Yetur Gross-Matos would have liked to have been in Las Vegas for the NFL draft on Thursday night, but the Penn State defensive lineman is OK participating from home.
Author: The Associated Press
Prospects ready for their closeup on draft night from home
Yetur Gross-Matos would have liked to have been in Las Vegas for the NFL draft on Thursday night, but the Penn State defensive lineman is OK participating from home.
Woods, Mickelson to stage TV match with Brady, Florida Florida manning
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are staging another made-for-TV match. This time, they’ll have company.
Virus shutdowns will likely make NFL draft most bet on ever
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — For those who haven’t mastered the odds of Belarussian soccer or Russian table tennis, this week’s NFL draft gives U.S. gamblers their first opportunity in weeks to bet on an event about which they actually know something. With major sports shut down for more than a month because of the […]
SEC poised to break own NFL record for 1st-round draft picks
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Southeastern Conference is expected to shatter two of its own NFL draft records. The football powerhouse could have as Florida many as 16 players selected in the opening round Thursday night, a number that would top the previous mark of 12 the league set in 2013 and matched four years later. […]
What is ‘It’? Identifying and developing intangibles in QBs
Sam Howell has been a quarterback since first grade. His father told him then that to play the position he needed to be the leader of the team, and that more would be expected of him than other players, both on the field and off. Howell, coming off a record-breaking freshman season at North Carolina, […]
Derek Jeter says he’s forgoing salary during pandemic, AP source says
The person confirmed Jeter’s comments to the AP on condition of anonymity because the Marlins have not commented publicly on the call.
Deep receiver class faces high hopes for immediate impact
The upcoming NFL draft features a tantalizing class of wide receivers expected to make an immediate impact as rookies.
NFL following NBA’s lead in blurring traditional positions
The NFL is embracing dexterity for the first time since the 1960s, when expanded rosters and the age of specialization ushered out the last of the great two-way players such as Chuck Bednarik and Les Richter. For much of the last half-century, players who didn’t fit the mold were essentially taunted as “tweeners.” Now, they’re […]
PGA Tour hopes to resume in June at Colonial with no fans
The PGA Tour laid out an ambitious plan Thursday to resume its season the second week of June and keep fans away for at least a month, conceding that any return to golf depends on whether it can be played safely amid the coronavirus outbreak.