Bums of Manarchy

Send us Fan Mail The Bums are rip roaring into S4:E0103 !!!   The prologue cracks off with Super Bowl results and rhetoric; Eddie wins the Bums NFL Playoff Challenge (two years running); tragedy strikes KC (we cannot have any nice things); the Bears hire themselves a new OC (we shall see); former Bear Greg Olsen is search-and-replaced by TB12; Harbaugh bolts to the Bolts, while the heir apparent i...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums go back-to-back with S4:E0104 — as the front end jumps into Spring-time with a pitchers and catchers report; the NBA All Star game is a steaming pile of crap, and even the legends can’t inspire improvement; Rick “The Dick” Pitino is a raging asshole who cannot resist the urge to bite the hand that feeds him; the Bears hire a very well qualified assistant coach in J. King;...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums are back in the rail yard  with S4:E0102, and the people rejoiced; things heat up on the front half with an NFL review/preview — playoff edition; NFL commush Roger Baddell takes another step backwards with a bid to scoop up troubled media firm, ESPN; Jim Irsay is this close to being found dead on the road side; Rocky bemoans a marriage between Kliff Kingsbury and “Me Guy”...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums roll into the first half of Season 4, Episode 101 with talk of the Junior Varsity (college) football National Championship — to the victors go the spoils; senior golf tour prospect Nick Saban retires from JV football; Kalen DeBoer is next in line; Halas Hall cleans house with several well-earned dimissals, and will the fucking Bears please build a stadium, for all that is...

Send us Fan Mail Bust out the fancy beer and liquor, as the Bums ring in the New Year with Episode 100 (and the crowd rejoiced)!!  On the front nine, the Paddy Files have turned up missing, along with our NFL picks; the Bums wrap up NFL chatter heading dead into the final week of regular season play; the Bears year-in-review and prognostications are flowing like wine; draft preview chatter; Denver...

Send us Fan Mail SEASON FINALE!!! The Bums are back in the railyard with S3:E0099, after a 3 week layoff; the front starts with an MLB winter meetings update (or lack there of in Chicago); Soto heads to the Big Apple, Ohtani sweepstakes in full swing, the Chicago White Sox could be heading to Nashville; Paddy dishes up a mini-IDNKT focused on MLB HOFers meeting “3s” criterion; Jason Benetti is in...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums record a special (and rare) ‘Sunday edition’ episode, where Part 1 spouts off with NFL review & preview updates, along with a tally of who’s winning and who’s losing the Bums NFL Challenge; Stroud wasting no time kicking ass and taking names, Joshy McDonald getting nothing but bile from Raiders; a Fedex Fred connection; how TF is Carson “Noodle Arm” Wentz back in the...

Send us Fan Mail Tune-in to the Bums for S3:0097, where the front jumps right into our weekly NFL review/preview; the Commies trade DE Montez Sweat to the Bears for a second rounder; CB Jaylon Johnson put his toe in the FA water (too cold); more ethics issues with Bears coaches; ViQueens replace old man Cousins with young buck Josh Dobbs from the Cards; the Las Vegas Raiders clean house, purported...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums are huddled around the campfire with part 1 of S3:E0096, as NFL pick results read like a fucking murder scene; NFL in review/preview commences; a “lefty” mini-IDNKT segment ensures; Michigan steals more signs than Denver teenagers at mile marker 420 (and nobody is getting into trouble); East Lansing is a hot mess; the “Big Ten” is more like the “Shitty Fourteen”; Phillies...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums are back in they railyard for S3:E0095 (a milestone is cleared), where Primera parte starts with some tough love aimed at the National Homophobe League (aka the league where Russian sensitivities come before the moral majority) —in order words, fuck the NHL for not supporting everyone in their fan base — a Rocky diatribe; the wonders of technology in the ad space are disc...

Send us Fan Mail The railyard is aglow for S3:E0094, where the first part begins with a salute to Connor Bedard’s christening as an NHL player and as a Chicago Blackhawk; DJ “S’Moore” gets OPOTW honors for the first time in a long time; George Kittle’s t-shirt is fucking awesome, so the NoFunLeague will fine him; Mr. Jefferson (J.J.) in on the pine for the ViQueen’s pillow fight with the Bears; ML...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums podcast under the stars (well, under the Boeing 767s) with an inaugural outdoor edition , S3:E0093; the opening half starts with an homage to Mr. Illinois, otherwise known as Dick Butkus, may he rest in peace (Paddy style); JF1 and DJ “3” S’Moore have career days for the lowly Bears; Chase “Playfool” is banished to the Miami Fins; Eddie, JL and Rocky represent Old Irving...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums are back in the railyard with S3: E0092, beginning Part 1 with a contractually obligated Chicago Bears synopsis for Week 3; bemoaning the dumpster fire at Halas Hall commences and is becoming an art form; followed by a gauntlet run of Week 3 NFL highlights, both pre and post; Broadway Joe pipes off on the Jets and QB Zach Wilson; talk shifts to MLB and the absence of the...

