Archive

2023

Browsing

After a successful abortion ballot measure in Ohio that enshrined abortion access into the state’s constitution, attorney generals in red states are making moves to address ambiguities and euphemisms in upcoming abortion measures in their states to avoid deceptive language, an issue that pro-life groups say was critical in the Ohio vote.

In Arkansas, Attorney General Tim Griffin recently rejected a proposed abortion ballot that he said had a deceptive title and misleading text. 

Griffin outlined concerns about ‘ambiguities in the text’, not enough clarity on the meanings of the words ‘health’ and ‘access,’ the potentially deceptive name of the ballot measure, and other facts that he says need to be addressed and resubmitted.

In Florida, Republican AG Ashley Moody recently called a pro-abortion amendment initiative that made it to her desk ‘one of the worst I have ever seen.’

‘As just one example of how misleading this initiative is, the initiative creates a right to abortion through ‘viability,’’ Moody wrote. ‘As any mother knows, ‘viability’ has two meanings when it comes to pregnancy. First, it means whether a pregnancy is expected to continue developing normally through delivery. Doctors can tell during the first trimester, usually around about 12 weeks, whether a pregnancy is viable and would have a much lower risk of miscarriage. For that reason, many women often wait to tell family and friends about their pregnancy until that time.’

‘Second, viability is sometimes used to mean whether a baby can survive outside of the uterus, which currently is around 21 to 25 weeks of pregnancy. The two time periods, depending on your definition of viability, are starkly different, and the procedures performed to abort a baby’s life at either time period are dissimilar.’

Moody wrote that regardless of her own personal opinion on abortion, ‘Floridians are entitled to know clearly and concisely what they are voting for or against.’

South Dakota AG Jackley also took issue with the wording in a recent abortion proposal writing that ‘any suggestion that your proposed abortion amendment makes abortion legal only for the first trimester is contrary to the language of the proposed amendment.’ 

The comments by the three Republican attorney generals come after Ohioans voted to enshrine abortion access into their constitution in a vote that pro-life groups say was swayed by misleading ads from the abortion industry and vague language that they say goes even farther than Roe v. Wade did.

‘Deception is the common theme in every abortion ballot measure,’ SBA Pro-Life America’s state public affairs director Kelsey Pritchard said in a statement to Fox News Digital. ‘Abortion activists have repeatedly used unclear language to mislead voters into embedding unlimited abortion in their state constitutions. Because Americans do not support second- and third-trimester abortions, Big Abortion must funnel millions into ads that lie about what these amendments actually do in order to be successful.’

‘We thank Tim Griffin, Ashley Moody and Marty Jackley for exposing abortion activists’ deceptive tactics. These attorneys general are faithfully carrying out their duties as they push for clarity so that voters are aware they are voting on establishing a right to late-term abortion.’ 

Many consider the Ohio ballot measure to be a blueprint for how the abortion industry plans to pass state level abortion laws in the wake of Roe v. Wade and SBA Vice President of State Affairs Stephen Billy told Fox News Digital that ‘it’s clear that pro-life leaders, including the attorney generals in the pro-life states, recognize the threat when these deceptive ballot measures, these deceptive amendments land on the ballot.

‘They’re taking action early now to fight back against it and to make sure there’s clarity for the voters in their states about how radical these amendments are allowing abortion basically without restriction and deteriorating parental rights.’

This post appeared first on FOX NEWS

The ranks of the unbeaten continue to dwindle in men’s college basketball. Arizona, however, is still in that exclusive club and holds on to the No. 1 spot in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll.

The Wildcats maintained their hot start with a decisive home win against Wisconsin over the weekend. They received 28 of 32 first-place votes in this week’s balloting.

Kansas climbs back into the No. 2 spot. The Jayhawks finish five poll points ahead of No. 3 Houston, though the Cougars picked up three No. 1 nods to just one for Kansas. Purdue and Connecticut continue to round out the top five, with No. 6 Baylor and No. 7 Marquette also holding steady.

