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The Sports Rapport
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The Sports Rapport

Olympian interviews and Super Bowl recap

By Mitch Wertlieb,
Nathaniel Wilson
Published February 9, 2026 at 4:30 PM EST

This week on The Sports Rapport, Olympians Jack Young and Julia Kern discuss their journeys towards this month's Winter Games in Italy. Plus, Mitch and the crew debrief the Super Bowl, and spokesperson Melissa Gullotti discusses the upcoming Harris Hill Ski Jump.

Guests

Jack Young, 2026 U.S. Olympic Cross Country Team
Julia Kern, 2026 U.S. Olympic Cross Country Team
Melissa Gullotti, spokesperson for the Harris Hill Ski Jump

The High Five, Winter Olympics edition

  1. Margie Freed, Deedra Irwin, Maxime Germain, Team USA take 14th in Biathlon Mixed Relay 4 x 6km.
  2. Jessie Diggins and Julia Kern compete in Olympic skiathlon.
  3. Mac Forehand qualifies for men's slopestyle final.
  4. Ryan Cochran-Siegel places 18th in men's downhill.
  5. Jess Perlmutter misses qualification for women’s snowboard big air final.

Several athletes with Vermont ties are competing in the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy. Follow along with our interactive results tracker.

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Mitch Wertlieb
A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
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Nathaniel Wilson
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