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Daily Mail
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Shedeur Sanders hits Dallas clubs with rumored girlfriend and Kodak Black after Browns end NFL Draft freefall
He may not have been selected in the first round, but Cleveland Browns rookie Shedeur Sanders sure celebrated like a top draft pick on Saturday night after his name was finally called. Sanders celebrated his selection into the NFL with a star-studded party at Dallas nightclub Hyde & Seek after the Browns chose him with the 144th overall pick in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft. The former Colorado quarterback stayed up past 2:00 in the morning with friends and family - including his older siblings Deiondra and Deion Jr - according to Page Six. Also joining in the celebration were his rumored girlfriend, Jamaican dancehall star Shenseea, as well as rappers Kodak Black, Yung Miami, and TrapBoyFreddy. Sanders celebrated with multiple Louis Vuitton briefcases full of money while the DJ bumped popular hip hop tunes. Bottle girls arrived in his section with a lit up sign that read '5TH ROUND PICK' as Don Julio 1942 tequila and Ace of Spades champagne bottles were passed around for his guests, as seen in a video. But don't assume Sanders was inebriated in the clip. As he revealed on his podcast back in February, he's actually a teetotaler. 'I don't drink. I don't do that type of stuff. It's not like too much I couldn't do. Dad gave us the freedom, I'll say, to do what we wanted to do to bump our heads a little bit when we were younger to get back on the track.' In addition to the briefcases, Shedeur was seen sporting a brand new 'iced-out' chain around his neck. Yung Miami, one of the members of the popular female rap group City Girls, performed her song 'Act Up' for the audience. Kodak Black got into the DJ booth and congratulated his 'brother' Shedeur on making it to the NFL. He was also seen climbing into a cage set up for a pole dancer, sitting beside her as it began twisting around in the air. But Sanders was at the center of it all: celebrating his accomplishment surrounded by loved ones and stars alike. His arrival to the NFL came much later than anyone - including Shedeur - may have expected. The quarterback had been left to watch at his home in Texas as he slid down the draft boards in the first round. Going into the day of the draft, Sanders was a projected first round pick after previously being mocked as a top-3 pick just months prior. But Sanders wasn't chosen by anyone at all on Thursday and his misery continued during the second and third rounds. Sanders was helpless again as he watched three other quarterbacks selected ahead of him on Friday. His wait finally ended just after 2pm on Saturday, when the Browns selected the ex-Colorado star with the sixth pick of the fifth round - putting an end to one of the most stunning sagas in the history of the NFL Draft. It's time to be legendary. ⌚️ @ShedeurSanders @Browns (via @ShiloSanders) — NFL (@NFL) April 26, 2025 Months ago, Sanders was believed to be picked early because the teams with the top three selections - the Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns, and New York Giants - were all in need of quarterbacks. But the Giants signed free agents Russell Wilson and Jameis Winston in the offseason, mostly filling their needs at the position for this season. The Titans were long sold on Miami quarterback Cam Ward, who they took first overall on Thursday night. Then, the Browns decided to trade down in the draft - giving the Jacksonville Jaguars the second pick. Jacksonville chose to draft Sanders' teammate, Heisman winner Travis Hunter, second overall instead. Rather than bulking up the QB position with Sanders, the Giants made a smart decision and took the best available player in the draft: Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter. The Browns, with the fifth pick they got from Jacksonville, also took a defensive lineman in Michigan product Mason Graham. As the first round ticked on, it seemed that any chance for Sanders to be picked rested on the hope that a team would trade up to take him. So when the Giants traded up to the 25th overall pick, many believed that this was their chance to select Sanders as their 'quarterback of the future'. The Giants did end up selecting a QB. But rather than Sanders, they chose Jaxson Dart out of Ole Miss. A dejected looking Sanders was seen slightly upset after that pick came through as his night didn't go as expected. That night, with friends and family surrounding him, Sanders addressed the disappointment. The 23-year-old spoke to his loved ones about his snub, admitting 'we all didn't expect this, of course'. But Sanders tried to remain upbeat, insisting he would be 'happy' regardless of what happens in the upcoming rounds of the draft. 'I feel like with God, anything is possible, everything is possible,' he said. 'I feel like this happened for no reason - all this is is of course fuel to the fire and under no circumstance we all know this shouldn't happen. 'But we understand we're on to bigger and better things. Tomorrow is the day, we're going to be happy regardless, legendary.' Entering Friday night, many expected Sanders to be taken with the first pick of the second round by the Cleveland Browns. Instead, the Browns passed on him at picks 33 and 36. Then, in a complete shock, the New Orleans Saints selected Louisville quarterback Tyler Shough with the 40th pick. No other quarterbacks were taken in the rest of the second round, leaving draft analysts confounded by how far Sanders had fallen. Then came the chaos of the third round. With the 28th pick of the round and the 92nd pick overall, the Seattle Seahawks chose Alabama's Jalen Milroe in a stunner. But then two picks later, in perhaps the most staggering development of the night, the Browns took a quarterback by selecting Oregon gunslinger Dillon Gabriel. Gabriel had been projected by ESPN's Mel Kiper as the eighth best quarterback in the draft class - making this an absolutely mindboggling decision. That stunning second and third round turn of events comes on the same day that President Donald Trump took some time away from his duties to post on social media about the quarterback's dramatic tumble. 