The Denver Broncos officially turned the football world on its head Thursday, trading up for the right to select QB Tim Tebow with the 25th overall pick in this year’s NFL Draft.
Brilliant pick or Idiotic one by Broncs’ head coach Josh McDaniels? Only time will tell – probably 2-3 years at that before the jury’s out on Tebow – but one thing’s for sure, there won’t be a player more heavily scrutinized than this guy. While The Sports Junkie wishes Tebow well – it’s not like he’s a jerk by any means – I’m still sticking with my prediction that he’s going to be a bust.
Here are the big headlines making news around the sporting world:
- Broncos take a chance on Tebow, hope he can be Denver’s next Elway (NFL.com)
- The Jinx is on: Brees voted as new cover boy for Madden ‘11 (GameSpy)
- Boston Brawl in the works at UFC 118 between Randy Couture and James Toney (MMA Junkie)
- Durant, Rose provide a change to the NBA world order – for one night (The Big Lead)
- NCAA plans to expand Basketball Tournament Field from 65 to 68, not 96 (ESPN)
- Sources say Tiger Woods – Elin Nordegren divorce is imminent (The Huffington Post)
- Gay Softball Team DQ’d from tournament for having too many Bi-Sexuals (Seattle Weekly)
- Yankees turn first triple play in team history since 1968 (MLB.com)
- Ovechkin terrorizes young Canadiens flag bearer with snow shower (The Cheap Seats)
- Ex-Olympic Gold Medalist Natalia Lavrova dies in car accident (Reuters)
Somebody was going to take Tebow. Bit of a shock that someone would trade up to do so but I guess the Broncos think they see something others don’t.