Clean the Boards

Clean the Boards

By Austin Barach, John BoyleSports
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Clean the Boards episodes

  • CtB Special: CC Baseball Preview with Ryan and Roman
    • (0:00) Intro segment on Terrence Clarke and the outline of this special show
    • (2:59) Preview of the CC baseball season with a captain of the team and Quinnipiac commit, Ryan Grace
    • (19:47) Preview of the CC baseball season with another captain of the team and Saint Anselm commit, Roman Ercoli
    • (24:54) Pre-show stuff
      • 30 min
    • Edelman Retires, Celtics doing Better, Tangents, and More
      (0:00) Intro segment... (2:14) our 98th overall episode and post-cornhole buzz
      (4:36) Reflecting on Julian Edelman upon his retirement
      (14:07) Celtics playing better: Tatum turning it up, playoff forecasting, and more
      (30:07) Bulls update, Jamal Murray tears his ACL, Bijan picking a Clippers-Celtics Finals, trivia, and tangents
      (37:49) The Masters' recap
      (39:18) NFL draft buzz: the 49ers pick, the Cowboys, the Bengals pick; plus, Clowney to the Browns
      (45:44) Red Sox update, plus tangents on Mr. Krans, Bijan's loyalty, and the Nashoba Brooks CC ball summer camp
      (51:25) Seven (7!) questions from the friends of the program
      59 min
    • Baylor Dominates Gonzaga, Celtics Frustrations, and More
      • (0:01) Intro segment on Baylor-Gonzaga notes, Celtics, Red Sox, Suns-Jazz, and the Masters... and then (8:10) our 97th overall show
      • (8:26) Baylor-Gonzaga (including tangents w/ the Celtics, Mr. Hunt, Nets and Bucks, and a burner account)
      • (18:34) Celtics: Oh Romeo, the disconnect between the team and Stevens, the lack of pride, Tatum's bad mindset and the players in general not buying into Stevens, Kemba's bad decisions, Ainge and draft pick frustrations, Thompson's curse, Fournier and the cap, and a who would you rather have game
      • (36:56) NBA: IT is back, the soft refs on the Schroder/Anunoby/Harrell thing, a good Bulls update, and more Celtics pessimism
      • (45:08) NFL: Sam Darnold traded, plus a who would you rather have game with Cam
      • (49:15) The Masters, baseball updates, and breaking news with Sean Miller being fired
      • (53:30) Questions from the friends of the program... and (55:01) the other segment into the end of the show
        • 58 min
      • The 2021 Final Four is set, Fans at The Garden, Nets-Lakers and LeBron's Legacy, and More
        • (0:00) Intro segment and (2:51) our 96th overall show!
        • (3:35) Elite 8 and Sweet 16 takeaways and then (10:08) Gonzaga
        • (16:14) Bracket competition update and Baylor-Houston, including the Baylor and Houston redemption storylines
        • (21:28)... insights from John being at The Garden with fans on Monday, some memories of us going to The Garden, the new look Celtics' subpar defense, disappointing Fournier, and more
        • (33:55) Bulls update, plus other random NBA stuff
        • (37:42) Nets and Lakers post-buyout acquisitions, John melting down about how the Nets are being unfair to LeBron's legacy, Bijan questioning John's Los speculations, and how bad it could get for LAL sans LeBron and AD
        • (45:45) NFL draft buzz and Pats optimism
        • (51:58) Baseball update
        • (52:38) Questions from the friends of the program
        • (55:31) Final Four picks and then (57:03) Outro into John Denver
          • 59 min
        • Aftermath of the Madness of the First Two Rounds, Sweet 16 and Elite 8 Predictions, and Tangents
          • (0:00) Intro segment on (5) storylines following the Madness of the Rounds of 64 and 32
          • (3:33) Bracket updates after the Madness from the first two rounds
          • (10:30) Major storylines from the first two rounds: Loyola-Chicago, Oral Roberts, and Luka Garza
          • (16:32) West region: Gonzaga-Creighton and USC-Oregon (tangents mixed in)
          • (21:51) South region: Baylor-Villanova, Arkansas-Oral Roberts, and the anticipation of a potential Baylor-Arkansas game
          • (26:25) Midwest region: LUC-Oregon State, Syracuse-Houston, and Loyola to the Final Four? (tangents mixed in: a name game, Celtics trade deadline rumors, and Temetrius Morant)
          • (34:28) East region: Michigan-FSU, Alabama-UCLA, and FSU and Bama hype (tangents include, but are not limited to: the McRib and college situations with the CtB members)
          • (42:43) NFL news: The DeShaun Watson situation, voidable contracts, and Pats optimism
          • (49:15) Celtics, not good
          • (49:59) Questions from the friends of the program
            • 53 min
          • CtB Special: The 2021 March Madness Bracket
            • (0:00) Intro segment on things to note about the episode and more
            • (2:43) Going through every game of the Gonzaga/West region
            • (17:50) Going through every game of the Baylor/South region
            • (34:00) Going through every game of the Illinois/Midwest region
            • (45:10) Going through every game of the Michigan/East region
            • (55:29) Our Final Four and Championship picks
              • 1 hr 3 min
            • CtB Special: Everything CC Ball. A Recap of the Years in the Program and an Interview with Coach Cohen
              • (0:00) Intro segment
