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Jill Zarin's Bad Bunny Controversy and Golden Life Firing ExplainedRealityTeaAmy DeVoreFebruary 11, 2026 at 10:54 PM 0 Photo Credit: Mireya Acierto via Getty Images Jill Zarin is still trending… Normally, she'd probably love that, since she hasn't starred on anything in years. But this time, Jill's making headlines for going after Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show, which featured a genuine glimpse into the actual melting pot that is America. As a result, Jill lost her spot on The Golden Life, a longawaited new series on E!. So, Jill's likely not a fan of her latest Google rankings.

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Jill Zarin is still trending… Normally, she'd probably love that, since she hasn't starred on anything in years. But this time, Jill's making headlines for going after Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show, which featured a genuine glimpse into the actual melting pot that is America. As a result, Jill lost her spot on The Golden Life, a long-awaited new series on E!. So, Jill's likely not a fan of her latest Google rankings.

After her followers condemned Jill for her racist and xenophobic speech, the powers that be quickly took note, and shortly after, consequences arrived for this Real Housewives of New York alum. Now, Jill's in the find out stage of her life. Here's what happened.

Jill Zarin ranted about Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance in a now-deleted post

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This year's halftime show featured Spanish-language performances, a broad range of diverse guest celebrities, and various themes of inclusion and immigration, which apparently made Jill uncomfortable. So, while watching it, a couch-sitting Jill pulled out her cell phone and recorded a little reel. It was the "worst halftime show ever," she claimed, adding, "It's 250 years that we're celebrating in the United States, and I just don't think it was appropriate to have it in Spanish."

Then, Jill theorized that this show "was a political statement because there were no white people in the entire thing. I think it was an ICE thing." To that, fans advised Jill that Lady Gaga is still white and she sang in English…

Jill next took a dig at the Oscar-winner's appearance. "I literally had to Google her face to see who it was," said Jill. But immediately after she posted this reel, the pushback began. So, Jill deleted her post.

Reality TV fans and stars united in condemnation of Jill's words

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Much to her surprise, Jill's toxic statements failed to land with many, many people. "Jill Zarin was always and continues to be a flop," wrote one fan. They added, "In her classic out-of-touch way, she's probably popped her last life raft." Turns out, this rebuttal was right, but I will explain more on that in just a bit.

Within minutes, many similar comments clocked in, like, "Jill Zarin, go sell a rug or something. F*cking loser." Several Bravo stars even chimed in, further calling out Jill's microaggressions. To start, Chanel Ayan noted that she unfollowed Jill for her "disgusting" words.

Meanwhile, Tamra Judge commented on one post that reshared Jill's since-deleted reel. Here, Tamra heatedly asked, "What the actual F*#k." Following their comments, many other Bravo stars also joined in, expertly calling out Jill's biases. But after the daddy of all things Bravo entered the chat, hefty consequences quickly followed.

As Andy Cohen celebrated, Jill is "not employed by Bravo anymore." So, "In terms of Jill, just … I don't know. You know, call E!" Andy suggested. And right on cue, America's true patriots followed suit.

Jill was fired from new E! show The Golden Life, featuring RHONY OGs

Before the Super Bowl, Jill had a great spring planned. E! recently decided to take a gamble on the OG RHONY women via The Golden Life, a new show on their network. And through this new series, Jill finally secured her spot back in the world of reality television.

A synopsis for this show reads, "Bound by decades of shared history, fallouts and friendship, this fan-favorite group of New Yorkers [is] starting fresh together in the Sunshine State. In this new 'golden' era of life, the longtime friends are thriving in and around Palm Beach with fabulous second homes and a bustling social scene."

However, new shows need hype, not hellscapes, to thrive. So, after viewers seemingly took Andy's statement to heart, E! swiftly cut their losses. And now, Jill's spot on this series is no more.

"In light of recent public comments made by Jill Zarin, Blink49 Studios has decided not to move forward with her involvement in 'The Golden Life.' We remain committed to delivering the series in line with our company standards and values," read her official firing statement.

Jill responded to her firing with more excuses

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E! wasn't the only platform canceling Jill. In fact, her late husband's company, Zarin Fabrics, also spoke up. As they said, "Zarin Fabrics has not been associated with Jill Zarin since Bobby's death. We are proud Americans who accept all people, no matter what language they speak."

