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Hello and welcome.

It's our number two, our number two of our radio program and the Tokyo Olympics getting started officially over the weekend.

They've had some events earlier in the week, but it's our opportunity to discuss our level

of interest, right?

Level of interest is the Olympics get underway in Japan.

On the Mather scale of interest, 1 to 10, what is our interest in these Olympic games?

We will give you that number and discuss why we have that number and much more.

It's coming your way right now.

And our number two.

Got a case of those Olympic Blues.

Welcome in the beginning of another hour, the Ben Mather Show.

We are in the air everywhere as we continue yodeling in a canyon coast-to-coast, border-to-border,

and beyond on the vast,

unpowerful microphones of FSR emanating live from the belly,

the belly of the audio beast here, the Fox Sports Radio Studios.

And we thank you for spending some time with us here in the overnight hours.

If you're listening to the podcast, then the sun might be up.

So our lead this hour coming from the Tokyo Olympics, which officially gets started today.

They've actually been underway for a few days.

But later today, they'll be all the celebration of the Olympic Games as they get together there.

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