Police Charges: “Five former Memphis police officers have been charged with second-degree murder and other crimes in the arrest and death of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who died three days after a confrontation with the officers during a traffic stop.”

+ Tanks But No Tanks: The US is sending tanks to Ukraine. Once it makes them. And then gets them there. If that sounds ridiculous, it’s because it is. A Delicate Pact Was Forged to Get Ukraine More Tanks.

+ Eighth Grade Class-ified: “On a winter’s day in 1984, a briefcase stuffed with classified government documents showed up in a building in Pittsburgh, borne by someone who most certainly wasn’t supposed to have them. That someone was 13-year-old Kristin Preble. She took the papers to school as a show-and-tell project for her eighth grade class.” She was clearly ahead of her time. How classified documents became a schoolgirl’s show-and-tell.

+ Kavanaughty By Nature: “No matter how much evidence you amass, no matter how many tips you investigate, no matter how many people eventually turn up to corroborate your story, there is nobody to call.” Dahlia Lithwick on the new Brett Kavanaugh documentary that premiered at Sundance. The New Kavanaugh Documentary Changes Nothing.

+ WokeScreen: “Microsoft, the tech behemoth behind the video game console, said earlier this month it will update Xboxes to run more efficiently, saving users money on their electric bills and trimming the gaming industry’s carbon emissions.” That, it turns out, is a no-no. WaPo: Why conservatives are accusing the Xbox of being woke.

+ Djoker’s Wild: “Novak Djokovic’s father has been filmed posing with supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Australian Open, and appearing to say ‘long live the Russians.'”

+ Homes School: “He’d seen enough. He already thought both kids had Division I potential. He watched as they high-fived and walked away together, and it was the first hint that Cheatham and Mahomes were, in fact, best friends. All three left that day excited about the future. But they had no idea that one of the longest, most formative quarterback battles in the history of football had just begun.” The QB battle that unlocked Patrick Mahomes. These origin stories are great reminders of the small differences between superstars and those who are just great, and of how recently some of our sports heroes were just kids.