              • (2:30) Announcing the CC ball 2021 starting lineup with the hype song "Sirius," the early camp days at the old high-school, Coach Williamson, rec league memories, 7th-grade travel team memories, Joncas and 6-inches, a letter from 7th-grade Austin about wanting to go the 2016 team's state title game, more memories from travel ball, freshman ball recap including Coy, meh JV season recap, junior year making varsity and John's breakout preseason showings, senior year offseason during COVID playing pickup at Emerson all the time, (31:04) revealing our all-time childhood CC ball teams, (38:13) the Carlisle vs. Concord middle school ball rivalry, and (43:36) revealing our top 10 CC ball memories
              •  (around the 69-minute mark, actually), a 45-min. interview with Coach Cohen: Why Tyler was snubbed of the DCL MVP, Coach Kacher's impact on the team, the maroon-white scrimmages, games we wish we could've had back, defending Sawyer, comparing this season's team to the 2020 team and the 2016 team, Sawyer not showing up on Senior Night/our great win at Weston, playing Waltham, the four great PGs in recent CC ball history (Crowley, Henderson, Grant, Jameau), the tremendous impact of Coach Williamson, John's best qualities that lifted the program, the nerves of the varsity team watching our travel games back in the day, Austin's growth, and our thoughts on next year's team/the future
                • 1 hr 54 min
              • Tons of March Madness Fervor, LeBron and the Lakers vs. Durant and the Nets, NFL Taggings, and a New Segment
                • (0:00) A wildly passionate intro segment on Syracuse hoops and more
                • (4:10) *more* March Madness fervor
                • (5:00) Big picture NBA stuff: Title outlook between the Lakers and Nets, LeBron and Durant narratives, the Celtics contending chances and what to do with the trade exception, Embiid's MVP season, Warriors upside, and more
                • (26:24) NFL news: Dakota Prescott's extension, Pats O-Line situation, FA receivers, cap manipulation, the Isaiah Wilson thing, and more
                • (37:27) College basketball MORE than just updates: Live Syracuse score update, Gonzaga's comeback against BYU, UMass Lowell(!), small conference auto-bid teams, free-falling(?) Villanova, UConn hype, Michigan and Illinois talk (S/O Jack Miller, Brian Wirth, and J-Snuggs/J-Snuggles), Cleveland State hype, WVU-OSU, the JH TikTok about National Championship criteria, fraud teams including "You-Stun," and much more
                • (54:49) New segment alert(!): Answering questions submitted from the friends of the program 
                  • 59 min
                • ASG Mock Draft, Miscellaneous NBA Stuff, Celtics Playing Better, NFL News, March Madness Fervor, and More
                  • (0:00) Intro segment on Syracuse hoops and the leading guard scorers in the nation
                  • (3:26) Celtics turning things around: good Kemba, awesome Timelord, kind of slumping Tatum, weird Theis, solid Thompson, the nice rotation that Brad used, Pritchard's amazing shooting, and more
                  • (12:46) Miscellaneous NBA things: 3-PT and dunk contests, the optimistic Knicks, Celtics home-road splits, a null hypothesis, the fun Suns, a classic unprompted "Romeo" mention, the super fun/streaky Hornets, LaMelo vs. Haliburton, depth perception in arenas, a "guess that player" trivia, Celtics ball-handlers, and more
                  • (25:31) Bulls update, including Ro's relationship with Zach LaVine vs. Ela
                  • (27:59) Rockets have lost 12-straight, plus multiple tangents... and (31:15) the Timberwolves: suck
                  • (33:11) Our mock All-Star Game draft of Team LeBron vs. Team Durant (a very good listen, good stuff)
                  • (48:05) NFL news: JJ Watt to the Cardinals, Bucs' FA decisions, and Pats roster rumors... plus (54:52) Harden returns to Houston
                  • (55:22) College basketball updates, 1 and a half weeks until Selection Sunday
                    • 1 hr 1 min
                  • The Venting on the Under .500 Celtics Episode; Plus, NFL Offseason Stuff, NBA notes, and More
                    • (0:00) 7 min-40 sec intro segment on notes for the Nets, Wizards, Raptors, and Bulls; also some technicality notes for the main part of the show
                    • (9:08) Tiger Woods car crash reaction, plus Bobby Shmurda out of prison
                    • (12:23) Celtics venting: Ainge and Stevens frustrations, Nesmith in crunch time, assigning letter grades for all the role players, Tatum not being totally into it vs. Kemba continuing to clank shots, going through the Celtics teams year-by-year under Stevens and also the Stevens-Butler dynamic, the team not able to hold leads/put teams away due to the culture of the team and organization, and John thinking that the Celtics will never get over the hump (Tangents include: All-Star snubs, the Clippers, and the Bulls update getting squashed by Celtics vs. Lakers banner talk)
                    • (48:50) NFL offseason news: Bucs' roster construction, mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, rumors of Fields sliding in the draft, and Wentz on the Colts
                    • (57:54) NBA Top Shot talk
                    • (59:36) College basketball updates, 2 and a half weeks to Selection Sunday
                    • (61:48) Some Jordan-LeBron banter to close the show
                      • 1 hr 5 min

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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.