This article is apart of HeadStrong: Mental Health and Sports, NBC Sports multi-platform initiative on mental health and men's health.NBC Sports Washington will be releasing a series of original short-form features that are all available atnbcsportswashington.com/headstrong. Former Redskins cornerback Shawn Springs had a lengthy and largely successful NFL career Continue reading →

Unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder will run back the most difficult fight of his career on Saturday when he welcomes hard-hitting Luis Ortiz in a pay-per-view rematch in Las Vegas. Wilder (41-0-1, 40 KOs) rallied from nearly being stopped in Round 7 of their first meeting in 2018 to finish Ortiz (31-1, 26 KOs) via 10th-round TKO in what many called an instant classic of a heavyweight title clash. The rematch will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena with similar stakes as Wilder, 34, looks to retain his title and move one step closer to his goal of unifying all four recognized titles Continue reading →

Jon Hamm as Bill Taylor on "Saturday Night Live" Last night (Nov. 16), Saturday Night Live skewered the complaint that the impeachment hearings lacked pizzazz, reimagining them as a melodramatic Days of Our Lives-style soap opera called Days of Our Impeachment in the shows cold open. Continue reading →

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At Argonne National Laboratory, roughly 30 miles from downtown Chicago, scientists try to understand the origin and evolution of the universe, create longer-lasting batteries, and develop precision cancer drugs. All these different problems have one thing in common: they are tough because of their sheer scale. In drug discovery, its estimated that there could be more potential drug-like molecules than there are atoms in the solar system Continue reading →