Iowa State's Only Non-conference Football Option Looks To Be Ball State

Denver Post Broncos writer Parker Gabriel posts his Broncos Mailbag weekly during the season and periodically during the offseason. Click here to submit a question. Hey Parker, how do you think the running back situation is going to be next year? Javonte Williams and Jaleel McLaughlin seem like they’ll be heavily used.

DALLAS — Nathan MacKinnon is a finalist for the Hart Trophy for the fourth time. MacKinnon, Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov and Edmonton’s Connor McDavid were announced Tuesday as the finalists for the league’s most valuable player award as voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers  Association. It’s arguably the deepest collection of candidates in league history, but it also might be the Avalanche superstar’s best chance to win.

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Opinion | If H5N1 spreads among farmworkers, it could lead to a pandemic The Washington PostCharted: Where bird flu has been detected in wild mammals AxiosTexas dairy farmer with bird flu did not get respiratory symptoms NewsNation NowGruesome symptom of dairy farm worker who caught avian flu revealed in medical report The Independent

Why is cancer deadlier in Black women? A new study seeks to find out. USA TODAYLargest-Ever Study Will Look At Cancer In High-Risk Demographic: Black Women ForbesAmerican Cancer Society needs 100,000 Black women to participate in largest study of its kind WSB Atlanta

New Genetic Form of Alzheimer's Identified in People With Common Risk Factor ScienceAlertAPOE4 homozygozity represents a distinct genetic form of Alzheimer’s disease Nature.comStudy Suggests Genetics as a Cause, Not Just a Risk, for Some Alzheimer's The New York TimesGenes known to increase the risk of Alzheimer’s may actually be an inherited form of the disorder, researchers say CNNAlzheimer's risk gene APOE4 may cause a distinct form of the disease, study suggests STAT