5 college football hires I can't stop applauding, Lane Kiffin to Matt Campbell

When a school fires itscollege footballcoach, it aims to achieve two goals.

Change the vibes. Upgrade the coach.

This season brought usa coaching carouselunlike any that preceded it. The vibes in Happy Valley quickly soured after Penn State lost to Oregon, UCLA and Northwestern. Itfired James Franklinjust six games after he coached in a College Football Playoff semifinal.

If we thought that was wild, it got zanier.Lane Kiffin walked awayfrom a playoff-qualifying team to accept a job at a rival and reaffirm his renegade bona fides.

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Now that the carousel has stopped (for about eight months, anyway), I can't stop thinking about five hires, in particular.

I awarded each of these hires high marks, shortly after they happened. Upon further reflection, I'm doubling down and buying more stock in these hires.

Lane Kiffin, LSU

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On Kiffin's way out of Mississippi,he trampledon theredemption storyhe'd spent years authoring in Oxford, and hesurrendered some of the goodwillhe'd earned. So what? LSU is just the type of program that can embrace being a supervillain.

Look, you can hate how Kiffin left Ole Miss, but there's no denying Kiffin left the Rebels much better than he found them. He's performing better than ever before, with 32 wins in the past three seasons, and now he's positioned at a job.

Unions with Kiffin rarely end neatly, but, in the meantime, this has a chance to be a beautiful partnership between a star coach who's on top of his game and a program thirsty for the limelight. To quote LSU athletic director Verge Ausberry, Kiffin is "a big enough personality to operate in a state full of big personalities."

Better yet, he's a portal maestro. Kiffin signed one of his most impressive transfer hauls ever, making it possible for LSU to go from mediocrity to playoff qualification in short order.

I've got but one question: How will Kiffin handle the pressure and scrutiny at a job that will demand national championships? He's done his best work while coaching Florida Atlantic and Ole Miss in an underdog role, removed from the brightest spotlight.

Eric Morris, Oklahoma State

The Air Raid worked well for Mike Leach at Texas Tech in the old Big 12.

Morris, a Leach disciple, found success with the Air Raid coaching North Texas in the American Conference.

So, will Morris' Air Raid offense thrive for Oklahoma State in the reconfigured Big 12? I don't see why it shouldn't.

Drew Mestemaker, a zero-star recruit,became a star quarterbackat North Texas. Hefollowed Morris to Oklahoma State, along with several other players from a 12-win North Texas team.

A Texas native who spent most of his career in the state, Morris should excel recruiting overlooked prospects from the Lone Star State. Some will even have experience in the Air Raid. The system is popular at Texas high schools, a sign of Leach's lasting influence.

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At the peak of Mike Gundy's career, he allowed the Cowboys to punch above their weight. Morris and his Air Raid allow for the same effect. Morris fits what OSU needs.

James Franklin, Virginia Tech

Franklin and Penn State were good together for so long, until he'd raised theNittany Lions' expectations to a level he couldn't meet. Twelve seasons with any coach is a long time. Twelve years with a coach of Franklin's personality is an eternity. When the wins stopped, it understandably became time for a breakup.

None of that means Franklin isn't right for Virginia Tech. He's a program builder. TheHokiesneed rebuilt. He brings experience recruiting the area known as the DMV — that's D.C., Maryland and Virginia — that's vital to Virginia Tech. He's a high-floor coach coming to a program that must elevate its foundation. Never mind Franklin's ceiling, because the Hokies haven't won more than seven games in any of the past five seasons.

Virginia Tech has never hired a coach with as good of a resume as Franklin carries.

After hiring Franklin, the Hokies signed their best-rated recruiting class since 2019. He seems determined to show Penn State it made a mistake. That's perfect for Virginia Tech.

Will Stein,Kentucky

Kentucky zigged where other SEC programs zagged. LSU, Florida, Auburn and Arkansas were set on hiring someone with head coaching experience. In contrast, Kentucky nabbed Oregon's hot-shot offensive coordinator, under whom three consecutive quarterbacks flourished: Bo Nix, Dillon Gabriel and Dante Moore.

