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Hello and welcome.

It's our number four, our number four of our radio program,

and we parse the words of Buccaneer star Tom Brady blowing off some steam on social media recently

about the rather weak labor deal that his union got from NFL ownership

and Brady ranting and raving and telling players to wake up.

But will anything change?

Will anything change?

We'll take a look at that.

We've got the coop scoop on entertainment.

Also, Balder Dash and a whole lot more.

It's coming your way right now in our number four all in a case

of some smartphone courage welcome in the beginning of another hour the ben maller show we

are in the air everywhere as we whittle things down to size coast to

coast border to border and beyond on the vast and powerful microphones of FSR emanating

live from inside the theater, the theater of the mind.

The Fox Sports Radio Studios, don't sell yourself short.

No, no, no.

That's a lesson that we can take from Tom Brady.

Now, our lead this hour comes from the bean counters, the bean counters of life,

those that crunch the numbers and do the

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