The Chicago Bears offered a glaring indication as to their NFL Draft plans as they traded starting quarterback Justin Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday. Fields, their 2021 first-round pick, heads to Pittsburgh in exchange for a 2025 conditional sixth-round pick that could become a 2025 fourth-round pick, per NFL Network. The moves creates … Read more
KYIV — Even as he promises international partners that Ukraine will handle the fighting if given needed weapons and other support, President Volodymyr Zelensky and his top military commanders have failed so far to come up with a clear plan to conscript or recruit many thousands of new soldiers critically needed to defend against Russia’s … Read more
The Super Bowl took place less than three weeks ago, but the NFL offseason is about to be in full swing. It unofficially starts this weekend in Indianapolis. While free agency is on the mind of many fans, the NFL Draft likely represents the best opportunity this spring for each franchise to shape its future. … Read more
LeBron James wants everyone overanalyzing his son’s college basketball career to take a step back … begging Bronny’s critics to leave “the kid” alone as he continues to work on his game. The Lakers superstar’s public plea comes on the heels of ESPN’s latest mock draft … which has the 19-year-old USC freshman staying in … Read more
LYMAN, Ukraine (AP) — When the Russian army mounted a full-scale invasion two years ago, Ukrainian men zealously rushed to recruitment centers across the country to enlist, ready to die in defense of their nation. Today, with Russia in control of roughly one-quarter of Ukraine and the two armies virtually deadlocked along a 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) … Read more
RIGA, Latvia — Alexei Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, filed a lawsuit in a Russian court seeking to force officials to release the opposition leader’s body and accusing Russian investigators of violating the law by refusing to do so. But any hope of a swift resolution of her struggle to retrieve the body and bury her … Read more
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The Seattle Storm and Los Angeles Sparks have kicked the 2024 WNBA offseason into another gear. On Jan. 31, the teams announced a trade that sends Kia Nurse and the No. 4 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft to Los Angeles while the Sparks’ 2026 first-round pick is being sent to Seattle. The trade … Read more
There are two sides to the first round of the NFL Draft: teams desperately angling for quarterbacks, and everyone else. Quarterback prospects tend to be overdrafted because landing a franchise signal-caller can transform a franchise. The Chiefs discovered this when they moved up 17 picks to draft Patrick Mahomes in 2017, and the Bills struck … Read more
Beijing has quietly pulled the proposed curbs on the video game industry from the official website, weeks after the draft guidelines wiped tens of billions of dollars off the market value of local titans. The link to the draft rules was no longer accessible as of this morning, as first reported by Reuters. Shares of … Read more
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia should reintroduce compulsory military service, the defense ministry said Thursday, as tensions continue to escalate in the Balkans. The ministry said in a statement that the proposal for service of up to four months is made “in order to increase the defense capabilities of the Serbian Armed Forces, through the rejuvenation … Read more