Creighton vaults back into the top 10, moving up three positions to NO. 8. North Carolina stays at No. 9, and Tennessee is back up to 10th after a solid win against No. 16 Illinois.

Clemson leaps from No. 20 to No. 11, its highest ranking since Feb. 9, 2009, when the Tigers briefly cracked the top 10. It’s not the week’s biggest move, however, as Oklahoma vaults 10 places to No. 12 just ahead of No. 13 Gonzaga.

Despite the loss at Arizona, Wisconsin moves into the poll at No. 23 on the strength of some earlier wins, notably against Marquette. Mississippi also moves in at No. 25, its first poll appearance since Jan. 21, 2019.

Texas A&M and Ohio State are the week’s dropouts.

This post appeared first on USA TODAY

The Pittsburgh Steelers have been going through a frustrating stretch with three losses in four games. Head coach Mike Tomlin would like to see wide receiver George Pickens handle it better.

‘It’s a problem because it’s not solution-oriented,’ Tomlin told the media during his Monday press conference. ‘We’re all frustrated, but we gotta manage our frustrations in a professional, mature way and when it’s not done that way, it’s not necessarily pushing us toward solutions.’

During Thursday’s 21-18 loss to the lowly New England Patriots, Pickens was shown in the end zone dramatically folding in half after a failed play. He also barely put his hands up to block defensive back Alex Austin and was yelling at teammates on the bench.

In the third quarter, Tomlin was shown on the sideline talking sternly to Pickens, who had five catches for 19 yards, his second lowest yardage total this season.

After a Week 11 loss to the Cleveland Browns, the Steelers fired offensive coordinator Matt Canada, but Pittsburgh’s woes continued.

NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more.

After the loss to the Patriots, fellow wide receiver Diontae Johnson, who has been vocal about his own grievances, explained how he tries to keep Pickens in the right mindset.

‘He’s probably frustrated. My job is just continue to tell him to keep his head in the game. You never know when your opportunity is going to come,’ he said. ‘You can’t let one bad play define the whole thing for you personally. Once you do that, you take yourself out of the game. I’m always there for him continue to try to keep his head in the game and keep his energy up. We need him at the same time. If his energy’s down and ball comes his way, he don’t make plays like he wants to. He’ll be all right.’

Pickens is in his second year in the league. He was a second round pick in the 2022 draft out of Georgia and played in 17 games, starting 12 in his rookie year. He racked up 52 catches for 801 receiving yards.

Tomlin was asked if the wide receiver’s behavior is appropriate for a player who has NFL experience.

‘I think it can happen to anybody when things aren’t going well, to be quite honest with you,’ he said. ‘We care a lot. We put a lot into it. So frustration is a natural human response. But I’m also completely comfortable asking these guys to do unnatural things. Because they’re professional athletes, man. That’s our job to do the unique things and make it look regular, to make it look ordinary.’

This post appeared first on USA TODAY

The NHL suspended Detroit Red Wings forward David Perron for six games on Monday for a retaliatory cross-check while teammate and captain Dylan Larkin was lying unconscious on the ice.

The play started when the Ottawa Senators’ Mathieu Joseph hit Larkin in the back of the head during a net-front scramble during the first period Saturday. Larkin fell into Ottawa’s Parker Kelly and lost consciousness.

Perron delivered a high hit to the head of Ottawa’s Artem Zub, who had fallen on Larkin and had just stood up. Perron received a match penalty for intent to injure.

‘This is not a hockey play,’ the NHL’s player safety department said in its suspension video. ‘This is an intentional strike with a stick made with the purpose of exacting retribution on an opponent.’

The department disputed the Red Wings’ assertion that the cross-check was not a direct blow to head.

Perron, who had been fined earlier in his career for a retaliatory cross-check, can appeal the suspension to commissioner Gary Bettman and later to an independent arbitrator. Perron will forfeit $148,437.48 in pay.

