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the most popular items jerseys. nearly all this stuff made overseas, smuggled into the united states and sold on various websites, flea markets and through street vendors. we asked fans in it mattered to them if something was fake or real. >> you want the right product are you paying -- are you -- you are paying for the product and the fake stuff is probably child labor. >> nfnoin e
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t t esy owin when the carolina's panthers face the broncos in super bowl l this sunday one big factor may be the aging athletes. manning almost 40 and recovering four neck surgeries. cam newton is 26. that's a 13 year gap. the largest between quarterbacks in super bowl history. how much does age matter? we apply some sports science to
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>> reporter: the question of the aging athlete was front and center in the australian open finals match a 28-year-old defeated a 24-year-old tennis legend serena williams. williams was slow to reach balls and not the fastest mover on the court. . >> overtime the athlete tends to loose a lot of power with regards to muscle strength. most noticeably those start happening around the mid-30sm. have has supported that the peak age is a round 29. >> reporter: a sports medicine specialist said some athlete dear sir overcome the disadvantages. >> the key thing that's helping manning is they are consistent with the guys they train many
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>> reporter: younger guy dear sir more easily bounce back. there is no question that multiple neck surgeries limit manning but he does have one thing on his side. >> manning although is not at his physical prime, especially when compared to newton but he has a lot of experience behind him. he is the wise older athlete who knows the tricks and the methods for trying to optimize his performance. >> interesting. what can be done to make football safer, maybe prolong your career? . >> they said that progress is being made in terms of equipment, helmets and padding with greater awareness of the concussions, taking them out of the game until they recover. discouraging intentional helmet to helmet hits with fines and suggestion pensions may also help this is a violent sport. some level of aggression is what fans enjoy unfortunately about football. >> what can be done about the younger players?
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>> it should start at a young age. i spoke about coaches of the young players teaching safer tackling blocking techniques and not to mimic the high speed aggressive hits they see in college and nfl game. this is a game, not war. i'm concerned about manning. years -- down the road, four neck operations, playing off -- thomas davis who broke his ulna and has had three acl repairs. they will likely have further complications down the line. right now in terms of sports science it appears that the 13 year advantage that cam has is significant. >> yeah. football takes its toll. >> it does. thomas davis does plan to suit up sunday with a personalized 3d printed brace to protect his broken arm. he chose the brace over three other regular braces after it
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he said he cook every opportunity to hit it on something. just over a week since he had surgery to repair that fracture the doctor talked about it. happened right there he has a metal plate and 12 screws holding it together. if he plays sunday it'll be the first time the nfl player has used a 3d printed piece of equipment on the field. i get it wanting to play but, my gosh a permanent injury -- i guess to an athlete it's their choice if it's worth it or not. >> not being in their shoes it is a huge moment for them. >> right. they want to be part of it. you have yourself a lot to deal with in the weather. >> yeah. if we do see snow in the morning we will be brief, not all that much. maybe not everybody seeing it scattered here and there. talk about that more in a minute. let's go back in time when he had more snow and ice. that's at mazing pick of the day.
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have you to look closely. there is a little boy pull pulling a sled but what is that? >> is that a chicken? >> it is. it's a cute amazing picture of the day. no brother or sister -- you pull your chicken. do that growing up. >> i did not do that. it was more like a duck. >> a lot of folks have chickens as pets soy guess it's a pet chicken. he wanted to roll around with it. jessica thank you for that picture. i will post this on facebook. let's check out the radar view to see what's going on. rain still falling cross the area and it's become chillier throughout the afternoon. started off in the 60s we are in the 40s and 50s this afternoon and there have a few lighting strikes. there was one over harnett folks on facebook have post is the that thunder i heard? it is. it's a possibility we could have isolated thunderstorms through the early evening but don't expect that early night.
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should be in the 40s by that point. it'll remain rather chilly. here is a look at the sky camera. the roads are wet. there is the overcast. interesting temperature trend today. our low temperature is the current temperature, it was 50. our high happened offer eight this morning. it was 63 a slow cooling throughout the day and that will continue overnight. we should wake up to mid-30s in the morning no. freezing temperatures are expected to start the day tomorrow. 50 in raleigh. 41 asheville. 64 down east at wilmington. our front was slow in moving by. its cleared the triangle area. it is down east of the coast and still womenning ton, cape look out, hatt era s. still that mild air and behind the system women have -- we have the cooler air. we have have a strong upper level disturbance. the air is dry. it rolls in and should help
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half of the state. we expect that by four to 8:00 a.m. let's look at future cast. precipitation and temperatures, the white and the cloud cover. the blue should be the snow. the green is the rain. as we go through the night temperatures fall by 1:00 a.m. we are talking about temperatures in the low to mid40s. there is the beginning of precipitation off to the west. will not be widespread. won't be a lot but if there tend to be heavier snow showers there could be isolated locations. that is not the rule. that is the exception. it would be spotty snow showers, there is 5:00 a.m. temperatures running in the 30s the surface temperatures above freezing. we aren't expecting to be a problem on the road. you can tune in at 4:30 with elizabeth gardner. she haveshe will watch this. she will be here from seven to nine watching this. it'll end before she signs off at nine for the morning. 38 -- by six. 38 at fayetteville and the system moves out.
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partly to mostly sunny and windy tomorrow. wind from the northwest ten to 20 miles an hour and overnight tomorrow we should fall in to the 20s. fitness forecast in the morning. 37, rain, maybe snow. elizabeth will be here to start the day and there is the seven day forecast a lot of chill over the next seven days. super bowl sunday could feature a rain drop. monday too. high temperatures in the 40s and 50s. below normal for the next several days . i know. thank you. its part barbecue, restaurant, part clothing jewelry store and part nail salon and massage parlor. >> up next next. we go to a family run spot where you can eat, shop and relax. >> the state has received hundreds of complaints about blue cross, blue shield in the last five weeks. that's more than all total in the last four moss of last year. new at six adam owens talks to the insurance commissioner about what's next. it's a battle nobody wants, mold.
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