Steve interviews Adrian Dater (00:29:30) the long time Colorado Avalanche beat writer and former co-host of The Lonely End of the Rink podcast. Steve and Adrian go into great detail about the gold medal game between the USA and Canada. Adrian has insight on Nate MacKinnon and his 3-on-3 woes, voting for MVP awards, and the roster construction of USA and Canada. The guys discuss Connor McDavid's legacy, Kenny Albert, and whose stock is up and who is down after the tournament. Adrian ends with the story of how his father's incredible footage of the 1980 miracle ended up in the new Netflix documentary.

Steve is joined by Paula for First things First and they start by talking about their Sunday morning together watching Team USA win Olympic gold.. Steve and Paula go over watching the women beat Canada in OT, Quinn Hughes beating Sweden, and Jack Hughes ending the 46 year gold medal drought. After Paula leaves to get ready for dance, Steve talks more about the hockey, Italian football's bad week in the Champions League, and the 2026 Braves already having 2 key injuries. The show ends with One Last Thing about the death of the network sitcom.

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