Running to Oust a President — Literally | Young Quarterbacks Take Over the NFL

Changing offensive schemes, safety and willingness to anoint young quarterbacks is leading to a youth revolution in football.

The first game of the 2018 NFL season, at least initially, looked like a nightmare for the New York Jets. Huddled in front of televisions across the metropolitan area, Jets fans tuned in with anticipation to see 21-year-old rookie Sam Darnold become the youngest quarterback to ever start an NFL game. But 12 seconds into the Sept. 10 game, on his first NFL pass, Darnold threw an interception that was returned for a Detroit Lions touchdown. The dream seemed over. As the game progressed, though, Darnold proved unflappable, and by night’s end, his pick-six was an afterthought.

The Jets routed the Lions 48-17, with Darnold racking up 198 yards and two touchdowns after the ugly start. Darnold’s recovery was part of a dramatic transformation that’s taking hold of the league. This movement isn’t unique to specific skill sets or hybrid positions. No, the current quarterback revolution is all about birth certificates, particularly those with DOBs creeping up on the 21st century. Across the NFL, young quarterbacks are leading playoff contenders — a stark contrast from the days when inexperienced passers mostly took the field only out of necessity.

Alex Vanegas risks his life by running to protest a murderous regime, but he doesn’t know how to stop.

Alex Vanegas couldn’t stop crying. He was watching the news in Nicaragua on April 20, as the broadcasts led with how a sniper killed 15-year-old Álvaro Conrado with a single shot to the throat during the start of student protests against the regime of President Daniel Ortega that continue today.

“I was inconsolable. How is it possible that they killed a boy who was taking water to the protesters?” Vanegas says on a rainy afternoon in Managua. “After that, I started to take part in the anti-government protests.”

Vanegas, a lean 63-year-old, has given rise to a new form of protest. He runs the streets and highways of Nicaragua with a slogan, “Corro para correr a Daniel,” which roughly translated means he is running to oust the president.

Nora Astorga is remembered for a seduction and an assassination, even though her life was spent rebuilding Nicaragua’s government.

Nicaraguan Gen. Reynaldo Perez Vega — known as “El Perro,” or “the Dog” — had finally gotten what he wanted. After more than a year of sexual advances toward his beautiful 28-year-old lawyer, he had finally been invited to her apartment for an assignation.

Vega, deputy commander of the National Guard, had a reputation for aggression and was known for his violent crackdown on the Sandinista movement. Little did he know that Nora Astorga had company: Sandinista operatives were lying in wait for the general, intending to kidnap him and exchange him for political prisoners. When Vega resisted, they slit his throat. His body was later found wrapped in a Sandinista flag.