Race, loss and the comeback: when Russell Wilson melted

The Seattle quarterback's calm exterior fell away on Sunday. It was little wonder after a tumultuous year On Sunday afternoon the iceman melted. Russell Wilson has never been anything less than in constant control. The Seattle Seahawks quarterback arrives for interviews 15 minutes early. He studies game film through his lunchbreak. He plots his public words long before he speaks. Even those moments of miraculous improvisation that have come at the end of games are born from careful contrivance. ...