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The New York Giants dedicated their Sunday night win over the San Francisco 49ers to Fells, who is in the hospital suffering from a MRSA infection.

NPR's Robert Siegel first visited Paris 49 years ago. It's a city he loves. When terrorists hit last Friday, his first instinct was to get there. He reflects on life in Paris a week after the attacks.

The 2008 Miami graduate is the 10th coach to be enshrined in bronze on the plaza outside Yager Stadium. His statue will be unveiled Saturday, May 6, at noon in a public ceremony.

Democrat Monique Smith is quietly celebrating her upset win in the Ohio Statehouse’s 16th District – which includes Westlake, Bay Village, Rocky River, North Olmsted and Fairview Park – while awaiting certified election results for her race against incumbent Republican Dave Greenspan. The unofficial count after last Tuesday’s election has Smith beating Greenspan by 1,180 votes. The 50.8 percent to 49.2 percent margin is a thin one, Smith admits, calling it simply “a close race.”

In a survey of data reported by 49 states and four other jurisdictions, the American Academy of Pediatrics says the infection rate for COVID-19 is 829 per 100,000 children in the population.

Preliminary data show the infant mortality rate has dropped for every demographic in Cuyahoga County in 2019 except white babies, for which it increased slightly. The overall rate in 2019 (not counting December) was 7.75 per 1,000 live births, compared to 8.65 in 2018. Although the African American infant mortality rate dropped from 15.49 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2018 down to 13.97 in 2019, Cuyahoga County Board of Health statistician Richard Stacklin said black babies are still more than 3.5 times more likely to die than white babies.

We look ahead to Sunday’s Super Bowl and break down the big game between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs.

This week in sports: It's the Spurs versus the Warriors on the basketball court, and San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick says he'll stand for the national anthem next season.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with NFL commentator Bucky Brooks about former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's apparent difficulties finding a new team.

What the latest numbers say and what to look for as the election comes to a close.