St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford. Photo courtesy of AP.
S a m B r a dfor d g oe s No. 1 ov e r al l i n N F L draf t Every year, millions of football fans tune in to ESPN to watch their favorite players be selected in the annual draft. This year, from April 22-24, NFL prospects waited anxiously in New York. The Saint Louis Rams selected Sam
Bradford for the number one spot. The Oklahoma Sooners quarterback had an outstanding season despite a mid-season injury. The Detroit Lions selected Ndamukong Suh for the second pick. The defensive tackle from Nebraska University was selected in 2009 as a first team all-American. BYU-Hawaii students showed interest in the draft and the Aloha Center’s TV was constantly tuned to ESPN so students could see the draft live. Some students were happy with the results of the draft and some weren’t. Ross Jung, a junior from Aiea majoring in computer science, was frustrated with the outcome. “My team (the Eagles) didn’t select any good players and I was disappointed at their choices,” Jung said. “I am
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Gearing up for the World Cup In less than 50 days, the single most watched sporting event in the world will light up in South Africa for the world. The anticipation for the World Cup is so great that people are waiting hours and hours in line just for a ticket that will allow them to watch one or more games. When officials of the World Cup
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happy, though, that Colt McCoy was selected at number 85 because he is not as good as he was projected by the media.” Mike Tupola, a recent graduate in EXS from Molokai, was one who was pleased. “It was a very productive draft with many good players. The Sooners had a lot of talent,” he said. “As far as my team is concerned, the 49ers picked a couple of offensive linemen that they really needed.” Tyson Alualu, selected as number 10 by the Jacksonville Jaguars, represented the state of Hawaii in this draft. Alualu attended Saint Louis High School, located in Kaimuki, Honolulu. He went to college in California prior to getting picked up in the draft.
opened their booths to sell the tickets, thousands were already waiting. People didn’t have a problem waiting in line for more than 20 hours to get just one ticket. Adam Maciejewski, a member of the BYUH soccer team and a native from Hamburg, remembers the previous World Cup that was held in Germany. “It is a common phe-
nomenon for people to wait in line for tickets. In 2006, to get a ticket to watch a game, I had to wait 12 hours,” Maciejewski said. There are about half a million tickets available but people would do anything to purchase a “golden” ticket as fast as possible. On April 16, an older man died while he was waiting in line for a ticket. “In Germany there are some people that live and die for soccer,” Maciejewski said. – viktor bezhani