10/23: World Series, Marchand Returns, and FBI Indicts Billups and Rozier

Will opens by noting it’s a packed sports week with the NHL rolling, the NBA beginning, the NFL playoff picture taking shape, and the Blue Jays-Dodgers World Series about to begin. He reports that Trevor Story is expected to opt in with the Red Sox out of loyalty after the team supported him through injuries, and argues Story is essential to their 2026 hopes. He gives the Dodgers a slight edge in the World Series but says Toronto is dangerous because they’re playing with “house money” and have a whole country behind them. He reflects on Brad Marchand’s return to Boston as a Panther as the emotional end of the 25-year Boston sports dynasty era. He recaps Cooper Flagg’s NBA debut and frames him — with Victor Wembanyama — as part of the league’s next generation. He ends by reading an ESPN report about FBI arrests of Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier, and Damon Jones in an illegal sports betting and poker-fixing investigation.