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...shortening brain injuries suffered on the football field. Older retired players, broken and broke, clamored for better disability benefits, portraying the league, its rich young players and their union as greedy. Bad player behavior--Adam (Pacman) Jones' involvement in a strip-club shooting, Vick's ties to a dogfighting ring--forced commissioner Roger Goodell to enforce unprecedented penalties for off-field incidents. Then there were tragedies: Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was murdered early New Year's Day, 2007; Washington's Sean Taylor was slain in November...
...traitors confirmed your hypothesis, and accused the French state and its "official culture" of having encouraged this death. They did so out of pique, or - and in this they were not wrong - out of admiration for American creativity. For a few weeks, every argument was thrown into the debating ring. So assuming that you believe there is still something to talk about, here are some examples of the points that people have made...
Mike Huckabee's campaign manager, Chip Saltsman, stopped shaving last week, like a superstitious quarterback not wanting to jinx the big game. He will be wearing a lucky baseball cap on caucus night, and a pinky ring with a smiley face on it. "It reminds me to be happy," he says...
...even without the ring, he can still think good thoughts, even while operating on just a couple hours of sleep, with graying stubble and bloodshot eyes. "I mean, what time is it?" he asks, as he lifts saltines from the salad bar here at the Pizza Ranch and fills his mouth. "It's 9 o'clock on New Year's Day, and we have 250 people here...
...pollsters, who keep releasing data that cumulatively shows a dead heat. And the truth be told, even Saltsman, the architect, no longer has much control over the outcome at Thursday night's caucuses. Most of the pieces have already been played. So he grows his beard, fingers his pinky ring, and barely sleeps. "On Friday," he calls out, "you can write that either I am a genius, or an idiot...