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Crash Course: Steelers rookies adapting to "virtual" path

This isn't quite the way Anthony McFarland expected his NFL career to begin. Pittsburgh's fourth-round draft pick is doing what he can to keep up during the first - and the NFL hopes only - ''virtual'' offseason amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Sure, he'd rather be at the Steelers' practice facility with the rest of the newcomers.




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Rob Ninkovich on the value of Brian Hoyer to Patriots in 2020

Former Patriots linebacker Rob Ninkovich explained why veteran quarterback Brian Hoyer will be very important to New England's offense in 2020.




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D.K. Metcalf reveals the advice that fueled his stellar rookie season

The Seattle Seahawks rookie isn't a rookie anymore




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Why 49ers' Kyle Juszczyk calls himself Jimmy Garoppolo's 'bodyguard'

Jimmy Garoppolo's teammates are not here for slander of their quarterback.




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Stephen Jones: Aldon Smith has met with Commissioner

The Cowboys have a couple of pass rushers who hope to be reinstated from league-imposed suspensions. Cowboys COO, executive V.P., and director of player personnel Stephen Jones addressed the status of the effort of Aldon Smith and Randy Gregory to officially return to football during a Friday visit to PFTPM. "We haven’t heard anything," Jones [more]




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Giants renegotiate Cooper Rush’s deal

The Giants claimed Cooper Rush off waivers from their division rivals earlier this week. It makes sense given Rush's familiarity with new offensive coordinator Jason Garrett's offense. Rush can help teach it to starter Daniel Jones. Of course, the Giants don't expect Rush to play. Thus, they renegotiated Rush's deal, which was due to pay [more]




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Bengals are “set” at quarterback with Burrow, Finley, Dolegala

If it's not a good year to have a young quarterback because of the lack of on-field work this offseason, the Bengals are in trouble. Their oldest quarterback is Ryan Finley, who is 25. Their most experienced quarterback is Finley, who had three starts, no wins and 87 attempts as a rookie. The Bengals released [more]




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Richard Sherman sees financial benefits of NFL games outside California

It doesn't pay to be rich and live in California these days.




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NFL calls scheduling of only two simultaneous Bucs, Patriots game “coincidental”

If Patriots fans want to separately watch the Patriots and Bill Belichick and the Buccaneers and Tom Brady (and Rob Gronkowski) this year, they can do so at least 14 times. As noted by Mike Reiss of ESPN.com, the two teams don't play at the same time until late in the 2020 season. It happens [more]




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The 15 must-watch football documentaries

Football is easily America's most favorite sport, but it doesn't always lend itself to cinematic or documentary forms. Still, these flicks are worth your time.




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Why debt mutual funds can’t be compared to bank FDs

Fixed deposits guarantee capital, interest; debt funds show high variability in returns




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VP Naidu surprises journalists, makes calls to enquire about well-being

Vice-President Naidu has been around in Delhi for so long, it is quite natural that he would know most fixtures in the capital by name, even journalists of a certain age.






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No one in BJP worthy of becoming Delhi CM: Kejriwal

The AAP chief said the BJP had tried to polarise the assembly polls and that they hadn't cleared the Shaheen Bagh road because of the elections.




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War, weather & protests: The best of photojournalism

From climate change protests to democratic uprisings against biased and violent authorities, it is clear that 2019 was a pivotal year for citizens all over the world.Free-to-use mobile app Agora launched its first #Photojournalism photo competition to give photographers a way to shed light on specific issues. The competition gathered more than 12,321 submissions from amateur and professional photographers all over the world.'Young guns,' a striking picture of a group of Filipino children playing with dumpsite toy guns collected the most votes in the app, awarding its author @renebernal with a $1,000 cash prize.Take a look at the winners' striking work.




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PIX: Scenes from an unusual protest

More than 40 artists from four cities -- Delhi, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune -- gathered in Mumbra, a township near Mumbai.The artists joined women in Mumbra protesting the Citizens (Amendment) Act.





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Political bigwigs, film celebrities turn up to vote

As people queued up to cast their vote, there were some famous faces in the lines at different polling stations.





