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NFL divisional round preview

By Chris Cichon
George Wallace
Noah Frank
Rob Woodfork

The wild card round didn’t offer too much excitement, with four lopsided affairs. But there are plenty of storylines entering what promises to be a more compelling divisional round.

Quarterback Alex Smith’s grueling road to recovery chronicled in ESPN program

By CNN
NFL quarterback Alex Smith suffered a gruesome leg injury that put his career in jeopardy and had him fighting for his life, and his long and grueling road to recovery is chronicled in an upcoming one-hour program from ESPN called "Project 11." The leg injury occurred Nov. 18, 2018, in the third quarter of a game between the Washington Redskins and Houston Texans. After being sacked by the Texans' J.J. Watt and Kareem Jackson, Smith suffered a spiral and compound fracture of the right tibia and fibula.
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