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Why is Kansas City hosting the 2023 NFL Draft, and who hosts next?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:09 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (NEXSTAR) - This week, Kansas City will become just the 12th city to host the NFL Draft in the event's 88-year history. Kansas City, home of the Super Bowl champion Chiefs, was declared the 2023 NFL Draft host site in 2019. But why?Before it was formally selected, the city was among the finalists for the 2019 and 2020 drafts, according to the NFL – Nashville and Las Vegas were selected instead, respectively. As with other hopeful host cities, Kansas City had to be pitched for the draft. It took three attempts for local leaders to convince NFL officials the city was a good venue for the event. 2023 NFL Draft order for all seven rounds After the first failed bid, which would have brought the 2015 draft to the city, leaders learned they needed to have a more compact and accessible location. The addition of a street car line improved Kansas City's chances, but not enough for it to land the 2019 draft. Thanks to the construction of a convention center hotel in th...

NFL Mock Draft: Here's who AP has each team taking

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:09 GMT

(AP) - It took the Carolina Panthers until this week to decide which quarterback they’ll select with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday night.They’re not saying, but oddsmakers believe it’ll be Alabama’s Bryce Young. The 2021 Heisman Trophy winner is an overwhelming favorite to go first, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud has dropped from favorite to having the third-best odds behind Kentucky’s Will Levis. Florida’s Anthony Richardson is a longshot.The Panthers traded four picks, including No. 9 overall and a first-rounder next year, along with wide receiver DJ Moore to give new coach Frank Reich a quarterback to build around.The final edition of the AP’s 2023 mock draft gives the nod to Young.1. Carolina Panthers (from Chicago): BRYCE YOUNG, QUARTERBACK, ALABAMAYoung can make every throw, has strong pocket presence and is a dynamic playmaker. The biggest question is his size — 5-foot-10, 204. It was never an issue while Yo...

NFL Draft Guide: How to watch, who will go No. 1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:09 GMT

(AP) - The NFL never really stops, so the offseason continues with the draft starting Thursday night.The Carolina Panthers have the No. 1 overall pick and, as usual, a lot of the hype surrounds the quarterbacks. Alabama's Bryce Young, Ohio State's C.J. Stroud, Kentucky's Will Levis and Florida's Anthony Richardson are among the coveted prospects.At least one team has decided to address their quarterback situation by adding a veteran via trade. The New York Jets acquired veteran Aaron Rodgers from the Green Bay Packers earlier this week in a long-expected blockbuster deal that also has draft implications.The Jets received Rodgers, the No. 15 overall pick and a fifth-rounder this year from the Packers. In exchange, Green Bay will get the 13th overall selection, a second-rounder (No. 42) and a sixth-rounder this year and a conditional 2024 second-round pick that can become a first-rounder if Rodgers plays 65% of plays for New York this season.Here's more to kno...

Hendriks, 4 others closer to return for slumping White Sox

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:09 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks could go out on a rehab assignment next week in a big step in his recovery from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.Hendriks announced his diagnosis in January and completed his final round of chemotherapy three weeks ago. The 34-year-old right-hander announced last week on Instagram that he was cancer-free.White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said Thursday that Hendriks would return to Chicago during the team's upcoming series against Minnesota for “a pre-rehab assignment check-in,” and then his assignment could start "potentially immediately after that series.” ‘I’m cancer free’: White Sox closer Liam Hendriks is in remission Hendriks, a three-time All-Star, was third in the majors with 37 saves last season. He led the AL with a career-high 38 saves in 2021, after leaving Oakland to sign a $54 million, three-year contract with the White Sox.Hendriks has 115 saves and a 3.81 ERA over 12 seasons with Minnesota, Toronto, Kansas City, ...

2023 NFL Draft: Why do fans boo NFL commissioner Roger Goodell?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:09 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — An NFL Draft tradition is upon us and it may happen again in Kansas City.The NFL Draft was held in New York City for most of the league's existence, for all of the years from 1964 to 2014.When the draft began traveling to different cities in 2015, NFL fans from all over started greeting commissioner Roger Goodell with warm regards and some cheers, but more boos than anything whenever he would take the podium.The boos reach as far back as the 2011 NFL Draft in Radio City Music Hall when quarterback Cam Newton was the first overall pick for the Carolina Panthers. 2023 NFL Draft tracker: Follow Round 1 picks live Thursday Goodell has also been booed at the 2017 draft in Philadelphia, the 2018 draft in Dallas, the 2019 draft in Nashville when the production crew worked hard to edit the audio, and pretty much every year ever since.So why do fans feel the need to give the leader of their favorite sports league grief? It is one of the few opportunities that Good...

