The first round of the 2017 NFL draft showed that many teams are obsessed with finding the next big thing right awayThe future face of the Chicago Bears strutted into a giant tent behind the NFL draft stage on Thursday night. Mitchell Trubisky, with all of one college season as a starter, wore a gray three-piece suit, a Bears cap and a smile. Inside the tent was a row of radio and television interviewers. All had the same question: Was he surprised? Related: 'Fine me later': Takkarist McKinley wins hearts with draft speech to late grandma Continue reading...
While stereotypes around black quarterbacks have weakened, they are still drafted lower than their white counterparts and some old perceptions lingerThey were just kids back then, a couple of 16 year olds running plays at quarterback camps. It would be years before DeShone Kizer would land at Notre Dame and Deshaun Watson would win a national title at Clemson. But even in those days at passing clinics in Portland, Oregon and Columbus, Ohio there was an understanding that as African American quarterbacks a future was possible for them that hadn’t always been there in the past. “[We used to say to each other] how cool would it be if we were two of the top quarterbacks coming out in whatever...
The consensus is that the Browns will go for the Texas A&M as No1 pick but who will your team go for in Philadelphia on Thursday?Pick: Myles Garrett, edge rusher, Texas A&M Continue reading...
The presidential candidate and the former Yankees star may seem like an unlikely MLB ownership team, but theirs is a very American storyIf the Miami Marlins were a politician, they would be Jeb Bush. Both were expected to be a powerhouse from their inception, but after some early success – the Florida Marlins two World Series titles and Jeb twice being elected to run Florida – they failed to generate much of a following and eventually became a punchline. Both call Florida home, both are synonymous with losing and few seem to care that either exists. And what was the exclamation point thrown into Jeb! 2016’s logo but the desperate campaign equivalent of the home run sculpture at Marlins Park....
The 50-question, 12-minute cognitive ability test has been used to evaluate NFL draft prospects for four decades now ... but does it work?The Wonderlic test score results for NFL draftees aren’t supposed to be public, but somehow, year after year, they are. “We do not release test scores to anyone,” a Wonderlic employee told me, “except the NFL Combine representatives. Any Wonderlic test scores reported by the media are not official and could be inaccurate.”Nonetheless, everyone pays a lot of attention to the Wonderlic score leaks this time of year, if only to argue about their merits. Just a few days ago, the sports press rushed to report that of this year’s crop, the three top running back prospects –...