Clean the Boards

Clean the Boards

By Austin Barach, John BoyleSports
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Clean the Boards episodes

  • How Real Are the Red Sox? Plus, a Celtics Check-in and a Great World Cup
    • (0:00) Anthony's season-long optimism on the Red Sox versus John's pessimism, and Austin's in-between stances
    • (14:45) Differences in opinions on the ceiling of the 2026 Red Sox and how that impacts the trade deadline
    • (32:41) Seigler vs. Mayer, Story, Roman Anthony, and lasting Sox thoughts
    • (41:18) A Celtics check-in: Dillon Mitchell, Hugo, and more perspective on the Jaylen trade
    • (57:22) World Cup: France-Spain, England-Argentina, Erling Haaland, GOATs, attitudes toward England, plus a LeBron tangent
    • (75:33) Some picks for The Open
    • (77:36) World Cup expansion
    1 hr 21 min
  • Jaylen Brown Traded to Philly

    With about a day to process a stunning deal, we talk through our feelings about Jaylen Brown no longer being a Celtic. Certainly some coping going on.

    1 hr 11 min
  • Brutal Honesty About the Celtics Ahead of Game 7 vs. Philly
    • (0:00) Initial feelings
    • (4:52) Identity crisis, disappointing players, and lineups
    • (9:48) Jaylen Brown
    • (13:10) Coping, fears, and memory lane
    • (18:26) Game 7 tomorrow night
    • (24:45) Derrick White, plus more Jaylen frustrations
    • (31:08) Other playoff teams
    • (34:12) Preseason perceptions, more cope, and oddsmakers having a multi-year love for the Celtics for some reason
    • (37:35) The issue with the "live and die by the 3" narrative, plus other perception things
    • (43:04) Predictions for Game 7 tomorrow night
    • (52:37) Some nice regular season moments, plus more future talk
    56 min
  • 2026 March Madness Preview!

    With Zach Kopelman and Luke Fain:

    • (2:00) Recap of the NEC title game experience at LIU
    • (5:18) Talking through our National Championship picks + other contenders: Florida, Arizona, Houston, Michigan, Duke, Purdue, etc.
    • (38:10) Some Miami OH discourse
    • (43:21) Personal dilemmas with the bracket
    • (49:07) Snake draft! The top 24 candidates to be March Madness legends this year

    With John Boyle:

    • (93:28) Going through each region and the Final Four

    Note: this same episode got published, somehow, to a different Clean The Boards feed, earlier in the day on March 17, 2026. Technology sometimes.

    2 hr 7 min
  • Super Bowl 60 Preview and Predictions, Plus NBA Trade Deadline
    • Preopen: Bigger picture Pats fandom thoughts + Craig Woodson
    • (6:52) NBA Trade Deadline Reactions: Boston, Cleveland, Washington, etc.
    • (26:29) Belichick and Kraft Snubbed from the HOF
    • (28:47) Sizing up the challenge that the Seahawks present
    • (34:50) Updated Drake Maye ranking
    • (37:27) The plan against the Seahawks passing attack
    • (41:37) Pats D-Line vs. Seahawks O-Line
    • (49:44) Jake Bobo and Concord vs. Carlisle basketball memory lane
    • (56:28) Reviewing the season and talking narratives
    • (61:13) Pats O-Line vs. Seahawks D-Line
    • (64:17) John's "I can name" game
    • (72:52) The experience factor on Sunday + the movie "The Warriors"
    • (79:23) Key stats + Austin, John, and James' score predictions
    • (84:15) Messages from the haters, how we handle the hate, New England versus Everyone, and superstitions
    • (100:02) Bucs fan Bijan's pick in a Jerry O'Connell style
    • (103:43) Ro's pick
    • (108:52) Max's pick
    1 hr 53 min
  • Red Sox Back in the Playoffs, NBA Around the Corner, Football, Carlisle things, and More
    • (0:00) Reviewing the regular season and September of the Red Sox and the emotions of another meeting with the Yankees
    • (19:44) Al Horford no longer with the Celtics
    • (26:30) Vibes of this year's Celtics team + the miserable Bulls
    • (37:54) WNBA takes
    • (48:40) Quick Drake Maye stuff
    • (49:53) College football updates
    • (59:42) Recap of being at Fenway on Friday
    • (64:43) Sox-Yankees Wild Card preview
    1 hr 14 min
  • 2024 NBA Finals Preview
    • (0:00) Running through non-NBA sports: the NHL, the WNBA, lacrosse, and NCAA baseball
    • (6:44) Breaking down the storylines and matchups within the NBA Finals: the Luka dilemma, who defends who, the media anointing the best player in the world in recent years, the Mavs' crunch-time offense versus the Celtics' crunch-time offense, the "other guys" in the series, the Porzingis questions, Tatum's growth, etc.
    • (73:23) Dissecting the media's anti-Celtics agenda including the "easy path" and "haven't been battle-tested" narratives
    • (82:38) The Kyrie playing Boston piece of it
    • (87:47) Wrapping up some other storylines, predictions, and closing thoughts
      • 1 hr 39 min
    • Round One NBA Matchups, the Celtics' Outlook, and More
      (0:00) Contextualizing the episode
      (1:00) What Bijan and Austin make of the Boston Celtics
      Bulls-Raptors, Cavs-Knicks, Sixers-Nets
      The very intriguing Suns-Clippers and Kings-Warriors matchups
      West Play-In
      Other sports updates: The Masters, the Bruins, UFC, college basketball, and the Red Sox
      46 min
    • Down Goes Texas, UConn Rolls On, Parity in the Sport, and More
      • Contextualizing the episode
      • Austin and John vent about Texas
      • Rohit on UCLA
      • Drew Timme's future
      • UConn's dominance and theories on it
      • FAU and SDSU and why Austin likes the Owls and Rohit likes the Aztecs
      • Big picture talk about parity in the NCAA Tournament
      • Picking a bracket solely based on hypothetical mascot fights
      • John's predicament with his mom's bracket
      • The women's tournament
      • NBA update
      • Nonsense
        • 59 min

      About Clean the Boards

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      From hot takes to statistical and annecdotal evidence, a group of friends review and debate the recent events in the sports world, mostly the NBA.