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  • Top 10 NFL Combine storylines & prospects to watch

    Nate Tice & Matt Harmon join forces from Indianapolis as they preview what to watch at the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine. The duo kick things off with some of the buzziest news items from around Indy, including the Atlanta Falcons franchise tagging Kyle Pitts, some uncertainty from the Philadelphia Eagles around AJ Brown’s future with the team and the New York Jets planning to use a tag on RB Breece Hall.

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    Next, Nate & Matt dive into their top prospects to watch this week at the NFL Combine. Matt shouts out LB Sonny Styles topping an insane linebacker class and WR KC Concepcion, while Nate talks about the entire Ohio State defense and Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love.

    Later, the two hosts cover a few of the most underrated prospects to watch this week, including WR Omar Cooper, TE Kenyon Sadiq, RB Jonah Coleman and more, plus a few spare news items from Indianapolis (could a Trent Williams release be looming?)

    (2:10) – Top Combine storylines and news

    (24:00) – Top prospects to watch

    (40:20) – Underrated prospects to watch

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    (55:00) – Odds and ends from Indianapolis

    Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza & Ohio State LB Arvell Reese are expected to draw eyes at the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. (Jamie Squire, Getty Images; James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

    Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza & Ohio State LB Arvell Reese are expected to draw eyes at the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. (Jamie Squire, Getty Images; James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

    (Jamie Squire, Getty Images; James Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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  • Team USA goalie Connor Hellebuyck to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom after Olympics-saving stop, Trump says

    Team USA goalkeeper Connor Hellebuyck will be receiving one more medal, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday during his State of the Union address.

    Two days after the Americans’ victory over Canada in the men’s hockey gold-medal game of the 2026 Winter Olympics, Trump welcomed the team to the White House then brought them onto the floor during his address to Congress.

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    Trump then singled out Hellebuyck, who stopped 41 of 42 shots from the favored Canadians and delivered an iconic moment with his stick save to preserve a 1-1 tie early in the third period. The U.S. went on to win 2-1 in overtime for the first gold medal in men’s hockey since the Miracle on Ice in 1980.

    Trump praised Hellebuyck’s performance and said he had decided to give Hellebuyck the Presidential Medal of Freedom after asking the goalkeeper’s teammates:

    “We took a vote of the team and I said, ‘Anybody votes no, I’m not doing it.’ So they stood there and they weren’t about to say no, because I had never seen a goaltender play as well as goalie Connor Hellebuyck … 46 shots on goal and I asked him, ‘The one shot, the one where you put your stick in the back and it hit the neck of your stick and bounced off, you practice that or was that a little lucky?’ He refused to answer that question.

    I just want to tell you that the members of this great hockey squad will be very happy to hear, based on their vote and my vote, and in this case my vote was more important, that I will soon be presenting Connor with our highest civilian honor, which will be given, and which has been given to many athletes over the years — but when I say ‘many,’ not too many, like 12 — it’s called the highest civilian honor in our country, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Great athletes have gotten that, the best.”

    Of the 24 Medals of Freedom Trump awarded in his first term as president, 14 of them were athletes or affiliated with sports in some way: Alan Page, Babe Ruth, Roger Staubach, Bob Cousy, Roger Penske, Mariano Rivera, Jerry West, Tiger Woods, Dan Gable, Lou Holtz, Jim Ryun, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Gary Player and Annika Sorenstam.

    By comparison, six of former president Joe Biden’s 57 Medals of Freedom were awarded to athletes: Simone Biles, Megan Rapinoe, Katie Ledecky, Jim Thorpe, Magic Johnson and Lionel Messi.

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    So far in this term, Hellebuyck is one of four people to be announced as a Medal of Freedom winner, alongside Charlie Kirk, Rudy Giuliani and Ben Carson.

    The 32-year-old Hellebuyck, who plays for the Winnipeg Jets, is already one of the NHL’s most decorated goaltenders, with three Vezina Trophies and last year’s Hart Trophy for MVP of the league.

