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NFL Draft 2023: Patriots add Eastern Michigan OL Sidy Sow in 4th round

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:20 GMT

The Patriots have a clear priority on Day 3 of the draft: fortify the interior of their offensive line.The Pats selected Eastern Michigan left guard Sidy Sow with the 117th overall pick Saturday, their third fourth-round selection. Sow follows Troy offensive lineman Jake Andrews, who went at No. 107, and Maryland kicker Chad Ryland.Sow stands at 6-foot-4 and 323 pounds. He is one of the most experienced offensive lineman in the draft with 55 career starts. He started 44 games at left guard the last four seasons after taking 11 at left tackle in 2018.Sow was voted to the MAC all-conference first team each of the past two seasons. He is regarded as a powerful run-blocker with strong football intelligence and versatility. He only committed one penalty last season.Between his performances at the NFL Combine and his Pro Day, Sow clocked an impressive 5.07 in the 40-yard dash, leapt 32 inches in the vertical jump and recorded 27 bench press reps of 225 pounds. Media analysts see him as a ...

2023 NFL draft tracker: Maryland cornerback Jakorian Bennett picked by Raiders; Patriots take Terps kicker Chad Ryland

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:20 GMT

Here’s a look at where the top local prospects have been picked during the 2023 NFL draft.This story will be updated.Clemson defensive tackle Bryan Bresee (No. 29 overall to New Orleans Saints)Bryan Bresee has a lengthy list of career accomplishments already at the age of 21. As a standout football player at Damascus High School, he was named the state’s Gatorade Player of the Year, an All-American and, by some scouting services, the No. 1 overall recruit in the country. At Clemson, he was a freshman All-American and, despite an ACL injury, an all-conference player.He added another accolade Thursday: first-round NFL draft pick. The 6-foot-5, 298-pound defensive tackle was picked No. 29 overall by the New Orleans Saints.Bresee terrorized opposing teams on the hardwood and the gridiron in high school, averaging a double-double on the basketball court and racking up 35 career sacks on the football field. That continued in college, where he won Atlantic Coast Conference Defe...

NFL Draft 2023: Patriots take Maryland K Chad Ryland in the sixth round

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:20 GMT

The Patriots added some competition for veteran Nick Folk by taking Maryland kicker Chad Ryland with the 112th’s pick in the sixth round.The Pats made a trade with the New York Jets to move up to 112, giving Gang Green No. 120 in the fourth round, and 184 in the sixth round in the swap.Jumping up the board, they had to feel Ryland, one of the top kickers in the draft, would be gone by their next pick at No. 117.Ryland had played at Eastern Michigan for four years, posting a single-season record for points scored before transferring to Maryland.During his one season with the Terrapins, he was selected All-Big Ten with 19 field goals in 23 attempts. He also converted 39 of 40 extra point attempts.He has a powerful leg. Had a career-high 55 yard field goal, and experts see him having the leg to break into the 60-yard range. He also has quality hang-time on kickoffs.He tends to be a bit streaky, and would need to improve his accuracy to be a starter in the NFL. At Maryland, he was 3 of ...

NFL Draft 2023: Patriots select small-school O-lineman in fourth round

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:20 GMT

The Patriots made their first pick on Day 3 of the draft, and it’s Troy offensive lineman Jake Andrews.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Bill Belichick ‘absolutely’ feels good about Patriots QB Mac Jones New England Patriots | 2023 NFL Draft | Who are the top players for Day 3? New England Patriots | NFL Draft 2023: Patriots select Georgia Tech DL Keion White in 2nd round New England Patriots | Patriots OC Bill O’Brien doesn’t shoot down notion of having quarterback competition New England Patriots | 2023 NFL Draft: 8 potential Patriots picks on Day 2 The 6-foot-2, 305-pounder has experience playing at center and right guard and made 38 starts in college. He was projected as a late Day 3 pick with concerns about his athletic limitations and shorter arms. Andrews is regarded as tough, durable and smart.He was invited to the Senior Bowl, where he faced off against fellow ...

Volleyball notebook: Acton-Boxboro likes taste of winning

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:20 GMT

After the entire 2020 season was cancelled and restrictions smothered the ensuing campaign, the MIAA called an audible for the final year of the state tournament’s sectional format by allowing any team to opt into the 2021 playoffs – regardless of record. Weymouth (0-13), Methuen (0-10), Arlington (0-11) and Acton-Boxboro (0-10) each chose to participate after laboring through winless regular seasons, and all four persevered to win their first game of the year in the tournament’s preliminary round.It’s a cool, never-give-up accomplishment those schools share. But as three of those teams faltered against top-five seeds in the next round, battle-tested Acton-Boxboro wasn’t done. It won again.“We were down, but the (Dual County League) teams we were playing were just incredibly hard,” said eighth-year Revolution head coach Darren Gwin. “That team really stayed committed to the process, and we really quantified our success differently because in a lot of those matches, going into ...

