Each year, hundreds of collegiate athletes attend the NFL Scouting Combine in hopes of improving their draft stock. Coaches and front office executives place a lot of emphasis on this weeklong event, and it has a big influence on whom teams select in the draft. Why is there so much emphasis placed on the Combine? It seems these days that equal weight is placed on what players do at the Combine as compared to what they've done in college.
Think about a munching on a bag of your favorite potato chips. Let that image sit in your brain for a little while. How does it feel? Are you craving chips right now? Sometimes, a single mention of a word is all it takes to trigger a craving, and unfortunately, cravings often entice you to do things that aren't good…
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Sportsday rounds up the big sporting stories of the day on the BBC News channel.
The Australian equity market is pointed to a slightly weak open to the trading day as overnight stocks ended lower amid ongoing concerns over the euro zone debt crisis. The Dow finished the trading session down 26.64 points at 12938.90 while the S&P500 index closed down 4.57 points at 1357.63.
