Новости за 28.07.2015

After NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld Tom Brady’s four-game suspension, Brady’s agent ripped the decision. In a statement distributed this afternoon, agent Don Yee called the league’s appeals process “a sham” and insisted that Brady has done nothing wrong in Deflategate. “The Commissioner’s decision is deeply disappointing, but not surprising because the appeal process was…

What began with a 243-page report has culminated, for now, in a four-page lawsuit. The short and simple complaint filed Tuesday by the NFL against the NFL Players Association in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York specifically seeks pre-emptive confirmation of the arbitration award reflected in Commissioner Roger Goodell’s decision…

Nice payday after posting a career-high in goals this season.

The NFL moved first, but, as expected, it looks like they’ll have company in going to federal court in the wake of Commissioner Roger Goodell’s decision to uphold Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s suspension. Jim Trotter of ESPN reports that Brady has authorized the NFLPA to go to federal court in an attempt to overturn the…

Today's show features a look back at Martin Truex Jr.'s win at Pocono in June.

The Steelers will have running back Le’Veon Bell back a week earlier than expected after Tuesday’s announcement that his suspension has been pared down to two games after settlement talks between the league and the NFLPA. In a statement about the decision, Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert didn’t concentrate on that aspect of the decision.…

Will they hold onto Stones and Coleman? If so, expect Everton to be in the Europa League discussion and to make a healthy bid for both Cups.

"When you look at the structure of our salaries and our cap, it's important to get those bottom-six cap hits in better shape."

At some point over the past few weeks, I considered the possibility that the courtroom portion of the Tom Brady saga could be initiated not by the NFL Players Association but by the NFL. I made a mental note of it, vowed to write about that possibility, and then forgot to do it. The reminder…

He's been sober four years, which is most important.

On Monday, we shared a couple of tweets that Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall sent from Jamaica over the weekend making reference to the amount of marijuana smoke in the air around the island. One of them was directed to the NFL’s Twitter account with Marshall writing that he’s an occasional wine drinker and asking…

In his effort to make a bad situation better, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had somehow made it worse. The 20-page, single-spaced ruling from Commissioner Roger Goodell explains that, in materials submitted by Brady only days before the June 23 hearing, Brady admitted that he destroyed the cell phone that would have contained text messages sent…

The nation has now changed men's national team managers 15 times since 2000, and only two of those changes were caretaker moves.

With more number retirements in Boston on the way in a few years.

The wait for linebacker Vontaze Burfict’s return to the field will go on a little longer. The Bengals announced Tuesday that Burfict has been placed on the physically unable to perform list. Burfict had microfracture surgery in January after last year’s season-ending knee surgery and Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said in May that he expected…

With the Nurnberg Ice Tigers.

The Saints have decided that they no longer want to employ linebacker Junior Galette. But that doesn’t mean coach Sean Payton regards Galette as unemployable. Payton appeared on Tuesday’s PFT Live on NBC Sports Radio, and I asked what he’d tell another coach who is considering signing Galette. “You are going to get a guy that…

Eric McClure and Hal Martin partner on new team.

There were reportedly settlement talks between the NFL and NFLPA regarding Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s suspension appeal, but we learned on Tuesday afternoon that they were unsuccessful and that Brady remains suspended for four games. Things have apparently gone better in the talks about reducing Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell’s three-game suspension. Jarrett Bell of…

Did Michael Jordan hijack the draft process in Charlotte again?

In a not-at-all unexpected end (for now) to the #DeflateGate saga, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has upheld his four-game suspension of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady In the league’s release on the matter, they stated that “important new information disclosed by Brady and his representatives” during his appeal hearing came into play. “On or shortly before…

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has upheld the four-game suspension of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady over Deflategate. In a ruling announced today, the league said Goodell has denied Brady’s appeal. “NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld today the four-game suspension imposed on New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady on May 11. Brady’s appeal ‎from that discipline was…

Winning bid to be decided by the end of the year.

The Rams were prepared to let rookie running back Todd Gurley start training camp on the non-football injury list if need be. Apparently, there will be no need. According to Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Gurley passed his conditioning test Tuesday — “impressively” — and will begin camp on the active roster. As…

Bills wide receiver Sammy Watkins thinks the team should win the AFC East this year and he plans to be on the practice field helping the team toward that goal from the start of training camp. Offseason hip surgery limited Watkins during offseason work, but he said he won’t need any time on the sidelines…