    Goalie Connor Hellebuyck raises his gold medal as members of the US Men's Olympic hockey team are recogized by US President Donald Trump as he delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2026. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

    Connor Hellebuyck will receive a gold medal and a Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work at the 2026 Olympics. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

    (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS via Getty Images)

    Team USA’s embrace of Trump and vice versa has proven a controversial development in some areas, most notably when the president joked he would have to invite the women’s team or get impeached, which was received with laughter by the men’s team. The historically dominant Team USA women’s hockey team declined the invite, citing “previously scheduled academic and professional commitments.”

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    Trump, however, claimed during the State of the Union the women’s team “will soon” visit the White House.

    FBI director Kash Patel has also faced a backlash for raucously celebrating in the Team USA locker room after the gold medal game, after traveling to Italy at the taxpayers’ expense.

  • Bobby Hurley hits the floor in Arizona State-TCU scuffle

    It hasn’t been the easiest season for Arizona State head coach Bobby Hurley. Those struggles continued Tuesday in a 90-78 loss to TCU.

    A sideline scuffle between the two teams resulted in Hurley getting knocked to the floor early in the second half. The fun began when a trap by Arizona State’s Andrija Grbović and Bryce Ford forced a timeout, with the two continuing to be physical with TCU’s Brock Harding after the whistle.

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    Players, coaches and staff from both teams rushed to the Sun Devils’ sideline once the shoving began, with Hurley physically pushing back Horned Frogs center Vianney Salatchoum. TCU head coach Jamie Dixon then got involved, and Hurley appeared to fall down after tripping over someone’s feet.

    The incident didn’t result in any ejections, nor did Hurley appear harmed by the fall.

    Regardless, it was another bad day for a coach widely seen as being on the hot seat as the calendar nears March. Tuesday’s loss marks a second straight loss for Arizona State, which lost 73-68 to Baylor on Saturday.

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    The Sun Devils now hold a 5-10 record in Big 12 play, tying them for 12th worst in the conference. They finished 15th last year with a 4-16 record as well.

    Hurley outright admitted to having “failed” to get through to his team last month and his contract expires at the end of this season, making it easy for Arizona State to move on if it chooses.

  • Lauren Chapin, the Youngest Kid on ‘Father Knows Best,’ Dies at 80

    Lauren Chapin, who portrayed the precocious Kathy “Kitten” Anderson on the iconic 1950s TV series Father Knows Best, has died. She was 80. 

    Chapin, who said she was molested as a child before dealing with drug abuse, jail sentences, several miscarriages and divorce after her show ended, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer, her son, Matthew, reported on Facebook.

    Following appearances on a 1952 episode of CBS’ Lux Video Theatre and in the Judy Garland-starring A Star Is Born (1954), Chapin was hired for Father Knows Best when she was 9.

    She said she got the job in part because she bore a strong resemblance to one of star Robert Young’s four daughters, also named Kathy. (Norma Jean Nilsson had played the part on the preceding NBC Radio version.)

    Chapin’s older TV siblings were Betty “Princess” Anderson (Elinor Donahue) and James “Bud” Anderson Jr. (Billy Gray), and their mom was level-headed housewife Margaret Anderson (Jane Wyatt). Young played Jim Anderson, an insurance salesman.

    Father Knows Best ran for six seasons, from October 1954 through May 1960, with two stints at CBS sandwiched around one at NBC. Reruns then aired for another couple of years in primetime on ABC and for decades in syndication, and the cast reunited for a pair of TV specials in 1977.

    Chapin was born in Los Angeles on May 23, 1945. Her older brothers, Billy Chapin (The Night of the Hunter) and Michael Chapin (It’s a Wonderful Life), were child actors as well.

    She was signed to a contract at Columbia Pictures and studied with choreographers Gower and Marge Champion and famed French mime Marcel Marceau.

    When she was about 6, her mom, Marguerite, whom she said was an alcoholic, took her brother Billy to New York to build his stage career, and she was left with her father, William, whom she said molested her. By age 11, she said was a “manic depressive personality” and once attempted suicide.

    “I was very difficult to understand how Kathy Anderson could be loved and protected and Lauren Chapin lived a whole different kind of life,” she said during an appearance on Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee in 1989. “I didn’t understand how God could let me suffer.”

