In this episode of Just Wondering with Norm Hitzges, Norm examines two modern sports realities that feel completely different — but are driven by the same idea: pushing systems beyond what they were designed to handle.

Norm starts with the Dallas Cowboys’ looming 2026 salary cap crisis. With the NFL cap projected to exceed $300 million, the Cowboys are already $30 million over, before accounting for key players they want to keep. Norm walks through the uncomfortable math surrounding contract restructures, deferred money, and why the Cowboys’ familiar strategy of “robbing Peter to pay Paul” makes today easier — and tomorrow much harder. From Dak Prescott’s ballooning cap numbers to the impossible situation surrounding defensive tackle Kenny Clark, this is a clear-eyed look at how Dallas keeps betting on the future while borrowing against it.

Then the episode shifts to college football, where the definition of a “career” is quietly being rewritten. Norm breaks down the unprecedented case of Miami linebacker Mohamed Ture, who is returning for an eighth season of college football at age 25. Thanks to redshirts, injury waivers, COVID eligibility, and NIL deals, Norm explains why some players can now make more money staying in college than entering the NFL — and why this trend may only accelerate.

It’s a thoughtful, numbers-driven episode about consequences, incentives, and what happens when leagues solve today’s problems by moving them into tomorrow.

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⏱️ Chapters

00:00 – Just wondering about another Cowboys salary cap mess 01:27 – The 2026 NFL salary cap: $300M and Dallas is already over 02:08 – “Robbing Peter to pay Paul” explained 02:53 – Cutting players to create cap space 03:38 – Why Kenny Clark’s $21M cap hit can’t happen 04:29 – The backlash if Dallas lets Clark walk 05:11 – Nine players, $259M, and nowhere to go 06:01 – Why the math simply doesn’t work 06:40 – March 11: the real NFL deadline 07:21 – How Dak Prescott’s cap hit ballooned to $74M 08:04 – Zach Martin, retirement, and dead money 08:55 – “Busting the budget” for a Super Bowl run 09:41 – Sponsor break 11:39 – College football’s newest oddity 12:26 – Mohamed Ture returns for an eighth season 13:26 – ACL injuries, NFL risk, and NIL math 14:13 – Making a career out of college football 14:53 – Final thoughts and sign-off

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Bri and Ziggy discuss the Grammy's, winners losers and those who didn't deserve. Bri doesn't like the way a redneck answered the question. Bri and Ziggy both rooting for the Seahawks!!! Is it too soon for the Patriots? Sam Darnold deserves this shine. Super Bowl Sunday should be a holiday or at least Hangover Monday should be. Ziggy is ready for summertime with the Beer Flight of The Night. Do you like Pina Coladas? The transfer portal nightmare, what happens to the athletes who don't get picked up for another team?

In this episode of Beer 30 Sports O’ Clock, the crew cracks open cold beers and dives headfirst into the beautiful chaos of modern adulthood — where award shows, sports madness, viral moments, and questionable life choices all collide.

The conversation kicks off with a trippy can of St. Arnold’s Juice Train IPA, setting the tone for a wide-ranging discussion that moves from Grammy Awards reactions and standout performances to the never-ending debate about who actually deserves to win. Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish, Trevor Noah, and Jelly Roll all come up as the hosts unpack award-show politics, cultural influence, and why some wins just don’t sit right.

From there, it’s full Super Bowl week energy. The hosts break down the Seahawks vs. Patriots matchup, make bold predictions, question sky-high ticket prices, and ask the most important question of all: Should the Monday after the Super Bowl be a national holiday? Along the way, they tackle the NFL’s Pro Bowl problem, float ideas for a flag-football revamp, and explain why Super Bowl week is the most chaotic media circus in sports.

The back half of the episode brings the laughs with beer flights, viral sports clips, wild knockouts, insane goals, mascot mayhem, and the always-dangerous Beer Goggles of the Week. The conversation then turns serious with an honest discussion about college athletics, NIL deals, and the transfer portal, including how players can get stranded without protections — and why collective bargaining may be inevitable.

It all wraps with Super Bowl traditions, family debates, and one unforgettable line that sums it all up: “That’s the number one thing about being an adult.”

