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You hope it's just the dog days of the NBA season for a team that played deep into the summer last year, had 60% of its starters in Paris the rest of the summer with team USA, and let's not forget, won 21 of its first 26 contests this year.

As we discussed each of the five championship campaigns of the last 10 years. For each of them, I was planted on my couch, watching the biggest games and moments by myself. And you know something? I wouldn't have it any other way.

The NFL, as we know, is built for teams to go from the bottom to the top in short order. Of the now five remaining head coaching vacancies around the league, plus New England, which of those six teams will be back in the playoffs first?

There's Mahomes & Reid, then there's everyone else. And only one of the other tandems has won a Super Bowl title together.

Here's how Las Vegas sees the tournament playing out. Per DraftKings Sportsbook, the Detroit Lions (+280) are the overall betting favorite, followed by Kansas City (+350), Baltimore (+600), Buffalo (+650), and Philadelphia (+700).

"Since buying the team, I have always considered myself and my family as custodians of a public asset," wrote Robert Kraft as part of his reasoning as to why he fired Jerod Mayo after one year on the job.

Over the holidays, I was talking to some relatives about this game and happened to look up ticket prices on the secondary market when one of them said, "oh that would be fun, we should go." I was shocked at what I found.

There's a reason stations like us are now broadcasting Duke basketball games - like tomorrow's contest vs. Virginia Tech - it's because Maine can't get enough of the recently turned 18-year-old during his journey to possibly being the No. 1 pick in next summer's NBA Draft.

It's been reported that league ratings are down as much as 28% this year, with a whole host of reasons why that may be, including a lack of physicality and defense, and the reliance on the 3-point shot.

Will 2025 bring another coaching change for the Patriots and Bruins? Will we finally see the Red Sox turn a corner come the summer? Or will it be another year dominated by the Green Team while the other three struggle for positive headlines in The Hub?