Bagoon's Barrage

Jake Donnelly (AKA "Bagoon") has guest Levi Chatinover on for the longest Bagoon's Barrage episode to date. The show starts off with some riffing about what makes country music enjoyable before the two delve into the "Three Biggest Manufactured Moments in Sports," as Levi takes umbrage with how the list is pretty much upside down from what he believes it should be. There are a bunch of twists and turns (and some adult language), but it is well worth the ride.

Jake Donnelly (AKA "Bagoon") breaks reviews Disney's live-action remake of "Beauty and the Beast" (grades it about a B) and why the villain totally sucks, but the rest of the movie is pretty good. After discussing the movie for way too long he rants about the Boston Bruins and how it is now definitely "Chicken Little" time in bean town while their co-tenant the Boston Celtics are going in the opposite direction for the home stretch.

Jake Donnelly (AKA "Bagoon") takes on the Colin Kaepernick question by looking first at the quarterbacks actual on-field ability before tackling what he thinks is the true off-field issue that has teams not signing the University of Nevada product. Next up is the Bruins and their late season swoon before reveling in the Celtics win against the Washington Wizards.

Jake Donnelly (AKA "Bagoon") discusses how sports is a zero sum game in relation to the NCAA D-III Quarterfinal game he broadcasted on Saturday ("sports are great for teaching you about life"). Also some chatting about just how bad the Celtics are without Isaiah Thomas and why he needs to be a top three MVP candidate. Next up the Bruins hopefully bouncing back after their poor showing against the Oilers as they have the Toronto Maple Leafs on deck. Jake ends the podcast with a book review (Erik Larson's "Dead Wake") and a movie review ("Lego Batman”).

Jake Donnelly (AKA "Bagoon") gets way too excited about the Dont'a Hightower signing and double downs on his "Bill Belichick has Gone Full William Munny" statement and believes the Patriots are going 19-0 this season. At the 6:35 mark are when things get good though. Jake goes Super Saiyan on Deadspin for their post implying the Patriots are racist. The discussion (after he calms down at the 19:20 minute mark) then turns to Brad Marchand and his chances for the Hart Trophy before ending with Jake filling out his March Madness bracket (go Bulldogs).

Jake Donnelly (AKA "The Bagoon") pulls a Bill Simmons' when trying to explain the untraditional manner Bill Belichick has taken with his General Manager duties this offseason; Jake thinks Belichick has gone full William Money from Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven." The parallels make sense (at least in Jake's mind). From there he hits upon how the Bruins are winning games in ways they used to lose under Claude Julien before wrapping things up with some Celtics hot takes.

Jake Donnelly (AKA "The Bagoon") tears into Steph Curry for his trash talk against Jaylen Brown and how Curry disappeared after it, comparing Curry's lack of ability to back it up to Larry Bird's all-time trash talking ability. Next batter up is the Bruins and their dominance over the Detroit Red Wings before getting giddy over the New England Patriots opening up the pocket book during free agency. Bagoon wraps things up with a review of the new X-Men movie "Logan." (You should see it).

Jake Donnelly (AKA "The Bagoon") has special guest Jack Abbott on to chat about the New England Patriots and what they will (and probably won't) do in free agency. Plenty of time is spent dissecting what to do about linebacker Dont'a Hightower and how the Patriots might lean more on the defensive side than the offensive side. Also, make sure to pay attention for Jack's not so crazy conspiracy theory as to why the Patriots are looking to trade for Brandin Cooks.

Jake Donnelly (AKA "Bagoon") opens up the show discussing the World Baseball Classic and the biggest underdog of the tournament, Team Israel, and their surprising start. After starting things on a good note, the podcast takes a sour turn because the Celtics decided to stop playing defense against the Clippers in the second half and the Bruins had their most inconsistent showing with Bruce Cassidy behind the bench. After hitting the sports talk subjects, Jake gives a review of J.R. Angelella's "Zombie: A Novel" (here's a preview: not good) before finally finding something positive by relaying a story of his train ride back from New York City after an MS Fundraiser.

Jake Donnelly (AKA "Bagoon") goes #Hot Take when discussing Draymond Green and the Warriors' response to the acoustic night first half against the New York Knicks. There is some chatter about the Climb the Rock MS fundraising event in New York city and also a breakdown of the Boston Bruins 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils as well as a quick glance at the Boston Celtics brutal loss to the Phoenix Suns.

Jake Donnelly (AKA "Bagoon") starts out by thanking Matt Sullivan for his wonderful work producing and creating "JakeDonnelly.com" After getting that out of the way, most of the podcast is devoted to the Celtics win over the Cavs before quickly discussing why Colin Miller's hit on Alex Burmistrov should not have been a penalty and why the NHL should never take that kind of hit out of hockey.