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ESPN PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDREA MORALES E:60 A Family Left Behind After burying her husband nearly a decade ago, Mechelle McNair was determined to keep their sons safe and carry on with the business of living. It wasn't always easy. by Elizabeth Merrill 02/11/18 For more, watch E:60's story, "Heir McNair," on Sunday at 9 a.m. on ESPN, or stream it on WatchESPN. Her husband would have done things differently. He probably wouldn't have spent most of the summer dreading this moment, standing in front of a college dorm, trying not to cry. He'd handled everything -- the bills, the taxes, the boys' baseball swings -- until it was just her. And them. But this moment in front of the school is a good one. Nine years after Mechelle McNair's world caved in, her oldest son, Tyler, is going to NYU on an academic scholarship. He didn't just turn out all right. He's going to kick the world's ass. They are best friends. Maybe

Dow Jones and S.&P. Slide Again, Dropping by More Than 4% By  MATT PHILLIPS FEB. 5, 2018 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Share Tweet Email More Save 1300 Photo Credit The New York Times Since the global financial crisis a decade ago, a few simple guidelines have helped investors make sense of the markets. Global growth and inflation will be perpetually weak. Central banks will help by keeping interest rates low. And stocks will almost invariably rise. The rule book is now changing, a shift that is sending tremors through the financial markets. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index fell by more than 4 percent on Monday, deepening its losses from the previous week and erasing its gains for the year. The Dow Jones industrial average sank by 4.6 percent. Bond yields, the basis for key borrowing costs such as mortgage rates, have risen fast in recent weeks. MARKET SNAPSHOT  7:15 PM View Full Overview FTSE 100 –2.05% NIKKEI –4.73%