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It’s another holiday Monday as I tiptoe through the sports landscape and share all of what’s happening in our favorite little playground. On deck:

(5:47) NBA All Star Weekend has come and gone. Have there actually been improvements to the format, game and festivities overall? I’ll also discuss where we’re at when it comes to reviewing the first two-thirds of the season.

(30:25) Arizona loses for the second time in a week, falling to Texas Tech in overtime. We’re just a month away from finding out who’ll play in March Madness as the NCAA Tournament isn’t that far off. 

(33:53) An absolute stunner at the Winter Olympics as men’s skater Ilia Malinin falls way short of winning the gold after his meltdown in the solo event on Friday. Was that a choke job? Is USA-Canada on a collision course for the gold medal on Sunday?

(49:05) Is college football really thinking about expanding the playoff field to 24 teams? Why I think that is absolutely a no-no for yours truly?

(57:02) Will Phillies 1B Bryce Harper make 2026 personal after the president of baseball ops said he wasn’t an elite player last year? Also, his former teammate Nick Castellanos was let go by the team and resurfaced in San Diego after he and the manager did not see eye to eye.

(1:08:53) Did anyone watch the Daytona 500? The winner actually has a connection to none other than Michael Jordan.

And MUCH MORE in between.

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Here to whet your appetite for opinionated and entertaining sports talk on Episode 113. On deck:

Re-introducing the Sports Dead Zone Part 1 as the NFL season is complete, while we await March Madness and the 2020 MLB season.

(1:34) The NBA trade deadline had a couple of good storylines as Miami and the second banana in LA (Clippers) fortified their squads to make a deep push into spring for the coveted Lawrence O’Brien Trophy. I’ll recap both deals that sent Andre Iguodala to the Heat and Marcus Morris to LA, as well as, the other trades that highlighted Thursday’s deadline.

(27:02) The NHL’s Western Conference playoff race is going to be a fight to the finish where you have eight teams jockeying for three playoff spots.

(36:38) Pitchers and catchers report throughout the MLB this week. I’ll share my two cents on the blockbuster Mookie Betts trade to LA and the Mets ownership is up to no good AGAIN!

(53:55) Anyone interested in the XFL? You’re going to get a surprising thought or two about the league reincarnated from its old version back almost twenty years ago.

(1:02:17) I also have a say on the college basketball season to date as we’re hoping for a sprint to March Madness as it can’t come any faster. Jon Jones is back on the MMA mountaintop.

(1:10:57) Plus, my Hero and Zero of the Week.

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