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  • Thomas Frank Sacked! Our Replacement Picks + Brandon Vazquez on ACL Recovery & World Cup Pressure

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    Tottenham have parted ways with Thomas Frank, and the big question is: was he really the problem? The boys dig into what’s actually happening at Spurs, whether the issues run deeper than the head coach, and which managers could realistically step in to fix things. Is this about tactics, recruitment, ownership — or something bigger?

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    Then Austin FC striker Brandon Vazquez joins the show for an honest and revealing conversation. He opens up about recovering from his ACL injury, doing “quick maths” in his head about the World Cup timeline the moment he got hurt, and what it will take to fight his way back into the U.S. Men’s National Team picture. Vazquez also shares what it was really like playing in Liga MX — from nonstop media attention to the intensity of fan culture — and how it compares to MLS. Plus, we get the full origin story of his “Superman” goal celebration (yes, including the capes).

    To close it out, the boys react to the 2026 MLS kit reveal and give their unfiltered best and worst picks. Which clubs nailed it? Which designs should’ve stayed in the concept phase? We’re handing out praise, roasting questionable choices, and ranking the fits you’ll be seeing all season long.

    Timestamps:

    (11:00) – Thomas Frank sacked! What is the issue at Tottenham?

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    (20:00) – Discussing possible replacement for Tottenham

    (27:15) – Brandon Vazquez joins The Cooligans

    (51:30) – Revealing the best 2026 MLS kits

    (59:45) – Revealing the worst 2026 MLS kits

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    TOTTENHAM MANAGER

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  • NBA All-Star Weekend preview + Jazz & Pacers fined

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    We have an action-packed episode of ‘The Dunker Spot’ coming your way!

    Steve Jones and Nekias Duncan give you the latest news and updates surrounding the 2026 All-Star Weekend. They dive into their predictions for Team USA vs. World, who will come out victorious in the skills competitions and what to expect with the new format.

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    Next, they dive into the news of the NBA fining the Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers hefty amounts for tanking. Does the league have a tanking problem? What are possible solutions?

    Plus, Angel Reese is back in Unrivaled! They give their takeaways, recap the 1v1 tournament and preview the latest matchups.

    All that and more!

    1:03 Rising Stars showcase preview
    9:29 3-point contest preview
    14:35 Shooting Stars competition preview
    18:07 Dunk contest preview
    22:14 New format expectations
    27:26 All-Star replacements
    32:16 Lineup predictions
    35:26 Key players to watch
    38:25 Team USA vs. World predictions
    39:02 Jazz & Pacers fined
    47:40 Unrivaled takeaways & thoughts

    Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Cleveland Cavaliers shoots the ball during the 2025 KIA Skills Challenge as part of the State Farm All-Star Saturday Night at Chase Center on February 15, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

    Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Cleveland Cavaliers shoots the ball during the 2025 KIA Skills Challenge as part of the State Farm All-Star Saturday Night at Chase Center on February 15, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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  • 2026 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am purse, payouts: Collin Morikawa birdies late to grab win in signature event

    Collin Morikawa’s dry spell is over.

    Morikawa survived a packed leaderboard, and a late push from Scottie Scheffler, to claim the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Sunday afternoon. It marked his first win since the 2023 season.

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    Morikawa posted a 5-under 67 in the final round to get to 22-under on the week. That gave him a one-shot win over the field in the first signature event of the PGA Tour season. As a result, Morikawa is taking home a $3.6 million check.

    Morikawa had to birdie the final hole to pick up his win, thanks to late charges from Min Woo Lee and Scottie Scheffler, who rallied from eight shots back to get into contention. Scheffler, the top-ranked golfer in the world, made three eagles on the day to get to T4.

    Morikawa has now won seven times in his career, though it was his first since the Zozo Championship nearly 850 days ago. He was incredibly emotional after the win, too, and revealed on CBS that he and his wife, Katherine, are now expecting their first child.

    Here’s how much Morikawa and the rest of the field this week at Pebble Beach.

