More athletes need to speak out against ICE, Madeline’s step-cousin is the Bills head coach, LeBron James responds to Lakers drama, and the Olympian who ran a drug cartel was arrested
The Sports Gossip Show
The Athletic
4.8 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Madeline and Charlotte are back, and before they get into any sports drama, they want to make it clear that they stand with the people of Minnesota and Maine and are very anti-ICE! The list of athletes who’ve spoken out is not quite as long as it should be.
In lighter news, Charlotte’s Patriots will be in the Super Bowl against the Seahawks! The gals will discuss more on a Thursday episode about WAGs and off-the-field SB storylines.
Olympic track and field star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is expecting her first baby, and the “Heated Rivalry” stars were Olympic torchbearers. Madeline finds out in real time that her step-cousin Joe Brady is the new Bills head coach! The gals then dive into the drama with Bills owner Terry Pegula, who threw the former head coach, Sean McDermott, under the bus.
Clemson head coach, Dabo Swinney, accused Ole Miss head coach, Pete Golding, of tampering with Clemson player Luke Ferrelli by having the Giants’ quarterback text him, and Duke reached a settlement with quarterback Darian Mensah.
Australian Open drama! Naomi Osaka withdrew due to injury and Coco Gauff smashed her racket away from cameras, and Carlos Alcaraz and Jannick Sinner are best friends. Lakers star LeBron James responded to ESPN’s article about the Buss family drama and his relationship with former owner Jeannie Buss. Trinity Rodman re-signed with the Washington Spirit on a three-year contract paying more than $2 million per year.
And, finally, Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding was arrested and pled not guilty to murder and drug trafficking on Monday. The full story is wild.
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| 0:00.0 | Testing, testing. |
| 0:01.3 | Testing, two, three. |
| 0:02.4 | Is this the right resolution now? |
| 0:03.8 | Or is this thing on? |
| 0:04.7 | Is it? |
| 0:05.2 | I'm not going to tap it. |
| 0:06.6 | Don't do it. |
| 0:07.3 | Don't do it. |
| 0:08.6 | Not do it. |
| 0:10.6 | Okay. |
| 0:11.5 | Let's see how that sounded. |
| 0:16.8 | Hi, Charlotte. |
| 0:21.6 | Madeline, hello. |
| 0:22.9 | We're back. |
| 0:23.7 | We're back and I'm not going to do the thing where it's like, how are you? |
| 0:27.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:27.9 | Because not great. |
| 0:29.9 | How is anybody? |
| 0:30.5 | How is anybody? |
| 0:31.7 | How is anybody? |
| 0:32.3 | And if you're good, how are you good? |
| 0:34.5 | Because, you know, I don't know. |
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