The Buffalo Bills returned to Pittsford this week to open training camp, and it feels like the perfect time to get reacquainted with American football.

For this week's show, Prescott is back, but now Ryan is out gallivanting around the US. In his place, the great Katherine Fitzgerald from The Buffalo News makes her RoostCast debut!

Events move quickly, and there is much to discuss! Prescott and Katherine packed a ton into this nearly two-hour episode, and they could have gone longer. While dishing out analysis and info about new faces and new places, they also weave in stories about past training camps, life covering the Bills, and the joys of cat parenting. Why, it's an instant classic!

Ryan will be back next week, and once the regular season starts, the show will return to two episodes per week. We have been tickled pink by the photos of SHOOT! pennants arriving at Patrons' homes, and the feedback has been terrific. We cannot thank you enough.

If you don't follow Katherine on social media already, you should fix that.

Big thanks again to Greg Bauch for filling in last week while Prescott was on vacation. Greg's new book Unbelievable is out, and the early returns are glowing! Find a copy on Amazon, or here, which is not Amazon.

With Prescott out traveling the world, Ryan asked frequent contributor Greg Bauch to jump in and chat. And chat they did, about all sorts of things like South Buffalo turf wars, get rich quick schemes, and even some Sabres and Bills talk. Ryan also took a baby to Fenway Park, so they got into that as well.

The two also talked about Unbelievable, Greg's new book which you should check out right here. It was a great to have him, and we hope you enjoy the conversation.

See you next week.

Ryan and Prescott start off this episode talking about the World Cup semifinals, which were as excellent as the rest of the tournament. Then, they dive into a dozen or so questions from Patreon listeners. We had some great ones, and we got to them all. We swear.

Keep an eye out for things arriving in your mailboxes starting next week. Yes, all Patrons giving us at least $1 a month have something on the way. If you're on the fence about whether you want a SHOOT! pennant, now's the time to upgrade to a $5/monthly contributor. It's the best way to get everything we make for our pals.

See you next week!

Ryan and Prescott manage to get a podcast in this week, chatting all things World Cup and the United States exiting with a bit of help from, well, a lot of factors. They dig into it, what it means for soccer in America as a whole, and what they've learned from the last few weeks of matches.

There's some big Patron reward news at the top of the show, so make sure we have your current address if you're contributing to the Roost in any way. There's something coming your way soon. Promise.

Ryan and Prescott were in the same place this week, as work sent the latter down I-90 with a quick stop in Dorchester. That always means a bit looser episode, but we had a lot of fun breaking down the big Sabres offseason moves around the NHL Draft. Did they do the right things? Are they better than they were a week ago? And what are the Bruins doing, anyway? All that, and more.

There's also some more soccer talk at the end, as the World Cup continues to be a spectacular tournament in so many ways. Lotta game left there, too. It's gonna be a great summer on the pitch.

Anyway, we've got some fun stuff coming this month, maybe with a guest appearance and certainly with some mail coming your way. Update those addresses if you're a Patron. Yes, at every level. And we still have a few pennants at the $5/month level if you're on the fence. They're spectacular, and we've officially got a bonus gift headed your way now as well.

Enjoy the fourth, we'll see you next week.

Ryan and Prescott are back to chat about some Sabres trade and NHL Draft news before settling into another episode about the World Cup's takeover of Boston and America at large. Ryan went to a match last week and had a lot to say, and Prescott is really jealous.

But more than that, they talk about differences in fan culture among different countries and fans, what America can learn from the rest of the world about soccer, and what they should be building for themselves.

Not mentioned in the podcast: a few other stores of Scottish fun, spotting a Patron at a 10K (Hi Kelly!) as well as a reminder that pennats are coming! Shipping delays for a special, second benefit are holding us up. But hang tight, those SHOOT! pennants are on their way very soon.

Talk to you next week.

Prescott is back (kind of!) and Ryan has watched his neighborhood overrun by Scots, which means this episode has a lot of soccer talk and how the World Cup has gone so far. We talk about upsets and surprises, World Cup watch parties, and enjoying when neighbors have good things happen to them.

There's also some NBA and NHL talk, and Prescott shares some stories from the road while we debate a Patron question (you can always send us questions, we'll probably use them if they're good!)

As Ryan mentioned in the episode, pennants are in! But we're waiting on a special extra benefit to arrive before those go out so hang tight, watch some soccer and enjoy the start of summer.

We'll talk to you next week.

Prescott is navigating wide loads and wide open spaces this week, so Ryan invited friend of the show and soccer writer Bill DiFIlippo to do a World Cup preview. The two former Dime Magazine colleagues start with some NBA Finals talk, then take you through each group as they Remember Some Guys and also chat about what should be a really fascinating tournament held in these United States.

Will the USMNT make a run? Is Spain the team to beat or is it Coming Home? Should you even pay attention to the World Cup anyway if FIFA is bad and jingoism isn't the vibe? Well, we get into all of it and hope you enjoy the chat.

Thanks, as always, for being a Patron and for giving this episode a listen. Give Bill a follow if you're not already familiar, he's a lovely guy we've got to talk to more often. We've got some great stuff headed your way later this month if you're a subscriber, by the way.

Give it a good think!

Hello, and welcome to June here at The Goose's Roost.

The questions from Patrons kept on coming this time, which made for a very fun episode where Ryan and Prescott talk about the run up to the World Cup, Prescott gets mad at Brandon Beane in the middle of the year, and they offer some listening recs you probably don't have time to actually get to after this episode.

As always, thanks to our Patrons for keeping the wheels turning here at the Roost. We've got our SHOOT! pennant coming, but discussions are in progress about even more.

Talk to you next week.

Hello, Patrons and non-Patrons.

It's the end of May, the Sabres season is over and summer may finally be upon us. Which is why this episode is a bit looser than recent ones. Ryan and Prescott talk about the aftermath of Sabres/Habs, Ryan's trip back to Buffalo, and have an extended Premier League Minute as part of an episode that has a little bit of everything.

The news at the top, of course, is an update on those forthcoming pennants for Patrons at the $5 dollar level. They should be hitting mailboxes sometime in June, and we have a few extras on the way in case anyone was on the fence about getting a blue and gold pennant that says SHOOT! on it.

We'll chat next month, and pick up the tempo on those other Patron incentives like questions and all of that. As always, we appreciate your support and hope you like what you hear.