New Delhi, July 31 -- BEREA, Ohio - Deion Sanders drove to Cleveland on Wednesday not as Coach Prime, not for the cameras, not to make a statement about his son's position battle. He drove there because Shedeur Sanders texted him the practice schedule, and a father who had not received that text the year before was not going to ignore it the year he finally did.

"I didn't get that text last year, but I got it this year," Deion Sanders told reporters who caught him outside the facility. "So what does a father do? Come see his baby." He was not doing interviews, he said. He was there to watch. He watched from the bleachers, then came down to the sideline when the session ended and embraced his son in a moment that the surrounding media did...