Olympic champ Jessie Diggins reveals she's engaged

April 13, 2020 at 2:53AM
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Diggins is engaged

Jessie Diggins, Olympic champion cross-country skier from Afton, announced her engagement to longtime boyfriend Wade Poplawski on Sunday morning.

"I haven't stopped smiling!!" she posted to Instagram, the caption accompanying three photos of Diggins and Poplawski hiking as Diggins shows off a ring on her left hand. Poplawski proposed on Saturday. "Yesterday was the best day ever!!" Diggins wrote.

NFL

Draft developing

The work-from-home format of next week's NFL draft will include Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Various outlets said Sunday the NFL has decided Goodell will announce the first-round picks from his home in New York's Westchester County on April 23 rather than travel to ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn.

The NFL had already said 58 draft-eligible players would participate from their homes.

NUMBERS

4 All-Star appearances by Glenn Beckert, who died Sunday in Florida. He was 79. He batted .283 in 11 seasons with the Cubs (1965-73) and Padres (1974-75).

4 Runner-up finishes in majors for Doug Sanders, who died in Houston. He was 86. One came at Minneapolis Golf Club in the '59 PGA.

0 Formula One titles for Stirling Moss, England's revered "Mr. Motor Racing," who died in London. He was 90. He won 16 times in 66 races but was never overall champ.

Watch this 7 p.m. (ESPN)

On Oct. 5, 2009, Brett Favre became the first quarterback in history to beat all 32 NFL teams, because he played against the Green Bay Packers instead of for them. ESPN revives that memory with a rebroadcast Monday night.

It was Favre's fourth game for the Vikings, and he passed for 271 yards and three touchdowns in a 30-23 Monday night victory in the Metrodome.

"I don't know how to explain it. I felt right, but I guess I never thought I'd be in that situation," Favre said.

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