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Hello and welcome to another edition of <\/span>Free Agent<\/span><\/i>! I hope you enjoyed <\/span>your fair share of 1.5 billion chicken wings<\/span><\/a> this weekend\u2014I think I left about 1 billion for the rest of you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before we slide into the NFL offseason, let’s get one last football-filled newsletter in the books. Next week I’ll have plenty of Olympics content for you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Locker Room Links<\/b><\/h1>\n
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  • Thanks a lot, NFL: Players on the Seahawks and Patriots <\/span>face a huge tax bill<\/span><\/a> for the week they spent in California leading up to the Super Bowl.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • “<\/span>What the Bills Mafia Teaches Us About Resilience<\/span><\/a>,” authored by my friend Carolyn Gorman.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The medals at the Olympics keep breaking<\/span><\/a>. “Don’t jump in them….It broke.”<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The NBA is “likely” to vote on expansion this summer, with Las Vegas and Seattle <\/span>the most “favored” cities to get new teams<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Athletes are always innovating and trying to find new ways to win within the rules\u2014but <\/span>ski jumping’s “Crotch-gate” goes too far<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Nordic combined (ski jumping combined with cross-country skiing) has been in the Olympics for over a century, but <\/span>still doesn’t allow female athletes for some reason<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Vice President <\/span>J.D. Vance was briefly booed at the Olympics<\/span><\/a> opening ceremony, but the U.S. team got loud cheers.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Elsewhere in <\/span>Reason<\/span><\/i>: “<\/span>San Francisco Public Schoolteachers Make $79,468 for 184 Days of Work. Now They’re Striking for Even More.<\/span><\/a>“<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Why do Olympians keep getting asked how they feel about Trump? Because you keep reading about their answers.<\/span><\/span>
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    the athletes are being asked political questions by the press because reporters know whichever way the athletes answer, people will be furious, and so they will click. this is not the athletes’ fault. this is the press’s fault. and your fault for clicking.<\/p>\n

    — Mike Solana (@micsolana) February 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n