Bobby Manning and Friends

Dan Greenberg started a site to kill time and express his Celtics love, he showed it to Dave Portnoy and now he's the C's writer at Barstool Sports. His adventures from getting knocked out by Walter McCarty, losing girlfriends over the Celts, naming his dogs Larry and Walter, then starting the Greenie Bag. Plus his doubt on Gordon Hayward's free agency, his backup plan for the team, and what free agent he'll miss the most when they depart Boston this summer. 

Shea Serrano joins The Bobcast, reflecting on how his father's approach to his childhood inspired him. He also breaks down his writing process, butts heads with Bobby over J. Cole and recalls when Grantland ended and The Ringer began where he now writes. His worry wasn't about himself, but more the others as he prepared to go back to teaching until he got the call. 

Bobby Manning and Matt Moore finally butt heads on the Celtics' playoff chances. Moore traces back his beginnings as a philosophy major, his fascination with the mindset of fans and when he threw $80 of drinks and 20 powerpoint slides at a CBS exec to convince him they needed blogs. Seven years later, he breaks down this year's postseason on The Bobcast. 

Snottie Drippen lays off the haters. Breaks down what made the NBA season so great. What makes a great draft prospect to him. His temporary shift away from the Snottie name. Going mainstream. Blake Griffin growing irrelevant, plus the decline of the Clippers. Being right about Russell Westbrook's insane abilities. His creative approach to writing and driving conversations online. Foods and weaknesses on that front. The future of Isaiah Thomas. Being a good Celtics fan.

Josh Eberley learned how hard it is for your writing to stick out when his 1,000-word March Madness expose got relegated to a corner block at 75 words on A6 in a newspaper he was interning at. Since then, he's made himself into one of the most engaging figures on basketball Twitter. A lead writer at the NBA's Hoop Magazine; he describes how the Raptors got Canada into basketball and how it could have happened soon, describes what he thinks a superstar is, and plays 10 questions on the hottest topics in the NBA today. 

From Brad Stevens' pro success to Rajon Rondo's feuds with coaches to the debate on resting players Coach Tyler Roberts joins the Bobcast for a look at a coach's perspective on basketball's biggest issues. He also outlines his journey, key #Basketball101 philosophies he holds, as well as insight on the changes seen in the sport over the last decade. 

For Tony Capobianco it's all been an uphill battle since getting fired at an early reporting job. The lessons he learned from his hero, Dan Le Batard, and what he's hoping to accomplish in a move to Boston. Also, the beautiful World Baseball Classic where "the bats flip a little higher" in a magical world where baseball players are actually allowed to show emotion and have fun. It's March, where once again college basketball fans will use the best few weeks of their sport to try to beat out the NBA. Why they're totally wrong, as always. 

Jeff Clark didn't want to stand on a pedestal and "preach," he wanted a community of sports fans to come together and be able to express their opinions and thoughts together. In 2004 CelticsBlog.com was founded and in 13 years it has grown into one of the most popular sites on the internet. Jeff and Bobby discuss the cool identity the site has taken on, the success stories of its writers, finding balance in life, as well as the intersecting concepts of faith and sports. Also Isaiah Thomas, the C's balancing present and future hopes, and the ever-controversial movements of Danny Ainge. 

“I didn’t go into this hating Donald Trump...it was almost learning about him, by writing this book, reminded me how awful he is." As Jeff Pearlman prepares to release his book on the story of the United States Football League, now-President Donald Trump's patterns of action became clear. Now as he wages war on the media, undermining their credibility, Jeff joins Bobby to discuss the complexion of journalism in the Trump era. Also steroid lies, Spring Training, annoyances, Grammys, A Tribe Called Quest, and what the future holds for the media. 

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