diff --git a/mlbTVOS/ViewModels/GamesViewModel.swift b/mlbTVOS/ViewModels/GamesViewModel.swift
index b41062a..c193cb8 100644
--- a/mlbTVOS/ViewModels/GamesViewModel.swift
+++ b/mlbTVOS/ViewModels/GamesViewModel.swift
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ final class GamesViewModel {
     private var refreshTask: Task<Void, Never>?
     @ObservationIgnored
     private var authenticatedVideoFeedCache: [String: AuthenticatedVideoFeedCacheEntry] = [:]
+    @ObservationIgnored
+    private var videoShuffleBags: [String: [URL]] = [:]
+    @ObservationIgnored
+    private var cachedStandings: (date: String, standings: [Int: TeamStanding])?
 
     // Computed properties for dashboard
     var liveGames: [Game] { games.filter(\.isLive) }
@@ -243,11 +247,19 @@ final class GamesViewModel {
     }
 
     private func fetchStandings() async -> [Int: TeamStanding] {
-        let year = String(todayDateString.prefix(4))
+        let today = todayDateString
+        if let cached = cachedStandings, cached.date == today {
+            logGamesViewModel("fetchStandings cache hit date=\(today)")
+            return cached.standings
+        }
+        let year = String(today.prefix(4))
         do {
-            return try await statsAPI.fetchStandings(season: year)
+            let standings = try await statsAPI.fetchStandings(season: year)
+            cachedStandings = (date: today, standings: standings)
+            logGamesViewModel("fetchStandings fetched date=\(today) teams=\(standings.count)")
+            return standings
         } catch {
-            return [:]
+            return cachedStandings?.standings ?? [:]
         }
     }
 
@@ -442,18 +454,26 @@ final class GamesViewModel {
     func resolveNextAuthenticatedFeedURLForActiveStream(
         id: String,
         feedURL: URL,
-        headers: [String: String] = [:]
+        headers: [String: String] = [:],
+        maxRetries: Int = 3
     ) async -> URL? {
         let currentURL = activeStreams.first(where: { $0.id == id })?.overrideURL
-        guard let nextURL = await resolveAuthenticatedVideoFeedURL(
-            feedURL: feedURL,
-            headers: headers,
-            excluding: currentURL
-        ) else {
-            return nil
+        for attempt in 1...maxRetries {
+            if let nextURL = await resolveAuthenticatedVideoFeedURL(
+                feedURL: feedURL,
+                headers: headers,
+                excluding: currentURL
+            ) {
+                updateStreamOverrideSource(id: id, url: nextURL, headers: headers)
+                return nextURL
+            }
+            logGamesViewModel("resolveNextAuthenticatedFeedURL retry attempt=\(attempt)/\(maxRetries) id=\(id)")
+            if attempt < maxRetries {
+                try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: UInt64(attempt) * 500_000_000)
+            }
         }
-        updateStreamOverrideSource(id: id, url: nextURL, headers: headers)
-        return nextURL
+        logGamesViewModel("resolveNextAuthenticatedFeedURL exhausted retries id=\(id)")
+        return nil
     }
 
     func removeStream(id: String) {
@@ -597,21 +617,25 @@ final class GamesViewModel {
             return nil
         }
 
-        let selectableURLs: [URL]
-        if let excludedURL, urls.count > 1 {
-            let filteredURLs = urls.filter { $0 != excludedURL }
-            selectableURLs = filteredURLs.isEmpty ? urls : filteredURLs
-        } else {
-            selectableURLs = urls
+        let cacheKey = authenticatedVideoFeedCacheKey(feedURL: feedURL, headers: headers)
+        var bag = videoShuffleBags[cacheKey] ?? []
+
+        // Refill the bag when empty (or first time), shuffled
+        if bag.isEmpty {
+            bag = urls.shuffled()
+            logGamesViewModel("resolveAuthenticatedVideoFeedURL reshuffled bag count=\(bag.count)")
         }
 
-        guard let selectedURL = selectableURLs.randomElement() else {
-            logGamesViewModel("resolveAuthenticatedVideoFeedURL failed reason=no-selectable-urls")
-            return nil
+        // If the next video is the one we just played, push it to the back
+        if let excludedURL, bag.count > 1, bag.first == excludedURL {
+            bag.append(bag.removeFirst())
         }
 
