Episode 1,266: deep dive with Doug Lesmerises on Caleb Downs, Arvell Reese and Sonny Styles and more

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Al Galdi

Sports, Football

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback Segment 2 - Guest: Ohio State football insider Doug Lesmerises, who writes for Bill And Doug On Ohio State Football on Substack and is the co-host of The Bill And Doug Show podcast, on four highly-touted Ohio State players in the 2026 NFL Draft, including three guys being mocked to the Washington Commanders with their No. 7-overall pick in the draft in safety Caleb Downs and linebackers Arvell Reese and Sonny Styles Segment 3 - Washington Wizards: discussion of a 131-118 win over the Indiana Pacers and a 129-112 loss to the Charlotte Hornets and reaction to the Wizards re-signing Tristan Vukcevic to a multi-year contract Segment 4 - Baltimore Orioles: breakdown of third baseman/second baseman Jordan Westburg having a partial UCL tear in his right elbow and being expected to be out at least through the end of April 2026 Segment 5 - College Basketball: thoughts on Capital One Arena hosting No. 3 Duke's 68-63 win over No. 1 Michigan and analysis of Maryland's 64-60 win over Washington, Georgetown's 51-47 loss at Seton Hall, No. 14 Virginia's 86-83 win over Miami, Virginia Tech's 82-63 win over Wake Forest, VCU's 88-75 loss at No. 18 St. Louis to end the Rams' 10-game winning streak and Navy's 81-63 win at Army for an 11-game winning streak The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - visit WashingtonDCInjuryLawyers.com and make sure that you mention that Al Galdi sent you Visit RFKAllAccess.com and mention that Al Galdi sent you For advertising inquiries, email Sales@BlueWirePods.com

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one thousand two hundred sixty-six to the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Monday, February 23rd, 2006. It is the day after the United States of America won a gold medal in men's hockey in an Olympics for the first time since. The Miracle on Ice in 1980, a 2-1 overtime win over Canada in Italy on Sunday morning in the gold medal game.
0:40.6	The game winning goal, the golden goal was scored 141 into overtime by New Jersey Devil Center, Jack Hughes.
0:47.4	Yes, the same New Jersey Devils for which Washington Commanders, managing partner, Josh Harris, is co-managing partner. First Olympics with
0:55.9	NHL players since 2014, and the result was a gold medal for the U.S. So here was the call of the
1:02.1	goal, Kenny Albert, NBC Sports.
1:05.9	And it's Worenski. Now Jack Hughes puts it around the car.
1:11.6	United States with numbers.
1:14.6	Back across it comes.
1:16.6	Jack Hughes wins it.
1:18.6	The golden goal for the United States.
1:24.6	For the first time since the 1980 miracle.
1:28.6	The United States takes the ball.
1:31.9	Jack Hughes beating in Jordan Bennington.
1:38.4	Yeah, St. Louis Blues goaltender, Jordan Bittington, was the goaltender for Canada, and not our guy, Washington Capitals, goaltender, St. Louis Blues gold tender, Jordan Bittington was the gold tender for Canada, and not our guy, Washington Capitol's gold tender, Logan Thompson.
1:49.0	Canada had Thompson as Bittington's backup, also on Canada was Capswinger Tom Wilson.
1:54.4	But what a moment for the U.S., which set a record for most gold medals for the U.S. in a Winter Olympics with 12 of the previous
2:01.5	record 10 was set in 2002. Hello, but welcome to this Monday installment of the Al-Galdi podcast.
2:08.4	It is day one of the 2006 NFL scouting combine at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
2:15.0	The combine is happening from Monday, February 23rd through Monday,
2:18.3	March 2nd. The Combine is a big event in the NFL offseason, as the Combine isn't just
2:23.7	where NFL draft season gets ramped up. The Combine also is where the offseason as a whole
2:29.3	gets ramped up. The Combine, in a lot of ways, is an NFL convention. It includes press conferences for heads of
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