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Virgil Abloh, Barrier-Breaking Designer, Is Dead at 41

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  His expansive approach to design inspired comparisons to artists including Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons. For him, clothes were totems of identity. The fashion designer Virgil Abloh in Chicago in 2019. His role within LVMH made him the most powerful Black executive in the most powerful luxury group in the world. Credit... David Kasnic for The New York Times By  Vanessa Friedman Nov. 28, 2021 Updated 12:30 a.m. ET Virgil Abloh, the barrier-breaking Black designer whose ascent to the heights of the traditional luxury industry changed what was possible in fashion, died on Sunday in Chicago after a two-year battle with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare cancer. He was 41. His death was confirmed by his family. The artistic director of Louis Vuitton men’s wear as well as the founder of his own brand, Off-White, Mr. Abloh was a prolific collaborator with outside brands from Nike to Evian, and a popular fashion theorist whose expansive and occasionally controversial approach to design inspi...

Alabama Football vs Auburn in Iron Bowl 2021

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#AlabamaFootballvsAuburninIronBowl2021 Alabama vs. Auburn score, takeaways: No. 3 Tide complete comeback, survive first OT in Iron Bowl history No. 3 Alabama completed a rally for the history books to knock off Auburn, 24-22, in four overtimes on Saturday night. The first game in Iron Bowl history to continue past regulation started with the Crimson Tide trailing 10-0 until midway through the fourth quarter. However, the Tide finally scored their first touchdown with 24 seconds left to force overtime, where the scoring continued. Once there, the teams traded touchdowns in the first OT period and swapped field goals in the second to set up a battle of two-point conversion plays beginning with the third OT. After they each converted their first attempts, Alabama won the game in the fourth OT when wide receiver John Metchie III hauled in a pass from quarterback Bryce Young. A pass from Auburn QB T.J. Finley pass fell incomplete on the previous play. Young struggled in the first half again...