The Monday Lineup: 11 ESPN moments from the weekend
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With just more than a week until the 2014 NFL Draft, the countdown to pro football’s annual “Player Selection Meeting” is well underway.
ESPN will televise the draft from start to finish over three days, May 8-10 – including two nights in prime time – and there is plenty of other content to get fans ready for the biggest event of the NFL offseason.
Daily “SportsCenter Special: On the Clock” shows air throughout the next week and half in addition to the usual NFL Insiders (3:30 p.m. ET) and NFL Live (4 p.m.). Other highlights include Gruden’s QB Camp, the new Draft Academy series, a Mel Kiper and Todd McShay Mock Draft special (Thursday, May 1, at 8 p.m.), and a slew of NFL Draft prospect visits this week, including two-time BCS National Champion quarterback A.J. McCarron of Alabama visiting the ESPN campus and appearing on shows today.
Today, ESPN also launches its 2014 NFL Draft ad campaign with a 30-second spot featuring several top players: quarterbacks Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M), Blake Bortles (Central Florida) and Teddy Bridgewater (Louisville), as well as Clemson wide receiver Sammy Watkins and South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, whom most experts grade as the top player in this year’s draft class. All five players participated in photo shoots with ESPN’s draft production team at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis in February.
The promo spot (above) includes images from those shoots, high-end graphics and highlights of each player from his college career. The video is paired with John Newman’s hit song “Try” from the English singer’s debut studio album, Tribute.
So, get ready. The draft is coming.
Now, for some of what you might have missed over the weekend:
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If you want to understand who @LAClippers owner Donald Sterling really is, you need to read this from @ESPNMag: http://t.co/rnkycDY4nZ
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) April 26, 2014
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What could possibly make this #Thunder #Grizzlies series even better? Doris Burke. So excellent.
— Jessica Camerato (@JCameratoNBA) April 27, 2014
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#promselfie @Jabs_13 pic.twitter.com/UbX2xgj8L0
— Michelle Beadle (@MichelleDBeadle) April 26, 2014
Last tweet before we head in, @Jabs_13. #whathappensatprom pic.twitter.com/1TGsa8lQAa
— Michelle Beadle (@MichelleDBeadle) April 26, 2014
@MichelleDBeadle thank you so much for going out of your way and making my senior prom! Can't thank you enough! You're the best!
— Jack Jablonski (@Jabs_13) April 27, 2014
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What do relief pitchers do during games? Spell out #ESPN with cups on bullpen fence, that's what. @GamecockBasebll pic.twitter.com/LAPvf5DwG1
— Charles Bloom (@CharlesBloomSC) April 27, 2014
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Love when @SWeissmanespn keeps coming back for multiple Sports Centers #winning
— Elizabeth Wilkerson (@eawilke) April 27, 2014
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Many thanks to @JeremySchaap for having me on his Sporting Life radio show to discuss my Babe Ruth Called Shot book. http://t.co/ZjD6MVrSPs
— Ed Sherman (@Sherman_Report) April 26, 2014
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For those who watched ESPN's 30-for-30 doc, the Hillsborough disaster is still in the news in Britain. http://t.co/eFpXYcFpfE
— John Ourand (@Ourand_SBJ) April 26, 2014
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As good as her brother @SHAQ was as an NBA star – his younger sis Ayesha is SUPER as a Concierge @… http://t.co/WdMawaB386
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) April 26, 2014
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Raising $$$ for @CTRedCross at @RedCrossBall w @KNegandhiESPN @karasundlun @GovMalloyOffice @SenBlumenthal pic.twitter.com/FsaWRyGqr9
— Dennis House (@DennisHouseWFSB) April 27, 2014
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@franfraschilla thanks for being so nice in the Dallas airport was a pleasure to meet u hope u can come to Sioux Falls one day!
— Shawn schochenmaier (@Shawnschochenma) April 27, 2014