Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar center is congratulated by the Aves bench after scoring a goal in the first period against Anaheim Ducks in Anaheim on Mar 3, 2026 (AP file photo)
Headline Sports podcast Jessica Kwong:
#1 How did Cale Makar’s overtime performance impact the Colorado Avalanche’s win streak and Central Division standings?
#2 What significance did Dylan Samberg’s overtime goal have for the Winnipeg Jets in their comeback victory over the Seattle Kraken?
#3 How did Leon Draisaitl’s point streak influence the Edmonton Oilers’ win over the New York Rangers, and what did it mean for the Rangers’ playoff position?
#4 What made the New York Islanders’ comeback victory over the Florida Panthers especially emotional and impactful for their playoff race?
#5 How did Alex Tuch’s late overtime goal secure a win for the Buffalo Sabres against the Boston Bruins, and what does it reveal about close-game performance?
The Atlanta Braves Jurickson Profar has been suspended for 162 game the entire 2026 regular season for performance enhancers as announced on Tue Mar 3, 2026 (AP News file photo)
Headline Sports podcast Jessica Kwong:
#1 How will the outcome of the 162-game suspension of Jurickson Profar impact the Atlanta Braves’ lineup, their performance in the upcoming season, and the Netherlands’ roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic?
#2 With the undefeated season of the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks men’s basketball team and plans for a new $281 million arena, what are the key factors that could influence whether they receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament if they don’t win the Mid-American Conference championship?
#3 What strategic initiatives did U.S. Soccer outline in its “three ambitions” strategy leading up to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and how might those plans influence the sport’s growth in the United States?
#4 As the 2026 World Baseball Classic begins today with pool play and exhibitions underway, what are the major teams to watch and potential breakout performers for their respective national squads in the early stages of the tournament?
#5 Which major league and college basketball matchups scheduled for March 4 are likely to have the greatest impact on NBA playoff positioning or March Madness seeding, and why are they significant?
San Francisco Giants manager was none too pleased regarding press reports that he was signed sealed and delivered and coming to manage the Giants. Vitello told reporters on Mon Feb 16, 2026 that the reports were premature. (photo by MLB)
Headline Sports Podcast Jessica Kwong:
#1 San Francisco Giants manager Tony Vitello said during a spring trainning media session that he didn’t think it was appropriate that the media broke the news that he was signing with thee Giants while negotiations were not finalized. Vitello compalined it set off confusion on how he departed from his managing job at Tennessee as he spoke to beat writers and reporters in Scottsdale the Giants spring training camp. Some say this will create bad blood between the media and Vitello and Vitello could expect more criticism in news reports in the weeks to come.
#2 NFL & Contracts / Team Strategy: How will the recent restructuring of Patrick Mahomes’ contract affect the Kansas City Chiefs’ ability to invest in other key roster positions and compete in the 2026 season?
#3 MLB Labor Relations: With Tony Clark resigning as head of the Major League Baseball Players Association amid scrutiny and an impending collective bargaining negotiation, how might this leadership change impact labor relations and potential disputes between players and owners?
#4 Women’s Sports Expansion: What are the potential long-term effects on college athletics and professional women’s sports of Conference Carolinas launching the first varsity women’s flag football season and its recognition by the NCAA?
#5 NFL Infrastructure & Fan Experience: How might the design and construction of the new $2.4 billion Cleveland Browns stadium — emphasizing fan culture with features like the “Dawg Pound Stand” — influence how future professional sports facilities are designed to enhance fan engagement?
New York Giant quarterback Russell Wilson (3) has been replaced by rookie back up Jaxson Dart when the Giants face the Los Angeles Chargers at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford next Sun Sep 28, 2025 (AP News photo)
NFL podcast Jessica Kwong Wed Sep 24, 2025
#1 The New York Giants will most likely bench veteran quarterback Russell Wilson and replace him with rookie Jaxson Dart. Dart makes his first start at Giants Stadium against the Los Angeles Chargers. Dart was the 25th overall pick this season.
#2 Former Dallas Cowboys and now Green Bay Packers pass rusher Micah Parsons sacked his former teammate Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. Parsons said it was painful sacking Prescott, “That’s my guy. He was always like a good mentor for me. But you know how it is. He always told me if I ever faced him that it’ll be a great matchup, so I’m excited to see what Sunday brings itself.”