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    2026 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Payouts

    1. Collin Morikawa — $3.6 million
    T2. Min Woo Lee, Sepp Straka — $1.76 million
    T4. Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood — $877,500
    T6. Sam Burns, Akshay Bhatia — $715,000
    T8. Ryo Hisatsune, Shane Lowry, Nico Echavarria, Jake Knapp, Jacob Bridgeman, Hideki Matsuyama — $515,000
    T14. Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Fitzpatrick, Tom Hoge — $342,750
    18. Tony Finau —$292,000
    T19. Rickie Fowler, Brian Harman, Xander Schauffele, Alex Smalley, Russell Henley — $235,000
    T24. Jason Day, Nick Taylor, Ryan Fox, Harris English — $162,000
    T29. Keegan Bradley, Max McGreevy, Alex Noren, Jordan Spieth, Maverick McNealy — $125,200
    T34. Sami Valimaki, Mackenzie Hughes, Taylor Pendrith — $104,000
    T37. Justin Rose, Bud Cauley, J.T. Poston, Chris Gotterup, Ludvig Åberg, Max Greyserman, Robert MacIntyre, Ben Griffin — $78,375
    T45. Ryan Gerard, J.J. Spaun, Si Woo Kim — $57,000
    T48. Pierceson Coody, Kurt Kitayama, Billy Horschel, Andrew Novak $49,250
    T52. Patrick Rodgers, Chris Kirk, Keith Mitchell — $45,000
    T55. Cameron Young, Sam Stevens, Denny McCarthy — $42,000
    T58. Viktor Hovland, Wyndham Clark — $39,750
    T60. Sahith Theegala, Aldrich Potgieter, Garrick Higgo, Steven Fisk — $38,250
    T64. Emiliano Grillo, Marco Penge, Lucas Glover — $36,500
    T67. Rico Hoey, Stephan Jaeger, Matt McCarty — $35,083
    T70. Kevin Yu, Corey Conners — $34,375
    72. Michael Kim — $34,000
    T73. Aaron Rai, Matti Schmid — $33,625
    T75. Joe Highsmith, Daniel Berger — $33,125
    77. Adam Schenk — $32,750
    T78. Brian Campbell, Michael Thorbjornsen, Jhonattan Vegas — $32,250

  • Collin Morikawa survives late push from Scottie Scheffler to claim AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for first win in years

    Scottie Scheffler’s run came just a bit too early on Sunday afternoon at Pebble Beach.

    With Scheffler watching from the clubhouse, it was instead Collin Morikawa who made it out to claim the first signature event of the PGA Tour season and end his years-long dry spell.

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    Morikawa fended off a huge group late on Sunday afternoon at Pebble Beach Golf Links to claim the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He posted a 5-under 67 in his final round to get to 22-under on the week, which gave him a one-shot win over the field. The win is Morikawa’s seventh of his Tour career, and his first since 2023.

    Though he had a two-shot lead late, Morikawa had to birdie the 18th to claim his win. After a short drive on the par-5, Morikawa landed his second shot just short on the rough after a nearly 20-minute delay in the fairway while Jacob Bridgeman struggled ahead of him to close out his round.

    Morikawa then easily secured a two-putt birdie, despite his ball sitting right on the edge of the thick rough, to finish out his win.

    That left Morikawa understandably emotional on the green as his wife, Katherine Zhu, came out to celebrate with him.

    “We’re actually expecting later this year, in a few months, and we just started telling people this week,” Morikawa revealed on CBS, wiping away tears. “We said, ‘What a better way, the best way to announce it to the world if I was able to come out and win?’

    “There’s so much to life, there’s so much to enjoy. I’m hard on myself … I’m just so thankful for the people around me.”

    Morikawa survives late at Pebble Beach

    Morikawa only got into contention thanks to a wild moving day, where he put up 11 birdies to jump into a three-way tie for second. He still entered the final round two shots back of Akshay Bhatia.

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    Morikawa hung around early on a windy, rainy Sunday, too. He made the turn at 2-under on the day, and then joined the pack at 20-under after a birdie at the 11th. But it was a 30-footer at the par-4 15th that finally sent Morikawa into the solo lead for the first time.

    Morikawa followed that up with an 8-foot birdie putt at the 16th, which suddenly gave him a two-shot lead over the field. But that immediately disappeared, after Min Woo Lee birdied above him and then Morikawa bogeyed the 17th when his tee shot on the par 3 landed in the thick rough well left of the green.