Sure, it's risky hiring a rookie coach to a difficult SEC job. But, face it, guarantees don't exist for UK football. Take a chance. Roll the dice.

The way Mark Stoops liked to tell it, Kentucky operated from the NIL poorhouse. Hiring a native son like Stein, who says he grew up rooting for the 'Cats, seems just the way to provide a jolt to donors. Kentucky's top-10 transfer class suggests Stein had a few shekels to spend on a roster flip.

Kentucky fans should feel inspired the university didn't just kick the can down the road with Stoops, once it became obvious his best days were behind him.

Whatever Stoops' achievements, persistently paltry quarterback play placed a ceiling on his teams. With Stein, there's a chance that changes.

Matt Campbell, Penn State

When Penn State fired Franklin, a couple of reactions naturally emerged.

• Response 1: It was probably time for a change.

• Response 2: Does Penn State seriously think it can do better than a coach who won nearly 70% of his games there?

I subscribed to both beliefs — and then Penn State hired Campbell. Well, now, let's revisit this. Could Campbell win 70% of his games at Penn State? I think he can.

Campbell thrived at Toledo for five seasons. In 10 seasons at Iowa State, he became the best coach in program history. He made consistent winning look far easier than it had ever been in Ames, Iowa. Now, he's got more resources at his disposal. More pressure, too.

Campbell suits the Penn State brand, with a track record for stingy defenses.

Will he beat Ohio State more frequently than Franklin? That's debatable, although Franklin set a low bar by beating the Buckeyes just once.

If a school can thread the needle of a generating a vibes change while hiring a proven but still ascending coach, it's done well. Penn State achieved that.

Blake Toppmeyeris the USA TODAY Network's senior national college football columnist. Email him atBToppmeyer@gannett.comand follow him on X@btoppmeyer.

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Lindsey Vonn has 24 years of memories at Olympic host Cortina, many of them sentimental or historic

Her first career podium. The women's World Cup wins mark. A course-record 12 victories. The family reunions with her Italy-based sister. And a rare European race visit by her mother.

Vonn's Place

Lindsey Vonnis attempting to recover froma left knee injuryin time to try and win an Olympic medal next weekend at age 41.

One of the biggest reasons she came back in the first place after nearly six years of retirement — and what's motivating her now — is that she wants to return to the town hosting women's races at theMilan Cortina Winter Games.

Vonn is the queen of Cortina d'Ampezzo, the resort known as "the Queen of the Dolomites." Her memories there go back nearly a quarter century.

"I don't think I would have tried this comeback if the Olympics weren't in Cortina," Vonn said before her injury. "If it had been anywhere else, I would probably say it's not worth it. But for me, there's something special about Cortina that always pulls me back and it's pulled me back one last time."

Vonn recently looked back at her career in Cortina during an interview with The Associated Press:

An unfinished debut nearly a quarter century ago

Vonn's first race in Cortina was back in January 2002, before some of her current competitors were even born.

Approaching what would be her first Olympics a month later at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games, Vonn's debut in Cortina was a World Cup super-G and she didn't finish it.

"I was skiing pretty well at the time, but I wasn't really putting everything together," she said. "And I remember in Cortina being nervous about making the Olympic team. I don't think I skied badly. But I didn't finish, so at that point I definitely hadn't been able to put all the pieces together."

Demoted to skiing's minor leagues

Vonn's Cortina record doesn't have an entry for 2003.

"Oh, I got demoted," she said. "I was sent back to Europa Cup. They definitely put all their weight behind Julia (Mancuso)," referring to skiing's "minor leagues" circuit and her former teammate.

"At that point I hadn't 100% committed to speed. … I had been racing more tech races than I had speed, so I was still kind of not sure where I fit in and I was still super skinny at the time and I was just trying to figure everything out."

Vonn's demotion motivated her to hire a physical trainer and get into better shape.

