Wave 2B: Offseason never-dark hub — NewsWire + FuturesBoard on /explore

Extend /explore (ExploreHub) into the 365-day never-dark hub. Two new
self-hiding sections feed REAL always-available data into the offseason:

- NewsWire (components/vyndr/NewsWire.tsx): real ESPN headlines from
  /api/news/:sport (newest-first, mono timestamps, type chips, player/team
  links) + real injuries from /api/schedule/:sport/injuries (OUT/GTD chips,
  token colors). Reuses the retired TerminalTemplates INJURY_WIRE layout but
  never routes its sample constants. Self-hides when both feeds are empty.
- FuturesBoard (components/vyndr/FuturesBoard.tsx): real futures from
  /api/futures/:sport — championship/win-total/award markets, mono tabular
  prices + movement colored by the contract (shortening=green / drifting=amber
  / flat=dim, NEVER red; move shown ONLY when the backend supplies one).
  Carries the honest "TRACKED · NOT GRADED" label — no fabricated grades on
  futures. Self-hides when markets:[].
- ExploreHub is offseason-aware (via emptyState OFF_SEASON month check): the
  hub LEADS with futures + wire when the board is dark, COMPLEMENTS the live
  board in-season. Sport selector kept; each section self-hides independently.
- Testable pure helpers: lib/futuresMove.js (move→color, never red) +
  lib/newsFormat.js (timeAgo mono-stamp, ESPN type labels).

Contracts consumed (Wave 2A owns the proxy/service files); code self-hides on
fetch failure if a proxy isn't present yet.

Tests: tests/unit/newsWire.test.js + futuresBoard.test.js (26 new). Full suite
259 suites / 3144 green; web build exit 0. vyndrParityQA stays green
(mono data, no glitch on data surfaces).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

web/src/components/ExploreHub.tsx

@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ import { playerHref } from '@/lib/playerHref';
  */
 import StreaksPanel from '@/components/StreaksPanel';
 import HotListPanel from '@/components/HotListPanel';
+import NewsWire from '@/components/vyndr/NewsWire';
+import FuturesBoard from '@/components/vyndr/FuturesBoard';
 import { useAuth } from '@/contexts/AuthContext';
 import { nextRunLabelET } from '@/lib/pipelineSchedule';
+import { OFF_SEASON } from '@/lib/emptyState';
 
 interface Leader {
   player: string;
@@ -54,6 +57,21 @@ export default function ExploreHub() {
     return q ? leaders.filter((l) => (l.player || '').toLowerCase().includes(q)) : leaders;
   }, [leaders, query]);
 
+  // Wave 2B — never-dark hub. When the selected sport is in its OFF-SEASON, the
+  // hub LEADS with futures + the wire (real, always-available data) instead of
+  // a dark leaderboard; in-season those sections COMPLEMENT the live board
+  // below. Each self-hides independently on an empty feed — no empty boxes.
+  const off = OFF_SEASON[sport as keyof typeof OFF_SEASON];
+  const isOffseason = !!(off && off.months.includes(new Date().getMonth()));
+
+  // Both sections self-hide (return null) when their feeds are empty.
+  const hubSections = (
+    <>
+      <FuturesBoard sport={sport} />
+      <NewsWire sport={sport} />
+    </>
+  );
+
   return (
     <section style={{ maxWidth: 920, margin: '0 auto', padding: '24px 16px 120px' }}>
       <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'flex-end', justifyContent: 'space-between', gap: 14, marginBottom: 22, flexWrap: 'wrap' }}>
@@ -78,6 +96,9 @@ export default function ExploreHub() {
         </div>
       </div>
 
+      {/* OFF-SEASON LEAD — futures + wire come FIRST when the board is dark. */}
+      {isOffseason && hubSections}
+
       {/* FILTER BAR */}
       <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 11, flexWrap: 'wrap', marginBottom: 14, background: 'var(--bg-1)', border: '1px solid var(--border)', borderRadius: 11, padding: '11px 14px' }}>
         <span className="mono" style={{ fontSize: 14, color: 'var(--text-2)' }}>⌕</span>
@@ -135,6 +156,9 @@ export default function ExploreHub() {
         <StreaksPanel sport={sport} tier={tier} stat="all" />
         <HotListPanel sport={sport} tier={tier} stat="all" />
       </div>
+
+      {/* IN-SEASON — futures + wire COMPLEMENT the live board below it. */}
+      {!isOffseason && hubSections}
     </section>
   );
 }