    But that set up Morikawa’s two-putt birdie and his eventual win on the final hole.

    “[A win here] was never in the dreams, honestly. Pebble Beach was a course that you just wanted to come and play, and you wanted to come and play against the pros and play against the best in the world,” he said on CBS. “62 yesterday, a great field, a great leaderboard looking at the entire day. Just to be able to pull off those last two shots … it feels great.

    “I’m slowly trying to smile now, because the tears I think are going away.”

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    Even though it was too early, Scheffler was once again in contention. The top-ranked golfer in the world made a massive run earlier in the day after he started eight shots back.

    Scheffler posted a 9-under 63, which gave him his 19th straight top-10 finish on Tour, and his 18th round of 63 or better on Tour over the past five seasons — which is five more than anyone else has produced over that timespan. Scheffler joined the leaders at 20-under when he hit the clubhouse, too, thanks to an absolutely ridiculous approach into the par-5 18th as the wind was picking up. That gave him his third eagle of the day. He is now the first golfer in the past four decades to make that many in a single round in this event.

    Had it not been for a trio of bogeys, two of which came on the back side, Scheffler may have run away with the event completely. But his bogeys and early start left plenty of time for the rest of the field to overtake him. Lee birdied the 18th, too, to get to 21-under — which eliminated Scheffler from contention and made things more complicated for Morikawa briefly. That gave Lee his second-place finish, his best outing on Tour since his inaugural win last season.

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    Scheffler finished in a tie for fourth with Tommy Fleetwood, a shot back from Lee. Sepp Straka joined Lee in second after he eagled the final hole.

    Morikawa’s win was the first of his career since he claimed the Zozo Championship in 2023. That came after his British Open win in 2021, which was his second major title. Morikawa missed only three cuts last season and had a pair of runner-up finishes, and the 29-year-old entered this week at No. 19 in the Official World Golf Rankings, but that seventh win continued to elude him.

    But now, after nearly 850 days, Morikawa has finally won again.

    “Shoot, we’re at Pebble Beach,” Morikawa said, looking out at the Pacific Ocean briefly. “So I’m going to enjoy this one.”

  • 7 biggest takeaways from All-Star Weekend, NBA tanking crisis & Cedric Coward joins the show!

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    Kevin O’Connor gives his seven biggest takeaways from a star-studded NBA All-Star Weekend. Was the new format a success? Is expansion back on the board? Kevin gives his thoughts.

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    Next, Ben Golliver joins the show to break down the tanking crisis and which teams are most guilty of tanking the most.

    Plus, Cedric Coward joins to share his lessons from his rookie season, his progression as a player and the toughest players to defend.

    0:28 Seven biggest takeaways from All-Star Weekend
    15:41 Ben Golliver joins the show
    45:23 Cedric Coward joins the show

    Inglewood, CA - February 15: Anthony Edwards,left, along with teammate Scottie Barnes, right, of Team USA Stars hoists the championship trophy after defeateing Team USA Stripes 47-21 to win the 75th NBA All-Star game at Intuit Dome in Inglewood on Sunday, February 15, 2026.

    Inglewood, CA – February 15: Anthony Edwards,left, along with teammate Scottie Barnes, right, of Team USA Stars hoists the championship trophy after defeateing Team USA Stripes 47-21 to win the 75th NBA All-Star game at Intuit Dome in Inglewood on Sunday, February 15, 2026.

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  • Real Madrid in Champions League trouble? + Glenn Crooks on Emma Hayes & NYCFC’s New Era

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    Real Madrid are staring down a potentially humiliating Champions League exit — can they steady the ship against Benfica in the Round of 32? The boys break down what’s gone wrong, whether Madrid’s aura still carries weight in Europe, and give their official predictions for all Round of 32 matchups.

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    Then we’re joined by the legendary Glenn Crooks, who gives incredible insight into how Emma Hayes developed into the elite manager she is today. Crooks also reflects on his own journey in soccer, shares thoughts on NYCFC’s upcoming season, discusses Pascal Jansen’s evolution as a coach, and weighs in on what the club’s new stadium means for the future of football in New York City.

