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The 39-year-old Broncos quarterback has confided to close friends that he expects to retire — win or lose — following Sunday’s game against the Panthers, according to a report by NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport. MORE: Classic photos of Peyton Manning | Super Bowl MVPs, in photos “The reality is he let the cat out of the bag a little bit,” Rapoport said Monday. “I also know he has told close friends that he expects this to be his last game as well....

Despite several people telling the former NFL star not to accept an invitation to play golf with Trump last month, Manning did so anyway. Manning explained his decision during a recent appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” MORE: Giants teammate explains why Eli Manning is similar to LeBron James “I gotta tell ya Jimmy, I had a lot of people telling me not to do it,” Manning said. Manning said accepting the invitation to golf with Trump had nothing to do with his political beliefs....

Under the emergency use authorization (EUA), Paxlovid will be available via prescription to people 12 and older with confirmed mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who are at high risk of developing a severe case of the disease. A severe case means a patient could become hospitalized, need intensive care, require a ventilator, or even die. A patient should take the oral drug at the first sign of illness, decreasing their chance of becoming seriously ill with the disease....

The preliminary results of a study preprint published last week indicated that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is protective against both the U.K. and South African variants. The researchers concluded that the vaccine “had equivalent neutralizing titers” to the existing dominant strain of SARS-CoV-2. Pfizer’s Vaccine In a statement, Pfizer said that it was “encouraged” by the findings. However, the company noted that “further data are needed to monitor the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine’s effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 caused by new virus variants....

Tiger Woods, in his second event since returning from a devastating car crash, steps up to the tee on Thursday morning alongside Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The three golfers have a combined 22 major tournament wins. Woods, though, sets the standard when it comes to PGA Championship titles: He enters this year’s event with four PGA Championship victories. McIlroy has two wins at the tourney, in 2012 and 2014....

The top of the 2021 leaderboard has plenty of contenders who can challenge for the Wanamaker Trophy over the weekend, despite the windy conditions at Kiawah Island. That includes Canadian Corey Conners, who opened up a two-stroke lead to finish atop Thursday’s Round 1 field at 5-under par. Brooks Koepka and Keegan Bradley were also in the mix among a group of six at 3 under trailing Conners in a tie for second....

That’s the word from Canada, as rumors include the possibility of just about every player wearing the leaf. Want forwards Tyler Bozak or Daniel Winnik? Operators are standing by. Reports started flying last week the Leafs are ready to engage in a massive overhaul of a dysfunctional roster and can’t win. We’re talking fire sale here, according to The Globe and Mail of Toronto. Sportsnet.ca offers five possible destinations for Phaneuf, including both the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings....

The Roanoke Phantom, it seems, was a global trendsetter. Other impostors are now invading the airwaves with frightening regularity. Although there are no worldwide statistics on air-traffic hoaxes, Britain appears to be facing the most serious problem. As of the end of July, British air-safety authorities had recorded 20 complaints about bogus air-traffic-control messages this year, compared with 18 cases for all of last year, says a spokeswoman for Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority....

Fourteen years later, Larson will be racing against his heroes every week in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series. So will Larson be in awe when he takes the green flag every Sunday, racing against champions and legends like Gordon, Stewart and Jimmie Johnson? “It’s exciting but I don’t think about that stuff a whole lot,” Larson said. “When we are strapped in the cars, we are all just racecar drivers.” Just racecar drivers....

Knicks president Phil Jackson sent a letter and video message to fans asking them to give the franchise time to turn things around. MORE: Phil to build with free agents | Latest Mock Draft | Durant to return in 4-6 months “While I know this has been a challenging season for our team on the court, I can also tell you that everyone in the organization is working tirelessly to get our Knicks back to a place where we are once again competing at the highest level,” Jackson said in a video message obtained by ESPN....

The latest reaction to owner James Dolan’s decision to bring Isiah Thomas back into the fold at Madison Square Garden is a report of an unhappy Phil Jackson. MORE: J.R. Smith expertly trolls Knicks | All-time Knicks | Knicks’ horrible season set to ‘One Shining Moment’ “He’s not happy about it but what can he do about it?” an anonymous MSG official told the New York Daily News. “This is just the start of it....

Just like the Eagles, its fans have also begun claiming wins. Fans have already begun scaling previously-greased poles. Here are some early photos and videos from fans climbing poles in the city to celebrate after the 31-7 win over the 49ers, which puts the Philadelphia Eagles in super Bowl LVII in two weeks. The Eagles advance to their fourth Super Bowl in team history and will face the winner of Sunday night’s winner between the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs....

For Paris Saint-Germain, it was once again a highly-successful week. Not only did they start their Champions League campaign with a thumping 5-0 win over Celtic in Scotland, a result celebrated by many of their stars on Instagram, they also increased their grip on Ligue 1 by seeing off Lyon 2-0 at home. “Great work from the team, this is the way forward,” Dani Alves posted to his Instagram account following the victory over Brendan Rodgers’ side in Glasgow....

Today: Phillies reliever Pat Neshek MORE: Two Minutes With … Clint Frazier | … and Touki Toussaint What’s your first baseball memory? Neshek: We had one of those big bats, and I’d go around the yard hitting the ball. I was probably like 3 years old. I used to carry that thing everywhere. That was one. And then probably opening baseball cards, I think in 1985. I would have been about 5 years old....

Emily Youcis, 26, told Red Ice TV she was fired by Aramark, the company that operates concessions at Citizens Bank Park, on the basis that her social media activities supporting the so-called alt-right don’t reflect her former employers’ views. MORE: Sports figures who support Donald Trump Aramark confirmed in a statement (via Philly.com) that Youcis no longer works for the company: “A core Aramark value is treating everyone with integrity and respect always....

The photos are only the most visible reminder of the United Nations’ trauma since a truck bomb destroyed its offices in Baghdad last month. To U.N. officials, the pictures of their fallen colleagues are a daily reminder of the deep sense of dismay and discomfort they feel about rebuilding Iraq. For Kofi Annan, the United Nations’ mild-mannered secretary-general, Iraq has become the biggest personal and professional crisis of his career....

A photographer brought a bit of the past back to a couple who lost everything in the Camp Fire that devastated Paradise, California last November. Like hundreds of residents in the small northern California town, Marc and Mary Taylor were for forced to run for their lives as the wildfire spread rapidly and gridlocked traffic made escaping by car almost impossible. The Taylors — who have relocated to Grass Valley, a town 70 miles from Paradise — lost all of their photos in the blaze, including the album from their 1999 wedding....

After the Taliban’s quick takeover of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Sunday, the U.S. began rapidly evacuating its embassy as many Afghans who have helped the military throughout 20 years of war or are in fear for their lives desperately sought ways to flee the country. On Monday, images and video footage showed thousands of people flooding the tarmac at Kabul’s international airport and hanging from U.S. military jets as a last-ditch effort to join the remaining diplomatic staff departing Afghanistan....

Winter storm Izzy has caused disruption in the U.S. as eastern and southern states were battered by heavy snow over the weekend and early Monday morning. On Sunday morning the National Weather Service (NWS) issued warnings of heavy snow and gusty winds. New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Arkansas, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Maryland, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and the District of Columbia were all issued winter storm warnings....

David Hall with The Clean Plumber Northern Beaches was called to a home in Newport—a suburb of the city—on Friday after the property flooded last week. Hall, who has nearly four decades of experience as a plumber, soon discovered the reason for the flooding: a nearly 15-foot-long clump of thinly woven tree roots had taken hold in the home’s underground stormwater pipes. “I used a CCTV camera to inspect the drains and was totally shocked at the extent of tree root infestation,” Hall told Newsweek....