The Red Wings placed Larkin (upper body) on the injured list, retroactive to Saturday, meaning he’ll miss at least a week. Coach Derek Lalonde told reporters that Larkin was in good spirits, and the team doesn’t have an exact timetable for when he can return.

What did David Perron’s agent say about the suspension?

Agent Allan Walsh went off on social media about the player safety department and league disciplinarian George Parros, posting videos of other incidents that received fewer games.

‘The Dept. of Player Suspensions (aka the Parros Kangaroo Court) is a media/PR entity that has nothing to do with ‘Player Safety’. Baseball bat swing to players head? No hearing. David Perron-1100 NHL games without suspension. Zub played the next shift. 6 games is a farce!’ Walsh posted on X, formerly Twitter.

‘There have been other incidents of players violently cross checking opposing players in the face. Teeth flying, concussion, blood gushing. 2 or 3 games. Here there was NO INJURY, the concussion spotter didn’t even remove the player from the game.’

Blue Jackets’ Erik Gudbranson suspended one game

Perron’s suspension was the second Monday involving a case of retaliation. Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Erik Gudbranson got one game for going after the Florida Panthers’ Nick Cousins in Sunday’s game.

Gudbranson had objected to Cousins’ hard check into the back boards, which was reduced from five minutes to two after a review. Later in the period, Gudbranson approached Cousins, spun him to the ice and threw punches to the back of the head while the Panthers player was on the ice. The defenseman received 27 minutes in penalties.

The suspension video said that violated the league’s aggressor rule and Cousins was an unwilling participant in the fight.

Gudbranson, who was suspended once earlier in his career, will forfeit $20,833.33 in pay.

This post appeared first on USA TODAY

After Shohei Ohtani signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the least shocking move of the offseason, all eyes have turned to the remaining free agents. There are some solid names like Cody Bellinger, Blake Snell, and Josh Hader, but one stands above the rest. It’s someone who has never even played in MLB before, Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Much like Ohtani, Yamamoto is a standout Japanese pitcher who is turning to MLB in 2024. He’s not your average, ordinary, everyday pitcher though. He’s arguably the best Japanese pitching prospect of all-time. In 2023, his ERA was a 1.16. He struck out 9.3 batters for every nine innings he pitched. He struck out six times more batters than he walked too. For perspective, only three pitchers in MLB posted better strikeout-to-walk ratios than Yamamoto’s 6.29: Spencer Strider (9.1), Zach Eflin (7.3), and Logan Webb (6.3).

Yamamoto has posted a sub-2.00 ERA in four of his last five seasons in Japan. In fact, his career-high ERA is 2.35. As great a prospect as Ohtani was, Ohtani had just one season with an ERA under 2.

There is clearly a lot to like about Yamamoto. He’s highly-coveted for a reason. Here is the latest news surrounding the free agent pitcher.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto Scouting Report:

Pitching Repertoire (velocity, usage):4-seam fastball (95 mph, 48%)Splitter (90 mph, 26%)Curveball (77 mph, 16%)Cutter (92 mph, 8%)Slider (85 mph, 2%)MLB Comparisons:Yamamoto boasts the same arsenal and similar velocity to guys like Nathan Eovaldi and Kodai Senga. Eovaldi’s 2021 season is especially similar to what we can expect from Yamamoto. Eovaldi posted a 5.57 K:BB ratio and 9.6 K’s per 9 that year en route to a league-leading 2.79 FIP and a fourth-place finish in AL Cy Young voting.Yamamoto has also drawn comparisons to people like Pedro Martinez, Mike Mussina, and Tim Hudson

HOT STOVE UPDATES: MLB free agency: Ranking and tracking the top players available.

Latest news and updates on Yamamoto

Yamamoto meets with Yankees

Yamamoto recently met with the New York Yankees.

The Yankees are not far removed from trading for three-time All-Star Juan Soto. The addition of Yamamoto would create a formidable 1-2 punch atop the rotation with reigning AL Cy Young winner Gerrit Cole.

