Valentino Guseli pulled off something wild at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. He grabbed a last-second chance and somehow turned it into a spot in the men’s snowboard big air final—when, honestly, he wasn’t even supposed to be there.

This 20-year-old Aussie only qualified for the halfpipe. Big air? He figured he’d just be watching. Then, out of nowhere, Canada’s Mark McMorris crashed in training, and suddenly the door swung open. Guseli found out the night before that he might get the call-up. By Thursday evening, he stood at the top of the ramp, everything on the line.

“I was hoping I’d be riding tonight,” Guseli said. “I found out last night there was a chance, and unfortunately, Mark had a bit of a spill and couldn’t compete.”

So there he was. Two qualification runs—73.25 and 71.50. Not bad, but not enough. He needed to break into the top 12, and time was running out. Everything rested on one last shot.

What happened next? It’s the kind of thing you replay in your head for years. Guseli launched himself off the jump, spun a switch backside 1980 with a tailgrab—five and a half dizzying rotations, locked in and soaring. He stomped the landing. The scoreboard flashed 91.50, tying the second-best score of the night.

He couldn’t quite believe it. Arms in the air, snowboard tossed sky-high, teammates lifting him as the news came through: 12th place, the last ticket to the finals. A commentator called it a “miracle in Milano”, and honestly, that pretty much nailed it.

Afterwards, Guseli tried to describe what went through his mind in midair. “I reached a state I haven’t been in for a while—flow state. It all just happened for me,” he said. “Sometimes you drop in, and it’s like you don’t even have to try. The trick just works. I got to the bottom and, like, snapped back into reality. It was pretty crazy.”

His journey hasn’t been easy. Back in Beijing in 2022, he finished sixth in the halfpipe at just 16. He won the FIS Park and Pipe Crystal Globe in both 2023 and 202,4 but then tore his ACL late in 2024. That injury knocked him out of action for almost a year, costing him early qualification chances in big air and slopestyle.

He barely had time to practise this Olympic jump. “By the time I did my last jump, I’d only hit this jump 10 times,” he said. “Usually, you’ve hit it 50 or 60 times before you compete. So to make finals now—I’m just so stoked. Definitely one of the top moments of my life.”

Right before that final run, there was a moment of doubt. His dad—who’s also his coach—suggested he might need to go even bigger to get the score. For a second, Guseli hesitated. “I thought, ‘I’m not going to try a Hail Mary and get destroyed,’” he admitted. “Then I thought, ‘It’s the Olympics, man.’”

Now he’s into Saturday’s big air final, rewriting his own Olympic story. He’ll also compete in the halfpipe, where he’s a real medal threat alongside Scotty James.

And there’s something special about doing all this in Italy—his father’s homeland. “Out of all the Olympics I’ll do, this is the one I want to do best in,” Guseli said earlier. “It’s the closest thing to a home Olympics I’ll ever have.”

Maxx Crosby’s name has been everywhere this Super Bowl week. The Raiders have a big decision to make about their star pass rusher, and, honestly, nobody can ignore the trade talk flying around.

Crosby turns 29 by the start of the 2026 season. That’s not old, but it’s not exactly young for a pass rusher, either. If the Raiders want the biggest return, now’s probably their chance. The front office has to figure out if they can actually finish this rebuild while Crosby’s still in his prime, or if it’s smarter to cash in and collect draft picks.

The rumours have even reached Detroit. Aidan Hutchinson from the Lions got asked about Crosby, since Crosby played his college ball at Eastern Michigan. Hutchinson didn’t hide his excitement at the idea of teaming up. “If that happened, it’d be so dangerous,” he said on “Up & Adams”. He talked about their friendship and mutual respect, adding, “We DM every now and then, and we both have a lot of respect for each other’s games.”

Not everyone wants to see Crosby go, though. Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty made it clear he’d hate to lose the guy. “He’s the heart of the defence, making plays for us over and over,” Jeanty said, also on “Up & Adams”. “We’d definitely lose a lot if he left. He can’t go. He’s got to stay.”

Jeanty went on about how much Crosby’s meant to him since he got to Vegas. “I can’t imagine Crosby leaving,” Jeanty said. “He’s special. Not just as a player, but as a person. The energy, the mindset—he was one of the first to text me when I got drafted. Told me, ‘Don’t wait to lead.’ That stuck with me. You always think you need to be older or more experienced to lead, but he made it clear it doesn’t matter.”

Then there’s the insider chatter. Jay Glazer from FOX Sports first sparked these rumours on February 4, saying Crosby could really be on the move this offseason. On Yahoo Sports, Glazer criticised the Raiders for shutting Crosby down during the season. “Some guys, when they say they’re playing, they’re playing,” he said.

Asked if he thinks Crosby’s actually done in Vegas, Glazer didn’t pull punches. “I do. The day the Raiders shut him down, at least 20 teams called me asking if it was real, if they could get him.”

Apparently, this isn’t something the Raiders want. Glazer made it sound like Crosby is the one driving the conversation. “They don’t want to trade him. But he’s just like, ‘I’m not going through another rebuild.’”