Matrix Basements Teams Up with Bears Legend Lance Briggs as Presenting Sponsor of CHGO Sports' "Brick by Brick" Podcast

Chicago Bears fans have a new reason to tune in on Thursdays, and Matrix Basements has a new way to show up in their living rooms. As officially announced this week, Matrix Basements is now the presenting sponsor of "Brick by Brick," the CHGO Sports podcast hosted by Bears legends Lance Briggs and Jerry Azumah alongside CHGO personality Greg Braggs Jr.

For a company that's spent more than 15 years turning unfinished basements into the rooms families actually live in, sponsoring a show built around Chicago football culture wasn't a hard call.

Where and When to Watch Brick by Brick

Brick by Brick airs twice weekly during the NFL season: every Thursday at 10 a.m., and again on game days immediately following the CHGO Bears Postgame show. You can catch new episodes on YouTube, Roku, Xfinity X1, Samsung TV Plus, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

Each episode brings Briggs' and Azumah's combined 20-plus NFL seasons of perspective to the biggest storylines around the Bears, paired with the kind of unfiltered, locker-room-style conversation that's made CHGO Sports a go-to source for Chicago football coverage.

Why Matrix Basements Is Backing This Show

Nick Richmond, CEO of Matrix Basements, put it simply: "Chicago sports are about more than what happens on the field. They bring families and friends together."

"There probably isn't a more appropriate sports show for Matrix to put its name behind than Brick By Brick."

— Nick Richmond, CEO, Matrix Basements

That's the through-line for this partnership. Basements are where a lot of that family-and-friends time actually happens: watch parties, tailgates rained out of the backyard, kids doing homework ten feet from a game on mute. Sponsoring a show co-hosted by a former Bears linebacker is a natural extension of a relationship Matrix Basements and Lance Briggs already share, and it puts the Matrix name in front of exactly the households it builds for.

From Watching the Game to Hosting Game Day

A seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker who spent all 12 of his NFL seasons with the Bears, Lance Briggs knows what a real Chicago fan base looks like on a Sunday. Matrix Basements builds the rooms that fan base gathers in: basement home theaters wired for the game, family rooms that go from homework station to tailgate headquarters, and the occasional dedicated man cave or game room built around Sunday football.

If your basement is still unfinished concrete and storage boxes, this season is as good a time as any to change that. A finished basement adds real, usable square footage, and for a lot of families in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan, it becomes the room where game day actually happens.

About Matrix Basements

Matrix Basements is a locally owned basement finishing company that has completed thousands of basement finishing projects across Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois, the company pairs professional design with experienced construction teams to turn unfinished basements into functional, everyday living space.

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