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San Francisco sits at the center of the wealth inequality gripping the country, a place where fortunes scale at historic speed while the gap between those who produce value and those who capture it continues to widen. As I reflect on my own NFL career and life playing the game that will light up screens for more than 100 million Americans this weekend,

Seconds after scoring the first touchdown of the Patriots' eventual AFC divisional round win on Jan. 18 against the Houston Texans, Douglas raised his left hand to his red face mask, covering his mouth and nose. At the same time, he extended his right arm in front of him, turned his palm sideways and waved it back and forth as the crowd roared and did the motion back at him.

Lee was arrested and taken into custody in Hamilton County, Tennessee, after deputies were called to a medical emergency where first responders were giving a woman CPR. The medics were unable to save her. The name of the woman, who was Lee's girlfriend, has not been released and local police said her death was being treated as a homicide. Lee was also charged with tampering with evidence.

"[You'll see] influencers as a complementary part of the program to get your commercial messaging out into the world," said Nick Miaritis, VaynerMedia's chief client officer. "It used to be Good Morning America would premiere the ad, and that would get you the exposure. Fewer and fewer people are tuning into that."

The country has just been introduced to a diversity-hostile administration, which has practically squashed any zeal toward diversity, equity, or inclusion that corporate America once seemingly held. As the NFL's leadership team explores talent considerations for next year's performance in the midst of this cultural backdrop, someone recommends Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican-born megastar whose songs are performed almost entirely in Spanish, and, surprisingly, the league acquiesces.

But then the playoffs arrive, and you and I are reminded of what makes twilight football-outdoors and on grass-special. You start off in broad daylight as both teams fuck around for a quarter or two. Then the sun slowly begins to bleed away, taking all distractions along with it as it sinks below the horizon. Now we're in primetime, when everyone is watching. Now every player on the field is in the spotlight, and you, the viewer at home, are dialed in.

Here are the latest updates: Dallas Cowboys Kansas City Chiefs New York Jets Haener, 26, was offered a futures deal by the Saints, per Jeff Duncan of The Times Picayune, but sought a better opportunity instead. Kansas City may present one. The Chiefs only have one quarterback - Chris Oladokun - under contract for the 2026 season other than Patrick Mahomes, who will spend the next several months working his back from a torn ACL. Mahomes is unlikely to be ready for Week 1, so

The Seahawks and NBA's Portland Trail Blazers have been owned by the Paul G. Allen Trust since the former owner and Microsoft co-founder died of cancer in 2018. Jody Allen, his sister, took control of the teams and as the chair of the trust with a directive from her brother to eventually sell them and donate the proceeds to charitable efforts.

When an NFL team hires a new head coach, there is inevitable optimism for the fanbase; even when the new guy is initially disliked, one fiery opening press conference or a few quotes is usually enough to turn at least some fans around. In reality, though, that pessimism is sometimes warranted. After all, the league usually sees at least one head coach hiring per year that doesn't make it to a second season.

It appears that ads from companies like Polymarket or Kalshi will not air during the upcoming Super Bowl. According to the NFL, the league placed prediction market commercials under its "prohibited categories" for Super Bowl advertising on February 8. As reported by Front Office Sports, prediction markets now sit under the same category as tobacco, pornography, firearms, "and other controversial subjects."

Aaron Glenn and the New York Jets are taking a gamble with their defense, as they have hired Brian Duker as their defensive coordinator on Wednesday. The 36-year-old Duker, who spent the previous two seasons as the Miami Dolphins' pass game coordinator and secondary coach, worked under Glenn, then the defensive coordinator, while with the Detroit Lions. During our time in Detroit, Brian consistently demonstrated a high football acumen and an aggressive approach to defense, an official statement from Glenn read.

Somehow, Shedeur Sanders actually got named to the Pro Bowl.... He started 7 games where the Browns went 3-4, averaged less than 200 yards passing per game, threw for 10 interceptions and 7 touchdowns and his QBR was a solid 18.9! I mean come on guys, what are we doing here? There is nothing you can do to justify trying to make the case for Sanders to make the Pro Bowl.

Please, no. Please, can we have football still be football and not tinkered with until it is some algorithm-based product designed to maximize flashiness for the attention-deficit crowd? Can football, for all its brute violence, remain a thinking person's game, where strategy and decisions and variables and a million little things still matter, including snow or wind or rain or sunshine or calm or, who really cares?