Football, basketball and soccer on the menu.
What to Read This Weekend |
 | | Readying for training in Pyeongchang, South Korea.Jun Michael Park for The New York Times |
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A.J. Edelman walked away from the hazards of sledding sports after he competed for Israel in the skeleton, the face-forward ride down a sled, at the 2018 Winter Games. But the allure of the Olympics can be powerful. Now he is trying again in a bobsled, Matt Futterman writes. |
“I know I am going to get hurt brain-wise doing this,” Edelman said. He also expects to spend more than $100,000 of his own money on the effort. “The mission is more important than my health or savings.” |
The bobsled feels safer to him, he said, because he sits upright and can see where he is going. His family is still concerned, as awareness has been rising on brain injuries in sledding sports. |
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What to Watch This Weekend |
 | | Both the Buffalo Bills and the Miami Dolphins have something to play for on Sunday.Doug Murray/Associated Press |
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For the last 20 years, the Miami Dolphins (10-5) and the Buffalo Bills (12-3) have lived in the mighty shadow of the New England Patriots, Benjamin Hoffman writes. Thanks to the fall of the New England dynasty, Buffalo has won its first division title since 1995 and Miami is on the verge of its first playoff appearance since 2016 (and just its third since 2001). But in a cruel joke by the scheduling gods, they face off in Week 17, and a loss may come with significant consequences. |
For Buffalo, the No. 2 seed in the A.F.C. playoffs is at stake. For Miami, a wild-card spot is within reach. A win will be enough, but if the Dolphins lose, they will need a loss by Baltimore, Cleveland or Indianapolis. (Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS.) |
The big college games were Friday, but Saturday offers a decent menu, capped by the Orange Bowl. No. 5 Texas A&M missed out on the national semifinals by a single spot and will look to prove a point against No. 13 North Carolina. (Saturday, 8:10 p.m., ESPN.) |
The pick of the college games is No. 8 Texas at No. 3 Kansas. Freshman forward Greg Brown of Texas could be a top 10 pick in the draft. (Saturday, noon, ESPN2). |
Any time two of the so-called Big Six teams in the Premier League face off, it gets attention. But Chelsea headed into the weekend in sixth place and Manchester City in eighth. Whichever team wins their game this weekend will take a big stride to regaining its rightful place. The loser will surely draw “Crisis” headlines in the British press. (Sunday, 11:30 a.m., NBCSN.) |
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