Новости за 28.01.2016

Yes, this isn’t a story about the NFL. Feel free to scroll to the next article. But there’s a connection to the NFL, given that this story is about a pro athlete blatantly assaulting a game official. Although Calgary Flames defenseman Dennis Wideman claims that his cross-checking of linesman Don Henderson was accidental, the video…

The story of an unlikely underdog.

The Broncos feel confident that safeties T.J. Ward and Darian Stewart will be able to play in Super Bowl 50 and Thursday’s first practice of the week saw one of them on the field with the rest of the team. Ward, who aggravated an ankle injury, was on the field, although he was watching from…

More details emerge about Toronto incident

Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell missed the final eight games of the regular season and both postseason games because of a knee injury, which marked two straight years that the Steelers have advanced to the playoffs without Bell in the lineup because of knee issues. Throw in a foot injury from his rookie year and…

The Buccaneers hired offensive coordinator Todd Monken away from his job as the head coach at Southern Mississippi and there’s going to be at least one thing Monken misses about the college game. Monken said that he wants the Bucs to have a “fight song” while discussing the place that fun has in his philosophy of…

Bristol Motor Speedway announced Thursday it will host a second college football game this September.

New Lions general manager Bob Quinn has decided coach Jim Caldwell will stay with the team, shaken up the personnel department and has begun the process of making some of the player decisions he’s now tasked with making. As for having any key decisions made, though, Quinn told reporters he’s been so busy talking with…

Should the Flames defenseman be suspended?

Apparently, there is no question about whether Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis will play, such that there was. Via Bill Voth of Black and Blue Review, Davis told reporters today that he was recovering nicely after surgery to put a plate and “11 or 12 screws” in his broken right arm. “I fully expect to play,”…

Before the Dolphins fired defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle after Week Four of the regular season, word out of Miami was that the team’s players were airing their grievances about the scheme at team meetings. Vance Joseph will be the team’s defensive coordinator in 2016 and he said Thursday that he wants to have the team’s players…

So what if Tyronn Lue is just 2-1?

When linebacker Jon Beason has been healthy during his three years with the Giants, he has been one of their most effective defensive players. As you could probably guess by that opening, Beason hasn’t been healthy all that often. He has missed 23 games over the last two seasons because of injuries, which have been…

Funeral services for longtime Motor Racing Network announcer Barney Hall will take place Friday in Elkin, N.C.

Here are 10 players who excelled after moves during January in years gone by.

Super Bowl Sunday will mark the one-year anniversary of the Bills plucking guard Richie Incognito off the scrap heap and signing him to their roster, a move that worked out well for both sides. Incognito got a chance to return to the field after being drummed out of Miami in the wake of bullying allegations…

Can you dig it?!

If you had told Cowboys owner Jerry Jones while he celebrated his third title at Super Bowl XXX that he wouldn’t have his fourth title by Super Bowl 50, he wouldn’t have believed it. Jones admitted that he figured the Cowboys would have sustained success over the last two decades, and he wouldn’t have expected…

You'll have to settle for Patrick Kane instead.

The head of the Bundesliga welcomed discussions about revamping the Champions League.

Danica Patrick's No. 10 team will have a unique "fantern" program this season, giving fans a intern-style exposure to Patrick and her team at 26 Sprint Cup races.

It wasn't just LeBron James

Former Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher thinks there’s a right way and a wrong way to celebrate a touchdown, and Urlacher is decidedly in the “Act like you’ve been there before” camp. Urlacher told USA Today he prefers the way Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning celebrates — with a quick nod to a teammate and then a…

Defeat on Friday the end for LVG?

Peak hacking