    Five months after Father Knows Best ended. Chapin appeared on an installment of General Electric Theater alongside Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows, but that would mark her final acting appearance for 16 years.

    She dropped out of Pasadena High School as a junior, and on the Regis and Kathie Lee program, she said got married at 16 and divorced at 18; another marriage was annulled after she discovered her husband was still married. Another man she was involved with turned her into a call girl and on to heroin, which she said she did for seven years until she was 25. Along the way, she lost eight children to miscarriages.

    She said she also had to sue her mother to claim a portion of the money she had earned from Father Knows Best.

    After achieving sobriety in the 1970, Chapin worked as a minister and as a talent manager; on her website, it was noted that actress Jennifer Love Hewitt “got her start in show biz” through Chapin.

    She also published a memoir, 1989’s Father Does Know Best, and appeared on a 2016 YouTube series, School Bus Diaries.

    Survivors also include her daughter, Summer.

    “If I could be on television again, I would pray for a series like Father Knows Best,” she told People magazine in 1981, “one that has no violence, no sex and shows nothing but purity and love.”

  • ‘Project Hail Mary’ First Reactions: Ryan Gosling Is a ‘Shining Star’ in Christopher Miller and Phil Lord’s ‘Must-See Space Odyssey’

    ‘Project Hail Mary’ First Reactions: Ryan Gosling Is a ‘Shining Star’ in Christopher Miller and Phil Lord’s ‘Must-See Space Odyssey’

    “Project Hail Mary” has been unveiled to members of the film press ahead of its March 20 release, and first reactions are calling Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s sci-fi comedy a “must-see space odyssey” that may prove to be a “major awards player” come Oscar time next year.

    Film critic Eric Marchen shared a glowing review on X, writing that “Project Hail Mary” is “the first great blockbuster of 2026.”

    “Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s must-see space odyssey blasts off as the first great blockbuster of 2026,” Marchen wrote. “Out-of-this-world cinematography from Greig Fraser reaches for the stars while anchored by a stellar Ryan Gosling performance. This movie ROCKS!”

    Critic Adriano Caporusso also praised the film on X. He wrote, “‘PROJECT HAIL MARY’: Lord & Miller’s latest plays up a ‘Short Circuit’ bromance to an hysterical extreme while simultaneously delivering a pulse-pounding space epic that brings true humanity to the centrestage, but not without some jaw-dropping visuals alongside.”

    Globe and Mail film writer Barry Hertz shared some reservations about the “Project Hail Mary” on X, but they weren’t enough to outshine Ryan Gosling’s “galaxy-sized charms.”

    “‘PROJECT HAIL MARY’: Not quite faster-than-light script with too many endings and one crucial plot point that evaporates, plus a seeming corporate obligation to Amazon’s ROCKY catalogue, cannot suppress the galaxy-sized charms of Ryan Gosling,” he wrote. “‘INTERSTELLAR’ without all the ~stuff~.”

    Entertainment journalist Scott Menzel called “Project Hail Mary” a “masterpiece” on X and predicted it will be “a major awards player across the board.”

    “‘Project Hail Mary’ is an epic cinematic achievement,” Menzel wrote. “Phil Lord and Chris Miller somehow manage to raise the bar once again, delivering what is not only their most ambitious film to date, but arguably their most accomplished.”

    TV host Jeff Conway echoed the praise, writing on X, “A successfully sophisticated blend of humor, sci-fi, drama and suspense. Ryan Gosling is the shining star of this compassionate story about connection and defying the odds, while Sandra Hüller is the tender heart of this beautiful film.”

    Based on the 2021 novel by Andy Weir, the film stars Gosling as brainy school teacher Ryland Grace, who wakes up alone on a spaceship light-years away from Earth with no recollection of how he got there. As his memory recovers, he pieces together an outlandish plot that sent him through the galaxy to stop a mysterious entity from blacking out the sun. Other cast members include Sandra Hüller, Milana Vayntrub, Ken Leung, Liz Kingsman and James Ortiz.

    At Comic Con 2025, Gosling unveiled the first five minutes of “Project Hail Mary” alongside Miller, Lord and screenwriter Drew Goddard. Gosling said at the time that he related to Ryland’s situation of being an “ordinary person in an extraordinary situation.”

