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After NFL quarterback prospect Shedeur Sanders was not selected in the first round of the NFL Draft Thursday, many critics debated why on social media. Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman joined the debate Friday, suggesting the reason Sanders slid was because "America continues to fear strong black men." Bowman also compared the 23-year-old quarterback to former NFL star Eli Manning, who refused to play for the San Diego Chargers after being selected with the No. 1 pick in 2004. "The NFL doesn’t like [Shedeur]Sanders because he wears gold chains and talks like a rapper. They don’t care that he’s...

Mel Kiper is hardly the biggest name in Shedeur Sanders’ corner. Donald Trump himself blasted teams for passing on Sanders in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft in a Truth Social post on Friday in which the Commander-in-Chief praised his father, football great Deion Sanders, and called out the NFL owners who passed on the prospect. “What is wrong with NFL owners, are they STUPID?” he wrote. “Deion Sanders was a great college football player, and was even greater in the NFL. He’s also a very good coach, streetwise and smart! Therefore, Shedeur, his quarterback son, has PHENOMENAL...

Tiffany Saine, the mother of Pittsburgh Steelers first-round pick Derrick Harmon, died Thursday night shortly after her son was selected No. 21 in the NFL draft. Saine, who suffered a stroke in 2022 that left her paralyzed on her left side, was on life support in the hospital while Harmon learned of his NFL future surrounded by the rest of his family in his hometown of Detroit. "On behalf of the entire Pittsburgh Steelers organization, I extend our deepest condolences to Derrick Harmon and his family during this difficult time," Steelers president Art Rooney II said Friday in a statement....

President Trump dined with major donors at his Northern Virginia golf course Thursday – the same venue where he is expected to break bread with the top holders of his memecoin next month. The price of admission to attend the fundraiser for MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC, reportedly started at $1 million, with multiple outlets reporting that “host” status would be given to donors contributing at least $5 million to the political group. Details of the goings-on at the dinner were not immediately available. It appears that White House pool reporters were not privy to the function. Trump previously...

Pilot Rob Holland was reportedly involved in a plane crash Thursday near Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia.

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders are now live in the U.S. After an unexpected delay from the initially announced date in early April, Nintendo's hotly anticipated new console is now available to pre-order at select retailers.Major retailers Walmart, Target and Best Buy opened the pre-order floodgates at midnight ET, and the demand was significant, with website crashes and "sold out" notifications quickly appearing at all three.If you're just joining the pre-order hunt now, you haven't missed out yet. GameStop has opted for an 11 a.m. ET drop. As Nintendo warned, demand is already exceeding the supply...

University of Cincinnati freshman offensive lineman Jeremiah Kelly died “unexpectedly” Tuesday morning in his residence, the school announced. He was 18. A cause of death was not disclosed.

"That’s quite the name. Will be fun for the announcers to say for sure."The 2024 MLB Draft got underway Sunday night in Fort Worth, Texas, coinciding with the rest of MLB’s All-Star break in the Dallas area. With the fourth overall pick in the draft, the Oakland Athletics selected Nick Kurtz, a first baseman from Wake Forest who is a two-time member of the All-ACC first team. It is, by many accounts, a great pick for Oakland. Almost immediately upon hearing the pick, however, some on social media pointed out that the player’s name could prove tricky for broadcasters....

Explanation: What's different about this Moon? It's the terminators. In the featured image, you can't directly see any terminator -- the line that divides the light of day from the dark of night. That's because the featured image is a digital composite of many near-terminator lunar strips over a full Moon. Terminator regions show the longest and most prominent shadows -- shadows which, by their contrast and length, allow a flat photograph to appear three-dimensional. The overlay images were taken over two weeks in early April. Many of the Moon's craters stand out because of the shadows they all cast...

Quarterback who famously took a knee during national anthem has not played in the NFL for the better part of a decade. Colin Kaepernick is still seeking to return to the NFL, a decade after he was run out of the league for kneeling during the national anthem. Paparazzi caught up with Kaepernick’s girlfriend, Nessa Diab, a radio and TV host, while she was in New York. She explained that Kaepernick, now 37, remarkably retains the dream of returning to the league that he was last seen playing in 2016 for the San Francisco 49ers. Colin Kaepernick’s girlfriend said he...