DOJ: Austin man sentenced on possession of child pornography charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:09 GMT

Editor’s Note: The video above shows KXAN News Today’s top headlines for April 27, 2023.AUSTIN (KXAN) — A federal court in Austin sentenced a man Tuesday to five years in prison on possession of child pornography charges, according to the United States Department of Justice.The DOJ said 31-year-old Tucker Smith searched for, accessed, viewed, downloaded, possessed, stored, and distributed child sexual abuse material since approximately 2018. “Smith stated that he maintained between 15 and 20 gigabytes of CSAM depicting minors ranging from two to three years old to 15-16 years old,” the DOJ said.According to a report, investigators seized and submitted approximately 904 images and 3,402 videos of suspected child sexual abuse material to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.“This sentencing sends the message that we will continue to pursue and prosecute the predators who engage in the heinous and indefensible act of possessing child sexual abuse material,” said ...

Man pulled from Lady Bird Lake was father of 12 year old

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:09 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Loved ones of Christopher Hays-Clark, who police pulled from Lady Bird Lake near Longhorn Dam on April 15, said he was a great father who left behind a 12-year-old boy. "A bright light in my life and my son's life and in my family's life and I just want... I just want to know what happened and I just want the world to know he didn't deserve this," Reegan Aparicio, the mother of Clark's child, said. MAP: Tracking deaths near Lady Bird Lake in Austin Police responded to this area of the lake after multiple people called 911 about an apparent body in the water.“As of right now, nothing criminal has been seen,” APD public information officer Michael Bullock said that Saturday during a press conference.The medical examiner's office is still working to determine the cause of death.Aparicio and other loved ones of Hays-Clark want to see investigatory results more quickly."Chris - I miss you I love you, I love you, you'll always be my brother," his friend Carl Bellinger ...

Maplewood man gets 40-year prison term for killing girlfriend’s 17-month-old daughter

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:09 GMT

Ramsey County Judge Leonardo Castro had direct words for Terrance Leslie on Thursday before sentencing him to 40 years in prison for the October murder of Jamari Hne, a 17-month-old girl who was repeatedly assaulted and burned by hot water.Castro told Leslie that he committed “evil, devilish deeds” and the “most cowardly act imaginable to mankind: brutally taking the life of a precious and innocent child.”Terrance Valdez Leslie (Courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office)The Maplewood toddler, who was the daughter of Leslie’s then-girlfriend, suffered burns to her face, bleeding in the brain, arm fractures and injuries consistent with sexual assault. She died of cardiac arrest.“May you seek forgiveness from higher powers, because I don’t believe you will find that today,” Castro told him. “May God have mercy on your soul.”Castro then handed down the 40-year term, which was the maximum Leslie could be given on a second-degree unintentional murder conviction. Las...

Former Minneapolis cop pleads guilty in 2021 squad car crash that killed St. Paul man

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:09 GMT

A former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty Thursday to criminal vehicular homicide in a 2021 traffic crash that killed a 40-year-old St. Paul man.Brian Cummings was pursuing a suspect in his MPD squad car on July 6, 2021, when he ran a red light and struck another vehicle at high speed, killing Leneal Lamont Frazier, according to the criminal complaint against Cummings.In exchange for his guilty plea, prosecutors dropped a charge of second-degree manslaughter, court documents say. Under the plea agreement, Cummings will be placed on probation and serve up to one year in the Hennepin County jail, according to the office of Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty.A sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 22.“My thoughts are with Leneal Frazier’s family as they process this admission of guilt and this step toward accountability,” Moriarty said in her office’s news release. “The reckless driving conduct admitted today is not representative of the many men and w...

On Crime Victims’ Rights Week, St. Paul man tells of his childhood sexual abuse to combat stigma

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:09 GMT

Photographs of Billy Dinkel show him as a second grader and a fifth grader — before the abuse started and when he was going through it.He went from a little boy with a big smile to “just trying to survive,” he said Thursday.During national Crime Victims’ Rights Week, Dinkel told his story of the childhood sexual abuse he suffered because he said he wants to help others share what happened to them or realize they’re not alone.“There’s a little boy inside of me that appreciates when people listen,” said Dinkel, of St. Paul. “Every victim has that wounded child that wants to be heard and believed. Empathy and compassion is how we should treat our victims and sometimes we don’t.”40th anniverary of passage of victims bill of rightsThis year marks the 40th anniversary of the passage of the Minnesota Crime Victim Bill of Rights.“These are rights that most people likely never think about and now are often taken for gran...