Football took over the Oval Office on Monday, when President Trump announced the National Mall would host the 2027 NFL Draft and expressed support for a new Commanders stadium.
Why it matters: The NFL is betting a record 1 million people will attend the three-day event in D.C.
President Trump plans to announce Monday that Washington, D.C., will host the 2027 NFL Draft, with the aim of holding it on the National Mall, Axios has learned.
The announcement is expected to be made with National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell and Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris at the White House, two sources familiar with the plan tell Axios.
Driving the news: It comes days after the Commanders and D.C. officials announced a plan to bring the team back to the city with a new domed stadium on the site of the old RFK Stadium.
For some transgender athletes, the Trump administration's sports ban feels like just one play in a broader societal erasure of millions of Americans.
The big picture: Transgender and nonbinary people across the U.S.are navigating an upended sports landscape — on top of additional rollbacks of theirprotections and civil rights — following President Trump's February executive orderbanning trans athletes from women's sports.
In an era when college athletes may cash in on their name, image and likeness, the trend of staying in school rather than going pro is reshaping leagues.
Why it matters: These NIL deals significantly affect how players approach professional drafts, especially in women's college basketball.
The Pittsburgh-area man who fell 21 feet at last week's Pirates-Cubs game at PNC Park is now "awake, alert, and able to speak," per a GoFundMe update from his girlfriend's mother.
The latest: "He still has a long road ahead of him, but today brought a moment of hope that we've all been holding onto," Jennifer Phillips wrote in the post.
