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Tucker Kraft
Tucker Kraft (born November 3, 2000) is an American football tight end for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at South Dakota State and was selected by the Packers in the third round of the 2023 NFL draft. Early years Kraft was born on November 3, 2000, in Timber Lake, South Dakota. His father, Doug Kraft, passed away in 2013. He has two brothers named Cody and Tanner Kraft. He later attended Timber Lake High School, where he played running back, middle linebacker, and punter on the football team. As a senior, Kraft rushed for 1,405 yards and 24 touchdowns and was named first team All-State. He committed to play college football at South Dakota State over a late offer from Wyoming. College career Kraft redshirted his true freshman season. He caught seven passes for 90 yards during the spring 2021 season, which was delayed from the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a redshirt sophomore, Kraft started all 15 of South Dakota ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tight End
The tight end (TE) is a position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football, on the offense. The tight end is often a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like offensive linemen, they are usually lined up on the offensive line and are large enough to be effective blockers. On the other hand, unlike offensive linemen, they are eligible receivers adept enough to warrant a defense's attention when running pass patterns. Because of the hybrid nature of the position, the tight end's role in any given offense depends on the tactical preferences and philosophy of the head coach as well as overall team dynamic. In some systems, the tight end will merely act as a sixth offensive lineman, rarely going out for passes. Other systems use the tight end primarily as a receiver, frequently taking advantage of the tight end's size to create mismatches in the defensive secondary. Many coaches will often have one t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brookings Register
The ''Brookings Register'' is a newspaper of South Dakota. The newspaper's offices are in Brookings, South Dakota. The newspaper is used for public notices including those published for the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. The newspaper is owned by the News Media Corporation, a company which owns 71 newspapers in the United States, mostly newspapers published in small cities in the western United States. Frequency The ''Brookings Register'' publishes daily Monday through Friday afternoon and Saturday morning with a focus on local news and sports in an effort to keep area residents and visitors informed. History The rich history of the ''Brookings Register'' dates back to March 30, 1882, when the paper's forerunner, the weekly ''Brookings County Sentinel'', began accounting the events of the Brookings region. That first edition numbered six pages and featured on the first Page One, the death of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, food recipes, and the battle against "beer dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 NFL Playoffs
The National Football League playoffs for the 2023 season began on January 13, 2024, and will conclude with Super Bowl LVIII on February 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. This is the first postseason since 1998 not to feature quarterbacks Peyton Manning or Tom Brady, as they both played their final NFL games in the 2015 and 2022 seasons, respectively. In the Wild Card round, the No. 7 seed Green Bay Packers defeated the No. 2 seed Dallas Cowboys, becoming the first No. 7 seed ever to win a playoff game. The Detroit Lions won their first playoff game since 1991 by defeating the Los Angeles Rams. Participants Bracket Schedule The playoffs began with Wild Card Weekend on January 13–15, 2024. The Divisional round is scheduled for January 20–21, with the winners of those games advancing to the Conference Championship games on January 28. Super Bowl LVIII is scheduled for February 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. Wild Card playoffs Saturday, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Green Bay Packers Season
The 2023 season is the Green Bay Packers' 103rd in the National Football League (NFL), their 105th overall, their sixth under the leadership of general manager Brian Gutekunst and their fifth under head coach Matt LaFleur. For the first time since 2004, quarterback Aaron Rodgers was not on the roster, as he was traded to the New York Jets on April 26. Rodgers, who had been the starter since 2008, won four NFL MVPs, led the team to five NFC Championship appearances, and won Super Bowl XLV. This is the first season with Jordan Love as the starting quarterback, who was picked in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft. Also, for the first time since 2006, long–time kicker Mason Crosby was not on the roster as he was not re-signed in the offseason. Despite struggling in the first half of the season with a 3–6 record, the Packers would go 6–2 in their final eight games, improving on their 8–9 record from the previous season and clinching the final playoff berth, winning a thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 NFL Season
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States and the highest Professional gridiron football, professional level of American football in the world. It was formed in 1920 as the ''American Professional Football Association'' (APFA) before adopting its current name for the 1922 season. After initially determining champions through end-of-season standings, a playoff system was implemented in 1933 that culminated with the History of the National Football League championship#1933–1965: NFL Championship Game, NFL Championship Game. Following an AFL–NFL merger, agreement to merge the NFL with the rival American Football League (AFL) in 1966, the Super Bowl was first held in 1967 to determine a champion between the best teams from the two leagues and has remained as the final game of each NFL season since the merger was completed in 1970. After the merger, all AFL Championship Games and records were included in NFL record books, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pectoral Muscles
