As one left tackle after another went down, Rodger Saffold learned to speak up.
The 2020 season was Saffold’s 11th in the NFL and his second as the Tennessee Titans left guard. For the first time, though, he learned that he is not so much a puzzle piece that locks into his spot along the line as he is a drop of water that takes whatever shape is necessitated by his surroundings.
Saffold started 15 of the 16 games and along the way adapted as Taylor Lewan (five games) got hurt and gave way to Ty Sambrailo (five games), who likewise was injured and was replaced by David Quessenberry, who started for the final six contests. The one game Saffold missed was during Sambrailo’s tenure.
The True Story Behind Tokyo Rose Donaldson Collection/Getty Images
By Marina Manoukian/Jan. 21, 2021 11:08 am EDT
During World War II, Tokyo Rose was infamous among American GIs for seductively predicting their downfall, whether it was due to infidelity, sterility, or in battle. But for all the stories told about Tokyo Rose, there s little evidence that she actually existed. Despite this fact, the United States government insisted on turning Iva Toguri d Aquino, a U.S. citizen who refused to renounce her citizenship during the war, into Tokyo Rose during the 1940s and 50s when they prosecuted and convicted her for treason, per Courthouse News. Toguri ended up serving a little over six years in prison and was repeatedly threatened with deportation after her release.
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The commercial race to space just got a little more crowded. Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit, Virgin Galactic’s sister company, has successfully launched a rocket into orbit for the first time.It also managed to successfully deliver payloads for a customer, NASA, dropping off a number of nanosatellites sponsored by the agency.
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On Sunday, Virgin Orbit carried out its second test flight of its LauncherOne rocket, which is launched into space using an unconventional launch system. Instead of lifting off from a launch pad on the ground, the rocket is carried under the wing of a customized Boeing 747, named “Cosmic Girl,” and released at a predetermined location. Once it’s released, the rocket ignites and powers itself to orbit. That’s exactly what happened on Sunday.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in Oklahoma were noticeably impacted by two unique circumstances Monday. Every year, usually . they have the marching groups. Next year, we ll be back with the walking groups, with the dancing groups, said Tulsa s MLK Day Parade emcee Rebecca Marks-Jimerson, doing color commentary for a livestream of the event. But this year, because of the COVID, we are doing the social distancing. But we re making it happen for you.
Bands and other marchers were kept from the route due to the pandemic, and in-person spectators were discouraged and directed to TV broadcasts and the livestream.
Lankford Apologizes to Black Voters for Backing Trumpâs Election Deceit
The Oklahoma senator, who is up for re-election in 2022, said he had not realized his objection to the election results would be seen as a direct attack on the voting rights of people of color.
Senator James Lankford said in a letter that he had never intended to âdiminish the voice of any Black American.âCredit.Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times
Jan. 15, 2021
WASHINGTON â Senator James Lankford, Republican of Oklahoma, apologized on Thursday to Black constituents who were offended by his decision to join President Trump in trying to discredit the victory of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., saying he had not realized the effort would be seen as a direct attack on the voting rights of people of color.