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Saturday 14 december 2019

DIRTY

DOZEN

Baltimore Ravens quarterback
Lamar Jackson (8) runs with
the ball during the first half of
an NFL football game against
the Buffalo Bills in Orchard
Park, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 8,
2019.
Associated Press
Lamar

Jackson

finishes off

an ugly

stereotype

By PAUL NEWBERRY
AP Sports Columnist
Surely Lamar Jackson has
put that ugly stereotype to
rest, once and for all.
Let’s hope we never hear
again how some dynamic
young African-American
quarterback would be
better off at another posi-
tion because — wink, wink
— he’s just not cut out to
read defenses or up to the
mental challenge.
That narrative has largely
changed in the NFL —
though, obviously, not
completely. Red Wings snap 12-game
With his 23rd birthday still a
few weeks away, Jackson skid with 5-2 win over Jets
had already answered all
the doubters but put an
exclamation point on a Winnipeg Jets left wing Kyle Connor (81) and
season for the ages with Detroit Red Wings center Luke Glendening (41)
another dynamic perfor-
mance Thursday night, battle for the puck in the third period of an NHL
leading the Baltimore Ra- hockey game Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, in Detroit.
vens to a 42-21 victory over
the New York Jets. Associated Press
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