NBA All Star Weekend Confidential, Season Review To Date. Ilia Malinin’s Choke Job At Olympics? NCAA’s Absurd 24 Team Playoff. Arizona Goes Down Again! An MVP Year For Bryce Harper?

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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.

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Super Bowl Leftovers. NBA’s All-Star Break, Physical Play & Tanking? Arizona Suffers First Loss. NHL At The 2/3 Point? Why I Can’t Get Into The Olympics? MLB’s Hamate Bone: The New Achilles?

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We’re about to hit a slow period in the world of sports (A Dead Zone, Part 1?), but you know I’ll always bring life into what’s happening as the latest podcast is here. On deck:

(5:53) Now that the Super Bowl is behind us, what can we look forward to over the next month or so as the sports world takes a bit of a ‘pause’?

(12:05) Four days after the Seahawks win on Sunday, I’ll have some leftovers from the big game, take a look at where next year’s destination for the 61st version will be and what day it falls on? Plus, some news and shots taken at former Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger by a former teammate?

(26:25) The NBA is about to head into the All-Star Break after tonight. I’ll talk about the recent rash of skirmishes in the league, harkening back to the 1990’s. Is there blatant tanking going on in Washington and Utah? I’ll take a lay of the land as the Association takes a respite for a week.

(43:00) College basketball gets back into our consciousness as I’ll discuss Arizona losing for the first time against Kansas, among other things.

(50:03) I’ll review the first two-thirds of the NHL season as we’re less than two weeks away from resuming due to the Olympic break.

(56:58) Speaking of which, I cannot get into the Winter Olympics for the life of me. I’ll explain why.

(1:02:17) A recent rash of hamate bone injuries have struck across MLB, including Mets SS Francisco Lindor. How long will he be out and what will that do for psyche of the team?