So, did Jill apologize for her words, either before, during, or after the internet read her her rights? Yes, but also, no.

Jill should have humbly admitted her wrongs. But instead, Jill barely apologized, and then she immediately shifted the blame onto another party. Meaning, she slammed the powers that be, the same ones who held her responsible for her narrow-minded statements.

"They didn't even give me a chance," Jill argued. "I took it down right away. People make mistakes. I'm human," she tried, weirdly forgetting to use the phrase "I'm sorry" anywhere in her response.

So now, Jill's trending for all the wrong reasons.

The Real Housewives of New York is streaming on Peacock. Meanwhile, The Golden Life is reportedly coming later this year, sans Jill.

TELL US – IS JILL'S PUNISHMENT FITTING? DO YOU THINK SHE LEARNED ANYTHING?

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The Wicked Witch of the West's "Sesame Street" Episode, Banned for Scaring Children, Aired 50 Years Ago Angela AndaloroFebruary 11, 2026 at 11:14 PM 0 Margaret Hamilton as The Wicked Witch of the West on "Sesame Street" Alamy Sesame Street once invited Margaret Hamilton to play the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz in an episode of the show The Feb.

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Sesame Street once invited Margaret Hamilton to play the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz in an episode of the show

The Feb. 10, 1976 episode aired just one time, with the show getting backlash after children found the episode too scary

Hamilton, a former teacher, was excited about the appearance and the positivity Sesame Street was bringing to children's learning experiences

Sesame Street's illustrious history has been full of warm moments for young viewers. There were, however, a few bumps in the road.

On Feb. 10, 1976, Margaret Hamilton — known as the Wicked Witch of the West from the original 1939 The Wizard of Oz — guest-starred on the children's show.

Though it was over three decades since she'd filmed the classic, Hamilton was game to don her witch's hat once again for Sesame Street, which she watched at home with her three grandchildren. In fact, she was excited to be part of the legacy of positivity in learning that the show put forth.

"When I was a child, and that was some time ago, going to school wasn't a particularly joyous experience," Hamilton, a former teacher, told The Memphis Press-Scimitar. "I see no reason why learning shouldn't be fun and Sesame Street demonstrates that it can be a very happy experience."

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The Wicked Witch of the West crashes into Sesame Street and finds herself at odds with David (Northern Calloway) and Big Bird. When her broom drops into David's hands, she demands it back. It's only when she disguises herself as an average woman, a disguise David sees through, that she gets it back for asking nicely.

While there was a good lesson at the heart of the episode, the Witch frightened a number of the show's young viewers at home.

One parent wrote to Sesame Street's parent company, the Children's Television Workshop, describing her children's distress in detail.

"I wish to protest most strongly the inclusion of the 'wicked witch' (Margaret Hamilton, I think) in yesterday's production of Sesame Street. My two children (ages 3 and almost 5) found her simply terrifying, and we had to turn the set off, with both of them crying. Then last night they each woke twice, sobbing with nightmares about 'the wicked witch on Sesame Street' and 'I don't want her to turn me into a basketball.' "

Margaret Hamilton in "The Wizard of Oz"

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The distressed mom continued to describe the experience as "extremely upsetting," stating that it made her rethink her trust in the show.

"At this age, children are so susceptible to scary things, and it will take weeks to overcome that one bad hour. It is for this reason that I do not let them watch The Electric Company, as it is frequently too frightening. I have checked with eight mothers of other children this age, and all said they were horrified that Sesame Street would do this, and turned the program off. My children's preschool teacher said she has had countless complaints about it from upset parents," she wrote.

The episode was ultimately pulled from syndication after Children's Television Workshop researcher Ana Herrera shared the episode with a test group of children who reacted negatively. She recommended that the episode not air again.

It was, however, preserved in the Library of Congress. Although it has since reappeared online, it has never aired on television again, per NBC News.

