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NFL ends Pro Bowl after 75 years, will still honor roster at season’s end

nglobix@gmail.com3 weeks ago02 mins

The Pro Bowl is no more, the NFL announced Wednesday, ending an exhibition of the league’s top players that was held in some form almost every year since 1951. The game wasn’t played in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that was the only pause in the postseason event. The league said 88 players…

Japan earthquake death toll climbs to 34 as hopes wane for more rescues

nglobix@gmail.com2 months ago05 mins

The death toll has grown to at least 34 people in southwestern Japan after a powerful earthquake on Tuesday, according to the prefectural government of Kumamoto, on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu, where the quake struck. The disaster destroyed homes, triggered an explosion at a mall and caused a factory chimney to collapse. Two days…