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TOPIC 1: HOW WILL YOU REMEMBER FEBRUARY?
Jimmy Greenfield: It almost always comes right after January.
Phillip Thompson: I didn’t take any days off during Black History Month so now my black (bleep) is history! See ya!
Leo Ebersole: It was the month the Bears turned into the Detroit Lions.
Adam Caldarelli: February always will be remembered for the Bears’magical Super Bowl.
Whizzer: It’s only the month we lost the Super Bowl. Forgot already, didn’t you?
TOPIC 2: WHAT WOULD YOU BE BETTER AT IF YOU TOOK STEROIDS?
Jimmy Greenfield: Lying to federal prosecutors.
Phillip Thompson: Making steroids jokes. See what I mean?
Leo Ebersole: Like most steroid-taking males, I would excel at women’s track and field.
Adam Caldarelli: I’d probably be a better ‘roid rager.
Whizzer: You can’t improve on perfection.
TOPIC 3: THE BULLS REMIND ME OF …
Jimmy Greenfield: … any Democrat not named Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
Phillip Thompson: … “Lost.”
Leo Ebersole: … a steak burrito. Really, I’m just hungry right now.
Adam Caldarelli: … the 1991 Golden State Warriors.
Whizzer: … my hip-hop career back in the day: all hype and no hits.
TOPIC 4: HOW WOULD YOU MAKE SPRING TRAINING GAMES MORE EXCITING?
Jimmy Greenfield: You’re allowed to throw water balloons at players running in the outfield.
Phillip Thompson: You could turn making the roster into a reality show. Check out this title: “Making the Roster.”
Leo Ebersole: With a new “match the supplement to the player” game on the JumboTron.
Adam Caldarelli: For starters, they could play a more exciting sport.
Whizzer: A locker-room shower cam, but you didn’t hear that from me.
TOPIC 5: MAKE UP A WORD TO DESCRIBE SHAUN LIVINGSTON’S KNEE INJURY.
Jimmy Greenfield: “Theismanthatsgottahurt.”
Phillip Thompson: “Snapstastical.”
Leo Ebersole: “Upchuckworthy.”
Adam Caldarelli: “Quone.”
Whizzer: “Cringeoriffic.”
