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A live sports event will take center stage Thursday. You read that right. Welcome to the first “virtual” NFL draft in the history of the league.
If you’re a Cowboys fan, there’s a way to take a front-row seat in DFW as the excitement unfolds.
A draft process originally scheduled to play out over three days on the Las Vegas Strip will, because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, instead be conducted via Zoom calls and broadcast live to millions of viewers around the world via ESPN and the NFL Network.
Starting about 6:30 p.m. Central Time, the Star-Telegram along with its McClatchy sister news organizations will be broadcasting live via Facebook all evening with many special guests from around the country. Dallas Cowboys beat writer Clarence E. Hill, Jr., columnist Mac Engel and TCU beat writer Drew Davison will make spot appearances. Kansas City Star sports writer Blair Kerkhoff, host of the popular SportsBeat KC daily podcast, will anchor a “second-screen” livestream on Facebook at facebook.com/startelegram/.
We’ll be projecting and discussing all 32 first-round picks as they come in, debating who your favorite team should be targeting and remembering some epic moments from previous drafts — such as 2017, when the Kansas City Chiefs traded up to select Patrick Mahomes, the Texas Tech quarterback who’d become league MVP and then Super Bowl MVP in leading the franchise to its first championship in 50 years.
From the first pick of 2020 (held by the Cincinnati Bengals) to the Cowboys at No. 17 and until the last (the Chiefs), we’ll be with you all night to bring you inside analysis and answer some of your best questions on the air.
We’ll also be talking about Football Fan Heroes, our call for you to nominate someone special who’s gone beyond the pale in helping his or her neighbors manage life during these difficult times. The winner, to be determined next month, will receive a pair of tickets to an upcoming Cowboys game at AT&T Stadium.
This story was originally published April 21, 2020 at 5:00 AM.