+        let selectedURL = bag.removeFirst()
+        videoShuffleBags[cacheKey] = bag
+
         logGamesViewModel(
-            "resolveAuthenticatedVideoFeedURL success resolvedURL=\(gamesViewModelDebugURLDescription(selectedURL)) excludedURL=\(excludedURL.map(gamesViewModelDebugURLDescription) ?? "nil")"
+            "resolveAuthenticatedVideoFeedURL success resolvedURL=\(gamesViewModelDebugURLDescription(selectedURL)) remaining=\(bag.count) excludedURL=\(excludedURL.map(gamesViewModelDebugURLDescription) ?? "nil")"
         )
         return selectedURL
     }
@@ -622,7 +646,6 @@ final class GamesViewModel {
     ) async -> [URL]? {
         let cacheKey = authenticatedVideoFeedCacheKey(feedURL: feedURL, headers: headers)
         if let cachedEntry = authenticatedVideoFeedCache[cacheKey],
-           Date().timeIntervalSince(cachedEntry.loadedAt) < 300,
            !cachedEntry.urls.isEmpty {
             logGamesViewModel(
                 "fetchAuthenticatedVideoFeedURLs cache hit feedURL=\(gamesViewModelDebugURLDescription(feedURL)) count=\(cachedEntry.urls.count)"
diff --git a/mlbTVOS/Views/DashboardView.swift b/mlbTVOS/Views/DashboardView.swift
index faa8ba0..69eee6b 100644
--- a/mlbTVOS/Views/DashboardView.swift
+++ b/mlbTVOS/Views/DashboardView.swift
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ struct DashboardView: View {
         .onAppear {
             logDashboard("DashboardView appeared")
             viewModel.startAutoRefresh()
+            Task { await viewModel.loadGames() }
         }
         .onDisappear {
             logDashboard("DashboardView disappeared")
@@ -265,11 +266,20 @@ struct DashboardView: View {
         guard selection.broadcast.id == SpecialPlaybackChannelConfig.werkoutNSFWStreamID else {
             return nil
         }
-        guard let nextURL = await viewModel.resolveAuthenticatedVideoFeedURL(
-            feedURL: SpecialPlaybackChannelConfig.werkoutNSFWFeedURL,
-            headers: SpecialPlaybackChannelConfig.werkoutNSFWHeaders,
-            excluding: currentURL
-        ) else {
+        var nextURL: URL?
+        for attempt in 1...3 {
+            nextURL = await viewModel.resolveAuthenticatedVideoFeedURL(
+                feedURL: SpecialPlaybackChannelConfig.werkoutNSFWFeedURL,
+                headers: SpecialPlaybackChannelConfig.werkoutNSFWHeaders,
+                excluding: currentURL
+            )
+            if nextURL != nil { break }
+            logDashboard("resolveNextFullScreenSource retry attempt=\(attempt)/3")
+            if attempt < 3 {
+                try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: UInt64(attempt) * 500_000_000)
+            }
+        }
+        guard let nextURL else {
             return nil
         }
         return SingleStreamPlaybackSource(
diff --git a/mlbTVOS/Views/MultiStreamView.swift b/mlbTVOS/Views/MultiStreamView.swift
index b6d2115..a010978 100644
--- a/mlbTVOS/Views/MultiStreamView.swift
+++ b/mlbTVOS/Views/MultiStreamView.swift
@@ -770,9 +770,10 @@ private struct MultiStreamTile: View {
         guard let nextURL = await viewModel.resolveNextAuthenticatedFeedURLForActiveStream(
             id: stream.id,
             feedURL: SpecialPlaybackChannelConfig.werkoutNSFWFeedURL,
-            headers: SpecialPlaybackChannelConfig.werkoutNSFWHeaders
+            headers: SpecialPlaybackChannelConfig.werkoutNSFWHeaders,
+            maxRetries: 3
         ) else {
-            logMultiView("playNextWerkoutClip failed id=\(stream.id) reason=resolve-nil")
+            logMultiView("playNextWerkoutClip failed id=\(stream.id) reason=resolve-nil-after-retries")
             return
         }