#3 The Houston Texans released safety CJ Gardner-Johnson on Tuesday. Johnson played in only three games with just 15 tackles and no interceptions and didn’t break up any passes. Johnson was the Texans 2022 first round draft pick as the Texans traded left guard Kenyon Green to get Johnson.
#4 Tennessee Titans head coach Brian Callahan said on Tuesday that he’s handing over the offensive play calling over to quarterbacks coach Bo Hardegree. Nick Holz will stay at offensive coordinator and will continue doing the same work building the offense.
#5 Former Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman has a deferred prosecution regarding his DUI case says a King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office they told ESPN. Sherman’s attorney requested the deferment which was granted by a King County District Court judge. That means that the charge is held in abeyance as the defendant agrees to meet the court requirements. Sherman was booked on a Feb 2024 DUI charge for driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.11 over the state requirement of 0.08.
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice will miss the first six weeks of the NFL season due to a personal conduct violation policy and is expected to return Oct 19, 2025 for week seven against the Las Vegas Raiders. (AP News photo)
Headline Sports podcast Michael Roberson:
#1 Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has agreed to a six game suspension for a personal conduct violation policy. Rice will begin serving his suspension week 1 of the regular season. Rice will return for Oct 19’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders. Rice will be attending a disciplinary hearing on Sep 30th. Rice pleaded guilty in mid July on third degree felony charges in car crash that left serious bodily injuries. Rice received a sentence of five years and had his probation deferred probation and got 30 days jail as part of his probation.
#2 Jacksonville Jaguars receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter who had been dealing with upper body injury issues since Aug 14 is reportedly to be healthy and is expected to play against the Carolina Panthers on Sun Sep 7th according to Jags general manager James Gladstone. Hunter had practiced in individual practices but did not play in the last two pre season games.
#3 The New England Patriots improved on their quarterback depth chart picking up former New York Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito on waivers on Wednesday. The Patriots released wide receiver Kendrick Bourne after contract talks broke down. Devito was a fan favorite with Giants fans who joined the Giants as a undrafted free agent in 2023. DeVito now joins the Pats starter Drake Maye and back up quarterback Joshua Dobbs.
#4 Adam Thielen was brought back to his native state of Minnesota and where he played most of his NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings. Thielen was traded from the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers will receive from the Vikings the 2026 fifth round pick, the 2027 fourth round pick. While the Vikings get Thielen, a conditional 2026 seventh round pick and a 2027 fifth round pick.
#5 The San Francisco 49ers hold out wide receiver Jauan Jennings who is requesting a contract extension or be traded but the 49ers who noted for being a very tough negotiating partner and 49ers general manager John Lynch said the team has no intention of trading Jennings. Jennings back in July left the 49ers camp on the fourth day of camp due to a calf injury and never returned. Lynch said of Jennings trade request that he had asked for it and Lynch said their not doing it and the team plans to move on.
Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love (10) gets sacked by the New York Jets Jay Tufele (78) in the first half of pre season action on Sat Aug 9, 2025 (AP News photo)
Headline Sports podcast Jessica Kwong:
#1 Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love had surgery done on his left thumb to repair a ligament. Love is said to be ready for the season opener. Love tried to practice with the thumb Monday and work through the injury but it was decided that he needed the procedure.
#2 Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rogers said he did not like the fit of his helmet during practice saying the Schutt Air XP Pro VTD II helmet looks like a space ship out in practice. Rogers said the face mask needs to be change because it’s an old facemask. Rogers words as you can imagine matter as he’s asking for a new helmet saying it doesn’t pass the safety standard.
#3 Los Angeles Chargers running back Najee Harris ran drills for the first time in training camp. Harris had suffered a “superficial eye injury” during a July 4 fireworks mishap. The injury put Harris on the non football injury/inllness list. Harris’ agent said Doug Hendrickson said Harris should be back in time for the season.
#4 Former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden said that leaked emails by the NFL forced him to resign as the Raiders head coach in 2021. Gruden said the league’s decision disrupted the 2021 season. Gruden said emails were leaked showed that he made racial slurs. What went wrong for Gruden who said the emails were leaked to the press before before Gruden had signed a letter of resignation. “The league’s actions disrupted the whole season,” Gruden said. “We were leading the division at the time, and they completely blindsided me.”
