Monday night football has never been so visible.

Gone is the glow of the cigarette butts. Gone are the clouds of smoke escaping from lips as touchdowns are scored and crowds cheer. Gone are the tell tale coughs quickly muted by beer.

Instead, at Aidan’s Pub in Newport, harried waitresses hustle trays of Buffalo wings from one table to another, filling drafts of Newport Storm.

It’s the time of year a lot of students longed for since the first day of school- winter break. But before students can reach for the holiday eggnog, most cope with final exams.

Some start to panic and become filled with anxiety.

“I find myself having a hard time studying and taking tests,” said Nicholas Sampson, a junior at Savannah State University.

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MIAMI- The beauty of a baseball player’s home-run swing or a runner’s stride across the finish line makes the heart pound with joy and amazement.

The ugliness of Jason Giambi injecting his buttocks with steroids or Marion Jones sticking a needle full of human growth hormone in her leg makes the stomach turn with disgust and disillusionment.

New faces of R&B and one of the genre’s legends are among the leading nominees for top honors at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards.

Innovative rapper Kanye West led the field with 10 nods, followed by R&B singer and MTV sex symbol Usher and soulful singer Alicia Keys with eight each.