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Packers playing in cold weather: Is that really an advantage?

JR Radcliffe ,  Eric Litke   | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

As the Packers prepare for a battle with the Los Angeles Rams, there remains a chance that Saturday's weather in Green Bay will dip below freezing, giving at least a presumed edge to the team that routinely plays on the Frozen Tundra of Lambeau Field.

But just how great of an edge is it, especially against a team from a "warm-weather" city like Los Angeles?

Using data from Pro Football Reference, which dates to the AFL-NFL merger in 1970, we can take a look at games in which the temperature at kickoff was 32 degrees or below. Naturally, we didn't include games played at indoor venues, but we did include road contests to see what impact chilly temps had on the Packers' performance. It bears mentioning that plenty of games started just above 32 degrees and sank below at one point, but we don't have the data to follow that, so…

Nile Wilson: Olympic Games medallist retires from ...

Nile Wilson won five Commonwealth Games gold medals during his career

Olympic medallist Nile Wilson has announced his retirement from gymnastics.

He also has European, world and Commonwealth honours to his name.

In a statement on Instagram, he wrote: “Today I hang up my hand guards and retire from the professional sport of gymnastics."

He added: "It is my time to move on and I can’t wait for the next chapter."

Wilson enjoyed a successful junior career, becoming the first Briton to win five gold medals at the European Junior Gymnastics Championship in 2014 before representing England at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where he won horizontal bar and team gold as well as silver in the parallel bars and all-around bronze.

He helped Great Britain to team silver at the World Championships in 2015 before a memorable 2016 where he became European horizontal bar champion before his Olympic achievement.

In his statement,external-link he added: “I was a young boy with a dream. With a lot of work and belief, I'm proof you…

Save 10% on the dongle that upscales Nintendo Switch games ...

The mClassic dongle can improve the graphics in certain console games, most notably lower-resolution Switch titles. (Better-looking Legend of Zelda, anyone?) Marseille

Do you own a Nintendo Switch or an older game console like the original Xbox or a PlayStation 3? There's a piece of hardware you might want to consider adding: the Marseille mClassic. It's a plug-in dongle that promises to upgrade game graphics in various ways, not the least of which is upscaling Switch games to 1440p resolution. Does it work? Yes, but with certain limitations. Intrigued? From now through the end of the month you can get the Marseille mClassic for $89. That's 10% off the regular price.

The mClassic plugs into your console's HDMI output (and not your TV's HDMI input, which I learned the hard way), either directly or using an included extension cable. The latter makes it a bit easier to access the dongle's three-way switch, which toggles between off, regular processing and "retro" mode. Retro mode forces games into a 4:3 aspect ratio, helpful if you're using it with older consoles that would normally result in an abnormally stretched image on your newer TV.