

And I hope it's five and six out of 20 or 30, Bobby.

By the way, I'm going to throw this one.

We're going to run out in a couple weeks.

I don't know if you guys know this, but the Globe had an interview with the

Justin, Mr. Hare, the producer and he's a director

and director, excuse me, this thing is still not finished. He said that they, because of

the bump-up member was supposed to be originally going on in June during the finals or

after they rushed it into service very we're

very happy to say but the episodes nine and ten aren't done yet at least as of last week just so

you know and what do you think when they're getting all the funding they need at this point

well i'm just saying it's just interesting that i just thought i just that's a footnote so the big

dominant thing last night

Well I guess it's the gambling right it's the gambling funny hit we finally tackled the gambling and

Michael's Michael had a terrific explanation of himself I don't have a gambling problem I have a competition problem I have a competitive problem

But I don't have a gambling problem.

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