Session 57: Phase 0 — Kill the Lies (2309 tests)

Work-order Phase 0 (Jul 10 live audit): every fabricated UI element deleted
or rewired to real data. Deletion sprint — no new product features.

0.1 Fake NBA game: root cause was scheduleService fetching the ESPN
    scoreboard with no ?dates= param or date filter — off-season ESPN
    returns the NEAREST slate (Jun 13 NYK@SA Finals rendered as tonight).
    Now pinned to the requested ET date + defensive filter; undated events
    dropped. Honest month-aware per-sport empty states (lib/emptyState.js).
0.2 Fake header counters: liveTick stripped to a bare 1s pulse (the
    auto-incrementing "247 graded", sin-driven brain-%, aPlus/cascades are
    dead). New GET /api/snapshot/summary (cache-only, before /:sport) +
    Next proxy; HeartbeatBar shows the real graded count and SYNC =
    elapsed since the last pipeline run (amber past 5 min).
0.3 Ticker: hardcoded fallback items deleted (real snapshot exhaust only);
    MOVE kept — computeLineDeltas is real movement. <4 real items → no
    ticker; bar publishes --ticker-h so the fixed header collapses cleanly.
0.4 /terminal retired: route redirects to /dashboard; VVI/injury-wire/
    leaders layouts preserved unrouted as §12 content-engine templates.
    Nav PRIMARY = Slate/Scan/Ledger; BottomTabBar Terminal→Explore; PWA
    shortcut Terminal→Ledger; #terminal alias → /dashboard.
0.5 ›Query nav pill deleted (duplicate /scan link).

Backend 2289 → 2309 tests (199 suites), web build exit 0.
Spec: specs/phase-0-kill-the-lies.md. Next: work-order Phase 1 (ledger
persistence + settlement).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

web/src/app/dashboard/page.tsx

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import { GradePill } from '@/components/GradeCard';
 import Slate from '@/components/Slate';
 // Session 55 — the self-learning loop's track record, live in the header.
 import { AccuracyBadge } from '@/components/vyndr';
+// Session 57 (Phase 0) — honest per-sport empty-slate copy.
+import { emptyStateCopy } from '@/lib/emptyState';
 
 type Sport = 'NBA' | 'MLB' | 'WNBA';
 
@@ -325,14 +327,16 @@ export default function DashboardPage() {
         {games === null ? (
           <SkeletonRow stacked />
         ) : games.length === 0 ? (
+          // Session 57 (Phase 0) — honest per-sport empty state (spec §6):
+          // an off-season sport says when it returns; in-season = off-day.
           <div
             className="surface diagonal-cut tex-scan"
             style={{ padding: 32, textAlign: 'center', display: 'grid', gap: 8, justifyItems: 'center' }}
           >
             <p className="lbl" style={{ color: 'var(--grade-c)' }}>NO SLATE</p>
-            <h3 style={{ fontSize: 18, fontWeight: 700 }}>No games on the slate tonight.</h3>
+            <h3 style={{ fontSize: 18, fontWeight: 700 }}>{emptyStateCopy(sport.toLowerCase()).title}</h3>
             <p style={{ color: 'var(--text-1)', fontSize: 14, maxWidth: 420 }}>
-              Check the Ledger to review past grades, or explore the Leaderboard.
+              {emptyStateCopy(sport.toLowerCase()).body}
             </p>
             <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 12, marginTop: 8 }}>
               <a href="/ledger" className="btn-primary" style={{ padding: '10px 18px' }}>View the Ledger →</a>