Who should the Jaguars pick? Making the teamโs 12 selections in the NFL draft
Everyone's talking about the No. 1 overall draft pick, but the Jaguars have 11 more to make after that one. Who should those players be? WJXT sports anchor Jamal St. Cyr unveils his seven-round mock draft for Jacksonville.
Winter weather in Texas impacts pro, college sports
NHL games scheduled for Monday and Tuesday between the Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators had already been scrapped. The shuffling of pro events came amid adjustments for several men's and women's college basketball games in Texas because of frigid temperatures and icy conditions for traveling. 12 Texas men's visit to ninth-ranked Oklahoma has been moved back a day to Thursday after originally getting bumped from Tuesday to Wednesday because of the weather. Two other womenโs games scheduled for Wednesday had also been called off: Texas at TCU and Texas Tech at Oklahoma. The American Athletic Conference men's game between Tulane and SMU in Dallas scheduled for Wednesday was postponed, with no makeup date announced.
Predators-Stars postponed at city request, extreme weather
A lone vehicle drives on Victory Ave. in front of American Airlines Center which was to host the Nashville Predators and the Dallas Stars NHL hockey game, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, in Dallas. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson requested that the teams not play Monday due to a shortage of electricity in the region. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)DALLAS โ The Dallas Stars postponed their home game Monday night against the Nashville Predators after a request from city officials not to play because of the impact extreme winter weather had on the area. The NHL didn't announce the postponement until just more than a half-hour before the scheduled start of the game. โI donโt know the status of that grid, but frankly, the Stars game is not critical infrastructure,โ Hallman told the DMN.
North Texas tornado outbreak caused $2 billion in losses
A damaged Talbots store in the Preston Royal shopping area on Oct. 21, 2019, in Dallas, Texas. (CNN) - The tornadoes that tore through northern Texas on Sunday will be the costliest tornado outbreak in Texas history, according to the Insurance Council of Texas. That historic bill is expected to be about $2 billion for the damage caused by the outbreak of at least nine tornadoes in northern Texas, council spokeswoman Camille Garcia told CNN Thursday. Garcia said the previous most-expensive tornado outbreak in Texas came in 2015, when twisters struck the towns of Garland and Rowlett, causing $1.2 billion in losses. The weekend tornado outbreak was part of a line of storms that killed two people in the Great Plains.
Baby born by candlelight in laundry room during Texas tornado
She came into the world during a tornado -- taking her first breath by candlelight in a laundry room. The day started out beautifulSekani's mom was a week overdue when she came to the Bump Birthing Center in Rowlett, Texas, on Sunday. With the power out and tornado sirens going off, the staff quickly transformed the safest place in the Center into a birthing room. "We quickly took [the mom] into the laundry room, where we went on to deliver her baby by candlelight," McElhaney said. Luckily, the birthing center had no damage and the electricity came on right after the new family was discharged, McElhaney said.
John Mayer Responds to Fan Who Asks How He's Still Single
From Jennifer Aniston to Katy Perry, John Mayer has dated some of showbizs hottest stars. How are you still single? the Instagram user responded on the post. Mayer later dated Jessica Simpson before she settled down with athlete Eric Johnson, then moved on to actresses Minka Kelly and Jennifer Aniston. And, while he may appear to be currently single, he still seems to be a hopeless romantic, judging by one of his latest Instagram Stories. See more on Mayer, and what he had to say about the latest rumors about his love life, below.