Grab a beer, settle in, and enjoy an episode that blends sports, pop culture, and real-life conversations the way only Beer 30 can.

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⏱️ Chapters (YouTube-Optimized)

00:00 – Beer of the night: St. Arnold’s Juice Train IPA 01:49 – Grammy Awards reactions and award show politics 07:06 – Trevor Noah, comedy jabs, and public outrage 12:32 – Black artists dominate the Grammys 16:32 – Super Bowl week chaos and media frenzy 19:04 – Seahawks vs. Patriots: predictions and hot takes 24:19 – Fixing the Pro Bowl with flag football 27:32 – Beer flight of the night: summer vs. winter beers 35:44 – Beer Goggles of the Week: viral sports chaos 43:46 – NIL, transfer portal problems, and stranded athletes 51:44 – Super Bowl traditions and celebrity drama 53:57 – “That’s the number one thing about being an adult” 56:18 – Final thoughts and sign-off

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Mac's guest is Dr. Alex Kor, whose parents are Holocaust survivors. The late Mickey and Eva Kor survived separate camps until they were liberated; Eva was one of the "Mengele Twins," patients who were used as human experiments conducted by infamous Nazi Dr. Josef Mengela. Dr. Kor has made it a priority to tell his parent's stories, and to educate people about a topic that some survivors fear is being forgotten.

Some stories aren’t just history — they’re warnings.

In this episode of Engel Angle, Mac Engel sits down with Dr. Alex Kor, the son of two Holocaust survivors, for a powerful and deeply personal conversation about survival, memory, forgiveness, and the responsibility to remember one of history’s darkest chapters.

Dr. Kor shares the extraordinary stories of his parents. His mother, Eva Mozes Kor, survived Auschwitz-Birkenau as a child and was subjected to medical experiments by Josef Mengele. His father endured multiple concentration camps, including Buchenwald. Despite unimaginable suffering, both parents went on to live full lives — and, in Eva’s case, to publicly embrace the controversial idea of forgiveness as a personal path to healing.

Mac and Dr. Kor explore what it means to grow up carrying that legacy, how survivor stories were shared (or withheld) within families, and why younger generations are increasingly disconnected from the reality of the Holocaust. The conversation also confronts the rise of Holocaust denial, the ethical questions surrounding Nazi medical data, and the uncomfortable truth that history fades faster than we expect if it isn’t actively preserved.

At its core, this episode isn’t only about the past. It’s about the present — and the future. Dr. Kor explains why remembrance is not optional, why forgiveness does not mean forgetting, and why being an “upstander” matters in a world where hate and denial still exist.

It’s a heavy listen — and an essential one.

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Chapters

00:00:00 – Why this conversation matters 00:01:53 – Becoming interested in World War II and the Holocaust 00:04:55 – Growing up as the child of Holocaust survivors 00:06:58 – First exposure to images and film from Auschwitz 00:08:52 – How survivors chose to tell — or not tell — their stories 00:11:23 – Why silence can be more damaging than truth 00:12:26 – Gratitude, guilt, and growing up with perspective 00:13:38 – Eva Mozes Kor and the Mengele experiments 00:15:14 – How anyone survived Auschwitz’s winters 00:16:18 – Visiting Auschwitz for the first time 00:18:36 – Seeing history instead of reading it 00:19:23 – “We didn’t know”: confronting denial and bystanders 00:21:12 – Auschwitz vs. Buchenwald and the reality of all camps 00:24:38 – Are we forgetting the Holocaust? 00:25:22 – Why younger generations know less 00:26:29 – “Remember the past to protect the future” 00:27:35 – Medical ethics and Nazi experimentation data 00:30:30 – Holocaust denial and confronting misinformation 00:33:15 – Forgiveness after unimaginable trauma 00:35:12 – Eva Kor’s controversial decision to forgive 00:37:23 – Forgiveness as a gift to yourself 00:38:01 – Teaching forgiveness without erasing history 00:39:49 – Films and documentaries that help tell the story 00:41:07 – Carrying a legacy without chasing ghosts 00:42:56 – Why Dr. Kor continues his parents’ mission 00:43:08 – Final thoughts and closing

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In Case 3 of Signal 51 Chronicles, John Henry and retired sergeant Jake White travel to Lake Bridgeport, Texas, where a quiet Fourth of July morning turned into a homicide that still haunts Wise County.

