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Hello and welcome.

It's our number two, hour two, our radio program. And this hour, what did you make of Tom Brady and his official

retirement announcement?

It was non-cocial before.

Now it's kosher.

And Brady ends up getting upstaged by Brian Flores, former Patriot Assistant, and what does this mean now for, Giselle?

Is she the Yoko Ono, who broke up the Beatles?

She's the one that ended Tom Brady's dream of playing until he was 45 years old,

coming off a monster season.

We'll get to that and much more right now in our number two. Here it is.

And the music has stopped for one longtime stalwart of the NFL. Welcome in the beginning

of another hour. It's the Ben Mather Show. We are together in the air everywhere.

As we argue the point, coast to coast, border to border and beyond, on the vast.

And monumentally powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from inside the greasy spoon.

We are frying up piping hot sports takes all night long.

We don't close.

It's a 24-7 shop here.

We're always open.

The Fox Sports Radio Studios at a secret location in the North Woods.

Our lead this hour comes from Pradyville, a sleepy little retirement community.

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