Happy Thursday, ladies and gentlemen. Better yet: Happy NFL Draft Day! The first round of the 2023 NFL Draft takes place tonight in Kansas City, with the next crop of future NFL stars learning where they will begin their professional careers. The draft has taken on a life of its own over the last decade-plus and is now a must-see event for every NFL fan. Sure, your team may take a lineman and not a flashy player, but it could end up being a cornerstone piece your team needs to find success in the coming years. With so much excitement for tonight’s festivities, let’s jump right into it and check out some headlines from around the league that we may have missed.
- Meet Olivia Fabry, a track and field star at Notre Dame.
- Twitter data shows who each state thinks will be the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.
- NASCAR’s Alex Bowman suffered a fractured vertebra in a wild sprint car accident.
- The NFL Draft theater in KC is the largest ever and it is quite the sight.
- Paulina Gretzky is flaunting the goods ahead of LIV Singapore and the internet is loving it.
- Boston Celtics exec Heather Watson, 52, passed away after battling brain cancer.
- Sophia Culpo rips NFL receiver Braxton Berrios over ‘betrayal’ that ended relationship.
- Floyd Mayweather is going to box John Gotti’s grandson in his next exhibition match.
Video of the Day
JIMMY BUTLER IS NOT OF THIS PLANET pic.twitter.com/uPFZfF8p5W
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) April 27, 2023
Jimmy Butler forced overtime with some late-game heroics (even if it was a push-off) before the Miami Heat eliminated the No. 1 seed Milwaukee Bucks in overtime.
Food of the Day
With the draft in Kansas City, we have to give a shoutout to Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que.