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'5 saal phir se Kejriwal': AAP celebrates win

Carrying blue and white balloons, buntings and giant cut-outs of their leader Arvind Kejriwal, Aam Aadmi Party workers went into celebratory mode at the party headquarters on Tuesday as trends showed the party was set for a massive victory in the Delhi Assembly polls. Grooving to the tunes of the party's campaign song - 'Lage Raho Kejriwal' - and drumbeats, hundreds of AAP workers celebrated at the party office.




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To celebrate win, Kejriwal visits Hanuman mandir

Kejriwal was accompanied by his family and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.




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Ahmedabad builds Trump wall to keep slums out of sight

A wall is being constructed in front of a slum along the road connecting Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Indira Bridge.




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Banksy strikes again with Valentine's Day graffiti

The graffiti shows a young girl in a headscarf, stencilled onto the side of a house in the Barton Hill area of Bristol with black and white paint.She holds a catapult in one hand with the other hand behind her, as though she has just launched a projectile. At the end of the catapult's trajectory is a bright red shape like a blood splatter, made of red plastic leaves and flowers.







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After 7 months, schools reopen in Kashmir Valley

The students were happy to be back at the schools after remaining home all these months.





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Bear hugs, charkha moment & Taj Mahal: Day 1 for Trump

United States President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were welcomed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they arrived in Ahmedabad on Monday afternoon for a 36-hour visit to India.On the agenda for day 1 of his whirlwind tour was the Sabarmati Ashram, the address to thousands at the Motera Stadium and then a lovely tour of one of the wonders of the world -- The Taj Mahal in Agra.Here are some of the best pictures of Day 1.






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Delhi violence toll up to 42, some signs of normalcy

Nearly 7,000 paramilitary forces have been deployed in the affected areas of the northeast district since Monday.




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Greta's climate march brings UK streets to a halt

The Swedish teen activist warned world leaders she will "not be silenced when the world is on fire".She accused politicians of ignoring the climate emergency and "sweeping their mess under the rug.





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LG Baijal visits riot-hit areas, interacts with locals

Interacting with locals, he observed that the situation is gradually improving day by day, and urged them not to pay attention to rumours and avoid circulating unconfirmed messages.






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The women who took over Modi's social media accounts

From conserving water to fighting for the rights of the disabled, the seven women who were given access to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's social media accounts have made significant contribution in various fields.





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12 more coronavirus cases in India, total 58

In Jaipur, the combination of lopinavir and ritonavir, both second-line HIV drugs, was administered was administered on an elderly Italian couple undergoing treatment for Covid-19 at the SMS Hospital.




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Coronavirus death toll in Italy rises to 631

The whole of Italy, a country of some 60 million people, was placed under quarantine as the government stepped up efforts to tackle the coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 10,000 people.




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2nd coronavirus death; several states under shutdown

The Union Health ministry put the number of positive cases at 82, eight more since Thursday night, which includes the woman and a 76-year-old man from Karnataka who became the country's first coronavirus fatality besides 17 foreign nationals, Health Ministry officials said.




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Kashmir reports 1st Covid-19 case; national count 166

The cases reported on Wednesday include a couple and their two-year-old daughter in Rajasthan who had recently returned from Italy.The patients belong to Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu and had returned from Italy on March 8.




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How our MPs are dealing with coronavirus threat

Several MPs came to the Upper House wearing masks and demanded curtailment of the ongoing Budget session, which is due to end on April 3, in view of the novel coronavirus scare, but the government seemed unwilling.





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With 2 more Covid deaths, toll hits 9; total cases 468

The Union health ministry said West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh reported a casualty each on Monday, taking the total number of deaths to nine in the country due to COVID-19.




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Coronavirus crisis is moving global life online

Millions of people worldwide are having to embrace life under lockdown -- confined to their own four walls or neighbourhoods for weeks on end as countries battle to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.




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Showing their balcony spirit: Hope during COVID-19

From dancing to playing musical instruments to exercising... balconies across the world have become the hospot as people continue to quarantine and self-isolate themselves at homes to fight against the coronavirus pandemic.




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PHOTOS: How Indians are maintaining social distance

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated that social distancing and staying indoors were the only ways to deal with the fast-spreading coronavirus, pictures and videos of people standing in circles and squares to buy essential items like groceries and milk in many states went viral.