Changing Of The Guard

Herbal Dave on Sunday, February 1, 2026 – 02:35 pm

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With Bob Weir's passing, a page turned in the Grateful Dead story. Lacking a Rhythm Devils reunion, that's it for the original Dead. A few of their peers are still around, but the leaves are falling and this music will pass into the hands of another generation.

In the sports world, basketball great LeBron James, and all-time hockey goal-scorer Alex Ovechkin ponder retirement, as others replace them as their sports' leading figures.

Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest career grand slam winner today at the Australian Open, preventing Novak Djokovic from earning a record 26th Grand Slam title.

It's part of what makes USWNT downhill skier Lindsey Vonn's comeback so compelling. Did her crash in competition this weekend in the Swiss-Alps just a week before her Olympic competition begins damage her knee enough to derail her comeback dream?

In music, Wynton Marsalis will be stepping down after a 40 year run as the director of the Jazz At Lincoln Center:

https://pitchfork.com/news/wynton-marsalis-jazz-at-lincoln-center-founde...

Oh, the times they are a-changin'.

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Joe Buck is Back

masonskids on Sunday, February 1, 2026 – 02:55 pm

The wheel keeps turning.

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Ken D.

Portland_ken on Sunday, February 1, 2026 – 04:31 pm

Exactly how I felt when a

Exactly how I felt when a heard about Bob. Torch has passed, bit the music lives on. So grateful that there is an entire legion of great musicians, many of whom were too young to have seen Jerry Garcia, still searching for the sound and about to cover just a little more ground.

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fishcane

fishcane on Sunday, February 1, 2026 – 05:25 pm