Dodgers are in the running for Yamamoto as well

Despite spending $700 million on Shohei Ohtani already, the Dodgers are in the running for Yamamoto. It would make for a great offseason in Los Angeles if the Dodgers could land both players.

Which teams are in the race for Yamamoto?

Any team with decent money should be in on Yamamoto, but as it stands right now, the teams most heavily linked to Yamamoto include the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants, and New York Mets among them.

This post appeared first on USA TODAY

It’s time for the Los Angeles Lakers to raise the banner.

The inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament winners will commemorate their win over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday with a ‘unique’ banner that will hang in the Crypto.com Arena rafters along with the several NBA Championships and retired jerseys.

Winners of 17 NBA titles, the Lakers will make a championship banner that will differ from its others. The banner will be an ‘add-a-year’ banner, so the team could recognize another In-Season Tournament championship should they win another in the future. The banner will also be a different shape and color than the team’s other banners, The Athletic reported.

The banner will be unveiled at the Lakers’ next home game on Dec. 18, when they host the New York Knicks.

The decision to hang the tournament banner may come as a surprise to Lakers fans, as the team doesn’t hang banners for winning divisions or conferences, unlike most NBA teams.

Los Angeles went a perfect 7-0 in the In-Season Tournament, defeating the Pacers 123-109 in the championship game held in Las Vegas. LeBron James was named the first ever MVP of the tournament, as he and his teammates earned $500,000 for their victory.

James and Anthony Davis were also named to the IST All-tournament team, alongside Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant and Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton.

This post appeared first on USA TODAY

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will meet on the pitch once again during their illustrious careers.

And it’ll happen in Saudi Arabia early next year.

Messi’s Inter Miami will participate in two preseason matches during the Riyadh Season Cup, the team announced on Monday night.

Inter Miami will face Al-Hilal, which features stars like Neymar (who is recovering from knee surgery), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Rúben Neves, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Kalidou Koulibaly and Malcom, on Jan. 29.

Three days later, Messi’s Inter Miami and Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr will play on Feb. 1 in a matchup featuring two of the sport’s best players.

Inter Miami has been motivated to expand its brand on a global scale since Messi — the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner and 2022 World Cup champion with Argentina — joined the MLS side this summer.

The matches, added to Inter Miami’s worldwide preseason tour, come ahead of Messi’s second season.

“This is another major opportunity to create lasting relationships with passionate fans. We are excited to connect with new supporters in Saudi Arabia, and also hope people all over the world will be tuning in to see a pair of dream matches like these,” Inter Miami CF Chief Business Officer Xavier Asensi said in a statement.

“These matches will offer important tests for our team, which will benefit us as we approach the new season. We’re excited for our group to get the chance to go up against teams with as much quality as Al-Hilal and Al Nassr,” Inter Miami’s Chief Soccer Officer and Sporting Director Chris Henderson said in the same statement.

Inter Miami’s announcement Monday comes nearly three weeks after the club denied it would participate in the Riyadh Season Cup.

The Messi and Ronaldo matchup gives soccer fans around the world perhaps one last chance to debate who is the greatest player in the sport.

Messi, 36, and Ronaldo, 38, have 13 Ballon d’Or awards between them, with Messi recently winning his eighth award, the most of any player. Ronaldo is next in line with five Ballon d’Ors.

And a matchup between them at this stage of their careers would only feed into the never-ending debate among soccer fans as which player is the greatest.

MLS CUP: Ranking all 28 championship games

The last time Messi and Ronaldo met was earlier this year, when Messi and Paris Saint-Germain edged Ronaldo and a team of Saudi all-stars 5-4. Both Messi and Ronaldo scored during the affair.

Inter Miami will play two other preseason matches internationally next year.

Inter Miami will face the El Salvador national team at the Estadio Cuscatlán in San Salvador on Jan. 19.

Inter Miami will also visit Hong Kong, where it will take on the Hong Kong Team — a collection of the best players from the Hong Kong First Division League on Feb. 4.

