After a -7.84 unit week, the card resets with golf consistency (6 of 7 through the cut, Fleetwood T-7, Bhatia T-16) and a solid 13-11 soccer run pushing the season mark to 203-152-23 (54%). College hoops pauses for Olympic focus but still sits 71-51 (59%) on the year as conference play tightens and KenPom/Torvik edges sharpen. The Winter Games in Milano-Cortina deliver a historic showing for Team USA, with gold-medal moments from Alysa Liu, Mikaela Shiffrin in slalom, Elana Meyers Taylor in bobsled, and a dramatic OT gold for USA Men’s hockey, while Frida Karlsson and Johannes Klæbo headline Nordic dominance. The NHL resumes following the Olympic break—what carryover effects should bettors expect?

Golf shifts to the Cognizant Classic (formerly the Honda) after Jacob Bridgeman’s Genesis breakthrough, NASCAR rolls to COTA after Tyler Reddick goes back-to-back in Atlanta, and IndyCar opens at St. Pete. AFL futures drop with Brisbane favored again after back-to-back champion calls and +26.9 units in last year’s Grand Final. Add in Kalshi’s billion-dollar Super Bowl handle dwarfing Nevada, early NFL win totals for 2026-27, massive futures wagers already hitting the board, and updated Aussie Open accounting, and this episode covers performance review, market evolution, and where the next edge may emerge.