Poke the Bear

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Boston.com's Bruins reporter Conor Ryan offers up weekly thoughts, opinions and analysis on all things surrounding the Black and Gold in “Poke The Bear” — a new podcast centered on the Original Six club. Each week, Conor and a number of guests offer in-depth breakdowns on the latest news surrounding the B’s — and having plenty of fun along the way. So sit back, grab a libation (or Dunks, no one’s judging here) and let’s talk some hockey.

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Welcome to Poke the Bear with Conor Ryan

Conor Ryan was born and raised in South Boston and has served as the Boston Bruins beat writer at BostonSportsJournal.com for two seasons now. After graduating from Boston Latin Academy in Roxbury back in 2011, Conor made the arduous three-mile move to Boston University to continue his education. While at BU, Conor served as a beat reporter at The Daily Free Press — BU’s student-run newspaper — for three years. He also held multiple internships at WEEI.com and BostInno during his time in college. During his senior year, Conor managed a staff of 20 writers as sports editor of the “FreeP” while covering the 2014-15 BU men’s hockey team during its run to a national championship game. (Please - no need to mention Providence College). Right after graduating from college, Conor spent the summer of 2015 interning for the Cape Cod Times, serving as the primary beat reporter for the Cape Cod Baseball League. He then served as a Hockey East reporter for SB Nation and Vox Media before joining MassLive.com in the fall of 2015. Over the next three years, Conor covered the Red Sox, Patriots and Bruins for MassLive, while eventually serving as the primary Boston Bruins beat reporter for the past two seasons. Conor joined BSJ in the fall of 2018 — adding his own brand of insight, analysis and humor into the Bruins beat for two full seasons now. Topics: NHL, Boston Bruins, Stanley Cup Playoffs Available for download on iTunes, Spotify and Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

08/31/2020

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4 min

4.3

out of 5

52 Ratings

POKE THE BEAR

10/17/2024

CONNOR#84🤑

Conor is a great reporter who is taking it to a next level.267 episodes are amazing 🤩 as well and you can beet Conor.
Terrible

03/15/2025

B-dubb87

I can’t stand listening to this guys terrible takes and stupid theories. I think the worst part of this show is listening to the host sniffing every other sentence. All I can picture is a little kid that doesn’t know how to blow their nose and just trying to talk through it and wiping their nose with their bare hand. Blow your nose dude! Or use the mute button so we don’t have to listen to your disgusting noises
Bruins Focused

02/03/2023

Beck3037

After trying out several “Bruins” podcasts, this is my favorite. The hosts stay on topic, don’t get into the weeds with mindless banter. Once in a while they hypothesize, but mostly stay current on actual B’s topics - questions and issues that a lot of B fans are thinking.
Take a shot

03/03/2023

lip91688

Take a shot every time these 2 say “ again” you won’t make it 5 mins: my god

Boston.com's Bruins reporter Conor Ryan offers up weekly thoughts, opinions and analysis on all things surrounding the Black and Gold in “Poke The Bear” — a new podcast centered on the Original Six club. Each week, Conor and a number of guests offer in-depth breakdowns on the latest news surrounding the B’s — and having plenty of fun along the way. So sit back, grab a libation (or Dunks, no one’s judging here) and let’s talk some hockey.