    To close it out, we react to Carlo Ancelotti being spotted at Carnival — is that a bad look for Brazil’s head coach given the national team’s current form? Plus, we discuss Tottenham’s new manager, Raheem Sterling’s move to Feyenoord, Pellegrino Matarazzo’s first La Liga loss, and Antoine Semenyo’s absolutely unhinged pizza opinion. Another packed episode full of insight, debate, and chaos.

    Timestamps:

    (7:30) – Real Madrid in Champions League trouble?

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    (13:00) – Every Round of 32 UCL prediction

    (25:00) – Glenn Crooks joins The Cooligans

    (1:02:00) – Carlo Ancelotti spotted at Carnival

    (1:06:30) – Reacting to other world soccer news

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    UCL PREDICTIONS

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  • Ubisoft lays off 40 staff working on Splinter Cell remake, says game remains in development

    Ubisoft lays off 40 staff working on Splinter Cell remake, says game remains in development

    It has already been a depressingly busy year for layoffs at Ubisoft, and the French publisher’s Toronto studio is the latest workforce to be hit. Around 40 jobs have been cut at the studio, which is one of Ubisoft’s largest and has previously worked on games including Watch Dogs: Legion and Far Cry 6.

    “This decision was not taken lightly and does not in any way reflect the talent, dedication, or contributions of the individuals affected,” Ubisoft said in a statement to Mobile Syrup, which first reported the new layoffs. “Our priority now is to support them through this transition with comprehensive severance packages and robust career placement assistance.”

    Ubisoft Toronto is currently working on the long-awaited Splinter Cell remake, which was first announced in 2021. The publisher says the game remains in development, and the Canadian studio will continue to assist with development on other games.

    The Toronto layoffs come after similar staff cuts at its Swedish studios, while up to 200 people could reportedly be let go at its Paris headquarters. The affected roles are casualties of a wider organizational restructuring at the troubled company, which recently canceled another high-profile remake in The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Last week, 1,200 Ubisoft employees went on strike in reaction to the recent layoffs and sweeping cost-cutting measures.

  • NASA targets March 6 for Artemis 2 launch to take astronauts around the Moon

    NASA targets March 6 for Artemis 2 launch to take astronauts around the Moon

    The Artemis 2 launch is edging closer as NASA has now set a target date for the 10-day mission to get underway. The agency is aiming to launch as soon as March 6 following a successful wet dress rehearsal on Thursday. The first attempt, which took place in early February, failed due to a hydrogen leak.

    During Thursday’s rehearsal, NASA was able to fuel the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with more than 700,000 gallons of liquid propellant and complete two runs of terminal count — the final step of the launch countdown — at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. While there was a hiccup due to a loss of ground communications, NASA was able to move to a backup system before the regular comms channels were back in operation. The agency said engineers pinpointed the equipment that caused the problem.

    “Following that successful wet dress yesterday, we’re now targeting March 6 as our earliest launch attempt,” Dr. Lori Glaze, NASA’s Moon to Mars program manager, said at a press conference on Friday. Glaze added that there’s still much that has to be done before launch, including an analysis of the wet dress, a flight-readiness review and work on the launch pad.

    The four Artemis 2 astronauts are expected to go into quarantine later on Friday in preparation for the launch, which will mark the Orion spacecraft’s first crewed mission. It will be the first time in more than 50 years that a crew will travel around the Moon and it will be humanity’s furthest-ever journey into space. The astronauts will test Orion’s critical life support systems as a precursor to lunar landings.

  • OpenAI will reportedly release an AI-powered smart speaker in 2027

    OpenAI will reportedly release an AI-powered smart speaker in 2027

    OpenAI is reportedly hard at work developing a series of AI-powered devices, including smart glasses, a smart speaker and a smart lamp. According to reporting by The Information, the AI company has a team of over 200 employees dedicated to the project.

    The first product scheduled to be released is reported to be a smart speaker that would include a camera, allowing it to better absorb information about its users and surroundings. According to a person familiar with the project, this would extend to identifying objects on a nearby table, as well as conversations being held in the vicinity of the speaker. The camera will also support a facial recognition feature similar to Apple’s Face ID that would enable users to authenticate purchases.