A NASCAR race turned into a wrestling match for two drivers who were involved in a crash. On the opening night of the 2025 season on Saturday (April 19) at the historic Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, US, a fight broke out between drivers Zack Staley and Justin Halverson during the race. The confrontation began after the cars of the two drivers collided on the track, leading to both exiting their vehicles and engaging in a physical fight. The situation escalated quickly, prompting multiple people to intervene and pull them apart. The NASCAR broadcast captured the moment, stating,...

The 7-foot-3-inch behemoth weighed in at 153 pounds and Weston said it took him nearly four hours to reel in on just 2-pound test fishing line. Credit: Captain Kirk Kirkland (Alligator Gar Fishing) and Art Weston Art Weston reeled in this 153-pound alligator gar on Lake Livingston with the help of Captain Kirk Kirkland of Alligator Gar Fishing. LIVINGSTON, Texas — "Sharing what was my most challenging catch of my life," Art Weston wrote on Facebook after landing a massive alligator gar in Lake Livingston. The 7-foot-3-inch behemoth weighed in at 153 pounds and Weston said it took him nearly...

NBA legend Dominique Wilkins discusses his surprising Boston Celtics stint and how he felt respected in Boston, contrasting the experiences of past Black athletes.Dominique Wilkins breathed Atlanta Hawks almost all his career and it was almost too much to imagine him anywhere else — much less in Celtics green and white. The same team who had ruled the Eastern Conference for decades, leaving teams like Wilkins' Hawks constantly chasing shadows. For a player who had become the heart of Georgia basketball, Boston felt like foreign territory. Georgia had given him something North Carolina never did — love. Real, open-armed love....

The Pif Fund is buying the British team and aims at the 4-time World Chapion Red Bull: it would go from 50 to 88 million per season A mountain of money for the deal of the century. The operation that could bring Max Verstappen to Aston Martin really has astronomical figures. The Dutchman, determined to leave Red Bull at the end of this season, would find himself signing the richest contract in the history of Formula 1: three hundred million dollars for the next three years (2026-2028), equal to 264 million euros. It would seem like fantasy, instead it is...

Jeddah Corniche Circuit First Grand Prix2021 Number of Laps50 Circuit Length6.174 kmRace Distance308.45 kmLap Record1:30.734Lewis Hamilton (2021)Track

AUGUSTA, ME — The state of Maine has recently continued its struggle for equity by suing the federal government to allow Sasquatch to continue competing in women's sports. According to Governor Janet Mills, Maine will "always be a safe place" for Sasquatch to play women's volleyball or any other women's sport his enormous mammalian heart desires. "Deep inside Sasquatch's hulking muscles and furry coat is a little girl who just wants to play," said Mills. "We in Maine will never kowtow to the federal government's argument that 'sometimes Sasquatch rips girls' limbs off, creating an unsafe environment.' Sasquatch has not...

“Who’s the bad guy now?” “I’m the one who knock-knocks.” “Either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain.” Bob Baffert may be practicing some of those lines ahead of his return to Churchill Downs. The Hall of Fame trainer from the West Coast has a chance to do something that would make Hollywood producers blush. America loves to tear down public figures, then build them back up. This spring, Bob Baffert is preparing for the ultimate comeback story.

At the beginning of the video, those involved exchanged words and little shoves when a man in a white shirt shouted: “It’s Monday night f–king golf, you in a rush? Where you gotta be?” to another man in a blue shirt before nearly pushing him to the ground. he two men began exchanging blows, with the man in the white shirt eventually having his top taken off and being punched to the ground. Global News reported that man might have suffered a broken jaw. What appeared to be outside parties began trying to break up the fight as the two...

D.C. is close to a deal worth more than $3 billion to bring the Washington Commanders back to the District and build a new stadium at the RFK Stadium site. The deal isn’t final as negotiations are ongoing, so the number could change, but multiple sources familiar with the deal told News4 that Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Commanders have the framework for a deal in place that would see the team paying the vast majority of the costs to build a new stadium and much of the money provided by the city going for infrastructure that will support the...

MILWAUKEE -- Ed Miklavcic said the secrets to his longevity are simple: He took care of himself and worked hard. It showed on Wednesday at American Family Field, where the 105-year-old Miklavcic, a World War II veteran and the second-oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, threw a ceremonial first pitch for the ages prior to the Tigers-Brewers game. Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick and manager Pat Murphy were among those who visited with Miklavcic before his pitch. He is one of 15 veterans of Pearl Harbor alive today after this week’s passing of 106-year-old Vaughn P. Drake Jr....