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nfl (national football league)

Kansas City was the place to be last night as the city hosted the first round of the NFL Draft. The Carolina Panthers selected Bryce Young, the Alabama quarterback, at No. 1 overall. The Houston Texans selected Ohio State quarterback CJ Stroud at No. 2. The second round begins today. There are plenty of surprises ahead with two days left of the draft, including special guests from the military, TikTok sensation James Droz, and guests from the Make-A-Wish, Pat Tillman Foundation and Big Brothers Big Sisters. DREAMS DO COME TRUE


Short and Sweet

  • A New Jersey town is fed up with argumentative and disrespectful parents at little league games. So it requires offending fans to volunteer as an umpire for three games.

  • Ahead of the upcoming WNBA season beginning on May 19, Brittney Griner says she'll never play overseas again unless it's in the Olympics. 

  • The XFL Playoffs are here. Watch for a beer snake when the DC Defenders take on the Seattle Sea Dragons. The Houston Roughnecks will play the Arlington Renegades in Houston. 

  • LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne who has 11M followers on social media and is the highest-paid female collegiate athlete in the country, is making her debut in the new SI Swim issue.


Before We Go

After the Milwaukee Bucks unexpectedly exited the NBA (National Basketball Association) playoffs early, a reporter asked star player Giannis Antetokounmpo if he considered the season a failure. His response was brilliant. "It's not a failure. It's steps to success. There's always steps to it. Michael Jordan played 15 years, won six championships. The other nine years [were] a failure? That's what you're telling me?

His Bucks lost to the Miami Heat, who became the first play-in team to win a playoff series. The Heat are playing the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Semifinals starting on Sunday. The Knicks won their first playoff series in a decade, and New York is going wild. CRAZY TIMES


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Tailgate treat

With the NFL Draft taking over Kansas City, we figured a little Kansas City BBQ was in order for this week's Tailgate Treat. YUM

GAME CHANGER

Did you know that you can catch our podcast on YouTube now? Check out this week's podcast about the NFL Draft which is happening right now until Saturday. THE MORE YOU KNOW