On July 5, 2019, firefighters forced entry into a dead-bolted duplex filled with smoke. Inside, they found 32-year-old Army veteran, nurse, and single mother Lauren Whitener lying on a burned mattress—stabbed repeatedly, with evidence suggesting the fire was set after she was already dead.

What followed was a tangled investigation marked by unusual evidence, complicated relationships, a possible “throuple,” removed smoke detectors, black latex gloves found hundreds of yards away, and a nine-hour interrogation involving a Texas Ranger and a DOJ polygrapher. Despite it all, no arrest has ever been made.

This episode walks step-by-step through the early hours of the crime, the neighbors’ statements, the evidence collected—and the evidence that raises more questions than answers.

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⚠️ Listener discretion advised: This episode contains discussion of violence and homicide.

Chapters 00:00 – Welcome to Signal 51 Chronicles 02:49 – The Police Blotter: Fake Cop in Grapevine 06:36 – Introducing the Lake Bridgeport Case 12:47 – The 911 Call and a Locked Door 14:54 – Who Was Lauren Whitener? 19:53 – Autopsy Results: Fire After Death 21:16 – Inside the Crime Scene 28:42 – Fourth of July, Alcohol, and a “Throuple” 36:25 – Interrogation and Polygraph 40:24 – Luminol, Blood Evidence, and the Search 43:38 – Crime Scene Cleanup and Vehicle Tracking 48:53 – What Still Doesn’t Add Up Check us out: patreon.com/sunsetloungedfw Instagram: sunsetloungedfw Tiktok: sunsetloungedfw X: SunsetLoungeDFW FB: Sunset Lounge DFW

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One year later, the Luka Dončić trade still gets talked about — just not completely.

In this episode of Just Wondering with Norm Hitzges, Norm Hitzges revisits the shocking deal that sent Luka Dončić from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers, and explains why most retrospectives still leave out the most important details.

Yes, Luka was a brilliant offensive force. Yes, Dallas fans adored him. And yes, the trade wrecked the Mavericks almost immediately. But Norm lays out three realities that rarely get mentioned: Dončić never improved defensively in his six-and-a-half seasons in Dallas, he consistently showed up to seasons overweight, and the financial commitment looming over the franchise was staggering — five years, $345 million guaranteed.

Norm argues that Dallas would have accepted the turnovers, the shooting inefficiencies, and even the injuries — if Luka had simply taken conditioning seriously while he was there. Instead, that lack of commitment quietly shaped the Mavericks’ decision in ways fans and analysts still resist acknowledging.

Then, just when the conversation feels heavy, sports does what it always does — it delivers something you couldn’t make up if you tried. Norm tells the unbelievable story of heavyweight boxer Jarell Miller, a career full of suspensions, comebacks, and one unforgettable Madison Square Garden moment when a perfectly timed uppercut sent Miller’s toupee dangling — and then flying — into the crowd.

It’s classic Just Wondering: hard truths, missing context, and a reminder that sports will always find a way to surprise you.

Chapters

00:00:00 – One year later and still wondering about the Luka trade

00:01:29 – Revisiting the shock of Dončić to the Lakers

00:02:13 – What most trade recaps leave out

00:03:03 – Luka’s playoff defense problem

00:03:52 – The $345 million elephant in the room

00:04:43 – Conditioning, injuries, and missed games

00:05:30 – Why Dallas would have paid him anyway

00:06:07 – “If he’d just gotten in shape…”

00:06:55 – Sponsor break: Bob’s Steak & Chop House

00:07:35 – Full Moon Healing Balm and aging realities

00:08:20 – Enter Jarell “Big Baby” Miller

00:09:02 – A heavyweight career full of suspensions

00:10:17 – Failed drug tests and strange explanations

00:11:49 – Comebacks, casinos, and global fight stops

00:12:38 – Madison Square Garden and the toupee incident

00:13:25 – The ammonia bleach explanation

00:14:20 – Why boxing always delivers the unbelievable

00:15:15 – Sponsors and closing thoughts

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When it’s freezing outside, pipes are dripping, and Texas is once again pretending winter is a surprise — you settle in and talk about everything.

