内容摘要：Georgia Institute of Technology biophysicist Saad Bhamla holds a periodical cicada nymph in his hand on the campus of Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta on Thursday, March 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Georgia Institute of Technology biophysicist Saad Bhamla holds a periodical cicada nymph in his hand on the campus of Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta on Thursday, March 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

just as his knee was getting back to full health. He admitted that the injuries might’ve had an effect on his accuracy and mobility, but insisted they were no excuse for not playing better.“Obviously it’s not fun playing through injuries, but sometimes those (are) things you’ve got to do,” said Love, who finished the 2024 season with a 61.3% completion rate and a 96.7 passer rating, with 25 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. “There might’ve been some things that might’ve been affected, but at the end of the day, I’m still trying to put my best foot forward and I’ve got to go out there and be the best player I can be.”

Love raised expectations inside and outside Lambeau Field with his torrid finish to the 2023 season, when he completed 70.3% of his passes for 2,150 yards with 18 touchdowns and only one interception (112.7 rating) over the final eight regular-season games. Love then led aof the No. 2-seeded Dallas Cowboys on the road.Packers coach Matt LaFleur disputed the notion Wednesday that Love struggled in 2024, pointing not only to the injuries but the 33 passes his receivers dropped during the regular season — tied for the third most in the league.

“I think there’s a narrative out there for whatever reason that he wasn’t as productive as the year before,” LaFleur said. “Well, he missed significant time (with injuries) … and also — let’s be honest, we’ve talked about this — we did have a lot of drops last year.“So, there’s other circumstances that play into it.”

LaFleur said he liked what he’s seen from Love this offseason and how he’s handling a myriad of new challenges. Those challenges include transitioning from having 71-year-old

as his position coach to having 33-year-old Sean Mannion in that role, trying to keep all his wide receivers happy when there are only so many passes to go around and rising to LaFleur’s publicly stated challenge that Love needs to be more of a vocal leader in his sixth NFL season.“Now we can say definitively exercise causes improvements in survival,” Courneya said.

The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.ROMA (AP) — León XIV visitó el jueves palacio papal de verano, al sur de Roma, mientras se especula sobre si lo utilizará para escapar del calor de la capital italiana o seguirá los pasos de Francisco y mantendrá la finca ubicada en una colina como museo y centro ambiental.

El pontífice visitó el Borgo Laudato Si, un proyecto educativo de sostenibilidad que surgió de la encíclica ambiental de su antecesor de 2015, “Laudato Si”, dijo el Vaticano. El centro está en los jardines de la propiedad del Vaticano en Castel Gandolfo, en el lago Albano, en las colinas al sur de Roma.El papa Urbano VIII construyó el palacio en el extremo norte de la ciudad en 1624, para ofrecer a los pontífices una alternativa a los sofocantes veranos romanos. Fue ampliado durante pontificados posteriores hasta alcanzar su tamaño actual de 55 hectáreas (136 acres), lo que hace que la finca sea en realidad más grande que la propia Ciudad del Vaticano.