When it came time to decide what he’d wear to the NFL Draft, newly-minted Chicago Bear Caleb Williams had two goals. He wanted to “be unique, be one of a kind,” he told me a few days before being drafted first overall. This was no surprise: since he was a kid, Williams has prepared diligently—perhaps obsessively—to become a quarterback the likes of which football has never before seen. And in his two seasons at USC, he was particularly unafraid to show off the qualities (from his game-breaking...
The Bills won the AFC East divisional title for a fourth straight season last year but were once again unable to get past Kansas City in the playoffs, losing by three points against the Chiefs in the Divisional Round.
Top picks like Caitlin Clark are heading toward surefire pro careers. But not all 36 selections from the 2024 WNBA Draft will have such assurances.
Bears general manager Ryan Poles says he knows "what we're going to do" with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL, but "everyone's got to tune in on Thursday."
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. NCAA stars Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are going pro. The WNBA Draft was held last night in Brooklyn in front of 1,000 fans. The tickets sold out within 15 minutes of them going on sale… everyone hoping to see history in the making.
The anticipation is over. The Patriots did months of homework on University of North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye leading up to the 2024 NFL Draft, and with the third overall pick, New England got its guy. The selection makes Maye the highest-drafted quarterback for the franchise in 21 years, when the Patriots took Drew Bledsoe first overall and forever changed the trajectory of the franchise. It's too soon to know if Maye will have a similar impact, though by most accounts, his biggest...
Angel Reese will be leaving her "Bayou Barbie" moniker in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After getting selected by the Chicago Sky in the first round of the 2024
Iriafen, originally from Stanford, will team up with JuJu Watkins
The NFL draft continues tonight with rounds 2 and 3. You can watch every pick today and tomorrow on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and NFL Network.
Two concepts that play into discussions of the NFL draft are positional need and positional value. Positional Need is a pretty straightforward concept. If you lack players of the needed quality (and that could be starters or backups), then you have a need. If you have a depth chart that is fully loaded at a position, you probably don’t have a need; you may even be in a position to trade players away. Positional value is less straighforward, but most committed NFL fans have an intuitive grasp of...
Caitlin Clark, a rising star of women's basketball, was recently selected by the Indiana Fever as the number one overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft held in Brooklyn. Her selection has generated a lot of buzz, and her entry into the league is expected to attract a considerable audience, considering her impressive college career with the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team.Clark's talent, along with other players in the WNBA, has played a crucial role in driving the growth of women's...
Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese's rookie contract details have dropped, per Spotrac: Of course, Reese should be making plenty more than that through