Wilson Sporting Goods football factory in Ada, Ohio has been making the official Super Bowl football since the first Super Bowl in 1966. They began making the this year’s game balls last Sunday night, Jan. 18, immediately after the conclusion of the NFC and AFC championship games. The New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL championship on Sunday, Feb. 1, in Glendale, Ariz. – Associated Press
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The day in photos from around the world.
For years, our photographers have covered inaugurations – from President to Governor to other political figures. Here are a few of our favorites from the 1920 inauguration of Albert C. Ritchie to Larry Hogan’s 2015 ceremony.
“One by one, they became Maryland’s most-ambitious offshore artificial reef project to create homes for fish and an underwater playground for divers,” The Sun reported in May 2008, as a massive front-end loader wrestled more than 40 stainless steel New York City subway cars off a barge, swinging them one by one over the gray, choppy water before releasing them with a splash.
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Standing in a prison chow hall, Richard Chavez Jr. outlines his past: violent felon, former gang member, the fourth member of his family to go to prison. Then his future: owner of a mobile counseling youth service that goes where the troubled kids are.
Arching a tattooed eyebrow, Chavez credits an innovative program run out of the Cleveland Correctional Facility, about 50 miles northeast of Houston, with helping him gather the skills to operate a business — from character-building and how to carry himself to writing a business plan and finding financing.
The Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP) is based on a philosophy that making inmates such as Chavez business savvy will reduce the likelihood that they will return to prison. It emphasizes reforming behavior while also working on a broader goal of reducing the prison population.
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The day in photos from around the world.
Throughout the United States, Americans honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 19, 2015.
In rain-plagued games on either end of the country, the match-up for Super Bowl XLIX has been set. The Seattle Seahawks came from behind at home in the 4th quarter to beat the Green Bay Packers in overtime 28-22. In New England, the Patriots dominated the Indianapolis Colts 45-7. The AFC champion Patriots will meet the NFC champion Seahawks in Glendale, Arizona on Sunday, February 1 for Super Bowl XLIX.
The day in photos from around the world.
The Baltimore Sun newspaper has a rich history of photojournalism. The Sun has employed a long line of award winning photographers. To pay tribute to these photographers, The Darkroom will periodically take a look back at the body of work by some of these photographers whose love of their craft helped document the lives of people from the backstreets of Baltimore to the four corners of the globe.
One of those award-winning photojournalists was Clarence B. “Curly” Garrett. He came to The Sun in 1946 from Ritz Cameras. Prior to that, he served in the US Navy during World War II.
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