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QBs Williams, Maye, Daniels could go 1-2-3 in draft, or WR Harrison could bump them all down

INDIANAPOLIS — Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels arrived in Indianapolis as Heisman Trophy winners. Drake Maye is seeking to add to his family’s impressive athletic legacy. And the only player who might prevent those three talented quarterbacks from going 1-2-3 in this year’s NFL draft appears to be All-America receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. On Friday, the four top prospects attended the league’s scouting combine, and for the next eight weeks, they will be vying for the No. 1 spot. “I think I’ve put in all the hard work, the time, the effort, the energy into being that. I ...

On the Rio Grande, 300 miles apart, Biden, Trump use immigration to election advantage

The Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas—On the banks of the same Rio Grande but 300 miles apart, President Joe Biden and GOP challenger Donald Trump on Thursday surveyed the U.S.-Mexico border and tussled from a distance over who is to blame for the nation’s broken immigration system and how to fix it. Immigration has emerged as a central issue in the 2024 presidential campaign, which is widely expected to be a Biden-Trump rematch, and each man is seeking to use the border problems to his own political advantage. Their itineraries were remarkably similar: They arrived in Texas ...

Court worker serving an eviction notice and a police officer fatally shot in Missouri, police say

The Associated Press INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) —A court employee trying to serve an eviction notice at a home in Independence, Missouri, was shot and killed Thursday and two police officers who responded to help him also were shot, one fatally. “I’m very tragically sorry to report that we lost one of our own,” Independence Police Chief Adam Dustman said. He identified the deceased officer as Cody Allen, 35. Dustman said Allen “always had a smile” and described the police department as a “broken family,” over his death. The second officer, whose name wasn’t ...

Thank Alabama for Embryo Honesty

I’m not here to join the mockery of Alabama for declaring that embryos are children—and, therefore, in vitro fertilization clinics must protect them forever. On the contrary, I admire its honesty. Many states have effectively banned abortions, arguing that destroying an embryo amounts to baby killing. Yet they look the other way when fertility clinics discard hundreds of thousands of unused embryos, which they routinely do. Let’s be clear. I believe in the right to an abortion within a reasonable time limit and whenever the mother’s life is in danger. Mothers-to-be often ...

MLB wants to save starting pitching, but it’s a tough task

The Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — Max Scherzer logged at least 179 innings in 10 of his first 16 years in the majors. And the three-time Cy Young Award winner learned some tough lessons on the road to pitching deep into games. That’s one reason why the Texas Rangers right-hander thinks Major League Baseball needs to look a lot deeper than a roster limit if it wants to return starting pitching to prominence. “I became a better pitcher once I went through three times in the lineup and was failing on that third time through the lineup,” the 39-year-old Scherzer said. ...

Analysis: Big Ten and SEC power play undermines credibility of playoff, marginalizes ACC and Big 12

The Associated Press The College Football Playoff unveiled a 12-team format in the spring of 2021 that looked like an exciting step in the evolution of the postseason, with potential to lift the sport’s national profile even further while boosting all five power conferences and keeping the other five relevant. Three years later, the expanded playoff fans were promised is not what they are getting. It has been twisted and distorted by conference realignment and greed, with more changes being proposed that nobody outside of a few beneficiaries want. There will be at least two ...