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Named name today: Dane Brugler, Roger Goodell, Andre Agassi, Anna Leigh Waters, Cooper Flagg, Lee Corso, Max Verstappen, Sheder Sanders, Nico Harrison, James Gladstone And more. Let’s go there:
Conversation
The unifying intrigue of the project of tomorrow
The draft of the NFL obviously does not have the reach of the audience of the Super Bowl, but there is a solid argument for the project as the most complete Sports event of the year:
“Draft-Chella”: The NFL has transformed the project into the most accessible party of sports. The draft last year in Detroit attracted a record of more than 775,000 fans. As a smaller town in the NFL, Green Bay will not exceed this, but The scene will look like a professional football renewal.
Full -time provisional cover all year roundincluding a multitude of specialists. (And there is still time to consume at least a part of Dane Brugler Overview of the 300,000 words project, the beast.)
Several adjacent high -level draft events In the months preceding, notably the combination of screening of the league, various windows of university stars and professional days on the campus which arouse an overwhelming interest of fans.
Well -known quirks: It is impossible not to bring your ears back Pavlovian response to nine tones singing carillon Signaling “The choice is in place.”
And, of course, there are the adjustments and the emotional hats and pins with the Commissioner Roger Goodell (even if a growing number of better players choose to spend their days of recovery at home with their families, which – among other advantages – allows them to present approval agreements which would be verbotens if they assisted the project in person).
For all the convincing elements of the project, I will agree with what the executive producer of ESPN Seth Markman Tell my colleague Richard DESTH: The real X factor of the NFL recovery is only for a single window, once a year, it exploits and amplifies the most powerful feeling possible for each fan of each franchise, both:
Hope.
Be caught up
Andre Agassi will make his debut in pickleball at the US Open. (Photo of courtesy)
The new pickleball catalyst?
Large speakers in the sports affairs industry:
Andre Agassi’s era: The participation of the legend in US Open of Pickleball’s US next week (with the pickleball goat Anna Leigh Waters) could be the moment of crossing that sport needs To capture the attention of sports fans of the general public spectator.
Lee Corso retired from ESPN: Like my colleague Andrew Marchand noted in this great appreciationThere are just a handful of personalities on the air who become linked to the sports coverage of a network, and Corso was that for ESPN and university football.
While Corso’s career has ended, the future of “College Gameday” has been illuminated: the predictions of celebrity games (Shout -out in Ball -Knower Timothee Chalamet), game analysts full time (first “The Bear”, now “Stanford Steve”), The Growling Gravitas of Nick Saban and Antics of Attics of Pata of Pata, which replaced Coro and – more than what – The Antics of Atics of Pat of McAfe.
Cooper Flagg’s activity: Unsurprisingly, he is Enter the NBA 2025 draft. An underestimated sub -intry in the history of Flagg was his approval agreement with New Balance, which he signed before his only season in (sponsored Nike). You may have caught it on television ads during the NCAA tournament, Repping NB but also AT&T (“Bingoooo!”).
Expect an increase in marketing activity before its alleged selection as a choice n ° 1 in 10 weeks, as well as what will surely be more publicized endorsement agreements.
2025 Anonymous survey of NBA players:: All results are interesting (less than 30% of players think that the analysis is clear “good” for the league), but I was very intrigued by the Anonymous reactions to the impact of the game: Almost half of the players interviewed Paris partnerships “bad” for the NBA, and their answers included scary anecdotes, including death threats.
The rise of university football GM: While the Spring College football transfer portal ends later this week, catch up with the decisive trend of sport in 2025: the rise of GMs to manage the lists, zero and (If you are Andrew Luck in Stanford or Ron will rive in Rival Cal) Entering the coach’s shot.
Other current obsessions: NWSL games In MLB stadiums … Bobby Witt Jr. daily routine … Max Verstappen future … Syracuse French football coach candor … Nico Iamaleava loss of wages …
What I wonder
The question looming on the project
If there is only one scenario of NFL Draft about to dominate the cover of Thursday evening, it is: Where will QB SheDer Sanders, son of Deion, be written?
(I’m going to put it on / under on the cotton camera to young Sanders at 30 if he was one of the first three … And 100 if he slips in the 1920s. Markman told Déitsch that the night of Sanders draft “could be very parallel to what happened to Aaron Rodgers, which happened to Brady Quinn, which happened to Johnny Manziel.”)
Before that, I asked Scoop City ‘S Jacob Robinson to project three scenarios for Sanders:
As high as possible?
There are a few slots here, starting with the browns and the giants at n ° 2 and 3, respectively, although I doubt that they give up Travis Hunter or Penn State Edge Abdul Carter for Sanders.
As low as possible?
If Sanders arrives at Steelers at 21, the world expects it to be their choice. If even the steelers pass, I see the giants, the browns or even the saints moving their choices of second round and the future selections to write Sanders at the end of the Tour 1. With as many desperate teams for a passer, Sanders should not fall from the first round.
As strange as possible?
The Rams have the 26th choice, they have no succession plan for Matthew Stafford and the Sean Mcvay offensive seems perfectly suited for the skills of Sanders. Then, the circus of the media accompanying Sanders is transformed when it becomes a safeguard in Los Angeles.
Is worth checking: “The Athletic Football Show” will be live on YouTube – Featuring the co -animators Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen, the expert in the NFL Dane Brugler project and the university football expert Bruce Feldman, among others – Thursday and Friday evening.
Handbag
Time for love at first sight
Quote of the week
This guy can’t really stop rake.
You must verify what the NBA players had to say about the trade of Harrison Luka Our anonymous survey of anonymous players. Sample: “I don’t know if 2K would have allowed this business.”
Elevator pitch: NFL recovery hats
I would say that the most emblematic moment of any NFL draft occurs when each player puts the hat of his new team.
My colleague David Betancourt To a beautiful story that comes out tomorrow morning on the repechage hat, and I asked him why there was such a fascination:
“The university’s transition to the professional athlete is never really official until a prospect received the hat that gives them his name and the official colors, unlocking the instantaneous adulation of an integrated fandom.”
Name namely: James Gladstone
Do not let the young mine be wrong – the new 34 -year -old GM of the jaguars is wise beyond his years. Phenomenal profile of my colleague Jourdan Rodrigue About the new leader calling for shots at Jacksonville.
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It was the public in the Nascar Xfinity series on Saturday in Rockingham, in North Carolina, broadcast on the CW. Per Adam Stern of SBJThe 10 races to open the series have exceeded a million, strong numbers that fly in acceleration under the radar this year.
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Is worth your time
Adored This profile of GM hurricanes Eric Telsky, who went from nanotechnologist to the guru of the analysis of the front-office at the head of a characteristic that tackles things as innovative as anyone in sport.
Two other readings are worth your time:
(1) This excellent profile of the partnership between the legendary investor Mellody Hobson and the former president of commanders Jason Wright, on their approach to invest in female sports.
(2) Glossary of financial terms that you will meet in football (soccer). Essential information!
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