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Raiders take Mendoza with first pick of NFL Draft

NFL Draft **The Las Vegas Raiders selected quarterback Fernando Mendoza as the first overall pick of the 2026

The winners & losers from the 2026 NFL Draft

2026 NFL Draft](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/3840/cpsprodpb/5493/live/702ce800-41a0-11f1-9834-af6da29ff96a.jpg)Image source, Getty Images Image caption, A record crowd of 802,000 watched the three days of the NFL Draft in Pittsburgh You have to hand

How mum inspired 'goofy' Mendoza to brink of NFL stardom

first in this year's NFL Draft and link up with his idol Tom Brady. ## From 2,149th to national champion ![Fernando and Alberto Mendoza smiling after helping Indiana win college football's national

Can the NFL's Rooney Rule survive the DEI backlash?

NFL Draft on April 23, 2026 in Pittsburgh. **Emilee Chinn/Getty Images North America** Emilee Chinn/Getty Images North America In fact, following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, wide swaths of corporate America rushed

How Pittsburgh — host of this year's NFL draft — became a sports mecca

2026 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.(Jeff Swensen for NPR)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7107x5060+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffd%2F45%2F6ee1510340cc833f176d2da5ea44%2Fnfldraft-pitt-022.JPG) Amir Grigsby talks about his love for Pittsburgh sports outside Acrisure Stadium. **Jeff Swensen for NPR** Jeff Swensen for NPR The city expects between

The $13bn World Cup: how the numbers stack up on Fifa’s 2026 balance sheet

draft budget for 2027 to 2030 at its annual congress in Vancouver, with another big increase expected. It seems hard to believe now that in financial terms the World Cup trailed the Olympics until