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Hello and welcome.

It's our number four of the podcast and this hour dedicated to Bill Belichick and his love note to Russell Wilson.

Is Russell Wilson underrated?

Is that really the case?

A Mallor show investigation coming your way right now.

In our number four, have a great weekend.

Russell with muscle, according to Belichick, welcome in the beginning of another hour.

It's the Ben Mather Show.

We are in the air everywhere, spreading the gospel in the overnight hours now in the early morning hours, as we emanate from the Geico, Fox Sports Radio Studios.

And although we're apart these days, we're sharing more.

And Geico is sharing more, too, with the Geico give back.

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So the two top stories over the last 24 hours or so in our little ecosystem, you had

the Boston Celtics puke in the third quarter in the second half, gag on a 17-point lead.

But that's not going to be what a lot of people talk about, because I know how this works.

In the next 24-hour sports radio news cycle, which is all I care about because I work in sports radio,

the story is going to be about Marcus Smart and palace intrigue.

Marcus Smart blew a gasket in the Celtic locker room, and all of the media inside the bubble heard it.

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