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"Young Sheldon" Cast Reunites on Set of "Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage "as" "Lance Barber Marks Return Brenton BlanchetFebruary 11, 2026 at 11:14 PM 0 Montana Jordan, Zoe Perry and Raegan Revord (left); Lance Barber gmfmwriters/Instagram (2) The cast of Young Sheldon is back together again Cooper family patriarch George Cooper Sr., played by Lance Barber, marked his return to the set of spinoff Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage in clips shared to social media Barber's character died on Young Sheldon, but the writers have found ways to keep George Sr.

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The cast of Young Sheldon is back together again

Cooper family patriarch George Cooper Sr., played by Lance Barber, marked his return to the set of spinoff Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage in clips shared to social media

Barber's character died on Young Sheldon, but the writers have found ways to keep George Sr. part of the story

The Coopers are back together again thanks to the return of their patriarch!

Young Sheldon cast members Lance Barber (George Cooper Sr.), Montana Jordan (Georgie Cooper Jr.), Raegan Revord (Missy Cooper) and Zoe Perry (Mary Cooper) reunited on set of series spinoff Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage — and shared some fun clips of their get-together on social media.

On Tuesday, Feb. 10, Revord posted a video to TikTok also featuring Jordan, 22, and their on-screen dad Barber, 52. In the clip, Revord flips off the camera, before Barber mouths the words "so sorry" and Jordan mouths "no we ain't."

The footage was set to Joan Jett & the Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll," and Revord, 18, gave it a playful caption. "Family dynamics," they wrote.

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In a later video, posted by an Instagram account for the Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage writers, Perry, 42, could also be seen chatting with her on-screen family of Barber, Revord and Jordan.

The writers captioned the footage with a viral audio from Dance Moms ("now I want to sit back and relax and enjoy my evening"), as the camera panned to Barber during the most eventful part of the audio ("when all of a sudden, I hear this agitating, grating voice"). The cast laughed off the moment, with Revord commenting "Thank the lord."

While Perry and Revord play recurring characters on Georgie & Mandy, led by Jordan and costar Emily Osment, Barber previously guest starred in the show's first season, despite his character being deceased.

Barber's George Sr. appeared in a scene and spoke with his son and namesake, Georgie. The elder George hasn't had much of a physical presence in the Young Sheldon spinoff, however, given that the character died toward the end of that series — meaning fans will likely only see him in flashbacks and dream sequences.

Still, viewers haven't seen the last of Barber's George, as he'll be back for episode 18 of season 2, according to both TVLine and Entertainment Weekly. Per both outlets, the episode will also feature appearances from Young Sheldon alumni Doc Farrow (Coach Wilkins) and Rex Linn (Principal Petersen).

The cast of 'Young Sheldon': Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Raegan Revord, Montana Jordan, Annie Potts, and Emily Osment

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Jordan previously told EW in October 2025 that it's weird not seeing his on-screen dad on the other end of the dinner table while filming these days. "It always is, man," he said. "Anytime there's not a pile of food on the other end of the table, we know Lance is missing somewhere."

He added, "Anytime that we get to have any of the Cooper family back on set, it's always a blast. We had a great family dynamic behind the scenes on [Sheldon], as we do on this show, so anytime we can bring them back, we're always welcoming them."

Young Sheldon, the spin-off of the Big Bang Theory led by Iain Armitage, ran for seven seasons from 2017 to 2024 on CBS. Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage returns for the back half of season 2 on Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.

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All About Olympic Speed Skater Jordan Stolz's Parents, Dirk and Jane Stolz Christopher RudolphFebruary 11, 2026 at 9:47 PM 0 Jordon Stolz with his parents Dirk and Jane Stolz Orange Pictures/Shutterstock American speed skater Jordan Stolz began skating at age 5 on a frozen lake His parents, Dirk and Jane Stolz, met in a taxidermy shop and ran their own taxidermy business Jordan's dad and mom will be cheering him on at the 2026 Winter Olympics Jordan Stolz's parents, Dirk and Jane Stolz, have supported his speed skating dreams since the beginning.

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American speed skater Jordan Stolz began skating at age 5 on a frozen lake

His parents, Dirk and Jane Stolz, met in a taxidermy shop and ran their own taxidermy business

Jordan's dad and mom will be cheering him on at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Jordan Stolz's parents, Dirk and Jane Stolz, have supported his speed skating dreams since the beginning.

