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Washington Capitals: The #Gr8 brought a crew for King James 👑 #ALLCAPS x #LakeShow
The #Gr8 brought a crew for King James 👑#ALLCAPS x #LakeShow pic.twitter.com/9H3LFabMfh
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) January 31, 2026
Macklin Celebrini’s 2024 Upper Deck Young Guns rookie card with a Gem-Mint PSA 10 grade has jumped from $450 six months ago up to $1,675 on Tuesday, according to online card sales database Market Movers. His more rare 2024 Upper Deck Young Guns Silver Outburst PSA 10 rookie card launched even higher, starting at $839 six months ago and now up to $4,219. And none of those cards even bear Celebrini’s nickname, given to him by the Golden State Warriors’ legend: “Chester.” Rick Celebrini, Macklin’s father, has worked for the Warriors as the team’s director of sports health and performance since 2018. So Curry has known the younger Celebrini for years, which helps explain why Stephen Curry nicknamed him on the fly during an interview at the 2024 NHL Draft. Curry tagged Celebrini as “Chester” drawing from Cheetos’ famous mascot “Chester Cheetah,” because “his hands are so filthy, just like after eating a big ol’ bag of Cheetos.”
It seems like Boston throws a parade every year. Since 1980 they’ve had celebrations for the: * Celtics in 1981, ‘84, ‘86, ‘08, ‘24 * Patriots in 2001, ‘03, ‘04, ‘14, ‘16, and ‘188 * Bruins in 2011 * Red Sox in 2004, ‘07, ‘13, and ‘18 All of these were happy years, but it was actually 2017, the rare year without a trophy, that I deem the happiest.9 All four teams performed to expectations and made the playoffs, plus Tom Brady won MVP and every other Boston team had a player get some votes (Mookie Betts & Chris Sale for the Red Sox, Isaiah Thomas for the Celtics, and Brad Marchand for the Bruins). The radar charts help show what drives happiness in Boston.10 There were no trophies (“Proud”) in 2017, but enough from everything else to make it the happiest year in Boston sports history.
But hearing all that about Tom Dundon, hearing that the Carolina Hurricanes have flourished under his ownership. I would also point out that he is overseeing a huge renovation around the arena there in Raleigh where the Hurricanes play. I think that's an $800 million uh stadium and district project.
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The letters the Congressmen sent challenge the leagues to defend the antitrust protection they are afforded by the Sports Broadcasting Act, or SBA, passed by Congress in 1961 — something different from an oft-referenced exemption unique to baseball, which stems from a 1922 Supreme Court decision.
Jabari Smith, at $24.4 million, would have been the highest paid NBA player as late as the 2007-08 season. Stephen Curry was the NBA’s highest paid player during the 2019-20 season and the first to crack the $40 million threshold; that would make him just the 29th-highest paid player next season. The NBA will have 16 players earn at least $50 million during the 2025-26 season; the NFL, MLB and NHL will have six between them.
As much as the public-facing narrative has shifted, Stars owner Tom Gaglardi said in a meeting with select media members Monday afternoon that his conversations with Mavericks governor Patrick Dumont have shifted as well. “Patrick and I had a conversation several months ago where he expressed to me that he wants to build a new arena, and would I go with him?” Gaglardi said. “‘Would the Stars come and play? We’ll build this and do all this wonderful stuff.’ “Patrick’s now done enough research and looking at these things, and he’s landed on that in order to optimize a building for basketball, that makes it difficult to play hockey in that arena. But that’s what he’s explained to me. I think before he thought the two sports would play together. He says the current model now, if you look at places like Intuit, Chase in San Francisco, these buildings are not capable of hockey, and that’s kind of where it’s going. His attitude, I think, has changed in terms of what he wants to do.”
New York sports fans who subscribe to Optimum can finally rejoice. MSG Networks was back on Altice-owned Optimum in time for Saturday’s Rangers-Sabres game after the two sides came to a new agreement to put MSGN’s channels back on the airwaves. Optimum stopped carrying Knicks, Rangers, Islanders and Devils games for its estimated 1 million New York City-area customers on Jan. 1. After weeks of fighting, the two sides reached a multiyear deal that gives Optimum the ability to sell lower-priced packages without MSG, which was on its basic tier, a source told The Post. MSG Networks is lowering the price it charges Optimum per subscriber from about $10 to $8, the source said.
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Can there be an NBA equivalent to the 4 Nations? "I don't know what the format would be," said Lauri Markkanen, who sported Finland's 4 Nations jersey walking into a Jazz game last week. "Would it be the World against the US or North America? Is it going to be France? I think (the 4 Nations) is a really good format, and it's meaningful games for the break. You always want to fight for your country, so it'd be cool."
You could have Team USA, Team Canada, Team Europe and Team Africa and then use the same format as the 4 Nations Face-Off (a round robin and then a final). Markkanen, at least, thinks something like that would work — especially because he'd feel a similar pride representing a European squad as he does putting on a Finnish jersey. "Not quite the same, but like it's up there for sure," he said. "It's like a brotherhood. You see a European guy on the other team, you talk with them after the game, and it's almost like you know each other and you're from the same country. You're not, but just sharing something coming to the States. And I think it's a thing that connects people. So definitely we feel prideful representing Europe."
Former NHL player P.K. Subban: ‘If you're really about it, if you're really about sports, then you're about two things: Your teammates and the fans. And I'm sorry, it doesn't matter how much money you're making. When you do not show up to play, you're letting your teammates down. When you do not show up to play you're letting the fans down that are paying you 40, 50, 60 million. I don't care if you're getting 300 million, congratulations, but these people in here are paying $2,500 a ticket, five grand, that are blue-collar, hard-working people. If you don't get your head wrapped around that you shouldn't be in pro sports, because how are we going to grow? How do we expect you to be an example? Well guess what, you don't want to be? you are one. You're on the biggest stage, you just said it, they make the most money, you're an example. you got to show up. You gotta take that on. I’m sick and tired of making athletes greats, all-time greats, that are not the best examples. Those are the people that we want our kids, athletes to follow. That helps us in our game. Stephen A. Smith, you want athletes to be educated on this and understand this. They gotta understand the importance of showing up at the All-Star Game, and being on the court, and playing banged-up sometimes, and playing injured maybe at times, and participating. Because here’s the thing: because you’re making 100, 200, 300 million, you should be out there banged up. That’s why we pay you, is to max out. We talk about greatness and the longevity of somebody’s career. I don’t care if you play 50 years. I want your best 10. I want you on the court dominating. I want you to go all-out. I want Michael Jordan, I want Kobe Bryant. That’s what I want on every sport. That’s the guy that I follow. If you’re a different version than that, you don’t have my respect.’
Anze Kopitar, the only Slovenian to win hockey’s Stanley Cup, and Doncic, the only Slovenian named the NBA’s rookie of the year, were born just 38 miles apart and remain their country’s most popular and accomplished professional athletes. And though they talked on the phone occassionally and reportedly kept tabs on one another, they didn’t meet in person until 2019, when Doncic, then a rookie, came out to see Kopitar and the Kings beat the Dallas Stars. Afterward, they exchanged jerseys and posed for pictures.