    The speaker is expected to retail for between $200 and $300 and ship in early 2027 at the earliest. Reporting indicates the company’s AI-powered smart glasses, a space currently dominated by Meta, would not come until 2028. As for the smart lamp, while prototypes have been made, it’s unclear whether it will actually be brought to market.

    Last year OpenAI acquired ex-Apple designer Jony Ive’s startup io Products for $6.5 billion. Ive is considered largely responsible for Apple’s design aesthetic, having been involved in designing just about every major Apple device since joining the company in the ’90s before his departure in 2019. The acquisition of his AI-focused design firm sets the stage for Ive to lead hardware product development now for OpenAI.

    Since the partnership was forged, there have already been delays due to technical issues, privacy concerns and logistical issues surrounding the computing power necessary to run a mass-produced AI device. Regardless of the behemoths behind the project, the speaker and other future products may still face a consumer reluctant to buy a product that is always listening to and watching its users.

  • Tunic publisher claims TikTok ran ‘racist, sexist’ AI ads for one of its games without its knowledge

    Tunic publisher claims TikTok ran ‘racist, sexist’ AI ads for one of its games without its knowledge

    Indie publisher and developer Finji has accused TikTok of using generative AI to alter the ads for its games on the platform without its knowledge or permission. Finji, which published indie darlings like Night in the Woods and Tunic, said it only became aware of the seemingly modified ads after being alerted to them by followers of its official TikTok account.

    As reported by IGN, Finji alleges that one ad that went out on the platform was modified so it displayed a “racist, sexualized” representation of a character from one of its games. While it does advertise on TikTok, it told IGN that it has AI “turned all the way off,” but after CEO and co-founder Rebekah Saltsman received screenshots of the ads in question from fans, she approached TikTok to investigate.

    A number of Finji ads have appeared on TikTok, some that include montages of the company’s games, and others that are game-specific like this one for Usual June. According to IGN, the offending AI-modified ads (which are still posted as if they’re coming directly from Finji) appeared as slideshows. Some images don’t appear to be that different from the source, but one possibly AI-generated example seen by IGN depicts Usual June’s titular protagonist with “a bikini bottom, impossibly large hips and thighs, and boots that rise up over her knees.” Needless to say (and obvious from the official screenshot used as the lead image for this article), this is not how the character appears in the game.

    As for TikTok’s response, IGN printed a number of the platform’s replies to Finji’s complaints, in which it initially said, in part, that it could find no evidence that “AI-generated assets or slideshow formats are being used.” This was despite Finji sending the customer support page a screenshot of the clearly edited image mentioned above. In a subsequent exchange, TikTok appeared to acknowledge the evidence and assured the publisher it was “no longer disputing whether this occurred.” It added that it has escalated the issue internally and was investigating it thoroughly.

    TikTok does have a “Smart Creative” option on its ad platform, which essentially uses generative AI to modify user-created ads so that multiple versions are pushed out, with the ones its audience responds more positively to used more often. Another option is the “Automate Creative” features, which use AI to automatically optimize things like music, audio effects and general visual “quality” to “enhance the user’s viewing experience.” Saltsman showed IGN evidence that Finji has both of these options turned off, which was also confirmed by a TikTok agent for the ad in question.

    After a number of increasingly frustrated exchanges in which TikTok eventually admitted to Saltsman that the ad “raises significant issues, including the unauthorized use of AI, the sexualization and misrepresentation of your characters, and the resulting commercial and reputational harm to your studio,” the Finji co-founder was offered something of an explanation.

    TikTok said that Finji’s campaign used a “catalog ads format” designed to “demonstrate the performance benefits of combining carousel and video assets in Sales campaigns.” It said that this “initiative” helped advertisers “achieve better results with less effort,” but did not address the harmful content directly. Finji seemingly also opted into this ad format without knowing it had done so. TikTok declined to comment on the matter when approached by IGN.

    Saltsman was told the issue could not be escalated any higher, with communication not resolved at the time of IGN publishing its report. In a statement to the outlet, Saltsman said she was “a bit shocked by TikTok’s complete lack of appropriate response to the mess they made.” She went on to say that she expected both an apology and clear reassurance of how a similar issue would not reoccur, but was “obviously not holding my breath for any of the above.”