A memorable video session with a trusted coach

Turns out, it didn't take Vonn very long "to figure everything out."

When she returned to Cortina in 2004, Vonn recorded the first World Cup podium result of her career.

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In the first of two downhills that weekend, Vonn finished fifth in what was her first time racing downhill on the Olympia delle Tofane course.

The next day, she finished third in a race won by then Olympic champion Carole Montillet. Lindsey Kildow, as she was still referred to, placed 0.24 seconds behind and only one hundredth behind second-place finisher Renate Goetschl.

"Cortina was really the turning point for me. It's really where I solidified my mental routine, my physical routine," Vonn said. "That was the first time I really felt confident enough in what I was doing that I belonged on the podium."

It was a video session with Alex Hoedlmoser — who has coached Vonn since she was 16 and still coaches her with the U.S. team now — after Vonn's fifth-place finish that made something click with her.

"He's like, 'See, that wasn't that hard, was it?' And I was like, 'No, I can do this.' And he's like, 'Yes, you can,'" Vonn said. "I remember it very vividly.

"And then when I did get on the podium, it was such a great feeling, and I remember calling my dad, and my grandparents, and my mom, and crying, and it was a really special moment, and really a turning point for me in my career, where I really believed that I could be amongst the best in the world."

A comfort zone she shares only with Lake Louise

Vonn didn't win her first race in Cortina until 2008. But ever since that 2004 podium, she has felt comfortable there.

"It's kind of like Lake Louise where I don't have to think too much about it," Vonn said, referring to the Canadian resort where she won 18 races. "I know where to go, I know what it takes, and it's a very special place for me and no matter how many wins or losses I've had there, that won't change."

A family reunion for a record-breaking weekend

WhileTiger Woods may have stolen the show, what Vonn likes to remember about when she broke Annemarie Moser-Pröll's 35-year-old World Cup wins record in 2015 with victory No. 63, in Cortina, is that she was surrounded by her family.

"I have a big family and they really haven't come to hardly any World Cups in my career, unfortunately," Vonn said. "That was a really special weekend. My dad and his wife and my mom and her husband, my sister Laura, were there. It was really special. I don't have many pictures or memories of my family being at World Cup races. We have the Olympics but even then it's not my whole family. So I really cherished that weekend."

Vonn's younger sister, Laura, lived in Florence then and the siblings met up annually in Cortina. Vonn's mother, Lindy, died in 2022 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), otherwise known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

"It's nice," Vonn said of the 2015 race, "to be able to look back and remind myself of those memories."

Tears, pain and retirement in 2019. And now back again

It hasn't been just joy for Vonn in Cortina.

There were also tears whenshe struggled there in 2019, realizing that she would soon have to retire due to the pain in her knees and joints.

After getting a partial joint replacement in her right knee, Vonn returned to racing last season and now she's heading back to Cortina aiming to add some new entries to her career record there — if her left knee allows it.

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Why is Cristiano Ronaldo not playing for Al Nassr vs. Al Riyadh?

Al Nassr will not have star forward Cristiano Ronaldo available when it faces Al Riyadh on Monday, Feb. 2.

The reason for Ronaldo's absence is somewhat unclear. Local reports initially said the Portuguese star's absence was due to load management, with a key game against Al Ittihad set for Friday, Feb. 6.

But areport from A Bolaon Sunday, Feb. 1 threw the entire situation into question. According to the Portuguese outlet, Ronaldo is sitting the game out as a protest against his club's owner, the Public Investment Fund (PIF).

Ronaldo reportedly believes the PIF, Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, is not investing in Al Nassr as much as the other Saudi teams it owns, Al Ahli, Al Ittihad, and Al Hilal.

Al Nassr has made just one signing this winter, a $500,000 move for Iraqi midfielder Haydeer Abdulkareem.

Meanwhile, Al Hilal just completed the €30 million signing of Rennes forward Kader Meïté, and also brought in former Arsenal defender Pablo Mari from Fiorentina.