After learning about the sport as a child, Dirk and Jane gave Jordan the green light to explore possibilities on their property's frozen lake in Kewaskum, Wis. — though not without making sure it was safe for both him and his older sister, Hannah.

"I was always afraid they could drown. Dirk kept saying the ice was thick enough, but I was not willing to risk it," Jane told NBC News. "So they kept the life jackets on until he drilled a hole and we could see it was several feet thick. After that I finally felt okay, and in the next couple of days they were able to take them off."

Jordan started skating when he was 5 years old, and his dad and mom encouraged him in different ways, from funding expenses through their taxidermy work to alternating their work schedules to take him to practice.

After making his debut at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Jordan is hitting the ice again at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. He will compete in four events: the 500m, 1000m, 1500m and mass start. His first race will be the Men's 1000m on Feb. 11.

Here's everything to know about Jordan Stolz's parents, Dirk and Jane Stolz.

Dirk has had an interest in winter sports from a young age

Jordon Stolz's parents Jane and Dirk Stolz

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At age 9, Dirk and his family moved from Germany to the United States. According to Silent Sports magazine, Dirk showed promise as a downhill skier in his home country before shifting his focus to track and field after moving to Wisconsin.

"Dirk was a good athlete, but I really never competed," Jane told the outlet.

After watching the 2010 and 2012 Winter Olympics, Jordan and Hannah became fixated on skating, an activity the family took up together.

"We wanted to teach the kids," Jane said. "So Dirk and I had to learn how to skate. It was intimidating getting those huge, big blades on. It was very awkward, but we loved it from the start; you go so fast."

Dirk and Jane met in a taxidermy shop

After moving to the U.S., Dirk landed in Wisconsin, where Jane was raised, per NBC Sports.

They eventually crossed paths at a taxidermy shop in Wisconsin Dells, Wis. At the time, Dirk was working at the business, while Jane was a customer.

They have two kids, including Jordan

Dirk and Jane are parents to two children: daughter Hannah and son Jordan.

Like her brother, Hannah grew up as a speed skater and raced in her teenage years. She later ended up going into the family business, becoming a taxidermist with a specialty in avian taxidermy.

Today, Hannah runs Windy Hills Waterfowl in Wisconsin, home to 85 bird species from around the world, according to its website.

In July 2023, Hannah won the National Taxidermy Championships, per the Washington County Insider. In August 2024, she competed in the World Taxidermy Championships, where she placed third "in the world for the non-game bird division," according to the Windy Hills Waterfowl website.

Dirk and Jane supported their son's athletic ambitions through taxidermy

Jordon Stolz's parents Jane and Dirk Stolz

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After meeting at a taxidermy shop, Dirk and Jane established their own side business from out of their basement, per NBC Sports.

According to Sports Illustrated, their taxidermy work helped cover the costs of Jordan's speed skating gear. "These blades are over $1,000," Jane recalled telling Jordan.

In addition, Dirk and Jane started home-schooled Jordan when he was 10 as a way to accommodate his skating schedule.

"We went to every single competition in the Midwest, 15 or 20 of them a year," Dirk told The New York Times in February 2022. "Trying to pull them out of school every Thursday or Friday was impossible, so no way you could do it being in public school."

They prioritized Jordan's skating schedule and events

Jordan Stolz with his mom Jane Stolz on February 19, 2024

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Apart from their taxidermy business, Dirk and Jane had their respective careers: He worked in the Washington County Sheriff's Department and she made a living as a dental hygienist.

The couple ensured to schedule their work hours so one of them would always be available to drive Jordan and Hannah to the Pettit National Ice Center. According to USA Today, Jane would work during the day while Dirk worked nights.

Today, Jane still helps her son with his skating schedule and events, as she told Silent Sports magazine.

"I try to make sure Jordan is eating right and has everything he needs when he is at home competing," she said. "It gets busy. People are calling and asking about tickets, and I'm often volunteering for the event. It's pretty crazy. I don't think about it in the moment."

Dirk and Jane couldn't attend Jordan's first Olympics

Jordan Stolz at the 2026 Winter Olympics on February 1, 2026 in Italy

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Jordan's first Olympics was the 2022 games in Beijing when he was 17, but his parents couldn't attend due to COVID-19 restrictions and the surge of the omicron variant at the time.