    “I connected to his reluctance,” he said. “Aside from the fact he has a doctorate in molecular biology, he’s an ordinary person in an extraordinary situation. He reacts to a lot of things the way I might or a lot of us might. He’s terrified appropriately of the task at hand. He’s somebody who gave up on himself on Earth, and he’s given an opportunity to believe in himself again. It’s inspiring to go through this journey with him because he somehow finds the courage to put one foot in front of the other and keep going.”

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  • ‘Wisecrack,’ Pablo Torre Win Top Ambies Awards for Audio Entertainment

    ‘Wisecrack,’ Pablo Torre Win Top Ambies Awards for Audio Entertainment

    “Wisecrack,” an innovative true-crime podcast revolving around comedian Edd Hedges, won the top prize of podcast of the year Tuesday night in Brooklyn at the sixth annual The Ambies awards ceremony honoring excellence in audio content.

    The iHeartPodcasts series, hosted by experienced documentary and true crime journalist Jodi Tovay, looks at the bizarre confluence of events that engulfed Hedges after he returned to his hometown to perform at a charity event. Per iHeart’s description of “Wisecrack,” “What starts as a heartwarming homecoming quickly spirals into a chilling true crime tale of a downward spiral and a town shaken by murder.” “Wisecrack” also won additional trophies for nonfiction screenwriting, society and culture podcast and for production and sound design.

    ESPN veteran Pablo Torre was dubbed podcaster of the year for Meadowlark Media’s “Pablo Torre Finds Out” at the awards administered by The Podcast Academy. The ceremony, hosted by comedian Wyatt Cenac, was held at the Arlo Williamsburg venue as part of the On the Air festival celebrating audio storytelling.

    LISTEN: “Daily Variety,” “Awards Circuit,” “Strictly Business” and other Variety podcasts

    Here is a full list of this year’s The Ambies winners:

    Vanguard Podcaster of the Year
    Pablo Torre

    Podcast of The Year
    Wisecrack
    Tenderfoot TV , iHeartPodcasts

    Best Ad Read
    Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend
    SiriusXM

    Best Branded Podcast
    Sesame Street: Cookie Monster Mysteries
    Audible Studios,Sesame Workshop

    Best Business Podcast
    The Indicator from Planet Money
    NPR

    Best Comedy Podcast
    Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend
    SiriusXM, Team Coco

    Best DIY Podcast
    Redacted History
    Dr. Andre White, Airwave

    Best Documentary Podcast
    The Con: Kaitlyn’s Baby
    CBC, BBC World Service

    Best Emerging Podcast
    How Is This Better?
    COURIER Newsroom

    Best Entertainment Podcast
    Twenty Thousand Hertz
    Defacto Sound

    Best Fiction Podcast
    Red for Revolution
    Meta Mana Media

    Best History Podcast
    Our Ancestors Were Messy
    Coco Hill Productions

    Best Indie Podcast
    Our Ancestors Were Messy
    Coco Hill Productions

    Best Indie Podcast Host or Hosts
    Jamie Feldman and Rachel Webster
    Debt Heads
    Captain and the Fox

    Best Interview Podcast
    Death, Sex & Money
    Slate

    Best Knowledge, Science or Tech Podcast
    Radiolab
    New York Public Radio

    Best News & Politics
    Reveal
    Reveal and PRX

    Best Original Score and Music Supervision
    Marcus Bagala and Sam Ewing
    DC High Volume: Batman
    DC Comics, Realm

    Best Performance in Audio Fiction
    Maulik Pancholy, Murray Bartlett, Poorna Jagannathan, Karan Soni, Anna Camp, Adam Pally, Margo Martindale, Richard Kind, Conrad Ricamora, Iqbal Theba, Julian Shapiro-Barnum, Padma Lakshmi, et al.
    Murder at the Patel Motel
    Broadway Video, Audible

    Best Personal Growth / Spirituality Podcast
    Wild Card with Rachel Martin
    NPR

    Best Podcast for Kids
    Terrestrials
    WNYC Studios

    Best Podcast Host or Hosts
    Rachel Martin
    Wild Card with Rachel Martin
    NPR