Fabrizio Romanohinted at Ronaldo's unhappiness, though the reporter didn't go as far as A Bola. Romano simply said that Ronalo's absence against Al Riyadh "is not related to any physical issue nor to workload or fitness management."

Ronaldo's absence will be a major blow for title-chasing Al Nassr, which enters the match in second place in the Saudi Pro League, three points back of Al Hilal.

Even with his 41st birthday coming this week, Ronaldo has scored 17 goals in 18 league matches this season.

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A prosecutor’s 18-year-old child was there when Charlie Kirk was shot. Is that a conflict of interest?

Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old man charged with the murder of conservative political activistCharlie Kirk, will appear in a Provo, Utah, courtroom Tuesday as his attorneys resume their questioning of Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Gray, whose office is prosecuting the case.

This hearing is the second in the defense team's bid to get the county attorney's office tossed from the case, citing a conflict of interest.

Robinson's defense is arguingbecause the 18-year-old child of one of the prosecutors was present when Kirk was killed during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University in September, a conflict of interest exists. The defense says the entire office should be removed because "no effort was made to shield their prosecution of this case from his conflict," according to the motion to disqualify filed in December.

The county attorney's office has repeatedly denied having a conflict of interest because the 18-year-old, a student at UVU, "did not see Charlie get shot," and "did not see anyone (in the crowd or elsewhere) with a gun," court documents show.

The office contends the 18-year-old will not be called as a witness in the case because their knowledge of the incident, despite being present, "is based entirely on hearsay."

Does the 18-year-old's presence qualify as a conflict of interest? Here's what legal experts say.

What constitutes a conflict of interest?

Robinson's defense citedUtah's Code of Judicial Administrationin their filing, which states attorneys can't be involved in cases with "a concurrent conflict of interest," which may include "a personal interest of the lawyer."

But conflict of interest arguments are rarely accepted by the courts, according to Paul Cassell, a criminal law professor with the University of Utah's S.J. Quinney College of Law.

"There's a presumption of good faith for prosecutors, and more broadly the government, and without some clear showing that there is reason to doubt the fairness of the proceedings, generally the proceedings will move forward," Cassell said. "The chances of this prevailing based on other similar claims that have been presented are very, very low."

Still, CNN Legal Analyst Joey Jackson says the court will weigh whether the parties "are making decisions predicated upon the merits, the facts, the law, and the circumstances only, and that there are no outside influences that are going to impact the judgments that are being made."

The defense estimated some 3,000 people were present at the event in their filing and attached declarations from five witnesses, some of whom described the scene as "pure panic" and "chaotic" in their accounts, with one disclosing, "I thought I was about to die."

The county attorney's office, in its opposition to the disqualification motion, said comparing the defense's witness statements to that of the prosecutor's child shows "just how unnecessary (the child's potential testimony) is in the case."

"It's ultimately going to turn on, how did the (adult child) witnessing that impact, impair, affect the decision, if at all," Jackson said. "The issue before the court is whether an actual conflict – not a perceived conflict – has been presented and can be established based upon the chain of events."

If the judge does agree there is a conflict of interest, Cassell said the response would more likely be "disqualifying a person who has been tainted by a particular conflict," rather than an entire office.

To disqualify the full office would be a serious step, according to Cassell, because the Utah County Attorney is an elected official.

"If you disqualify an entire office, you're essentially invalidating the results of the election," he said.

If the judge did take that step, the case would likely be reassigned either to another prosecutor's office in a neighboring county or to the state Attorney General's office – all options which come with their own drawbacks.

Salt Lake County has similar resources to Utah County, but unlike Gray, its district attorney is a Democrat, which could impact the approach to the case. The counties to the south are smaller and may not have the resources necessary to prosecute a case of this magnitude, and reassigning it to the Attorney General's office would remove it from the hands of an elected county official, according to Cassell.

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Did a conflict of interest play into death penalty pursuit?

The defense further implied in its filing the alleged conflict of interest may have influenced the prosecution's decision to pursue the death penalty so quickly in the case.