"It was very tough not being there. He would text me that he couldn't get the right foods and protein he needed," Jane told Silent Sports magazine.

Now, four years later, Dirk, Jane and Hannah will all be in Milan, cheering on Jordan when he competes at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

"A lot of their friends too, and some family members, they'll all be there, which will be nice because in Beijing they didn't really get that opportunity," Jordan told PEOPLE in January 2026.

He continued, "I'm really happy that they'll get to enjoy it and that'll make me feel good going into the races that everybody's having a good time."

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'You're always working on something new': How Olympians come up with new tricks Dan WolkenFebruary 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM 0 (Hector Vivas/Getty Images) (Hector Vivas via Getty Images) If you feel like you need a glossary to follow snowboarding and freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics, you're not alone. These sports, which have migrated from the X Games culture into the mainstream, have a language of their own.

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If you feel like you need a glossary to follow snowboarding and freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics, you're not alone.

These sports, which have migrated from the X Games culture into the mainstream, have a language of their own. Words like "rodeo" (a backward flip while also rotating horizontally), "cork" (an off-axis rotation that can be done frontside or backside) and the all-important "grab" (literally just grabbing the ski or snowboard with the hand during a trick) will be repeated dozens of times by commentators during the competition.

Rather than focusing on the terminology, the best way to consume these sports is simply by watching and appreciating the daring nature of the tricks, which happen in a matter of seconds but contain multiple elements of spins and flips and grabs that are designed to impress a panel of judges.

The more audacious and creative the trick, the higher the score — if the skier or snowboarder can execute it and land cleanly back on the ground.

But this is not like a concert where a musician gets up on stage and plays their greatest hits over and over again. The bar for what's required to win is constantly being raised, meaning a significant part of a competitor's time between Olympics is spent simply developing new ideas.

"The tricks we're doing now are already a lot harder than they were three or four years ago," said freestyle skier Alex Hall, who won the slopestyle gold medal four years ago in Beijing with a so-called "pretzel" trick that he landed for the first time on his final practice before the event. "So everyone's learned a bunch of new stuff. And (last) spring, I learned some stuff. I don't want to release anything yet, but you're always working on something new."

What does that entail? It can be a surprisingly long and arduous process just to get to the point where a competitor feels comfortable trying it on their skis or snowboard.

"We do so much summer training on trampolines or water ramps and jump training so when we bring those tricks to snow, we are at a 90% land percentage," said Jaelin Kauf, who won the silver medal in moguls four years ago. "(We have to be) so confident that we're going to be able to land and execute them, and we spend so much time working on that air awareness to be comfortable flipping around and getting a little lost in the air."

Here's how Alex Ferreira, a freestyle skier who specializes in the halfpipe and has medaled in the last two Winter Olympics, described his process of developing new tricks and getting ready for competition in a sport that's all about pushing boundaries:

Step 1: Forming an idea

"You think about it, you see it in your head. You think it possibly could work.

"Some steps can take two days. Some steps can take two years. And I've been stuck in all different types of the steps. A lot of trial and error. Definitely a lot of trial and error.

"I would say there's a set line between style and degree of difficulty. Most people are not concerned mostly with flipping and twisting to get a higher score, but they're more looking for something that looks nice in the air.

"I'm maybe a bit more of a conservative, and I'm proven wrong every single day. When I think the ceiling is here, people push it up higher and higher."

Alex Ferreira during a training run at the US Grand Prix at Aspen Snowmass Ski Resort. (Dustin Satloff/U.S. Ski and Snowboard/Getty Images) (Dustin Satloff via Getty Images)Step 2: Practicing indoors at a training center

"I try it on the trampoline. Then from there I'll rollerblade into a foam pit or into an airbag. And then from there I'll do it on plastic and jump off a jump into an airbag — a giant airbag — with skis on. These airbags are 300 feet long, 100 feet wide and 15 feet thick of air. So they're giant machines.

"I'll do that probably at least 100 jumps. It just depends on how quickly the mind can grasp the concept. I picked up the right side double cork 1260 in like 20 minutes. It was super easy for me. I don't know why. And then the switch unnatural double cork 1080 took me four years."

