Sports Chasers Podcast — Ep. 492 | Thursday Night Live | MLB Opening Day 2026, UNC Fires Hubert Davis, NBA Expansion Seattle & Las Vegas, NFL Referee Lockout, WNBA Historic CBA & NCAA Sweet 16

One of the biggest sports nights of 2026 and the Sports Chasers crew is all in. Host Kevin L. Warren leads the full panel — Dorian "The D.A." Albritton, Darrell "D-Dubbz" Warren, Dan K. "The Hockey Dude," and Ryan DeSouza — through 2+ hours of objective, no-narrative sports coverage across every major league.

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⚾ MLB Opening Day 2026 — Netflix's debut broadcast was a disaster. Hazy camera, unreadable scorebug, and they missed the first ABS challenge in MLB history during an in-game interview. The crew breaks it all down.

🏀 UNC Fires Hubert Davis ($5.3M buyout) — Two straight first-round exits, the largest blown lead in first-round history, and a NIL recruiting problem sealed his fate. 74 years of the Carolina coaching family tree ends here.

🏀 NBA Expansion to Seattle & Las Vegas — All 30 owners vote YES. Franchise fees at $7–$10 BILLION. The Sonics are coming back. Magic Johnson eyes Vegas. One Western Conference team moves East.

🏈 NFL Referee Lockout — Talks broke down after half a day. CBA expires May 31. 150 small-college replacement refs being recruited in the era of legalized sports gambling. Is this the most dangerous situation the NFL has faced since the Fail Mary of 2012?

🏒 ⭐ FEATURED CHAPTER: Ice Cold Facts with Dan K. "The Hockey Dude"

[01:04:10] Connor McDavid makes NHL history — 1,200 career points AND 400 career goals in the SAME game. Auston Matthews out 12 weeks. Buffalo Sabres on a historic 12-1-1 run. Colorado dominates the West. The full NHL playoff race breakdown you need heading into the postseason.

🏀 NCAA Sweet 16 — Florida ELIMINATED. Nebraska in the Sweet 16 for the FIRST TIME EVER. Virginia makes history from First Four to Sweet 16. UConn, South Carolina, Texas, UCLA still alive.

🏀 WNBA Historic CBA — Salary cap $1.5M to $7M. Players get 20% of gross revenue. A'ja Wilson eyes first $1.4M supermax. The most transformational deal in women's sports history.

🏀 NBA 65-Game Rule — Does the award eligibility minimum unfairly punish injured players? Ryan and the crew debate.

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American soccer development is broken by pay-to-play — and Alex Lubyansky has built a solution.

In this episode of The Interview Sessions, Sports Chasers host Kevin L. Warren sits down with Alex Lubyansky — former University of Michigan goalkeeper, 2005 MPSL National Championship MVP, European pro club operator, practicing attorney, and Head Coach/GM of Detroit Metro FC — to unpack how wealth, not ability, controls access to elite soccer in the United States and what Detroit Metro FC is doing to change that.

Detroit Metro FC is 100% free for players, privately funded, sponsor-supported, and merit-based from tryout to cut. Alex Lubyansky discusses the structural breakdown of the American soccer system, the power of Europe's promotion/relegation model, the reality behind MLS star signings, the Merit Cup ($10,000 to any team that beats them), conservative NIL compliance, and why building in public is the blueprint for a better American soccer future.

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⚾ THE CHASERS DUGOUT REPORT | EPISODE 490

🎙️ Host & Moderator: KEVIN L. WARREN and Co-Host D-DUBBZ

ft. MLB Resident Expert & Sports Chasers #1 Contributor — ALVIN CLAWSON

📅 Sports Chasers Podcast | Pre-Recorded Saturday, March 21, 2026

🇻🇪🏆 VENEZUELA MAKES HISTORY — STUNS TEAM USA 3–2 IN THE 2026 WBC FINAL!

On this Saturday edition of The Chasers Dugout Report, host and moderator Kevin L. Warren leads co-host D Dubs and Sports Chasers' #1 MLB Contributor Alvin Clawson through a complete breakdown of Venezuela's stunning championship run at the 2026 World Baseball Classic — and a full preview of the 2026 MLB season.

Tournament MVP Maikel Garcia delivered with a .385 average and 7 RBI. Eugenio Suárez's go-ahead RBI double in the 9th inning was the dagger. Wilyer Abreu launched a 414-foot homer off USA starter Nolan McLean. And despite arguably the best pitching staff ever assembled for a WBC — Team USA's bats went ice cold. Aaron Judge went 0-for-4 with 3 strikeouts. Bryce Harper batted .214. Alex Bregman hit .143. Stunning.

Kevin leads the crew in debating whether the WBC should move to the All-Star break, discussing the emotional meaning of Venezuela's win amid political turmoil — where the government declared a national holiday — and how Venezuela's gassed bullpen somehow closed out the title on back-to-back nights.

