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Best Burt Reynolds Movies and Week 1 NFL Gambling With Wesley Morris and Joe House

Plus: Bill and House discuss Tiger’s impressive showing at the BMW Championship

By Bill Simmons

Bill Simmons is joined by New York Times film critic Wesley Morris to remember the great Burt Reynolds. They each go through their top-five Burt Reynolds films and discuss how he owned the 1970s (2:28). Then Bill calls up Joe House to talk Tiger Woods’s impressive showing at the BMW Championship and NBC’s questionable broadcast changes in the NFL season opener before making some Week 1 bets (1:06:25).

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