Step 3: Building confidence

"When you're doing all these different simulations, these training mechanisms, you're simulating what you're going to do on snow, and you're building that kinesthetic air awareness. So are there times where you feel a little less confident in your air awareness? Yeah, there definitely are just like, there's times when you're less confident in going up and asking a girl out or something like that. It's very natural human thing to happen to you. For the most part, I've been able to have strong conviction in the flips and twists and take offs and landings.

"I'm very aware, extremely focused, trying to practice as much as I possibly can beforehand so that when it does come time to do the trick on snow, the mentality is, of course, I'm nervous, but I always like to think about the nerves are making you more focused and more in the zone.

"Everybody [is] taking it more seriously. I remember back when I was coming up, if you went to a training camp in the fall, that was pretty rare. Now people are going to one, two, three training camps in the span of three months, and they're 100% going in the fall. So there's a level of professionalism that wasn't there before."

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Step 4: Checking conditions, forming a gameplan

"You have to change your mind quite a bit. If the stars align, it's sunny, it's not windy and there's an open area in the halfpipe that you have a moment to do a trick that you've been really working and you know now is the time, you will still have to push yourself internally. And then there will be other times when the gameplan changes. For instance, it starts to become windy. The clouds are rolling in. The light has changed. It's snowing, it's slower. Don't do this right now. Preserve yourself and come back another day.

"On the first day of training, and you can see it and feel (the quality of the halfpipe). You can watch the other competitors. And if you can see that the level is high and they're doing a lot of their harder tricks, that would give me a little bit more inclination to start doing my harder tricks. Usually, I kind of set the tone. Now that I'm the older version of myself, and I'm kind of one of the older people in the sport, I've always been like, 'Okay, if I can land the predecessor of the really hard trick, if I can land it about halfway down the wall, then I know I should be safe. That's kind of my rule of thumb.

"Some of the competitors will kind of hold everything close and tight to their chest. I will 100% ask, 'Hey, what do you think about the third hit or the fourth hit?' And then they'll give (their opinion). They'll release the information reluctantly, usually at first, and then they'll have a question for me. I'll answer it right off the gun, because they could have just saved my life. So I don't hold anything. It's a very much open sport. The chips are going to fall where they may. You've either put in the work or you haven't. We're going to have a contest. I'm going to land my run. I hope you land your run, but we'll see who wins."

Step 5: Time to go

"Very rarely would I pull an audible and go off script. It would only be in the case of in the middle of the run, if I think I made a mistake, you have about a second and a half from the time you landed to the time you're going to take off again. So you really need to have a good idea, or you need to have strong conviction to be able to change your run on a dime. I've only changed my run probably five times in my whole career.

"If I saw somebody do a brand new trick that I've never seen before, I wouldn't necessarily go off my script. I would still stay on my script and do the best job that I possibly can, and then maybe come back the next week and try and implement a new trick.

"There's no way you can get to the top without taking a few good, strong crashes. Once you do take a crash, you learn quickly."

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Tottenham fires coach Thomas Frank after desperate Premier League run JAMES ROBSON February 11, 2026 at 4:06 PM 0 1 / 5Britain Premier League SoccerTottenham's head coach Thomas Frank gestures during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham and Newcastle in London, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ian Walton) Thomas Frank was fired by Tottenham on Wednesday after only eight months in charge and with his team just five points above the relegation zone in the Premier League.

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1 / 5Britain Premier League SoccerTottenham's head coach Thomas Frank gestures during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham and Newcastle in London, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)

Thomas Frank was fired by Tottenham on Wednesday after only eight months in charge and with his team just five points above the relegation zone in the Premier League.

Despite leading Spurs to the round of 16 in the Champions League, Frank has overseen a desperate domestic campaign. A 2-1 loss to Newcastle on Tuesday was greeted by boos from the home fans and left Spurs still without a league win in 2026.

"The Club has taken the decision to make a change in the Men's Head Coach position and Thomas Frank will leave today," Tottenham said in a statement. "Thomas was appointed in June 2025, and we have been determined to give him the time and support needed to build for the future together.

"However, results and performances have led the Board to conclude that a change at this point in the season is necessary."

