Colorado coach Deion Sanders witnessed both of his sons plummet through the draft order. Shedeur lasted until found five. Shilo wasn’t drafted at all.
Appearing recently on Asante Samuel’s Say What Needs To Be Said podcast, Deion explained the impact of witnessing what his sons endured.
“It hurt,” Deion said, via Jack Carlough of SI.com. “But the bible says God uses the foolish things to confound the wise. There was some foolish stuff that went on, but that gave them something that they needed. . . . That edge that Tom (Brady) had, it gave them the edge that you had, it gave them the edge that I have. Folks said we weren’t gonna be nothing. But we had to prove that. It gave them the edge that they needed. Both of them.”
Deion took issue with reports that Shedeur was not properly prepared for pre-draft meetings, with teams like the Giants.
“When you sit up there and say something like he went into a meeting unprepared, like, dude,” Deion said. “Shedeur Sanders? Who has had six different [offensive] coordinators, who has still functioned and leveled-up every time we brought somebody new in, and you’re gonna tell me he was unprepared? You’re gonna tell me he had on headphones? Anybody who knows my son understands he’s a professional. He’s gonna go into a meeting with headphones on? Y’all, come on now.”
Still, credible sources have explained the perception that Shedeur was behaving as if he was being recruited, not interviewed. With other quarterbacks creating a much different impression, Shedeur’s draft stock suffered relative to his competition.
Deion nevertheless regards the incessant chatter about Shedeur to be “lying.” And he believes both Shedeur and Shilo (who wasn’t invited to the Combine and wasn’t expected to be drafted) will be better for the experience.
“You got to understand my kids are built for everything,” Deion said. “We had two TV shows, we had shows in high school with playing football junior and senior years. We’ve always been in front of the camera, so they know how to navigate, they know how to handle themselves. You’re not going to catch them in no foolery or no mess. You’re not going to do that whatsoever.”
Both Shedeur and Shilo are getting an opportunity. Both will have a fair chance to earn a Week 1 roster spot. And if they can turn draft-day disappointment into motivation, they’ll be better for it in the long run.
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Trump published a link to that post to his nearly 10 million followers, without adding any additional context or explanation. The original poster’s account has a little more than 5,000 followers.
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“The area is not safe yet,” he said.
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The approval, which is limited to individuals who have previously received a Covid vaccine, was granted by the FDA on Friday.
The newly approved vaccine, mNEXSPIKE, contains one-fifth of of Moderna’s original Covid vaccine dose, Spikevax. It is intended as an alternative for individuals who prefer a lower-dose option, not as a replacement for existing Covid vaccines.
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The FDA imposed similar limitations on Novavax’s Covid vaccine when it approved the shot last month. But Friday marks the first time the FDA has greenlit a vaccine since the Trump administration’s call for tighter restrictions on vaccine eligibility and approvals.
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The decision will now have to be approved by the Board of Parole Hearings and California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who denied Krenwinkel’s first parole recommendation. The governor’s review process can take up to 150 days following a parole hearing.
The 77-year-old is serving a life sentence in the California Institution for Women for her role in the killings of pregnant actor Sharon Tate and four others in August 1969, as well as grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, the following night in what prosecutors have called Manson’s attempt to start a race war. She was convicted on seven counts of first-degree murder in April 1971.
Krenwinkel was recommended for parole for the first time in May 2022, but Newsom denied clemency five months later, according to Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation inmate records. She was previously denied parole 14 times before then.
Friday’s parole suitability hearing was Krenwinkel’s 16th, David Maldonado, deputy chief of strategic communications and external affairs for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, confirmed.
Krenwinkel was 19 and working as a secretary when she met a 33-year-old Manson at a party, leaving her life behind to follow him because she believed they could have a romantic relationship, she said in 2016 testimony. Instead, she was abused by Manson and tried to flee, but was brought back each time and was often under the influence of drugs.
Krenwinkel admitted to stabbing an heiress to a coffee fortune, Abigail Folger, multiple times on the night of Aug. 9, 1969, as well as participating in the killings of the LaBiancas the following night. During the LaBianca murders, she infamously wrote “Helter Skelter” and other phrases on the wall in her victims’ blood.
She, along with other participants including Manson, were convicted and sentenced to death. However, their sentences were commuted to life with the possibility parole in 1972, after the death penalty was briefly ruled unconstitutional in California.
Krenwinkel is now the state’s longest-serving inmate. The California governor’s office did not immediately respond to NBC News’ requests for comment.
Actor Devin Harjes, known for his roles in “Boardwalk Empire” and “Daredevil,” died on Tuesday, a representative confirmed to NBC News. He was 41.
Harjes died at Mount Sinai West Hospital in New York City due to complications from cancer, which he was diagnosed with in the winter, according to the spokesperson. Representatives for Harjes did not provide additional details about his illness.
“He was an artist of great conviction who never gave less than one hundred percent to any role he undertook,” his representative said in a statement. “As a person, he was generous, kind, understanding and devoted to his family and friends, a great horseback rider and had a magic way with all animals.”
Harjes grew up in West Texas and studied acting in college before starting his career in the Dallas-Forth Worth theater scene, according to his website. He later moved to New York City, where he continued pursuing his craft.
The actor performed in off-Broadway productions and independent films before transitioning to television, where he played Jack Dempsey in “Boardwalk Empire.” Harjes also had notable roles in “Daredevil,” “Gotham,” “Blue Bloods” and “Orange Is the New Black.”
“Outside of acting, Devin was a dedicated student of martial arts and a regular at the gym — he often joked it was safer than getting kicked in the face by a horse,” his obituary on his website read.
Harjes spent his time in his home near the Rocky Mountains, in West Texas, or in Hell’s Kitchen in New York City.
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More than 90 fires scattered across Canada are burning out of control, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, a nonprofit that supports the government’s wildfire response. Active fires in the central Canadian province of Manitoba have forced roughly 17,000 people to evacuate.
Winds high in the atmosphere pushed that smoke into the Upper Midwest on Friday, and the plumes continued to travel southeast over the weekend, reaching as far as the Georgia-Florida border.
Some U.S. states may experience poor air quality through Monday, meaning sensitive groups such as pregnant people, newborns, older adults or those with respiratory or heart problems should limit their time outdoors.
People in the affected areas may notice a campfire smell and hazy skies, as well as colorful sunrises and sunsets, according to the the National Weather Service.
Minnesota has issued an air quality alert for the entire state until Monday evening. The state’s northern counties are expected to see air quality that is considered unhealthy based on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality Index (AQI), which measures daily air pollution. Under these conditions, even people who aren’t part of a sensitive group may experience health effects like itchy eyes, runny noses, coughing or shortness of breath.
Wisconsin issued an air quality advisory on Friday that expired the next day, but the state’s Department of Natural Resources said another advisory could be warranted by Sunday afternoon. Northwestern counties will likely see heavy smoke on Sunday evening, the department said, and it could migrate across the state on Monday. Many parts of Wisconsin could experience air quality that’s unhealthy for sensitive groups, with a pocket of even poorer air quality in the northwest.
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