American Football Is On Borrowed Time

Keir Starmer is having a bad week, there might only be 40 Super Bowls remaining, and curling wants to capitalize on its Olympics moment.

The Seattle Seahawks play the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship game at Lumen Field on Jan. 25.

Photographer: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

Welcome to the weekend!

After a season of heavy rainfall in Mexico, one crop had a bumper year — a fruit whose Nahuatl root translates, delicately, to “testicle.” The glut sent prices plunging in the US. Which crop was it? Find out in this week’s Pointed quiz.