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While Caldwell has his share of detractors and earned the criticism

  While Caldwell has his share of detractors and earned the criticism  received when the Jaguars were terrible, it didn’t take long for him to find a good landing spot. Time will tell if it ever leads to him getting a second bite of the GM apple. NFL postseason trivia  Only six head coaches in NFL history have achieved at least a .700 winning percentage in a minimum 10 playoff games. Can you name them? Hint: two are still active. Answer at bottom. Tapping into Texas The most prized football recruit for Florida’s 2024 class is 5-star quarterback DJ Lagway, who should give the fan base a sense of comfort after the messy divorce with 4-star QB Jayden Rashada over a reportedly failed NIL agreement. Another benefit is Lagway, coming to the Gators from Willis, Texas, could potentially give head coach Billy Napier an important future foothold by tapping into more of the Lone Star state’s top prospects. Texas hasn’t normally been a heavy target for UF coaches on the recruiting tr...

The legendary scientist remained active way into his 70s despite not being able to walk, in addition to bouts of skin cancer, kidney and liver disease.

  The legendary scientist remained active way into his 70s despite not being able to walk, in addition to bouts of skin cancer, kidney and liver disease. Born Dec. 19, 1944, Leakey was destined for palaeoanthropology -- the study of the human fossil record -- as the middle son of Louis and Mary Leakey, one of the most famous couples in history as researchers into man's origins. Thanks to them, there is overwhelming evidence that homo sapiens  sapiens originated in Africa, which has been confirmed by genetic testing that humans separated from the chimpanzee line 5 million to 7 million years earlier . The Leakeys spent their lives digging in the earth in the search for human origins. At age 23 Richard Leakey won a research grant from the National Geographic Society to dig on the shores of northern Kenya's Lake Turkana, despite having no archaeological training other than the one acquired through a lifetime spent with his parents. In the 1970s he led expeditions that reshaped the...