Новости за 15.12.2016

The salary cap has stopped smoothing. It’s spiking, pretty much every year. This year, teams reportedly have been told it will rise to as high as $170 million (which means it likely will be even higher). At $170 million, that’s a 9.4-percent increase over the 2016 per-team spending limit. And the numbers keep going up…

Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan spent an off night in town at Villanova watching the best basketball team in the Philly area dominate in another victory. A night later, Lowry and DeRozan ditched the courtside seats to team up and keep Philadelphia the worst team in the NBA.

Ondrej Palat is the latest player in Tampa Bay to leave a game due to injury

Infantino's plan to expand the World Cup to 48 teams isn't too everyone's liking.

As the home of two NFL teams, MetLife Stadium is used to having different looks at different times whether the Jets or Giants are in residence. That includes changing lighting and signage around the facility to reflect the current home team and it usually involves painting the end zones in the appropriate colors as well.…

After missing a huge windmill dunk Monday, Raptors wing Terrence Ross said no more windmill dunks in Toronto until Vince Carter retires. Apparently, Philadelphia is OK.

After the Bengals beat the Browns in Week 14, Bengals cornerback Adam Jones went off on Browns wide receiver Terrelle Pryor. Jones called Pryor “garbage” several times and used a garbage can as a prop to further drive home his point about the Cleveland wideout. Jones also said that Pryor told Bengals defensive coordinator Paul…

The Dolphins’ season turned around with a 30-15 win over the Steelers in Week Six. They were 1-4 heading into that game, but they won behind Jay Ajayi’s 204 rushing yards and then won again the next week with Ajayi piling up 214 yards on the ground. There have been five more wins in their…

Winning consecutive games at home for the first time all season isn't exactly something to celebrate, particularly when the season is nearly two months old.

The Bears have played plenty of cold-weather games during their years in Chicago, but Sunday’s game against the Packers may be the coldest game ever played at Soldier Field. The latest forecast calls for a temperature of 1 degree below zero on Sunday at noon Central time, when the Bears are kicking off against the…

With a kit clash in the south coast derby this weekend, Saints have a new beautiful jersey.

They played games Wednesday night, too. Just not with LeBron in them.

Ronald and Benzema on target as Real reach Sunday's final in Japan.

Matthews grew up watching players like Shane Doan play for the Coyotes. Now he gets to play against them

Before they were separated by money, Cam Newton and Josh Norman were as close as two players of their stature can be. Sometimes, that led to laughs. One time, it led to a fight. But as they prepare to play each other Monday night, the Carolina quarterback professed nothing but respect for the Washington cornerback.…

Bills defensive lineman Marcell Dareus has ventured far onto a slender limb in guaranteeing a win over Cleveland on Sunday. Bills receiver Sammy Watkins knows that, if the team fails to beat a downtrodden franchise that hasn’t won a game in more than a year, things could get ugly. “We know if we lose, something…

Saints left tackle Terron Armstead has dealt with multiple lower body injuries this season and hasn’t played in more than three straight games at any point this season, which won’t change in the final weeks of the regular season. The Saints placed Armstead on injured reserve Wednesday, ending his season a few days after he…

Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell’s last two meetings with the Bengals haven’t gone particularly well. In 2014, a hit from safety Reggie Nelson in a Week 17 game left him with an injured knee and kept him from playing in Pittsburgh’s loss to the Ravens in the playoffs. Bell’s knee got hurt again last year…

Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio is bringing the heat lately, and that has nothing to do with his blitz packages. A week after ripping a report saying he was at odds with coach John Fox, Fangio gave a blunt assessment of the talent he and Fox inherited when they walked into Halas Hall two years ago.…

Robert Griffin III’s return to action against the Bengals last Sunday didn’t go particularly well as the quarterback went 12-of-28 for 104 yards and an interception in a 23-10 loss. It was Griffin’s first start since the opening week of the season and that start was his first since the 2014 season, which would explain why…

The Bills’ running game is on record pace (So they’ve got that going for them, which is nice). Dolphins QB Matt Moore has bigger things to worry about than starting this week. Patriots CB Malcolm Butler was limited in practice yesterday with a hip injury. Jets QB Bryce Petty has had an impact — on the…

Thursday’s PFT Live includes a visit from Giants defensive end Olivier Vernon. Which provides obvious inspiration for the question of the day. Who has been the best offseason addition? You know the drill by now. Vote, comment about who was left off, vote again, comment about who else was left off. Also joining the show…

Apparently, the lure of a good game of dodgeball might not be enough to entice Darius Slay to go to the Pro Bowl. Assuming — and it’s not a safe assumption — that he gets picked to play in the Pro Bowl, that is. The Lions cornerback said he thinks he’s playing at a Pro…

Yes, the Packers are allowing quarterback Aaron Rodgers to take it easy this week. But no, there’s no danger of him missing Sunday’s game against the Bears. Via Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com, Rodgers said the right calf muscle that kept him out of practice yesterday and will today is a problem, but not one that…

Colts owner Jim Irsay says he doesn’t plan to fire head coach Chuck Pagano or G.M. Ryan Grigson in part because he believes the team they have built is better than its 6-7 record. “We could be right now 10-3,” Irsay told USA Today. “That could be us if the ball bounces a little bit…