Then it's all 2026 MLB. Alvin drops his FULL division winner picks (Dodgers, Reds, Mets, Tigers, Mariners, Toronto), sleeper teams (Pirates & A's), and MVP favorites (Ohtani & Judge). The panel digs into MLB's new ABS Challenge System (robot umps), Netflix's Opening Night exclusive (Yankees vs. Giants, March 25), the streaming wars, blackout frustrations, and why regional sports networks are dying.

This is baseball the way it should be — passionate, informed, unfiltered.

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Contributor Alvin Clawson for his FULL 2026 MLB Division Winner

picks, the sleeper teams flying under the radar (Pirates & A's),

and his MVP favorites — Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge.

Pure expert analysis. No filler. If you want to win your fantasy

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🔴 SPORTS CHASERS PODCAST — EPISODE 489 | THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE

Thursday, March 19, 2026 | Powered by Sports Chasers Media Group

Venezuela are your 2026 World Baseball Classic Champions! Eugenio

Suárez delivered a walk-off double in the 9th to stun Team USA 3-2

in one of the most dramatic finales in WBC history. Maikel Garcia

named MVP. Bryce Harper's jaw-dropping 8th-inning bomb almost saved

Team USA — but it wasn't enough. We break it all down TONIGHT!

PLUS — the WNBA just made history with a landmark seven-year CBA

deal — salary cap jumping from $1.5 million to $7 million overnight.

MLB signs a controversial $150M-$300M exclusive prediction market

deal with Polymarket. March Madness brackets are LIVE and already

bleeding. The NHL playoff race is heating up. The NBA is on absolute

fire. And special guest A.M. Pfeffer — co-host of Beyond The Surface

on the X-Rayted Sports Network — joins the Chasers panel live to go

deeper than any headline on every single one of these stories.

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🎰 33:20 — MLB's Controversial $300M Polymarket Prediction Market Deal

MLB just signed a multiyear exclusive deal with Polymarket worth

between $150M and $300M — making baseball the latest major league

to embrace prediction markets. But with Arizona filing criminal

charges against rival platform Kalshi just two days before the

announcement — is MLB being visionary or signing with the devil?

Kevin, A.M. Pfeffer, and the full panel go DEEP on the business,

the integrity risk, and what this means for the future of sports.

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🏆 SPORTS CHASERS PODCAST | THE INTERVIEW SESSIONS — EP. 487

He created the format. Now he's IN the seat.

Dorian Albritton Jr. — the former Super Producer of Sports Chasers Media Group and the architect behind The Interview Sessions — joins host Kevin L. Warren for a conversation that goes far deeper than sports. This one is personal. This one is about legacy, leadership, and what it truly means to think like a leader before you ever carry the title.

Dorian Jr. was the creative force behind the one-on-one interview format that has now produced 100+ conversations, replacing the large live panel model with something far more intentional and intimate. Now, as a master's student in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at George Mason University and host of the Think Like a Leader podcast, he's building his next chapter — one framework, one system, and one leader at a time.

🎧 IN THIS EPISODE:

→ The origin story of The Interview Sessions — straight from the man who built it

→ Growing up in the Bronx, relocating to North Carolina, and navigating two worlds

→ His basketball journey from Davidson Day through VMI, King University, and UNC Charlotte

→ Why he left Sports Chasers and what purpose he found on the other side

→ The Think Like a Leader podcast — mission, message, and who it's built for

→ The Four Ds Framework: Do, Date, Delegate, Delete

→ Self-trust vs. self-awareness — and which one actually moves the needle

→ How weekly resets and Notion eliminate mental overload

→ Leading before the title — and what that really requires

→ The father-son dynamic with Dorian Albritton Sr. — "The D.A." himself

→ A Rapid Fire Round that gets raw and real fast

📌 HIGHLIGHTED CHAPTER — MUST LISTEN:

⏱️ 26:21 — Lead Before The Title

This is the moment that defines the entire episode. Dorian Jr. shares the workplace story that rewired his entire understanding of leadership — the difference between a manager and a true leader — and why humanity in management is the most underrated skill in the game.

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⚾🏀🏒🔥 SPORTS CHASERS PODCAST — EPISODE 488

THE WEEKENDS REWIND | LIVE | MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2026

🚨 THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ENDING IN WBC HISTORY? 🚨

The Dominican Republic brought Juan Soto, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., and Julio Rodríguez to Miami — and they went HOME. Kevin L. Warren and the full Sports Chasers crew break down every play, every mistake, and every controversial call in what might be the most fired-up episode in seven years of Chasers history. Plus — we're CELEBRATING! Sports Chasers is officially ranked #4 in Sports News on Apple Podcasts. Chasers Nation — THIS IS YOUR ACHIEVEMENT! 🏆

🎙️ IN THIS EPISODE:

⚾ WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC 2026 — USA 2, DR 1

MLB Resident Expert Alvin Clawson joins the crew to break down the WBC semifinal heard 'round the world. Fernando Tatis Jr.'s baserunning blunder vs. Aaron Judge's rocket arm. The Dominican Republic going 2-for-9 with runners in scoring position against the best pitching staff in international baseball. And HP Umpire Cory Blaser's called strike 3 on Geraldo Perdomo that ended it all — bad call? Did the DR beat themselves? The crew has OPINIONS.