#5 New York Jets quarterback quarterback Tyrod Taylor is undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery and will be out for the rest of the pre season according to Jets head coach Aaron Glenn. The Jets could not say when Taylor will be back from his knee surgery and will he be ready to start against the Pittsburgh Steelers for week 1.
Ryne Sandberg former Chicago Cub and Hall of Famer who passed away this week at age 65 is seen here taking a swing against the Cincinnati Reds on Wed Aug 29, 1984. MLB teams will be paying respects to Sandberg before games on Tue Jul 29, 2025 (AP News photo)
MLB The Show podcast Jessica Kwong:
#1 Hall of Famer and former Chicago Cub second baseman Ryne Sandberg passed away this week at the age of 64 from prostate cancer. Sandberg during his 16 year career hit .285, 2386 hits, 282 home runs, and 1061 RBIs.
#2 The Tampa Bay Rays traded with the Miami Marlins catcher Nick Fortes on Tuesday. This after the Rays sent catcher Danny Jensen to the Milwaukee Brewers. The Marlins got minor league outfielder Matthew Etzel. This is Etzel’s second year in a row being traded. The Rays got minor league infielder Jadher Areinamo part of the trade with the Brewers. The MLB trade deadline is on Thursday.
#3 Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suarez is relieved that X-rays retuned negative results of a fracture after he was hit in his right index finger by a 95.6 mph sinker pitch by Detroit Tigers pitcher Will Vest. Suarez after getting hit on Monday night doubled over and had to leave the field. On Tuesday Suarez said “I’ll come back as quickly as I can.”
#4 Last week during an annual meeting with one of the 30 teams that MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has with MLB teams he met with Philadelphia Phillies in the clubhouse after the first few minutes it was pretty smooth but when Manfred raised the subject of the game’s economics came up but didn’t use the words salary cap Phillies star outfielder Bryce Harper stood up and walked over to Manfred and said “If you want to speak about that, you can get the f— out of our clubhouse.” Which Manfred replied, “not going to get the f— out of here,” the Phillies outfielder Nick Castellanos then tried to intervene saying, “I have more questions.” Harper and the Players Association are dead set against a cap and are prepared to stay out of the 2027 season if there is a salary cap and the owners are prepared to lock the players out for as long as it takes if there is no salary cap,
#4 Framber Valdez’s frustrations came out when he questioned the defensive positioning regarding a sixth inning play on Monday night that led to the Astros coughing up a run in a 2-1 loss against the Washington Nationals. Valdez said through a Spanish interpreter, “I saw the right fielder playing center field and, you know, we have a center fielder for that, “I feel like the right fielder should have been playing right field. I was uncomfortable with that.” The Astros had also lost a four game series to the last place Sacramento A’s before playing the Nationals.
#5 Cleveland Guardians pitcher closer Emmanuel Clase is under investigation for sports gambling and has been place on non-disciplinary leave through Aug 31st. Clase is the second Guardian to go under non-disciplinary leave due to gambling allegations. The other pitcher Luis Ortiz is on non-disciplinary leave he is being investigated for throwing two pitches for balls that are allegedly connected to gambling activity.
Miami Marlins Kyle Stowers circles the bags and praises the good Lord after hitting a solo home run in the second inning against the Minnesota Twins on Tue Jul 1, 2025 at LoanDepot Park in Miami (AP News photo)
Headline Sports podcast Jessica Kwong:
#1 The Miami Marlins continued their winning streak on Tuesday night with a 2-0 shutout win over the Minnesota Twins. The Marlins picked up their eighth straight win and are on win away from the club record set in 2008 of nine straight wins.
#2 Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Henry Davis knocked in the game’s only run on Tuesday night to defeat the St Louis Cardinals 1-0 and also defeated the Cardinals 5-0 on Wednesday night. Pirates starter Paul Skenes has not had a winning decision in six starts. Just the same Skenes and the Pirates will take the win.