In Utah, prosecutors have 60 days after an arraignment to file notice of intent to pursue the death penalty against a defendant.

Robinson will not be arraigned until after his preliminary hearing, which is scheduled to begin on May 18 and last three days. As such, he has not yet entered pleas to charges including aggravated murder, felony use of a firearm, obstruction of justice and witness tampering.

"The rush to seek death in this case evidences strong emotional reactions" by the county attorney's office, the motion says.

The county attorney's office pushed back on that assertion in their response, saying, "There is nothing unusual or untoward about filing a death penalty notice before a preliminary hearing."

The evidence and circumstances of the case "justify the death penalty," and a delay "would have been unnecessarily unsettling and painful to Charlie Kirk's loved ones and does not promote justice for anyone," the court filing said.

"There's going to be all kinds of information, of facts, that are going to come out in the hearing to determine if there was an … actual conflict," Jackson said. "You want, at the end of the day, fairness in a system that doesn't take anything into account but the case."

Other high-profile conflict of interest claims

Though conflict of interest claims can be infrequent in a courtroom, they're not unprecedented.

Attorneys forLuigi Mangione, the 27-year-old man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk in 2024, filed a motion to bar the death penalty in his case over a conflict of interest with US Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Mangione's attorneys argued Bondi should have recused herself from decision making in the case because she had previously worked for Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm that represents UnitedHealth Group, before she joined the Trump administration.

The judge in that case ruled Friday thatMangione won't face the death penalty– but not because of the conflict of interest claim.

She dismissed the federal murder charge he was facing, which was his only charge carrying the death penalty, because it hinged on his stalking charges being classified as "crimes of violence," which the judge disagreed with based on Supreme Court precedent.

Brian Kohberger, who pleaded guilty in July to the gruesome stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, faced a conflict of interest issue with his own attorney during the course of his case.

His appointed public defender, Anne Taylor, had previously represented the parent of one of the victims, a2023 court recordshows.

Taylor told the court though she represented the former client for roughly three months, she had never met them nor provided any legal advice. The record shows the judge, with Kohberger's agreement, allowed Taylor to continue representing him.

When Robinson's case resumes Tuesday, Gray will finish his testimony before the defense calls three more witnesses: the prosecutor in question, his adult child and an investigator with the county attorney's office.

CNN's Nicki Brown contributed to this report.

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Ex-minister Mandelson quits Britain's Labour Party after new Epstein reports

By William Schomberg

LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Former British government minister Peter Mandelson said he had resigned as a member of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party after new ​reports of his ties with late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Mandelson, who was fired by ‌Starmer as Britain's ambassador to the United States last year after previous revelations about his connections to Epstein, said he ‌did not wish to cause "further embarrassment" to Labour.

"I have been further linked this weekend to the understandable furore surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and I feel regretful and sorry about this," Mandelson said in a letter to the Labour Party which was shared with British media.

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Mandelson said he believed that allegations ⁠about financial payments to him by ‌Epstein, which were published by British media based on files released by the U.S. Justice Department, were false and said he would investigate them. The Financial ‍Times said the files showed that accounts connected to Mandelson had received $75,000.

"While doing this I do not wish to cause further embarrassment to the Labour Party and I am therefore stepping down from membership of the party," the ​letter said.

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Olivia Bailey, a minister in Britain's Department for Education, told Times Radio on Monday ‌that it was "right" Mandelson was no longer a member of the Labour Party.

During the late 1990s, Mandelson had an important role in Labour's electoral success as Tony Blair became prime minister.

Mandelson came under scrutiny last year when U.S. lawmakers released documents including a letter in which he called Epstein "my best pal", leading to his dismissal as Britain's envoy in Washington.

Mandelson also had a turbulent earlier career in domestic ⁠politics. In 1998, he quit as trade minister over ​a loan he received from a fellow minister to buy ​a house following questions over conflict of interest.

A second stint in the cabinet also ended in a resignation in 2001 when he was forced out over his alleged ‍involvement in a passport ⁠scandal involving an Indian billionaire. He was later cleared of acting improperly.

