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SportsOctober 2, 2015

Sports: The Men in Blazers Premier League Wrap – Episode 7

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Premier League Pass kindly loans us NBC’s excellent football pundits Men in Blazers, to bring us up to speed with all the Premier League talking points ahead of this weekend’s games.

https://youtu.be/K4BbmGg89Hc

Watch all this weekend’s Premier League action live and on demand at Premier League Pass.

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