#3 Cardinals have scratched first baseman Wilson Contreras and third baseman Nolan Areando from Wednesday’s game versus the Pirates. Contreras injured his left hand and is suffering a contusion when he got hit by Pirates starter Paul Skenes. Arenado was injured with jammed right middle finger and has missed two games in a row. Cards manager Oilver Marmol said he’s hopeful that Contreras and Areanado will be able to return on Friday.
#4 Former San Francisco Giant outfielder and Texas Ranger Kevin Pillar announced his retirement from MLB on the “Foul Territory” show. Pillar also spent the first of his seven years with the Toronto Blue Jays and last played with the Texas Rangers and was released back in late May.
#5 Houston Astro Yordan Alvarez is on the IL with a hand injury the right hand was broken on Tuesday and Alvarez is seeing a specialist to try to resolve the issue. Alvarez sat for two month and started working out in June and took swings at the Astros complex last Monday. Alvarez said he was suffering pain on Wednesday. Alvarez is hitting .210, 3 home runs, 18 RBIs, 21 hits.
Former Cincinnati Red Pete Rose jumps on home plate to score the winning run against the San Francisco Giants in the bottom of the tenth inning at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati on April 18, 1985. Rose lifetime banned was lifted by Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred. (AP News photo)
Headline Sports podcast Jessica Kwong:
#1 President Trump’s support of Pete Rose to get off the lifetime banned list was a factored that influenced Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to remove Rose from the permanent ban list. This could be a pathway for Rose to get election in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Manfred also took former Chicago White Sox Shoeless Joe Jackson off the lifetime ban list and Jackson has a shot at getting into the Hall.
#2 The Boston Red Sox Ceddanne Rafaela hit the shortest walk off home run since Statcast was keeping track since 2015. The home run went just 308 feet just 24 feet short of the shortest homer of all time.
#3 Jessica, game 1 of the NBA Finals gets underway on Thursday night between the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma Thunder at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. The Thunder are favorites but the Pacers are coming off a successful series against the New York Knicks how do you see this match up.
#4 The NHL Finals are underway between the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers. Game 1 was won by Edmonton on Wednesday night 4-3 the game went into overtime and this is a rematch from last season if game 1 is an indicator of what’s to come for the rest of the series this is going to be another back and forth set of contests.
#5 Jessica what’s wrong with the Sacramento A’s they have now lost their 19th out of their last 20 games. Losing on Wednesday to the Minnesota Twins 6-1 in a three game sweep. The A’s have now lost nine straight games.
Detroit Pistons forward Ronald Holland (00) and the Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte DeVincenzo (0) fight in the first half at the Target Center in Minneapolis on Sun Mar 30, 2025. Both Holland and DiVincenzo along with three other players have been suspended by the NBA for fighting as announced on Tue Apr 1, 2025. (AP News photo)
Headline Sports podcast Jessica Kwong:
#1 As a consequence of Sunday’s brawl between the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves resulted in suspensions three for Detroit and two for Minnesota the NBA announced on Tuesday. The Pistons center Isaiah Stewart was suspended two games, teammates Marcus Sasser and Ron Holland II was suspended a game each. Minnesota’s Donte DiVincenzo and Naz Reid were suspended one game.
#2 The Phoenix Suns Kevin Durant sprained his ankle against the Houston Rockets on Sunday and is not expected back during the current three game road swing. The Suns began their trip on Tuesday in Miwaukee, Friday in Boston, and on Sunday against New York to close out the road trip. Durant is expected to miss a week.
#3 If things weren’t tough enough for the New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williams and guard CJ McCollum will be out for the rest of the season. Williamson has a lower back injury that he suffered on Mar 19th against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Williamson will now play less than 30 games or fewer this being the fourth time in the last six years. McCollum was injured on Mar 23. McCollum scored 40 points when he got injured and will go through a rehab program of treatment and rest said the Pelicans.
#4 The Boston Celtics set a franchise record going 6-0 on Monday with a 117-103 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. The Celtics have now won eight in a row overall and are 32-7 and are just two wins away from Golden State’s NBA record. The Celtics had that win streak record snapped getting clobbered Wednesday night 124-103.
#5 The Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 27 points, 12 assists, in 27 minutes. The Thunder defeated the Chicago Bulls 145-117 on Monday night for their tenth win in a row. The Thunder are having a great season with a overall record of an impressive 63-12.
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