Mandelson, a former European Union trade commissioner, is on leave of absence as a member of the upper house of ⁠Britain's national parliament.

Separately, Starmer said on Saturday that Britain's former Prince Andrew should testify before a U.S. congressional committee, ‌following new revelations about his links to Epstein.

(Writing by William Schomberg, additional reporting by Sarah ‌Young and Sam Tabahriti; Editing by Chris Reese)

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Need Valentine's plans? Here are Yelp's most romantic Atlanta spots

From "Lady and the Tramp" to "When Harry Met Sally," nothing saysromancelike sharing a meal.

Valentine's Dayis just two weeks away, and if you haven't already made a dinner reservation for aromantic night out, there are still a few places you should consider.

Here are thetop romantic spotsto go out on Valentine's Day around Atlanta, according to Yelp.

Top 5 romantic spots in Atlanta

1. Canoe — Vinings

   • This spot along the Chattahoochee River has both indoor and outdoor dining, and with more than 2,500 reviews for an overall rating of 4.4 on Yelp, it takes Atlanta's top spot.

2. Fia Restaurant — Buckhead

   • This restaurant is inside The Burgess Hotel in Buckhead and is known for it's Mediterranean-American cuisine. It has about 250 reviews for a 4.5 rating on Yelp.

3. Park 82 — Vinings

   • Just northeast of Canoe, Park 82 is a classic southern restaurant with indoor and outdoor dining. Close to the Chattahoochee River, this spot has more than 170 reviews and a 4.3 rating on Yelp.

4. The Alden — Chamblee

   • This New American restaurant is right off Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and close to shops. More than 300 reviews give The Alden a 4.5 rating on Yelp.

5. Le Colonial - Atlanta — Buckhead

   • Located in the Buckhead Village District, Le Colonial blends Vietnamese and French influences on the menu. Nearly 600 people have reviewed the restaurant, for a 4.1 rating on Yelp.

Other top spots

Other restaurants to make the most romantic list include Wisteria in Inman Park, Aria in Buckhead, Cooks & Soldiers in Westside, Casi Cielo in Sandy Springs and Nikolai's Roof in Downtown Atlanta.

Irene Wright is the Atlanta Connect reporter with USA Today's Deep South Connect team. Find her on X @IreneEWright or email her at ismith@usatodayco.com.

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NBA trade tracker: Every deal before the 2026 trading deadline

TheNBAtrading deadline is upon us.

It was a quiet leadup to the final days before the Thursday, Feb. 5 deadline at 3 p.m. ET, with only one trade in the months of October, November, December and January. Compare that to last season, when there were five over that span.

Much of the league is watchingthe developments in MilwaukeeconcerningGiannis Antetokounmpo's future with the Bucks, though action has started to pick up in recent days.

Keep track of every single trade executed during 2025-26 season below:

Oct. 26: The Brooklyn Nets' Michael Porter Jr. dunks in front of the San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama at Frost Bank Center.

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2025-26 NBA trade tracker

Hawks move on from Vít Krejčí (Feb. 1)

Portland Trail Blazersreceive

• Vít Krejčí

Atlanta Hawksreceive

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• Duop Reath

• 2027 second-round pick (via Hawks)

• 2030 second-round pick (via Knicks)

Cavaliers move on from De'Andre Hunter (Feb. 1)

Sacramento Kingsreceive

• De'Andre Hunter (from Cavaliers)

Cleveland Cavaliers receive

• Keon Ellis (from Kings)

• Dennis Schröder (from Kings)

• Emanuel Miller (from Bulls)

Chicago Bullsreceive

• Dario Šarić (from Kings)

• 2027 second-round pick (via Nuggets)

• 2029 second-round pick (via Kings)

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Hawks move on from Trae Young (Jan. 9)

Washington Wizardsreceive

• Trae Young

Atlanta Hawks receive

• CJ McCollum

• Corey Kispert

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