Send us Fan Mail The railyard is abuzz with NFL Week 1 performance reviews and Week 2 forecasts, as the Bums lead off S3:E0090, depressed and embarrassed by the unkindest of cuts -- by the Chicago Bears franchise (yes, again); the gauntlet is run with expert analysis; respect offered to Mike Williams, mortally wounded at the hands of an I beam;  “There once was a man named Tucker, who’s  seriously...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums “rise again”, two weeks in a row, with S3:E0090!  Part 1 pops off with NFL Week 1 predictions, with some live TNF commentary; the Bums are planning a Chicago bar gauntlet featuring three non-Bear NFL bars (Toons, Delilah’s and Lions bar TBC); Joe “Cool” Burrow gets a mega-deal - a quarter billion over cinco; Travis Kelce on the shelf with a hyperextended knee; Nick Bosa r...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums return to the railyard after summer break with S3:E0089, leading off the top-of-the order with MLB updates; Cubbies are contending, while the White Sox are covered in a fine mist of shit with a new, JV GM and give concealed carry a new meaning; Baltimore O’s announcer is suspended for a dumb-ass reason; talks shift to pro football, as the Bums ponder the Bears fate and a...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums are back with S3:E0088 —Polish Trout.  The top knot kicks off with a MLB trade deadline recap; the Bums stumble upon some goofy ass player names: the Chicago Cubs had been on a terror that helped them set an MLB record (don’t get too excited); well wishes all around for Bronny James, who’s laid up with a cardiac health issue (wishing for a speedy recovery); Paddy drops a...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums are back in the rail yard with Parte Uno of S3:E0087, “La Cucaracha”, Rocky finds another stupid way to gamble — Romba Pool; Wimbledon’s courte paume winners are reviewed (but if you expect us to know their names, you will be sorely disappointed); Northwestern University is a hot fucking mess, as President Shills responds with a whimper; NFL RBs are going the way of Dodo...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums return from summer vacation unhurt and ready to rock-n-roll with S3:E0086 — AND welcome another special guest, Kenny (who is without question the youngest looking retiree we’ve put eyes on); Part One starts with a somber reminder that absolutely fucking nothing is sacred, as Pat “Fitzy” Fitzgerald shits where he eats alongside baseball HC, Jim Foster (and it doesn’t taste...

Send us Fan Mail Just before taking Summer Break, the Bums pop off the top half of S3:E0085 with a review of the NBA Draft (in real-time); the fate of JAa is laid out, Eddie thinks Zion is a bust-o-la; the Phoenix Suns are on a mission; Scottie Pippen cannot get much stupider, but he’s doing literally everything in his power to set a new benchmark for idiots everywhere to follow; Las Vegas Golden...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums start the top of S3:E0084 with a special guest, McD, flown in fresh from Boston to help us fuck some shit up; McD rolls through his “most hated” major sports teams across pro and NCAA sports; an NBA Finals update ensues on the heels of a Joker infused performance by the Nuggets; Udonis Haslem finds himself in rare air (find out why); a recent Chicago Sox game puts on pitc...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums are back in the rail yard with another artful dodger, as S3:E0082 heads directly into NBA corner (‘Playoff Edition’); Eddie coins the phrase, “To The Spurs Go The Victor’ as San Antonio cashes-in with the NBA Draft’s golden ticket; NBA coaching feels like a Mayan drought with so much blood letting; new coaches befall Philly and Mo Town; Ja Morante is a certified master at...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums hit pay dirt two-weeks in a row with S3:E0082, pulling on the top knot with a walk of the Chicago Bears 2023 freshly minted schedule, along with an 11-points of light fact extravaganza; the Bums’ long-standing NHL/Chicago BlackeyeHawks embargo may be coming to an end, as the BeHs have a generational shot-on-goal in their #1 draft pick; the Pale Hose are finally snuffing o...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums are back in the rail yard with S3:E0081 and a special guest, “JL” from Chicago’s Old Irving Brewing; the front starts with a warm welcome, and a dive into the 2023 NFL draft, showcasing the Bears crop of picks; Arlington Heights braces for the wrecking ball; A-A-Ron Rodgers finds a new way to get attention; a quick bemoaning of Chicago MLB ensues; slugger Matt “Mash” Merv...

Send us Fan Mail The Bums usher in the front half of S3:E0080 with a new mascot (Bohdi the Bum) and an NBA playoff rundown; the Greek Freak has a wonky back; nobody outside of Orange County is pulling for the Lakers; Draymond draws a playoff edition suspension for Game 3 based on sins of the past; as talk turns to MLB, the Cubbies have a solid circus tour out west and remain above .500; the Pale H...