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Black quarterbacks will lead both teams in Sunday’s Super Bowl. But for much of pro football history, Black players were steered away from the position because of racist assumptions. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/aLS9XDF via IFTTT

The festivities leading up to the Super Bowl are full of fun and feel-good stories. But they obscure the harsh reality of the N.F.L.’s dangerous game. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/GERawCS via IFTTT

President Biden hosted Brazil’s new president on Friday in a refresh of the countries’ relations. The two leaders agree on the Amazon but are split on Ukraine. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/bIBMwHd via IFTTT

Eagles players ran out onto the field to the Philadelphia rapper’s “Just Wanna Rock,” and they regularly celebrate with the song’s viral dance. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/GzLvChN via IFTTT

Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the once secretive tycoon, is confounding Moscow’s Kremlin-allied elite by starting to dabble in politics alongside waging war in Ukraine. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/pJhuoyq via IFTTT

The first major aerial bombardment in weeks targeted cities across Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelensky returned home from a trip across Europe to press for more arms. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/6wNlx3M via IFTTT

Olli Hoare, one of the world’s top middle-distance runners, has excelled with a combination of travel, the right kind of stress and his favorite soft drink. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/t1P6GWu via IFTTT

The Phoenix Open is known as golf’s most raucous event. This year’s tournament collided with an influx of football fans in town for Super Bowl LVII. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/sYCDcFk via IFTTT

The earthquake that hit in southern Turkey has killed more than 17,500 people there, overwhelming the traditional funeral process and accelerating how families say goodbye. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/TRWSxGH via IFTTT

The Jets did not make a single playoff appearance in the 1970s, but Klecko, as part of a defensive foursome called the Sack Exchange, helped the team rise in the 1980s as its leader. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/FvnDtxC via IFTTT

Syrian refugees displaced by the earthquake in southern Turkey say they need water and more tents to keep their children warm. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/SCo8rql via IFTTT

Westbrook, a nine-time All-Star, would head to Utah after not fitting smoothly with LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Minnesota’s D’Angelo Russell will return to the Lakers, who drafted him in 2015. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/NQpMqTl via IFTTT

Amid scenes of utter devastation and widespread suffering in the bitter cold, residents mourned the loss of family, friends and memories. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/7XJi9pz via IFTTT

An architect, he followed his hunch that teams would abandon ugly concrete multipurpose arenas for fan-friendly single-sport facilities, like Oriole Park at Camden Yards. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/ftCVmz4 via IFTTT

A subterranean hospital known as the Cave and long the destination for war wounded is now filled with casualties of the earthquake — both alive and dead. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/jOadBK7 via IFTTT

Kansas City’s Travis Kelce has built a case as the best tight end ever, while his older brother Jason ranks as one of the league’s premier linemen. One of them will win their second Super Bowl. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/l3F5OUp via IFTTT

Westbrook, a nine-time All-Star, would head to Utah after not fitting smoothly with LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Minnesota’s D’Angelo Russell will return to the Lakers, who drafted him in 2015. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/ihPLZJr via IFTTT

With thousands dead and many more left homeless in Turkey and Syria, people struggling to unearth victims, bury the dead and provide for millions of survivors are pleading for more aid. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/NBZ5E0n via IFTTT

It was unclear whether Mr. Atsu, a Ghanaian national, was still trapped underneath the rubble in Hatay Province, Turkey, or whether he had been removed but could not be located in the region’s overwhelmed hospitals. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/TQm5he2 via IFTTT

A new drug quashes all coronavirus variants. But regulatory hurdles and a lack of funding make it unlikely to reach the U.S. market anytime soon. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/OVDRSxs via IFTTT

The president has taken steps meant to limit China’s technological advancement and bolster military forces in the Asia-Pacific region. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/ipambOn via IFTTT

Harrowing images have emerged of some of the millions of children caught in the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/X4mf9U8 via IFTTT

After his first practice with the Dallas Mavericks since being traded from the Nets, Kyrie Irving said he felt nothing but “genuine love” from his new team. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/l91pwGV via IFTTT

Russia is relying on masses of troops to overrun Ukrainian positions, producing heavy casualties and incremental gains. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/dZsW2nL via IFTTT

He descended from famed Islamic royalty in India and Turkey, but later fled to Australia and became a sheep farmer. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/ofXrF9v via IFTTT

Shoveling snow and rubble, emergency crews worked across hundreds of miles in Turkey and Syria to save people in the aftermath of the most powerful quake in the region in decades. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/zJlGiIh via IFTTT

In the hard-hit Turkish city of Gaziantep, a collapsed apartment building spared few of its residents. But one man heard his brother’s voice from beneath the debris. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/UDGdk07 via IFTTT

Bets on specific outcomes, like the length of the national anthem, are expected to account for half of the $7 billion wagered on the Super Bowl in the United States. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/2xbvY7H via IFTTT

Europe’s and America’s gradual restrictions on Russian oil trade are raising stakes in a protracted economic standoff that is reshaping the global energy market. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/4BZn08f via IFTTT

The deal, which values the Phoenix basketball teams at $4 billion, was expected to close this week, transferring ownership away from Robert Sarver after a tenure that ended in scandal. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/gTqO3kZ via IFTTT

See the fault zones where more than a century of the deadliest earthquakes have occurred. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/10wWRoI via IFTTT

So many people are trapped in the rubble, injured or lacking shelter that aid efforts are overwhelmed, witnesses say. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/jiSdxDo via IFTTT

The war is intensifying in a string of villages on the eastern front, where doctors struggle to handle an influx of gruesome injuries and soldiers fret about a Russian army sending waves of new conscripts. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/G1viWgx via IFTTT

Still among the best players in the N.B.A. at 38, James is now 36 points away from the league’s career scoring record. He could break it at home on Tuesday. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/Q0xc4wl via IFTTT

Still among the best players in the N.B.A. at 38, James is now 36 points away from the league’s career scoring record. He could break it at home on Tuesday. from NYT > Sports https://ift.tt/3Yaw9tm via IFTTT

Pope Francis ended his trip to Africa on Saturday by meeting with displaced people and urging his clergy not to “remain neutral before the pain caused by acts of injustice and violence.” from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/TXKEZlF via IFTTT

Menopause has long been a taboo topic. Talking about it can help women learn more about an overlooked treatment. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/B4QwS9I via IFTTT

Ukraine has used the strategic town of Vuhledar to launch attacks disrupting transit on a critical rail link between the war’s southern and eastern fronts. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/YSLgK9H via IFTTT

Mr. Musharraf took power in a bloodless coup in late 1999 but resigned under threat of impeachment in 2008. He drew fire for his ties to Washington. from NYT > World News https://ift.tt/OQEUx4R via IFTTT