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New Deerfield Academy Headmaster Led School in Jordan

Matthew McDonald

The expected new headmaster of Deerfield Academy, a prestigious boarding school in western Massachusetts, most recently led a private school in Jordan established by King Abdullah II.

The two schools have close ties. The king, 56, attended Deerfield Academy as a teen-ager, graduating in 1980. He established King's Academy in Jordan in 2007 as a home-grown counterpart to the Massachusetts school. The first headmaster of King's Academy was a former headmaster of Deerfield Academy, Eric Widmer.

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Nike Signs Colin Kaepernick To Shoe Deal — Even Though He’s Not Playing

Matthew McDonald

Former National Football League quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who started the practice of kneeling during the national anthem in order to protest supposed police brutality against blacks, has signed a new shoe deal with Nike even though he isn't playing and has dim prospects for catching on with a team.

The consensus around the league that Kaepernick is good enough to serve as a backup quarterback on some NFL team but not good enough to justify the headaches that would come with signing him.

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