• Yahoo Sports

    2024 NFL Draft: Texas sets program record with 11 players picked

    Texas had multiple first-round picks for the first time in 17 years.

  • The Canadian Press

    The Steelers believe in building from the inside out. They took that to the extreme in the NFL draft

    PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers spent February overhauling their offensive coaching staff, March doing the same to the quarterback room and the last week of April giving the offensive line a massive injection of youth. The huddle and the sideline will look significantly different this fall when the Steelers take the field in Week 1. How longtime coach Mike Tomlin wants his team to move the ball, however, will not. The proof came over three sometimes-tense days of the NFL draft, when ge

  • The Canadian Press

    After passing on QBs in the draft, the Raiders will stick with Gardner Minshew and Aidan O'Connell

    HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — When six quarterbacks went off the NFL draft board in the first 12 picks Thursday and Las Vegas hadn't traded up to become one of those clubs, it was clear the Raiders already had the QBs they plan to take into next season. Free agent signee Gardner Minshew and returning starter Aidan O'Connell will compete for the job as Raiders first-year general manager Tom Telesco opted to prioritize building the roster around them. He used the 13th overall pick on Georgia tight end Br

  • The Canadian Press

    Celtics lead wire-to-wire in Miami, roll past Heat 104-84 for 2-1 lead in East series

    MIAMI (AP) — Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each scored 22 points, and the Boston Celtics soundly beat the Miami Heat 104-84 on Saturday night to a take a 2-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series. Tatum added 10 rebounds and six assists for the Celtics, who led Game 3 wire-to-wire and reclaimed the home-court edge that they lost when Miami won Game 2 in Boston. Kristaps Porzingis had 18 points and Derrick White scored 16 for the Celtics, who used runs of 12-3, 11-0 and 20-8