2023 NFL playoffs: Ranking eight remaining QBs in divisional round with Patrick Mahomes and Joe Burrow up top

Nothing steers NFL teams quite like quarterbacks. It’s possible, not probable, to win in spite of them. It’s preferable, not easy, to land the best of them. They are, more than anyone else, the ones who shape the football landscape, week in and week out.

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Bold predictions for NFL divisional playoffs: Travis Kelce goes berserk, Bills expose Bengals’ O-line woes

We’re now a week into the NFL playoffs, and the field of teams remaining in the mix for the Super Bowl is down to eight. By the end of this weekend we’ll have narrowed it further, with just two teams in the AFC and two in the NFC vying for the represent their respective conferences on the biggest stage in football.

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Daily Hope: What’s on the Other Side of Your Troubles?

When a crisis hits, you have to do the smart things necessary to get through it. You listen to God’s Word and godly advice, you make good choices, and you keep moving forward while remembering that this will pass. It’s not going to last forever!

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Alec Baldwin to face involuntary manslaughter charges for “Rust” shooting

Actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal “Rust” set shooting, New Mexico’s district attorney’s office said Thursday.

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In first Chicago mayoral debate, challengers attack Lori Lightfoot’s record while she aims to ‘finish the job we have started’

Chicago’s mayoral hopefuls took the gloves off during the first televised debate Thursday night, with candidates hitting each other with everything from accusations of plagiarism to lying about crime statistics.

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Illinois’ 4-game winning streak comes to an end with an 80-65 loss to Indiana

CHAMPAIGN — Trayce Jackson-Davis scored a season-high 35 points, and Indiana earned its first regular-season win over Illinois since 2019 with an 80-65 victory Thursday night.

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Nikki Haley exploring 2024 presidential run: ‘I’ve never lost a race’

Former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley said she’s close on making a decision to run for president in 2024.

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Biden on classified docs discovery: ‘There’s no there there’

APTOS, Calif. (AP) — A frustrated President Joe Biden said Thursday there is “no there there” when persistently questioned about the discovery of classified documents and official records at his home and former office.

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David Crosby, rock musician and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young co-founder, dies at 81

David Crosby, the brash rock musician who evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young, has died at 81.

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With ruling in Illinois gun ban challenge expected, both sides express confidence

(The Center Square) – With a ruling on a temporary restraining order against Illinois’ gun ban expected before the end of the day Friday, each side of the issue says they’re confident they’ll prevail.

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