In this episode of The Clubhouse Podcast, Rob, Alex, and Don Ford bounce effortlessly between weather chaos, sports math, pop culture overload, and pro wrestling swerves. The show opens with cold-weather survival, Magic Eraser enthusiasm, and the reality that Texas will never be ready for ice — before shifting quickly to the Super Bowl matchup between Seattle and New England, complete with betting lines, over/under debates, and why weather narratives don’t always tell the real story.

From there, the guys take a full lap around the NBA and NHL, tracking contenders, collapses, and divisional chaos — including another round of North America’s Favorite Game Show. College hoops gets its moment, the All-Star calendar creates relationship stress, and somehow the Vancouver Canucks’ goal differential becomes must-listen content again.

The back half of the episode slides into TV, movies, and streaming, where Saturday Night Live, Apple TV+, Netflix, HBO Max, and Prime Video all get their turn. Highlights include reactions to the Mel Brooks documentary, excitement over The Running Man, genuine love for Sisu, and unanimous joy over The Wrecking Crew being way more fun than critics would ever allow. There’s also casting news, nostalgia, surprise renewals, and a spontaneous Clubhouse Book Club moment that spirals into one of the most delightful tangents of the episode.

Wrestling fans aren’t left out either — from Royal Rumble speculation to the shockwave caused by Tommaso Ciampa landing in AEW, the episode closes with exactly the kind of joyful unpredictability that defines The Clubhouse.

It’s long, it’s loose, it’s informed, and it’s exactly what happens when three people refuse to stay on one topic — and nobody wants them to.

Chapters

00:01:12 – Cold weather, dripping faucets, and Texas panic 00:05:23 – The Magic Eraser changes lives 00:07:05 – The Superb Owl is set: Seattle vs. New England 00:11:03 – Betting lines, over/under, and first-half logic 00:12:49 – TCU women keep winning 00:13:20 – NBA standings and teams running out of runway 00:16:26 – NHL chaos and divisional madness 00:19:39 – North America’s Favorite Game Show returns 00:21:40 – What we’re watching on TV 00:27:22 – SNL, Apple TV+, and streaming overload 00:28:59 – Big casting news and series renewals 00:34:10 – The Clubhouse Book Club surprise 00:38:12 – Dr. Rick, books, and not becoming your parents 00:42:07 – Mel Brooks documentary: must-watch comedy history 00:46:15 – Movie talk: The Running Man, Sisu, and The Wrecking Crew 01:02:14 – Pro wrestling updates and Royal Rumble speculation 01:21:00 – Tommaso Ciampa goes All Elite 01:30:28 – Patreon shoutouts and closing thoughts

Another LIVE show this week with a MAJOR announcement, Saturday Night's Main Event, prep for Wrestling Christmas, Superb Owl talk, Stuff We Watched This Week, and MORE!

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This episode of the Sunset Soccer Club features updates on the Ricardo Pepi transfer situation, yet another injury for Gio Reyna, and a wild day in the Champions League.

Following some comments made by Juventus manager Luciano Spalletti about Weston McKennie’s ability to play as a striker, Tyler names his top 3 USMNT players who could have played another position.

Finally, rumors of a World Cup boycott have begun to circulate in the wake of political turmoil the U.S. Tyler gives his thoughts on whether or not that would be a good idea in these circumstances.

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Ziggy and Bri survived Dallaska, was it really that bad? Ziggy thinks we may have a conspiracy on our hands and questions do we need new meteorologists. Speaking of conspiracies, Bill and the hall of fame scandal. Is Bob Kraft to blame? Did him getting caught cheating hurt him or is this all a ploy to have an all Patriots hall of fame ceremony next year? Bri surprises Ziggy with beer on Beer Flight Of The Night. And Ziggy discovers Crunchyroll, while Bri discovers Ziggy has Max and might share his password.

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