Big Ten Network’s Chris Malcolm joins us to talk digital media, sports, the fading newspaper business, the identity of Bagboy and the respective power of facial hair and a bad haircut.

Also this week: A new Bumble Brief, fresh DickPicks (and a DP Hall of Famer)

Chris Malcolm is the director of digital content for the Big Ten Network, the premier television network dedicated to Big Ten college sports, seen in over 60 million homes. He also oversees content for BTN.com. He wrote for, edited and helped develop the Chicago Tribune’s popular RedEye and previously contributed to FoxSports.com and ChicagoSports.com, the Tribune’s original web site dedicated to the city’s sports news. Chris is a graduate of the University of Illinois and a rabid Chicago Blackhawks fan.

Over 38,000 people follow Chris’ alter ego on Twitter, where he writes as Coach Q's Mustache, giving voice to the hair on the upper lip of Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville.

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