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Don't get too excited about the broadcast announcements below! I will still cover the regular season like I did this season because it plays out quickly and I wanted to add the flare of who exactly has been doing the play-by-play and color commentary for the games. However, the playoffs will get more play.

Analysis

Well, things look a bit more irradiated now throughout the CBO, except probably the Railroad League. Oberland is pretty much in the playoffs, the league winner, and the #1 overall seed in the CBO playoffs. Beyond them, only the Fairline Hill Estates Yao Guai even have a winning record, and they are only two games over .500. The Vault 81 Dwellers trail FHE by two games, but they have looked pedestrian lately with only Oberland finding ways to consistently win a string of games. This one may be all sewn up, but there are still some games to be played. Let us look at the battle for the wildcard in the RL.

Fairline Hill Estates (FHE for the rest of the way): at Shaw, at Diamond City, vs Oberland, at Vault 81

Vault 81: at Oberland, vs Shaw, at Egret, vs FHE

Shaw (3 games back): vs FHE, at Vault 81, at Diamond City, vs Egret

Advantage: FHE. Simply put, they are the best team of the three in the race. Still, that last series of the season could be an interesting one.

Disadvantage: Vault 81. The Dwellers go to Oberland next weekend, meaning they will probably lose two or three of those. That puts them at best even with the Yao Guai who will not get swept at Shaw.

Enigma: Shaw. If the Knuckle Punchers DO sweep FHE, then the wildcard race gets interesting. The Punchers also get a chance to knock down Vault 81. We just don't see either of those happening and think they will be out of the race in two weeks.

Coverage of the Railroad League action will be going to Oberland to take on Vault 81. That could mean the end of the Dwellers in their playoff hopes, but they have to play the games first. BNN's the Charles River Trio is covering that exciting action through WRVR.

The Minutemen League is starting to look more and more that the Warwick Mirelurks and Goodneighbor Hancocks are battling for playoff seeding, while Quincy is just hanging around with little hope. Two games are not a lot of games, and Quincy could easily make up that difference in one weekend series. Let's look at the remaining schedules of the battle in the ML.

Warwick: at Jamaica Plain, vs University Point, at Goodneighbor, vs Quincy

Goodneighbor: vs Atom, vs Jamaica Plain, vs Warwick, at University Point

Quincy: at University Point, at Atom, vs Jamaica Plain, at Warwick

Advantage: Goodneighbor. The schedule is heavily in their favor, playing the next two home series against the bottom two teams. The Hancocks also get Warwick at home which could put them solidly in first heading into the final weekend.

Disadvantage: Warwick. Though the Mirelurks have a two-game advantage over the Gunners, they have two difficult series to finish the season. That could also mean surging ahead of their two rivals, but playoff-like series before the playoffs could wear them out even if they make it. Last season, Warwick was a league winner that got knocked out in the first round by the wildcard and eventual champion The Slog Ghouls.

Enigma: University Point. The Deathclaws play all three teams and could work for or against any of them. Though the Claws are not realistically in the playoff hunt, winning all three of those series would definitely help put them in the hunt.

The Cool Cat Crew with Bluejay and Roxy for Atom Cats Radio is the BNN coverage for Week 16. They will be heading to University Point where the Deathclaws host Quincy.

We featured the races in the other two leagues last week, so just a quick overview of their races. In the Institute League, Starlight could not put Lexington away after winning the first game of the series. Now, they are back in a first-place tie with the Synths. Both of those teams still hold the advantage, but Fort Hagen made a play back in the race with a sweep of Abernathy. Concord also dropped the series to Sunshine Tidings. Right now, at five games back of the wildcard spot, only the Adamantium look to be out of it. Any of the other five have a chance with a few winning weekends.

The BosCom BNN Sports Team will be broadcasting Lexington at Fort Hagen live and on the air of BosCom TV, available for live viewing at the Starlight Drive-In, various bars and restaurants throughout Diamond City, and at the Viewhouse in Fairline Hill Estates.

As far as the Brotherhood League is concerned, the Ghouls ended their skid, which was making the first-place race more interesting. Now it is back up to four games, so the wildcard spot is in contention. Nordhagen Beach tried to sweep its way into a third-place tie but fell short in Game Three against Finch Farm. That puts the Four Leafs in that tie with Easy Town, who struggled against Salem. Four teams are in a tight tesla-arced arena right now for that wildcard spot.

Because the matchup of County Crossing at Nordhagen Beach has the most playoff pull, that is where BNN will be. Travis Miles and crew will be covering that one through Diamond City Radio.