🏀 MARCH MADNESS 2026 — CHASERS BRACKETOLOGY

Selection Sunday has spoken! Duke, Arizona, Michigan, and Florida are your Men's #1 seeds. UConn enters the Women's tournament 34-0 and UNDEFEATED. The crew runs their brackets LIVE, debates NIL's impact on Cinderella stories, and breaks down Rick Pitino's coaching legacy at St. John's.

🏒 NHL — FINAL STRETCH

Connor McDavid sits 2 goals from 400 career. The Dallas Stars are on a 14-game point streak. The Colorado Avalanche won't stop winning. Dan K. The Hockey Dude has the full breakdown.

🏀 NBA — HISTORY MADE

SGA breaks Wilt Chamberlain's consecutive 20+ point game record at 127 straight. Luka drops 51 on the Bulls then hits a game-winning fadeaway in OT vs. Denver. Wembanyama enters the MVP conversation with an other-worldly stretch.

🔥 WNBA CBA — SEASON AT RISK

Monday's deadline PASSED with no deal. Ryan DeSouza breaks down the revenue share war, the housing dispute, and what a season delay would mean for the Portland Fire, Toronto Tempo, and over 100 free agents.

🏆 THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

Sports Chasers is officially #4 in Sports News on Apple Podcasts. Seven years. No hot takes. No narratives. Just sports. And Chasers Nation made it happen.

🔴 00:00 — WBC CONTROVERSY: Did the Umpire COST the Dominican Republic the WBC?

With the game on the line in the bottom of the ninth, HP Umpire Cory Blaser called a full-count slider BELOW the zone on Geraldo Perdomo — strike three — ending the Dominican Republic's World Baseball Classic run. Fernando Tatis Jr. was on deck. The crowd went silent. Kevin, D-Dubbz, The D.A., and Alvin Clawson go BALLISTIC breaking down the call, the missed opportunities, Tatis Jr.'s baserunning blunder vs. Aaron Judge's laser throw, and the DR going 2-for-9 with runners in scoring position. Was it the call — or did DR beat themselves? This is the hottest conversation in baseball right now — and Sports Chasers pulls NO punches.

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🎙️ Sports Chasers Podcast | Episode 486 | Thursday Night Live 📅 Recorded Live: Thursday, March 12, 2026 | 7:00 PM EST

Welcome to Chasers Nation! 🏆 Sports Chasers Podcast is back with Episode 486 of Thursday Night Live — covering every sport, every week, with zero hot takes and zero agendas. Just passionate, well-researched sports talk for real fans.

THIS WEEK: ⚾ Mark DeRosa is under fire for what the crew is calling flat-out BASEBALL MALPRACTICE at the World Baseball Classic. The USA's lack of urgency on the international stage is a recurring problem — and we're not letting it slide. We break down the WBC quarter-final landscape, why the DR is the team to beat, and whether college players should be the ones repping America if the pros won't take it seriously.

🏒 Dan K. The Hockey Dude drops in with a full NHL trade deadline breakdown — and the new playoff salary cap rule changed EVERYTHING. Find out why the Buffalo Sabres are the hottest team nobody's talking about, whether the Penguins can hold their playoff spot without Crosby and Malkin, and why the Toronto Maple Leafs are in full meltdown mode after the Olympics.

🏈 NFL offseason is in full swing: The Max Crosby-Ravens saga took a wild turn. Kyler Murray is heading to Minnesota — but will the system work? Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers feel inevitable. And Daniel Jones gets a fresh start with the Colts. We break it all down.

🏀 Is intentionally fouling to let someone chase a scoring record killing the integrity of the game? The crew debates — Bam Adebayo, Kobe's 81, and where the line is. Then we close with the WNBA CBA standoff: gross revenue vs. net revenue, Caitlin Clark's star power, and whether a deal gets done in time for the season.

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⚾ WBC: Mark DeRosa's Baseball Malpractice | Timestamp: 02:51

🔥 FEATURED CHAPTER — This is the chapter Chasers Nation can't stop talking about.

In the most heated segment of the episode, the crew goes OFF on USA World Baseball Classic manager Mark DeRosa in a way that will have every baseball fan nodding their head. Al breaks down DeRosa's shocking unfamiliarity with tournament rules, the decision to bench Bryce Harper and Bregman in a must-win game, and an inexperienced coaching staff that looks more like a friend group than a World Baseball Classic dugout. Meanwhile, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and Italy are showing up with FIRE. The question being asked loud and clear: If the United States isn't going to take the WBC seriously — why are we even there? This is sports accountability at its finest. #WBC2026 #DeRosa #BaseballMalpractice #ChasersNation