Messi and Inter Miami could have an action-packed year in 2024, filled with matches in their MLS regular season schedule and tournaments like the Concacaf Champions Cup, Leagues Cup, U.S. Open Cup and MLS postseason (should Inter Miami qualify).

Messi also could continue playing with the Argentina national team during the 2024 Copa America tournament and other 2026 World Cup qualifying matches.

EXCLUSIVE CHAT WITH MLS COMMISH: Why Don Garber missed most important goal in MLS history

Saudi Arabia and concerns about sportswashing

Massive sports stars participating in Saudi-backed events and leagues is nothing new, and has raised concerns in recent years about sportswashing — using major sporting events and global superstars to erase a poor public image due to a long history of human rights violations.

The Saudis have been gaining a foothold in various sports. In soccer, the Saudi Pro League lured Ronaldo, Neymar and others with massive contracts clubs around the world could not match. Messi also received an offer reportedly close to $400 million per year from Al-Hilal before opting to join Inter Miami. Saudis also own the Premier League’s Newcastle United FC.

FIFA came under fire earlier this year for considering the Saudi tourist bureau as a sponsor for the 2023 World Cup. It also ensured there would be little to no competition for the Saudi bid for the 2034 World Cup.

The Saudi-funded LIV golf tour made waves when it launched in 2021 and lured away major PGA Tour stars and caused strife in the golf world. It was so successful in its goal, the PGA Tour agreed to a merger earlier this year, though it has yet to be finalized.

Saudi Arabia has also invested in F1, major boxing matches such as Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury, and is heavily involved in horse racing. The NBA has also hosted games in Abu Dhabi.

USA TODAY Sports senior editor Alicia DelGallo and columnist Nancy Armour contributed to this report.

This post appeared first on USA TODAY

The jaw-dropping moment emanating from Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday evening was not that the Kansas City Chiefs lost. Heck, the reigning Super Bowl champions have dropped three of four since their Week 10 bye. They’ve also now fallen three times in a row to the Buffalo Bills … well, in the regular season anyway.

Nah, the stunner wasn’t another L in a title defense that’s suddenly hydroplaning. It was the sight of quarterback Patrick Mahomes completely losing his mind.

Talk about totally uncharacteristic.

The two-time league MVP and two-time Super Bowl MVP may be on the trail for Tom Brady’s GOAT status – futile a task as that likely is – yet he definitely hasn’t mastered TB12’s ability to go from zero to indignation. Typically when things don’t go Mahomes’ way, rarely as that’s happened in his six-year stint as a starter, he usually defaults to some kind of silent grimace, maybe even a brief protest with a referee.

But he went maniacal Sunday, screaming at officials from the K.C. sideline whilst being restrained by his offensive linemen – once the 20-17 outcome was decided – after an offsides call on wideout Kadarius Toney negated an apparent go-ahead 49-yard touchdown with 72 seconds to go, Mahomes firing up the seam to hit tight end Travis Kelce, who brilliantly hit Toney on a lateral covering the final 24 yards of the play.

NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more.

“It’s tough to swallow,” Mahomes said afterward, while also lamenting the erasure of a stunning highlight from Kelce.

“To have a flag change the outcome of the game – I’ve never had offensive offside called. If it does, they warn you. There wasn’t a warning the entire game. Then you make a call like that in the final minute?”

Chiefs coach Andy Reid shared Mahomes’ dismay and doubled down on the notion a warning from referee Carl Cheffers’ crew was warranted.

“I mean, I didn’t have a protractor out there, but that’s a bit embarrassing. I’ve been in the league a long time and I haven’t had one like that,” Reid said … even if far less stridently in his objections than his quarterback – maybe not a surprise for a seasoned boss who tends to back up his players.

Cheffers also came to the defense of his crew.

‘Yes, ultimately, if they looked for alignment advice, certainly we are going to give it to them,’ he said in a postgame pool report. ‘But ultimately, they are responsible for wherever they line up. And, certainly, no warning is required, especially if they are lined up so far offsides where they’re actually blocking our view of the ball. So, we would give them some sort of a warning if it was anywhere close, but this particular one is beyond a warning.’