    Best Production and Sound Design
    Alex Vespestad, Steven Perez, and Cooper Skinner
    Wisecrack
    Tenderfoot TV , iHeartPodcasts

    Best Reporting
    Robyn Semien
    Question Everything
    Placement Theory

    Best Scriptwriting, Fiction
    Jana Naomi Smith
    Red for Revolution
    Meta Mana Media

    Best Scriptwriting, Non-Fiction
    Charles Forbes and Edd Hedges
    Wisecrack
    Tenderfoot TV , iHeartPodcasts

    Best Society and Culture Podcast
    Wisecrack
    Tenderfoot TV , iHeartPodcasts

    Best Spanish Language Narrative Podcast – Fiction or Nonfiction
    No Me Provoquen
    Sonoro

    Best Sports Podcast
    Pablo Torre Finds Out
    Meadowlark Media

    Best True Crime Podcast
    Sea of Lies
    Produced by What’s the Story Sounds for CBC

    Best Use of Video in a Podcast
    Tales Unrolled
    Sonoro

    Best Wellness or Relationships Podcast
    Embodied
    WUNC

    Podcast Advertiser Innovator Award
    Charlie’s Place
    Atlas Obscura, Rococo Punch, Visit Myrtle Beach, Pushkin

    (Pictured: Pablo Torre and Wyatt Cenac)

  • NBA trade deadline hot topics & unhappy teams with Jason Timpf + NFL Playoffs talk with Justin Boone

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    Kevin O’Connor is joined by Jason Timpf to check in with unhappy fan bases across the NBA. They discuss whether the criticism of Karl Anthony-Towns is fair and offer solutions to the problems in New York. Then, they break down the root of Atlanta’s issues since the Trae Young trade. Plus, what’s going on in Los Angeles and can it even be fixed?

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    Next, KOC shares why Collin Murray-Boyles could be the next Draymond Green and why the Celtics-Pistons matchup is the game of the week. Who should the Pistons target before the trade deadline? KOC gives his picks! Plus, is Ja Morant’s stock rising? Do the Timberwolves need to make a trade to find success this season?

    Later, Justin Boone joins to discuss why the Buffalo Bills parted ways with Sean McDermott, recap the wild NFL divisional games and preview the upcoming championship weekend.

    (0:15) Jason Timpf joins

    (1:23) Unhappy fan bases: New York Knicks

    (9:18) Unhappy fan bases: Atlanta Hawks

    (15:49) Unhappy fan bases: Los Angeles Lakers

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    (25:16)  Collin Murray-Boyles = Draymond Green

    (29:13) Celtics vs. Pistons preview

    (41:56) Is Ja Morant’s stock rising back up?

    (49:19) Do Timberwolves need to make a trade?

    (1:06:23) All-Star starters announced

    (1:10:26) NFL 6 Points! with Justin Boone

    Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the New York Knicks reacts during the game against the Phoenix Suns at Madison Square Garden on January 17, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Evan Bernstein/Getty Images)

    Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the New York Knicks reacts during the game against the Phoenix Suns at Madison Square Garden on January 17, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Evan Bernstein/Getty Images)

    (Photo by Evan Bernstein/Getty Images)

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  • 4 KEY offseason moves for Bills, Bears, 49ers, Texans + Saleh to Titans & latest coaching hire reactions

    Nate Tice & Matt Harmon react to the latest NFL coaching hire news before determining what went wrong for playoff losers and what each team can do to get further next season. The duo start with their thoughts on the latest coaching hires, including the Miami Dolphins hiring Jeff Hafley, the Tennessee Titans getting Robert Saleh, the Detroit Lions hiring OC Drew Petzing and the Kansas City Chiefs hiring OC Eric Bieniemy.

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    Next, Nate & Matt deep dive on the four Divisional Round losers, determining what direction each team needs to take to retool and get even closer to a Super Bowl next season. The duo cover the post-Sean McDermott Buffalo Bills and their need to nail the next coaching hire, the Chicago Bears and how they can fix their defense, the Houston Texans and next steps to fix C.J. Stroud and the San Francisco 49ers, who are entering a sketchier offseason than you may realize.

