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Hello and welcome.

It's our number two, our number two of our radio program. And it's a throwback to the 1990s, the Chicago Bulls, the drama-orama, as Scotty Pippin goes on a bruise cruise, selling bourbon and unloads.

We react and parse the words of Scotty Pippen, painting with a broad brush that Phil Jackson is a racist.

We react to those words and also Scotty Pippen dragging Kobe Bryant's name into this as well. It's coming your way, including a reveal later in the hour of a well-known caller to the

Mallor Militia who's in jail right now.

You'll only hear that here in hour number two.

Well, that escalated quickly.

Welcome in the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mallor show.

We are together in the air everywhere as we

search for a kernel of truth, coast to coast, border to border, and beyond on the vast and

extremely powerful microphones of FSR emanating live. From behind the wheel wheel as we drive in the fast lane here,

the Fox Sports Radio Studios, and we are back at it again this hour, and our lead coming

from a throwback to the 1990 Chicago Bulls.

Of course, we can't talk about the current bulls. They're both dull and

boring. So instead,

we go back in the hot tub

time machine to the glory days of the

franchise when they were in the NBA finals

seemingly every year.

And on this episode, we

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