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The Chicago Way

The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Ed O’Bradovich gets fired up about talk of a ‘rebuilding’ year

The Chicago Way

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Kass, Jeff, Radio, Wgn, News, Tribune, Plus, Politics, Way, Columnist, Carlin, News & Politics, The, John, Chicago

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The Chicago Way w/John Kass (10/04/2022): The legend himself, Chicago Bear Ed O’Bradovich from The Hamp & O’B Show, discusses why he thinks the Bears should move to Arlington Heights, explains why he can’t stand the notion of ‘rebuilding year,’ diagnoses what’s wrong with Justin Fields stats, and tells the story of watching an opponent […]

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0:00.7

Chicago professional sports is about money and it's dependent on the political class

0:06.7

for subsidies for tax credits for all sorts of government help

0:13.4

but that doesn't work if you don't have fans caring about your product and

0:20.3

the Chicago fire are in the tank the Chicago socks just got rid of their what 95-year-old manager

0:28.0

and failed the Chicago cops well they're not in my world and the Chicago Bears are one foot out

0:35.3

the door going to Arlington Heights and they're offering a questionable product as they leave

0:41.6

so what about those fans and without them can you have a team and what about

0:48.1

Edel Bradovich legendary defense event for the Chicago Bears and probably the best

0:57.6

radio in town post bear games when the bears lose he blows a gasket and so does Dan Hampton

1:04.9

Edel Bradovich is our guest on this week's Chicago Way podcast and Jeff Carlin the

1:11.5

goalkeeper for the famed Palatine Celtic years ago back in the day is here executive producer

1:18.8

at WGM and master of pies and a friend of cats and me John Kess editor-in-chief at John Kess

1:27.1

news Greek Orthodox Christian husband and father worried about the safety act but there's one

1:35.9

place you can take politics out of your mind and what the politicians are doing to you

1:42.6

and that sports on the Chicago way with Edel Bradovich on WGM plus the Chicago way is a deep

1:53.4

cultural phenomenon it's the Chicago way the Chicago way that's the focus in a tower by the river

2:01.3

there lived a man there was a man who took a stand with pen and paper in his hand

2:13.6

defeating foes in every ward with a pen more mighty than the sword no escape from his ink

2:21.2

so in a tower by the river castle you're having to get him he pulls a knife you pull a gun he sends

2:30.3

one of yours to the hospital you say one of his to the mark that's your back away you don't

2:37.6

need to tell me that our next guest Edel Bradovich is a legend because I know he's a legend

2:44.2

legendary Chicago bear and part of the great story of how I froze my legendary feed off on a legendary

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