Frank failed to build on Brentford success

Frank's exit means Spurs are on the lookout for a sixth head coach in less than seven years since Mauricio Pochettino departed in 2019.

The Dane was appointed at the end of last season when Ange Postecoglou was fired despite leading Tottenham to its first trophy in 17 years by winning the Europa League and securing Champions League qualification.

Frank had built up an impressive reputation for his work during a nine-year spell at Brentford when he established the modest London club as a Premier League force. But he was unable to repeat that success at Tottenham, where he won just seven of 26 games in the league.

Spurs' last league win was Dec. 28 and defeat at home to Newcastle extended a ruinous run to one win in 11 in England's top flight.

Spurs dropped to 16th in the standings on Tuesday and two places above the relegation zone.

Injuries proved costly

Frank was not helped by an extensive injury list that included star players James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Rodrigo Bentancur, Mohammed Kudus and Lucas Bergvall.

Captain Cristian Romero was also absent against Newcastle after being sent off in the previous game against Manchester United.

Frank said after defeat to Newcastle that he was "convinced" he would still be in charge for the next match against Arsenal later this month.

"If you do something right, you build something that can last," he said. "Of course, we are not in a top position now. Everyone knows — directors, ownership, myself — what position we are in, what we need to improve and what we need to do better. That is what we are working very hard on."

Back to the drawing board

Frank is not alone in failing to revive Tottenham. He followed in the footsteps of some of soccer's top coaches, including Antonio Conte and José Mourinho, who could not bring success to the North London club.

And even when Postecoglou managed to deliver major silverware and a place in the money-spinning Champions League, it wasn't enough to save his job.

Postecoglou paid the price for a woeful domestic campaign that saw Spurs finish in 17th-place — their lowest since the Premier League was founded in 1992.

League form has also proved costly for Frank, whose team was on fewer points than Postecoglou's at this stage last year.

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Puck drops on men's hockey at the Milan Cortina Olympics with NHL players STEPHEN WHYNOFebruary 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM 0 1 / 3Milan Cortina Olympics Ice HockeyFinland's Niko Mikkola (77)challenges Slovakia's Tomas Tatar (90) during a preliminary round match of men's ice hockey between Slovakia and Finland at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) MILAN (AP) — The puck has dropped on men's hockey at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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1 / 3Milan Cortina Olympics Ice HockeyFinland's Niko Mikkola (77)challenges Slovakia's Tomas Tatar (90) during a preliminary round match of men's ice hockey between Slovakia and Finland at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

MILAN (AP) — The puck has dropped on men's hockey at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Finland and Slovakia played Wednesday the first of 30 games in the tournament that will conclude with the gold medal final on Feb. 22. Players from the NHL are participating in the games for the first time in 12 years going back to Sochi in 2014, ending a long wait for stars from all over the world.

"It's been a long buildup," Sweden coach Sam Hallam said. "I'm definitely going to feel the butterflies walking out to the bench tonight at 10 past 9. But then the puck drops and I hope we just get into it for the players to find some battles, find some races, just get into it, start sweating and it's going to be good."

Sweden faces Italy in prime time, in front of a crowd that is expected to give the home team a loud boost as a prohibitive underdog.

"We play against teams that have full NHL rosters," said Italy winger Dustin Gazley, a Michigan native who is one of several foreigners on the roster. "We know that. But we came together as a team and we've been pushing pretty hard and the best we can do is give our 100% for our team and do what we can on the ice and have fun out there and hopefully we can be successful."

The tournament favorites get underway Thursday. The U.S. faces Latvia, while Canada takes on Czechia.

They got to sit and watch what it might be like to take center stage at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, which was nearly filled to the capacity of 11,600 by the time Finland's Anton Lundell and Slovakia's Adam Ruzicka lined up for the opening faceoff 20 minutes before 5 p.m. local time. The crowd roared in the opening moments when scoring chances materialized and gasped when Slovakia goaltender Samuel Hlavaj stopped a slap shot from point-blank range.

Juraj Slafkovsky scored the first men's hockey goal in Milan for Slovakia just under eight minutes in, picking up where he left off in Beijing four years ago. Slafkovsky scored seven times in that tournament to earn MVP honors on the way to Slovakia taking home bronze — its first-ever Olympic hockey medal of any color.

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