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Former NFL Star, CBS Sports Analyst Irv Cross Diagnosed With CTE

Cross was the first Black man to work as a full-time sports analyst on national television.

Sports Illustrated

Former NFL star and CBS sports anchor Irv Cross had the brain disease CTE

The Philadelphia Eagles cornerback, who became the first Black man to work full-time as a sports analyst on national television, is the latest football player diagnosed with CTE. Cross died in 2021.

WEKU

Former NFL star, CBS anchor Irv Cross had brain disease CTE

Former Philadelphia Eagle and CBS NFL announcer Irv Cross has been diagnosed with the brain disease CTE

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Jupiter’s Radiation Creates a Spectacle 15 Times Brighter Than the Northern Lights

Jupiter is well known for its spectacular aurorae. But Ganymede, Io, Callisto, and Europa get quite the lightshows, too.

Inverse

College Basketball Predictions For Every Game. Wednesday, February 15

College basketball predictions for every game along with the schedule, game times, and how to watch on Wednesday, February 15

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bill Gates joins 26 newcomers on list of 50 biggest donors

As the ranks of America’s super wealthy grow, the roster of major philanthropists is expanding to include not-so-typical megadonors — among them, a professional clarinetist, a Ph.D. in meat science, and a lawyer who regularly argues before the U.S. Supreme Court

The Independent UK

Blackhawks encouraged about prospects Drew Commesso, Ryan Greene at BU

Commesso, whose goaltending has been particularly sharp since Christmas, and Greene, who has exceeded all expectations as a freshman forward, have helped BU climb to No. 3 in the NCAA.

Chicago Sun-Times

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The Super Bowl — what we love but mostly hate about it

This past weekend, millions of North American (and worldwide) eyeballs were glued to their TVs, beer and chicken wings in hand, to celebrate perhaps the last truly bipartisan “national holiday” that America has left: the Super Bowl.

The Conversation

More than nine in 10 former NFL players’ brains studied at Boston University found to have CTE

More than nine in 10 brains of former NFL players examined by Boston University researchers had the harmful brain condition known as CTE, the scientists said this week.

Tribune News Service

Andrew Tate's far-right fans stay loyal

Although charged with serious sex crimes in Romania, "manfluencer" Andrew Tate hasn't lost his far-right fanbase

Salon

What is corporate America's role in fighting against anti-Semitism?

Anti-Semitism is on the rise, placing lives and livelihoods at risk. What can corporations do to ensure that their staff and environments are protected against the growing threat?

Fortune

L.A. jury finds NCAA is not responsible for death of former USC linebacker Matt Gee

A jury ruled Tuesday that the NCAA is not to blame for the death of former USC linebacker Matthew Gee, a decision that could have broad implications in numerous other cases lined up against the governing body of college athletics.

Los Angeles Times

Fact-checking Thoreau’s observations

How do scientists know that historical data is appropriate to use?

Salon

New Invention To Boost Crops On Urban Rooftops

Rooftop farms and gardens are an increasingly popular way of tackling poor air quality.

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Emissions from China-invested overseas coal plants equal to Spain

Fossil fuels produce around half of the energy from overseas Chinese-backed power plants, new study shows.

Benzinga

Apple Supplier Says Smartphone Market May Slump Into Next Year, Meta Loses Veteran Exec Behind Instagram and WhatsApp Acquisitions, Voyager Digital Seeks Creditors' Vote For Sale To FTX: Top Stories Thursday, Oct. 20

Bloomberg YouTube Named Google Play Executive As New Gaming Head

Wales Online

Scientists engineer strain of Covid-19 with 80% kill rate

The researchers spliced elements of one of the newest strains onto a sample of one of the first types of Covid detected

Daily Mirror

Lab 'playing with fire' after creating new hybrid Covid strain 'with 80% kill rate'

Boston University scientists combined Omicron with the original Wuhan Covid strain to make a hybrid which killed 80% of the mice it was tested on, as experts warn such research needs better accountability

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Boston Herald

Boston University COVID researchers combine omicron spike protein with original virus, test strain on mice

BOSTON — Boston University COVID researchers have combined the omicron variant spike protein with the original virus, testing the created strain on mice “to help fight against future pandemics,” according to BU.

Inverse

Low booster rates can have serious ripple effects. Get your shot ASAP

Confusion in the public health messaging surrounding boosters has resulted in slow booster uptake across the country.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ranking the Blackhawks’ top 20 prospects entering the 2022-23 season

Lukas Reichel remains at the top, but the Blackhawks’ massive 2022 draft class has added lots of new names — and forced the list to expand in size.

Los Angeles Times

Analysis: Vietnam and Afghanistan — America's 2 longest wars, with very different lasting impacts

WASHINGTON — When a comparison was made between the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan a year ago and a similar debacle in Vietnam 46 years earlier, President Joe Biden and his administration recoiled.

The Independent UK

McGrory, Boston Globe's top editor, says he is stepping down

Brian McGrory, under whose leadership The Boston Globe won three newsroom Pulitzer Prizes, is stepping down after 10 years at the helm to become chair of Boston University’s journalism department

Inverse

Racial disparities in Covid-19 booster shots have deadly consequences

New boosters aimed at the currently dominant omicron subvariant are expected to become available in early September 2022.

The Independent UK

Brain stimulation improves memory for at least one month, study suggests

Twenty minutes of stimulation on four consecutive days can improve two different types of memory in those aged 65 and older, researchers found.

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