    (5:00) – Titans hire Robert Saleh

    (14:10) – Dolphins hire Jeff Hafley

    (20:30) – Key OC hires: Petzing to Lions & Bieniemy to Chiefs

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    (41:00) – Bills deep dive

    (1:00:45) – Bears deep dive

    (1:06:45) – Texans deep dive

    (1:20:15) – 49ers deep dive

    DENVER, CO - JANUARY 17: Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills reacts after a play against the Denver Broncos during the second half of an AFC Divisional Playoff game at Empower Field At Mile High on January 17, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

    DENVER, CO – JANUARY 17: Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills reacts after a play against the Denver Broncos during the second half of an AFC Divisional Playoff game at Empower Field At Mile High on January 17, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

    (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

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  • Meet the New Mets Roster, Beltrán & Jones Elected to the Hall of Fame and the Phillies Bring Back a Familiar Face

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    The New York Mets struck big last year when they reeled in Juan Soto from the Bronx to headline an eventful winter. However, after a disappointing 2025 campaign, the Amazin’s have been on a mission to retool this offseason, and thanks to David Stearns, they’ll go into 2026 with plenty of new faces and hope for success.

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    On this episode of Baseball Bar-B-Cast, Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman talk about the retooled lineup that the Mets have assembled, which includes signing Bo Bichette and trading for Luis Robert Jr. from the Chicago White Sox. In addition to the signings of Devin Williams and Jorge Polanco, the new-look Mets are looking forward to a redemption season in 2026.

    Later, Jordan and Jake talk about Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, why the Houston Astros cheating scandal caused Beltrán to have to wait and the improbable climb for Jones to make it into the Hall. Then the guys discuss the Philadelphia Phillies bringing J.T. Realmuto back to the City of Brotherly Love, Elly De La Cruz rejecting a big contract extension from the Cincinnati Reds and take a look at the LIDOM Championship Series.

    1:12 – The Opener: New-look Mets

    22:09 – Luis Robert Jr. trade

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    33:24 – Hall of Fame results

    54:26 – Around the League: Phillies re-sign Realmuto

    1:03:02 – Three-team trade

    1:06:47 – Elly turns down extension

    1:09:33 – LIDOM Championship Series

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    Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images

    (Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

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  • 2026 Winter Olympics: Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin, Chloe Kim among those named to U.S. Ski & Snowboard team

    Team USA revealed its ski and snowboard roster for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Winter Games on Thursday.

    Leading figures include Olympic veterans Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin and Chloe Kim. Vonn, who won gold in the downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, returned to the sport in 2024 after retirement and a partial knee replacement. Three-time Olympian and two-time gold medalist in snowboard slopestyle Jamie Anderson was not on the 97-person list.

    Shiffrin, the most decorated Alpine skier, will compete in her fourth Olympics. Kim, a three-time Olympian, aims to be the first snowboarder to win a third straight gold in halfpipe.

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    “In many ways, making this team is even harder than the Olympics themselves,” snowboard program director Rick Bower explained in a statement. “The depth of our field is incredible, and selection truly came down to the wire.”

    On the men’s side, the U.S. team will be led by three-time Olympian and 2018 slopestyle gold medalist Red Gerard, snowboard cross racer Nick Baumgartner, and 17-year-old Alessandro Barbieri, who’s seen as a medal contender in halfpipe.

    Four-time Olympian Nick Goepper will head the freeski halfpipe squad, which also includes two-time Olympic medalist Alex Ferreira, Birk Irving and first-time Olympian Hunter Hess. Irving’s sister, Svea Irving, qualified for the women’s freeski halfpipe. Defending Olympic freeski slopestyle champ Alex Hall is also set to compete in his third Olympics.

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    Olympic champion and three-time cross-country skiing medalist Jesse Diggins will participate in her fourth and final Olympics. Chris Lillis is returning for the aerials team. He took gold at the 2022 Games.

    At the 2022 Beijing Games, skiers and snowboarders earned 15 of the 25 medals for Team USA. For the 2026 Winter Olympics, they’ll make up nearly half of all the athletes representing the U.S.