To be clear, Toney quite obviously goofed. He was practically in Buffalo’s secondary. And he didn’t check sufficiently with the line judge regarding his alignment, something receivers generally do before a play initiates.

Yet in his defense – and Mahomes’ and Reid’s – this isn’t typically a penalty that’s enforced. It’s also quite hard to come to the conclusion Toney’s break from the neutral zone had any appreciable impact in scoring the would-be touchdown, though – as a pre-snap infraction – Cheffers’ team couldn’t have known what was coming, either.

Still, consider what three-time Super Bowl referee and current NBC NFL rules analyst Terry McAulay had to say following the game.

‘This is clearly a foul. (Toney) can’t be past the back of the ball. His whole body is in the neutral zone,” he said.

“And I would add, in past years, this has never been called – this would be technical, this would be a warning. This year, it’s been called 11 times as opposed to twice last year, only once in 2021. So this is being consistently called. He needs to be onside.’

Even Bills quarterback Josh Allen, who’s lost playoff heartbreakers in this building, seemed to co-sign Mahomes’ beef.

“I originally thought it was on us,” Allen said. “It’s not a flag they usually call.”

Said another way, it’s a recent point of emphasis the Chiefs may not have sufficiently encountered or added to their offensive protocols. It also occurred a week after receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling was mugged deep in Packers territory, with the Chiefs driving to potentially tie the game, in the final minute of Kansas City’s loss at Green Bay. No flag for MVS.

Mahomes effectively bit his tongue on that one, but it’s also fairly understandable that his stack blew Sunday as his squad fell two games back in the overall AFC standings – behind the Baltimore Ravens and, potentially, the Miami Dolphins after Monday night – and faces the prospect of going on the road for a playoff game for the first time since he became QB1 in 2018. It’s also worth noting that the hue and cry against officiating seems to be building, whether it’s Mahomes, or Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, or Steelers pass rusher T.J. Watt, or Colts owner Jim Irsay, or ESPN analyst Dan Orlovsky, or Pro Football Talk’s suggestion that Dean Blandino be rehired to revamp the officiating department, or social media’s (always reasonable) complaints on the matter.Yet this is also the obligatory time to point out that officiating a game played at the NFL’s speed is insanely difficult … even with the occasional help of replay … and even if Toney’s flag was thrown as he set sail for unrealized glory. And, like Brady before him, it also sure seems like Mahomes gets more than his share of calls that his peers wouldn’t.

Remember that unnecessary roughness penalty at Lambeau Field, when Mahomes took a hit on a scramble – when he was still inbounds? Or, heck, let’s go back to the fairly minor holding flag Philadelphia Eagles cornerback James Bradberry incurred in the final two minutes of Super Bowl 57 – a penalty called to the legacy-building benefit of Mahomes and the Chiefs by essentially leaving them nothing else to do but park the ball in the spot Harrison Butker wanted before he lofted the game-winning 27-yard field goal.

Mahomes should probably take notes from the playbook of Bradberry, who didn’t cry foul after his foul. You can’t win ‘em all, Pat … even if you should be winning more against teams like the Broncos, Packers and Bills.

‘Loss for words, it’s just tough,” said Mahomes. “Because, regardless if we win or lose, just for it to end with another game, we’re talking about the refs. It’s not what we want for the NFL and for football.’

But it’s probably what we’re going to get – whether Mahomes or (fill-in-the-blank superstar) is celebrating or seething.

***

Follow USA TODAY Sports’ Nate Davis on X, formerly Twitter @ByNateDavis.

This post appeared first on USA TODAY

After leading the Denver Broncos to a 24-7 win over AFC West rival the Los Angeles Chargers, the nine-time Pro Bowl quarterback and his wife, popstar Ciara, welcomed a baby girl.

On Monday, both parents posted the news of their new arrival on X, formerly Twitter, and gushed over Amora Princess Wilson. Their daughter weighed in at 9 pounds, 1 ounce.

