Like many a young hopeful, his youthful dreams of glory under the floodlights floundered on the bench.

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Payton has some unfinished business at his old job in broadcasting before diving into the task of turning around a franchise that has floundered under first-time head coaches Vance Joseph, Vic Fangio and Hackett during a seven-year playoff drought.

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While President Biden is looking to have a clean run at the Democratic nomination after Robert F Kennedy's candidacy floundered in recent weeks, the Republican race has entered the stage where it usually ramps up after Labor Day.

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