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NFL line judge takes knee and appears to pray after umpire collapses during Jaguars-Texans London game

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Umpire Larry Smith collapsed on the Wembley Stadium turf during the Jaguars-Texans game, and the moment that followed moved NFL fans everywhere.

What the coverage shows

Fox News is the only outlet here to foreground the sideline incident itself, with its headline and extract focused on the line judge taking a knee and appearing to pray after the umpire collapsed. The Guardian US does not mention that moment in the headline or extract, instead presenting the game as part of a broader live blog. In this grouping, the contrast is mainly that Fox News treats the collapse as the lead item while The Guardian’s coverage does not surface it at all in the excerpt provided.

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