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Jon Meterperal (@meatstweets) and Coach Tim Welsh (@timwelsh5) wrap up this week’s show with another edition of what has intrigued us from the week that was. Coach is intrigued with the college softball world series. Meter is intrigued with the BC Women’s Lacrosse team.

Jon Meterperal (@meatstweets) and Coach Tim Welsh (@timwelsh5) continue to remember Bill Walton.  Walton loved being a Celtic. Horford is still a good defender for Boston. The Celtics need to share the ball

Jon Meterperal (@meatstweets) and Coach Tim Welsh (@timwelsh5) start the second hour of the show talking to the voice of the Detroit Tigers and fox sports contributor Jason Benetti (@jasonbenetti). Jason worked with Bill Walton and remembers the UCLA legend.  

Jon Meterperal (@meatstweets) and Coach Tim Welsh (@timwelsh5) continue to take your calls. The callers remember Bill Walton.

Jon Meterperal (@meatstweets) and Coach Tim Welsh (@timwelsh5) take your calls texts and tweets live on the air. We look back at the loss of Bill Walton. Walton was authentic. Walton had an incredible career in the college and the pros.

Jon Meterperal (@meatstweets) and Coach Tim Welsh (@timwelsh5) kick off this week’s show looking or ways the Mavericks could upset the Celtics. How effective can Porzingis be coming back with from injury. Who will be better Tatum and Brown or Kyrie and Luca?

Founded in 2016, Stages of Freedom has at its core addressing racial inequities in Rhode Island and ensuring that Black Lives Matter. Co-Founder Ray Rickman, Executive Director and Co-Founder Robb Dimmick, Program Director join the program to highlight their mission "To build community and advance racial equity by using the arts and humanities to create and present programming that illuminates and celebrates Black Rhode Island life and culture to a large and diverse audience". The programming SOF provides includes free swimming lessons in order to reduce the high number of drownings in the BIPOC community. This is of particular importance, as summer is upon us and kids will be gravitating to the waterways. Listen as they tout our senior senator, Jack Reed whose assistance in attaining a legislative grant has provided much needed funds to this crucial mission. However, more is needed to help in keeping these kids at the YMCA once they've learned the basics of staying above water. They also discuss the role of slavery in aspects of resistance to swimming and lack historical accuracy in facts. Who knew that out of the Civil War, black folks created Memorial Day or slaves belonging to Thomas Jefferson were responsible for the invention of nails? Take a tour of the museum at SOF to learn these little-known truths. There is some positive advancement in the face of whitewashing history. Major League Baseball is recognizing the statistics of the Negro League, when it was segregated, placing Josh Gibson ahead of Ty Cobb as the all-time career and season batting leader.

 Ben Kichen and Tucker Silva (@TuckSilva) wrap up this week’s show with another red-hot edition of rapid-fire producer questions staring Devin Taleghani (@devtheradioman) and Joe Passarelli (@JoePa_WEEI). Devin wants to know Tucker and Ben’s least favorite foods, Joe wants to know what Tucker and Ben think about the new show on Hulu about the Clippers.

Ben Kichen and Tucker Silva (@TuckSilva) The Boston red Sox are a 500 hundred team, the Red Sox want to be like the Orioles and the Braves, the Red Sox can’t do what those teams are doing, the Oriole won the AL East a couple of years ago, the Orioles have been so bad the last couple of years.

Ben Kichen and Tucker Silva (@TuckSilva) start the second hour of the show discussing how the New England Patriots badly need a wide receiver, the Dolphins were great to draft Waddle, watching all these teams with young quarterbacks get a lot better with talent, the Patriots need some talent at wide receiver, would rather have Aiyuk on the team, could Higgins and Aiyuk be traded before the season starts, the offseason aint over, very little optimism for this Patriots team, CeeDee Lamb is a free agent, lots of available free agents next offseason, The Patriots have a bottom five wide receiver, Sutton is stud potential,