More Sports / Football Apr 29, 2022
The first five players selected in the NFL draft on Thursday night play on the defensive side of the ball.
More Sports / Football Apr 30, 2021
Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson and Trey Lance were the first three picks of Thursday night's NFL draft in Cleveland, marking just the third time the top three selections were all quarterbacks.
More Sports / Football Apr 29, 2021
Carson Palmer warns highly drafted QBs to brace for adversity
Palmer said quarterbacks will need to get used to the unfamiliar feeling of failure and the finger-pointing that comes with it.
Football Mar 23, 2021
NFL steps out of basement for 2021 draft
by Emmanuel Morgan
Commissioner Roger Goodell eschewed bro hugs and a podium during the NFL draft last April, when he was forced to announce teams’ picks from his wood-paneled basement as the league conducted the event virtually while the coronavirus raged. For part of the night, when New ...
Football Mar 14, 2021
NFL prospects seize on few chances to impress ahead of draft
National Football League prospects are navigating an unusual path to the draft this year, with the annual NFL Scouting Combine canceled after a chaotic collegiate football season that left fewer opportunities to impress. League scouts are descending on college campuses across the country through April ...
More Sports / Football Mar 29, 2020
An NFL draft handled remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic is the latest twist to an event that has become as popular as any pro football happening short of the Super Bowl. Roger Goodell alerted NFL teams in a memo Thursday night that the dates ...
More Sports / Football Jan 7, 2020
Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa announces he's entering 2020 NFL Draft
Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa put an end to the initial question about his future, announcing Monday that he is entering the NFL Draft and closing the book on a college career that began with a splash and ended with a devastating injury. Now the questions ...
More Sports / Football Apr 26, 2019
Cardinals take QB Kyler Murray No. 1; 49ers select Nick Bosa with second pick
The Arizona Cardinals selected Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft on Thursday night. The pick unites Murray with Kliff Kingsbury in Arizona, seven years after the coach first began pursuit of the player. "This is where I ...
More Sports / Football Apr 2, 2018
UCLA's Gyo Shojima striving to realize NFL dream
by Kaz Nagatsuka
All eyes were on quarterback Josh Rosen, a potential top-three pick in this month's NFL Draft, during UCLA's pro day on a mild, sunny day in Los Angeles last month. Gyo Shojima might have been the most unlikely person there, but that was of no ...
Basketball | BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK Aug 20, 2015
Iwate signs versatile power forward Harris
by Ed Odeven
Forward Alandise Harris brings big athletic potential as he embarks on a pro career. Recently signed by the Iwate Big Bulls, the 198-cm power forward is coming off his senior season at the University of Arkansas that included the team's Defensive Player of the Year ...
More Sports / Football May 9, 2014
The Houston Texans beefed up their defensive line by taking extraordinary pass rusher Jadeveon Clowney from the University of South Carolina with the first pick of the NFL Draft on Thursday. The Texans, picking first after a league-worst 2-14 season, kicked off the annual selection ...
More Sports / Football | NFL NOTEBOOK May 8, 2014
Teams facing tough strategic choices in draft
by Hiroshi Ikezawa
Best or bust? It's the tough question every team faces in the NFL Draft. The players you choose do not always fit your scheme best. Remember the quarterbacks the Cleveland Browns selected in the first round — Tim Couch, Brady Quinn, and most recently Brandon ...