Pectoral muscles (colloquially referred to as "pecs") are the muscles that connect the front of the human chest with the bones of the upper arm and shoulder. This region contains four muscles that provide movements to the upper limbs or ribs. Pectoralis major is a thick, fan-shaped or triangular convergent muscle, which makes up the bulk of the chest muscle. It lies under the breast. It serves to flex, extend, and rotate the humerus, the long bone of the upper arm. Pectoralis minor is a thin, triangular muscle located beneath the pectoralis major. It attaches to the ribs, and serves to stabilize the scapula, the large bone of the shoulder. The pectoral fascia is a thin layer of tissue over the pectoralis major, extending toward the latissimus dorsi muscle on the back. Along with the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor, the subclavius muscle forms the axilla or armpit. The subclavius moves the shoulder downward and forward. Serratus anterior is another muscle on the front of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays its home games at MetLife Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, west of New York City. The stadium is shared with the New York Jets. The Giants are headquartered and practice at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center, also in the Meadowlands. The Giants were one of five teams that joined the NFL in 1925, and they are the only one of that group still existing, as well as the league's longest-established team in the Northeastern United States. The team ranks third among all NFL franchises with eight NFL championship titles: four in the pre–Super Bowl era (1927, 1934, 1938, 1956) and four since the advent of the Super Bowl ( XXI (1986), XXV (1990), XLII (2007), and XLVI (2011)), alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapid City Journal
The ''Rapid City Journal'' (formerly the ''Black Hills Journal'' and the ''Rapid City Daily Journal'') is the daily newspaper of Rapid City, South Dakota. As of 2021, it is the largest newspaper in South Dakota by total subscriptions, according to the United States Postal Service Statement of Ownership and the South Dakota Newspaper Association. It covers Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The newspaper also publishes the ''Sturgis Rally Daily'' and ''Compass'', which are two special supplements. The ''Sturgis Rally Daily'' is published during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, and ''Compass'' is the weekly shoppers tab. History The ''Rapid City Journal'' began on January 5, 1878, as the ''Black Hills Journal''. Publisher Joseph P. Gossage produced the first edition of the ''Black Hills Journal'', which was four pages and had 250 subscribers. Printed in a log cabin on Rapid Street, the first newspaper was lab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
The NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly known as Division I-AA, is the second-highest level of college football in the United States, after the Football Bowl Subdivision. Sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the FCS level comprises 130 teams in 15 conferences as of the 2022 season. The FCS designation is only tied to football with the non-football sports programs of each school generally competing in NCAA Division I. History From 1906 to 1955, the NCAA had no divisional structure for member schools. Prior to the 1956 college football season, schools were organized into an upper NCAA University Division and lower NCAA College Division. From 1973 to 1977, all schools participated in a single NCAA Division I group. Prior to the 1978 season, schools were again organized into upper NCAA Division I-A and lower NCAA Division I-AA groupings. These two divisions were renamed as NCAA Division I FBS and NCAA Division I FCS prior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSOO (AM)
KSOO (1000 AM, "ESPN Sioux Falls") is a radio station broadcasting a sports format, with programming from ESPN Radio. The station serves the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media. History On August 7, 2017, KXRB and its classic country format moved to 1140 AM, swapping frequencies and call signs with news/talk-formatted KSOO. On August 1, 2021, KSOO flipped to sports, branded as "ESPN Sioux Falls"; the format moved from KSOO-FM KSOO-FM (99.1 MHz, "Kickin' Country 99.1/100.5") is a radio station with a country music format, simulcasting KIKN-FM 100.5 Salem. Licensed to Lennox, South Dakota, United States, the station serves the Sioux Falls area. The station is currentl ..., which switched to country. Honors and awards In May 2006, KXRB won one first-place plaque in the commercial radio division of the South Dakota Associated Press Broadcasters Association news contest. The contest was for the 2005 calendar year. Previous logos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In The United States
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is a part of the COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In the United States, it has resulted in confirmed cases with all-time deaths, the most of any country, and COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country, the twentieth-highest per capita worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic ranks first on the list of disasters in the United States by death toll; it was the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020, behind heart disease and cancer. From 2019 to 2020, U.S. life expectancy dropped by 3years for Hispanic and Latino Americans, 2.9years for African Americans, and 1.2years for white Americans. These effects persisted as U.S. deaths due to COVID-19 in 2021 exceeded those in 2020, and life expectancy continued to fall from 2020 to 2021. On December 31, 2019, China announced the discovery of a cluster of pne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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