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According to a report, 1,100 otherwise healthy athletes have died of “sudden death” since 1966. But 3/4 of them, or 673, died in the last year. Gee, do you wonder what that it? According to a comprehensive list of fallen athletes, since Jan. of 2021, 673 athletes have suddenly died despite having no known illnesses or conditions. But only 428 such deaths occurred between 1966 and 2021. That means we have had nearly twice as many sudden deaths in just one year compared to 40 years previously.

‘The story that I have to tell is marked all the way through by a persistent tension between those who assert that the best decisions are based on quantification and numbers, determined by the patterns of the past, and those who base their decisions on more subjective degrees of belief about the uncertain future. This is a controversy that has never been resolved.’ — FROM THE INTRODUCTION TO ‘‘AGAINST THE GODS: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF RISK,’’ BY PETER L. BERNSTEIN THERE AREN’T MANY widely told anecdotes about the current financial crisis, at least not yet, but there’s one that made...

ABOARD USS CLEVELAND, Arabian Sea (NNS) -- Members of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 1 are currently leading a group of six coalition ships conducting maritime security operations (MSO) in the North Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman. The strike group’s flagship, USS Tarawa (LHA 1) and the amphibious transport dock USS Cleveland (LPD 7) are joined by the guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79). The French ships Var (FS 608) and Lafayette (FS 710), and the Pakistani frigate Badr (PNS 181) round out the coalition task group. MSO are part of ESG-1’s regularly scheduled deployment to the U.S. 5th...