Orioles promote pitching prospect DL Hall to serve as 27th man in Detroit doubleheader: ‘We’re trying to win games’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:20 GMT

Left-handed pitching prospect DL Hall didn’t break camp with the Orioles because they wanted him to continue to work as a starter. His first appearance with Baltimore this year could come out of the bullpen, where he thrived down the stretch last season.The Orioles added Hall as their 27th man for Saturday’s doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers. Hall, 24, is the No. 2 pitching prospect in the organization behind right-hander Grayson Rodriguez, who is scheduled to start the second game of the twin bill. With Dean Kremer pitching the opener, Hall will provide length out of the bullpen on a day the Orioles’ pitching staff will need to cover two games’ worth of innings.“You bring up DL Hall as your 27th man, that’s a good feeling,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “The way I’m gonna use him today, I’m not really sure. I think we’ll kind of let the games play out a little bit. But he’s stretched out as a starter. He clo...

Showdown at SatanCon: White nationalist group Patriot Front joins protest of Satanic gathering in Boston

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:20 GMT

UPDATE: The white nationalist group The Patriot Front has joined in the protest, hundreds strong, against the ongoing SatanCon 2023 taking place at a hotel on Copley Square.Already staged at the Marriott Copley Place hotel where the event is held were 100 to 200 largely Christian protesters who made their opposition to the Satanic gathering with flags bearing statements like “Satan has NO rights!”The sold-out event, put on by the Salem-based The Satanic Temple, has run since yesterday and is scheduled to continue through Sunday.A Herald photographer is tracking members of the Patriot Front as they cross Copley Place and head toward the Marriott.Last July 2, some 100 members of the Patriot Front marched through downtown Boston, an incident that led to at least one violent confrontation.The first indication of the march that day came over emergency radio communications  at around 12:30 p.m. as members of the group offloaded a number of shields and flags from a rental truck...

Baseball/softball notebook: Middleboro out to close the deal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:20 GMT

Behind the the return of eight of nine starters from a year ago, Middleboro is again a premier contender in Div. 3 as it enters the first week in May at 8-0.Middleboro fell in the 2022 state championship, sparking the determined start.“We have done a good job this year, coming off last year, realizing that yes we have had a great start but we have not won anything yet,” Middleboro coach Dan Sylvia said. “Our goal is to win the state championship. We’ve gotten close, but each season is new and fresh.”Over the last three years, the Sachems have been one of the top programs in Eastern Mass. In 2021, Middleboro started 19-0 before bowing out in the Div. 1 South Sectional Final. Last year came up short to Greater New Bedford. Now Sylvia is hoping all the pieces are finally in place.“These girls started in middle school when I took over six years ago,” Sylvia said. “They got two years under their belt with a coach who I trusted at the middle...

Fewer cruise lines expected to make port calls to San Diego

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:20 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The embarcadero is often packed with tourists and customers ready to enjoy the San Diego scene.“Always something else, something else to see in San Diego,” says tourist Thomas Gallagher.But what you may not see are as many cruise ships off the port of San Diego next year. New app allows nurses to pick up open shifts at short-staffed hospitals Norwegian Cruise Line is not scheduling cruises out of San Diego for the 2023 to 2024 season.“We have a lot of people from those cruise ships when they come and stop by here,” says shop worker Suhaib Ahmadi. “They come and visit our shop and they start shopping here, so if they don’t stop by here we will have fewer sales, fewer business and we will lose a lot of customers.”Norwegian is setting sail for Asia instead. Other lines expect fewer San Diego cruise calls as well. The Port of San Diego says Disney Cruise Line is shifting to Australia and Princess Cruises is also shifting to Asia as cruising opens back up there.“When Asia...

Spain is 1st Black woman to lead South Carolina Democrats

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:42:20 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Christale Spain, a longtime party operative, was elected Saturday as chair of South Carolina’s Democratic Party, becoming the first Black woman to lead the organization in what will be the Democrats’ leadoff presidential voting state in 2024.Spain was elected during the party’s convention Saturday in Columbia. She takes over in a wave of changes across state Democratic parties for 2024. With her election, and thanks to the party’s recent revamp of its primary schedule, four of the five states in which Democrats will vote first next year — Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and South Carolina — now have Black women chairing their state parties.Putting states with more diversity at the top of the voting calendar was a priority for President Joe Biden, who recently moved on his own reelection bid and pushed to move South Carolina — a state where he won big in 2020 — to the top of the nominating calendar.Black women are major drivers of the Democrati...