‘2 wins in less than 24 hours!’ Wilson said in his post with a photo of Amora.

On Sunday, Ciara showed off her baby bump at SoFi Stadium and brought her three kids to cheer on Wilson.

NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more.

The ‘One, Two Step’ singer announced her pregnancy in August with a video referencing her new song ‘How We Roll.’

The couple got married in 2016 when Wilson was on the Seattle Seahawks.

How many kids does Russell Wilson have?

Russell Wilson has three children with Ciara.

The multiplatinum singer also has a son, Future Jr., from a previous relationship with rap star Future. The boy is part of the Wilson family and the quarterback treats him like his own child.

‘You are a Leader, Compassionate to others, an amazing big brother, and an amazing son,’ Wilson wrote in an Instagram post celebrating Future Jr.’s ninth birthday.

What are the names of Russell Wilson and Ciara’s kids?

Russell Wilson and Ciara’s first child, a daughter named Sienna Princess Wilson, was born in April 2017.

Their second child, and first son, is Win Harrison Wilson. He was born in July 2020.

The couple’s third child is a second daughter, Amora Princess Wilson. She was born in December 2023.

Wilson is the step-father to Ciara’s first son, Future Zahir Wilburn, who she had in May 2014.

This post appeared first on USA TODAY

The Chicago Bears continue to trend toward attaining the top pick in the 2024 NFL draft, thanks to the ineptitude of the Carolina Panthers.

The draft order is determined by record, and uses strength of schedule as a tiebreaker (record and strength of schedule are official tiebreakers to determine the draft order). 

The final 14 first-round spots will be determined by playoff results. For now, those teams will be ordered based on playoff seed, if the season ended today.

The 2024 NFL draft is scheduled to be held in Detroit from April 25-27.

NFL draft first-round order

(as of Dec. 10; * denotes wild-card team and # denotes division leader)

NFL STATS CENTRAL: The latest NFL scores, schedules, odds, stats and more.

Chicago Bears (from Panthers) — Carolina Panthers’ record: 1-12 (strength of schedule: .527)New England Patriots — Record: 3-10 (.527)Arizona Cardinals — Record: 3-10 (.544)Washington Commanders — Record: 4-9 (.509)Chicago Bears — Record: 5-8 (.473)New York Giants — Record: 5-8 (.485)Las Vegas Raiders — Record: 5-8 (.491)Tennessee Titans — Record: 5-8 (.515)New York Jets — Record: 5-8 (.527)Los Angeles Chargers — Record: 5-8 (.527)New Orleans Saints — Record: 6-7 (.419)Atlanta Falcons — Record: 6-7 (.432)Seattle Seahawks — Record: 6-7 (.527)Los Angeles Rams — Record: 6-7 (.550)Arizona Cardinals (from Texans) — Houston Texans’ record: 7-6 (.479)Buffalo Bills — Record: 7-6 (.485)Denver Broncos — Record: 7-6 (.497)Cincinnati Bengals — Record: 7-6 (.556)*Green Bay Packers — Record: 6-7 (.503)*Indianapolis Colts — Record: 7-6 (.473)*Minnesota Vikings — Record: 7-6 (.473)*Pittsburgh Steelers — Record: 7-6 (.509)*Houston Texans (from Browns) — Cleveland Browns’ record: 8-5 (.550)*Philadelphia Eagles — Record: 10-3 (.527)#Tampa Bay Buccaneers — Record: 6-7 (.5069)#Kansas City Chiefs — Record: 8-5 (.533)#Jacksonville Jaguars — Record: 8-5 (.544)#Miami Dolphins — Record: 9-4 (.402)#Detroit Lions — Record: 9-4 (.4494)#Dallas Cowboys — Record: 10-3 (.432)#Baltimore Ravens — Record: 10-3 (.503)#San Francisco 49ers — Record: 10-3 (.527)

Teams without a first-round pick: Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns

This post appeared first on USA TODAY