Tom Brady's niece, former UCLA star shortstop Maya Brady, was selected by the Oklahoma City Spark with the top pick in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League’s expansion and allocation drafts on Monday.
The Cascade took former University of Oklahoma pitcher Sam Landry at No. 2.
The Cascade picked former Oklahoma and Oklahoma State pitcher Kelly Maxwell as the top pick in the allocation draft. Former Sooner Kinzie Hansen went to the Spark at No. 2, and another former Oklahoma star, Jayda Coleman, went to the Talons at No. 3.
Yet another ex-Oklahoma player, slugger Jocelyn Alo, went to the Bandits as the No. 10 overall pick in the allocation draft, In all, nine of the 43 players chosen were former Sooners.
The league currently has 78 players, and the remaining roster spots will be filled out with a college draft.
The additions of the Spark and Cascade pushed the league from four to six teams, making the drafts necessary. The Blaze, Volts, Talons and Bandits all protected five players initially in the expansion draft, then could protect two more after the first five rounds.
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FILE - UCLA's Maya Brady (7) bats during an NCAA softball game against Grand Canyon on May 19, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong, File)
FILE - UCLA shortstop Maya Brady (7) reacts during an NCAA softball game against Washington on March 17, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong, File)
LONDON (AP) — Four protesters were arrested Saturday after splattering food on the case of a priceless diamond-encrusted crown at the Tower of London.
The Crown Jewels display was closed after members of a group called Take Back Power smeared apple crumble and poured yellow custard — two staples on British dessert menus — on the display case containing the Imperial State Crown worn by King Charles III as he left his coronation ceremony in 2023 and during his speech to open Parliament in 2024.
The hefty crown, containing 2,868 diamonds, 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds, four rubies and 269 pearls, was crafted for the coronation of Charles' grandfather, George VI, in 1937.
The Metropolitan Police said the protesters were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage.
The civil disobedience group that advocates for a permanent citizens' assembly and wants to tax extreme wealth said two of its members had thrown the food and two others were also arrested and taken into “custard-y.”
The stunt is one of many that has targeted prized treasures and artworks to draw attention to a political cause. Petroleum protesters were imprisoned last year for tossing a can of tomato soup on glass protecting Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” at London’s National Gallery.
Video of the act at the Tower of London, once a royal palace also known as the prison where Anne Boleyn, Thomas More and others were executed, showed two protesters attacking the case as other visitors stepped back in shock.
After an employee intervened and radioed for help, the two demonstrators unfurled a sign saying, “Democracy has crumbled. Tax the rich.”
FILE - Tourists shelter under umbrellas as they view The Tower of London in London, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
FILE - King Charles III wearing the Crown Jewels attends the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords, London, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool File)
