UNDATED (AP) — It’s not often that the 144th overall pick is the biggest story of the NFL draft. In a three-day spectacle of cringe that will live in football lore for a long time, University of Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders fell from a potential top-five overall selection on Thursday to the fifth round on Saturday in an excruciating slide that had his supporters fuming and detractors laughing. The Cleveland Browns finally ended Sanders’ misery with the No. 144 selection. In this analysis, The Associated Press examines some of the potential reasons for Sanders’ free fall, using the quarterback’s own words, his father’s comments, the analysis of pundits and his on-the-field performance.
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed an antitrust lawsuit brought against the NCAA by several former college basketball players. They claimed that the NCAA has enriched itself off their name, image and likeness during the promotion of March Madness. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer of New York pointed to a four-year statute of limitations for federal antitrust violations. He noted that their case was not demonstrably different from other settled cases involving the athletes.
UNDATED (AP) — Jimmer Fredette’s hopes for an Olympic medal were dashed last year by injury. He’ll try again to lead USA Basketball to a medal at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Only this time, he won’t be playing. Fredette was announced Monday as the first managing director of USA Basketball’s 3x3 men’s national team, essentially the same role that Grant Hill has with the senior men’s national team. Fredette is a former NBA lottery pick and 2011 AP college player of the year who retired as a player last week. He will oversee the selection of players and coaches for major international competitions.
UNDATED (AP) — Texas got as much and maybe more than it hoped for out of its weekend series against Texas A&M. The Longhorns won three straight one-run games and extended their win streak to nine games. The series was played against the backdrop of Jim Schlossnagle’s first meeting with Texas A&M since he left the Aggies after coaching them to a national runner-up finish last year. The wins improved the Longhorns to 37-5 and made them the third team to start 19-2 or better in Southeastern Conference play since the league expanded to a 30-game conference schedule in 1996.
