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YOU NEED TO READ THIS NOW Feb 01, 2015 So what happens after the big game? Retiring from the NFL isn't easy Retiring from the NFL, or any high performance sport, isn’t easy. A lot of obstacles can come up as players transition into "normal life" — a life they’ve technically never had. ADVERTISEMENT FEATURED STORIES Doctor Who and other BBC shows are vanishing from Prime in Amazon's fight for exclusivity Amazon's streaming war with Netflix is about to claim a new victim: Doctor Who. The Verge has learned that the program, along with the majority of BBC programming, will be vanishing from Prime Instant Video starting February 15th. According to sources familiar with the matter, the issue is exclusivity. Super Bowl will be lit by LEDs for the first time The big game today will be the first ever Super Bowl illuminated by LEDs instead of traditional metal halide lamps. University of Phoenix Stadium — home of the Arizona Cardinals and Super Bowl XLIX — was outfitted with the LED fixtures last year. Before Uber revolutionizes labor, it's going to have to explain these embarrassing emails Earlier this week, New York Times columnist Farhad Manjoo predicted that Uber's biggest impact on the world would not be in transforming transportation, but in changing the labor market and the way we think about work. He may be right. Uber's explosion is the envy of employers everywhere. And those employers are well aware that Uber became a $40 billion company by operating as if its drivers are not Uber employees. MORE FROM THE VERGE The Verge Playlist: Future Jock Jams Inspired by the mid-90s compilation tapes of the same name, I’ve put together a playlist of "Future Jock Jams." Not songs that will be jock jams in the future, but songs that already are jock jams of the future. ► VIDEO Microsoft Clippy's annoying cousin fights for his life in SNL skit Poor Clippy. All he wanted to do was help guide us through the wonderful world of Microsoft Office. In exchange for that, we've given him a lifetime worth of mockery. For good measure, Saturday Night Live piled it on this week with Pushie, Clippy's equally annoying cousin in the form of a red push-pin. Gorillaz announces its return with new artwork on Instagram Everyone's favorite cartoon band is getting back together. Gorillaz co-founder Jamie Hewlett excited fans on Thursday when he posted new artwork of band members Murdoc and Noodle on Instagram. Hewlett later confirmed that the band was getting back together with a simple reply to one of the Instagram posts: "Yes, Gorillaz returns." The Pirate Bay comes back online seven weeks after police raid A phoenix has replaced the iconic pirate ship atop The Pirate Bay today, celebrating the site's rise from the ashes. The torrent site's servers were raided by Swedish police forces over seven weeks ago, and has been offline ever since. But now, The Pirate Bay lives once more.