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Deciphering the reasons behind Shedeur Sanders' stunning free fall in the NFL draft Its not often that the 144th overall pick is the biggest story of the NFL draft.

In a three-day spectacle of cringe that will live in football lore for a long time, University of Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders fell from a potential top-five overall selection on Thursday to the fifth round on Saturday in an excruciating slide that had his supporters fuming and detractors laughing.

The Cleveland Browns finally ended Sanders misery with the No.

144 selection.

In this analysis, The Associated Press examines some of the potential reasons for Sanders free fall, using the quarterbacks own words, his fathers comments, the analysis of pundits and his on-the-field performance.

Commanders and Washington agree to a deal to build at RFK Stadium site, a nearly $4 billion project WASHINGTON (AP) Washingtons NFL franchise is set to return to the nations capital.

Mayor Muriel Bowser says the District of Columbia and the Commanders reached an agreement to construct a new home for the football team in the city on the site of the old RFK Stadium.

The project will cost the team and city nearly $4 billion, with the Commanders paying $2.7 billion.

Commanders ownership has been considering places in Washington, Maryland and Virginia since buying the team from Dan Snyder in 2022.

Washington has played in Landover, Maryland, since moving there in 1997.

Penguins split with two-time Stanley Cup-winning coach Mike Sullivan PITTSBURGH (AP) Mike Sullivans nearly decade-long tenure running the Pittsburgh Penguins is over.

The team announced Monday that it was parting ways with the two-time Stanley Cup winning coach just over a week after the Penguins missed out on the playoffs for a third straight season.

Sullivan's 409 wins with Pittsburgh are a franchise record.

He led the Penguins to back-to-back championships in 2016 and 2017 and had two more years left on his contract.

Sullivan said recently that he wanted to remain with the club as it tries to retool around future Hall of Famer Sidney Crosby.

Instead, general manager Kyle Dubas said we felt it was the best course forward for all involved to move on.

Team Penske turmoil at Talladega brings out defense of Cindric from ex Braves slugger Chipper Jones TALLADEGA, Ala.

(AP) Team Penske teammates Austin Cindric and Joey Logano head to Texas this weekend after some weekend fireworks.

At Talladega, Logano launched into an expletive-laden rant on his team radio in which he seethed at Cindric.

Former Atlanta Braves infielder Chipper Jones rushed to Cindric's defense on social media.

Cindric went on to become the first Penske driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race this season.

Tennis players in the dark as matches at Madrid Open suspended due to major power outage MADRID (AP) Play at the Madrid Open tennis tournament has been suspended Monday due to a major power outage reported in Spain and Portugal.

The ATP Tour says that two singles matches and one doubles match were underway when power was lost at 12:34 p.m.

local time.

It adds that the cut is preventing the use of electronic line calling systems and also left a spider cam dangling over the court inside Manolo Santana Stadium." Grigor Dimitrov was leading Jacob Fearnley 6-4, 5-4 inside the main stadium when play was stopped.

There were also womens matches scheduled.

The tournament said later that in order to guarantee general safety all of the days matches were postponed.

Converted reliever Clay Holmes has been a key addition to the Mets' surprisingly effective rotation Clay Holmes has made the transition from closer to starter look easy.

He's 3-1 with a 2.64 ERA in six outings.

Thats helped the New York Mets surge to baseballs best record despite injuries elsewhere in the rotation and a pedestrian start by Juan Soto.

Soto is batting .248 with three home runs, and hes not the only high-priced addition to the Mets who hasnt peaked yet.

Frankie Montas hasnt thrown a pitch, and reliever A.J.

Minter just joined him on the injured list.

New York boasts a major league-best 2.36 ERA from its starters despite injuries to Montas and Sean Manaea.

Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr is chasing silverware in the Asian Champions League Elite Big-spending Saudi clubs including Cristiano Ronaldos Al-Nassr are dominating the Asian Champions League Elite, accounting for all but one of the semifinalists in action this week.

In three quarterfinals played on the weekend, the three Saudi Pro League teams won with a combined scoreline of 14-1.

At least one is guaranteed a place in the May 3 final as four-time champion Al-Hilal meets two-time finalist Al-Ahli in the first of the two semis at Jeddah.

Al-Nassr takes on Japans Kawasaki Frontale, the only non-Saudi club still in contention for the continental title, on Wednesday.

Bloody fingers are just part of the game in this traditional German sport PANG, Germany (AP) Men in short leather pants and embroidered suspenders risked dislocated digits as they vied for the top prize at Germanys championship in the sport of fingerhakeln or finger wrestling.

Around 180 competitors took part in Sundays 64th German championship in Pang which is about an hours drive southwest of Munich.

Its thought finger wrestling originated as a way to settle disputes.

The sport is popular in Germanys Alpine region and neighboring Austria.

There were several winners in different weight and age categories in Sundays championship.

Cleveland fan ejected for heckling Red Sox star Jarren Duran, who revealed suicide attempt CLEVELAND (AP) Jarren Duran has received plenty of support from his Boston Red Sox teammates and others outside baseball since he revealed in a Netflix documentary that he attempted suicide three years ago.

His openness has also exposed him to hecklers, though.

Duran said a fan in the front row Sunday near the Red Sox dugout in Cleveland said something inappropriate to him after the All-Star left fielder flied out in the seventh inning of a 13-3 victory over the Guardians.

Duran stayed on the top step of the dugout and glared at the fan as the inning played out.

Moments later, the fan was removed from the stadium by security.

After the game, the Guardians released a statement apologizing to the Red Sox and Duran.

NBA acknowledges a foul that wasn't called at end of Pistons-Knicks game The NBA acknowledged shortly after the game ended that referees missed Detroits Tim Hardaway Jr.

getting fouled by New Yorks Josh Hart on the final play of the Pistons Game 4 matchup against the Knicks.

It was a critical missed call: Detroit lost the game by a single point, 94-93.

Hardaways 3-point shot officially came with 0.3 seconds remaining.

Had the foul been called, he would have gone to the foul line for three free throws that could have given Detroit the lead..

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