'What is wrong with NFL owners, are they STUPID?' Trump wrote in his latest Truth Social rant. 'Deion Sanders was a great college football player, and was even greater in the NFL. He's also a very good coach, streetwise and smart! 'Therefore, Shedeur, his quarterback son, has PHENOMENAL GENES, and is all set for Greatness. 'He should be 'picked' IMMEDIATELY by a team that wants to WIN. Good luck Shedeur, and say hello to your wonderful father!' All season long at Colorado, he showed off his prowess as a pocket passer, benefited from a great connection with Hunter and tossed for over 4,100 yards and for 37 touchdowns. While his willingness to take contact in order to make plays is a sign that he's good in uncomfortable situations in the pocket. When the pocket holds up, his accuracy and arm strength makes him a threat in short, medium, and long-range passes. But he's been prone to taking sacks in the name of making plays and doesn't use his athleticism to avoid hits as much as he should.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
What is the pink triangle? How a Nazi symbol became an emblem of LGBTQ+ rights
Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock Representatives of the ACT UP Dublin group walking with banners in the Dublin LGBTQ Pride Festival in 2019 No symbol has experienced a more drastic one-eighty than the pink triangle. What originally began as a symbol of shame in Nazi Germany has since been reclaimed as a symbol of LGBTQ+ Pride... only for the president of the United States to once again use it as a symbol of hate. Donald Trump sparked fury when he re-posted an article about his anti-LGBTQ+ military policies that featured the pink triangle with a red slash over it — which is used as a "no" symbol. But what is the pink triangle, and what does it really symbolize? Read more to find out. Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images A man placed a wreath at the monument of the memorial to gay and lesbian victims in Cologne, Germany on January 27, 2023 during the international holocaust remembrance day. The pink triangle was used to identify LGBTQ+ prisoners in concentration camps under Nazi Germany. It has since been reclaimed by queer activists as a symbol for the community, and has been featured in countless Holocaust tributes, AIDs memorials, and other acts of advocacy across the last several decades. Historical Contributor/Corbis via Getty Images TK CAPTION - see above LGBTQ+ prisoners kept in concentration camps were forced to wear an upside down pink triangle on their uniforms to mark them as queer. Homosexual acts had been outlawed in Germany since 1871 under Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code, but authorities rarely enforced the laws, allowing LGBTQ+ communities to thrive in places like Berlin. As the Nazis rose to power, they toughened the nation's laws regarding sex between men and in 1935 began sentencing violators to ten years of forced labor. It's estimated that over 15,000 gay men were sent to concentration camps in Nazi Germany, where the pink triangle designated them for even harsher treatment, such as castration or medical experiments. Though hard data about them is not available, historians believe countless transgender and lesbian people also died in Nazi captivity. After the Allies liberated concentration camps at the end of World War II, they decided not to remove Paragraph 175 from German law. LGBTQ+ prisoners were not recognized as victims of the Nazis, and many gay men were forced to finish their prison sentences. Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images TK CAPTION - see above The pink triangle was used by LGBTQ+ activists as early as the 1960s, but it became more widely adopted during the 1980s as a symbol of resistance in response to the AIDs epidemic. It was most prominently featured by the advocacy group Act Up, which flipped the triangle to point upwards. Act Up's use of the triangle was a purposeful reference to the Nazis, often pairing it with the slogans "Silence = Death" or "Never forget." The sayings, which have been used in anti-genocide movements, deliberately compared the U.S. government's failure to address the epidemic to a willful act of violence against queer people. Paul Chinn/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images The receding fog reveals the giant pink triangle installed on Twin Peaks to kick off Pride weekend festivities in San Francisco, Calif. on Saturday, June 29, 2019. Pink triangles are now used in Pride celebrations and LGBTQ+ memorials across the world. The symbol serves as a reminder of the unfair persecution the queer community has received throughout history, as well as a call to not allow the world to revert to such times. The city of San Francisco, California displays a giant pink triangle over the city every June to both honor past victims and acknowledge the ongoing attacks against the LGBTQ+ community in the U.S. today. Over 1,000 anti-LGBTQ+ laws have been proposed across every state legislature in the U.S. over the past two years, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, and 126 have passed into law. Less than two months into the 2025 legislative session, 511 laws targeting LGBTQ+ people have been proposed.
