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It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself, how did we get here?

Fiasco is a history podcast for the co-creators of Slow Burn. In our first season,

Bush v. Gore, we examine an unmistakable turning point in American politics, the 2000 election,

which resulted in a high-stakes stalemate, ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history.

So if you're trying to make sense at the present moment, check out Fiasco, Bush v. Gore.

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This is the best of the Ben Mallor show on Fox Sports Radio.

If you thought the Boston Celtics would get into the fetal position and start sucking their thumb like DeMar Rosen did in the last round of the NBA playoffs, you are greatly mistaken.

You are greatly mistaken.

I tried to tell you. You did not listen to me last week.

That's a bad job by you.

I barely remember when the NBA playoffs were going on.

We had like a two-month gap between the last series of games and now the continuation

with the conference finals beginning over the weekend.

But I pointed out very eloquently back in the old days when we previewed this series

that it was going to

be much more like the Indiana series for the Cavaliers than it was the Toronto series.

And sure enough, in game one, the Boston Celtics systematically slaughtering the

Cavaliers.

That was a beat down. Boston wasting no time.

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