Новости за 19.12.2016

Big-bodied forward was taken 21st overall in 2013.

Should Jae Crowder (making 86% of his free throws this season, 78% for his career) or Avery Bradley (76%, 78%) have shot a technical free throw for the Celtics last night? They played rock, paper, scissors to determine. Crowder’s paper covered Bradley’s rock, but Crowder missed the free throw. At least Boston held on for […]

Cardinals General Manager Steve Keim said last week that he expects to have quarterback Carson Palmer and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald back with the team in 2017 and the two players fielded questions about their plans for the future after Sunday’s 48-41 loss to the Saints. Palmer said he hasn’t given much thought to what’s…

Doug Cifu set to become chairman and governor of Sunrise Sports and Entertainment.

Everything you need to know about the Merseyside derby, plus stream links.

The Chargers haven’t announced their plans regarding where they’ll play in the future, but it felt like they left San Diego already during Sunday’s game against the Raiders. Whether because of the Chargers’ record, their uncertain future in the city or the Raiders being on the verge of clinching their first playoff spot since 2002,…

Dewayne Dedmon keeps dunking on fools.

The Falcons feel good about having wide receiver Julio Jones under their tree on Christmas Eve. Jones has missed the last two games with a toe injury, but worked out before Sunday’s victory over the 49ers. Watching him go through that workout left coach Dan Quinn feeling good about the chances of Jones returning to…

Nashville will travel to Philadelphia and New Jersey.

Morales set to get back into the U.S. picture under Arena?

Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey has joined LSU running back Leonard Fournette in making a rare decision that may soon become commonplace: They’re skipping their bowl games to focus on the NFL draft. McCaffrey announced today that he won’t play in Stanford’s bowl game because he wants to keep his body healthy for the Combine…

Also, damn Joel Embiid is good.

Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott drew a 15-yard penalty when he scored a touchdown and celebrated by jumping into an oversized Salvation Army kettle on Sunday night. But he won’t be punished beyond that. The NFL confirmed today that Elliott won’t be fined for the celebration, which drew a lot of attention on social media…

In weeks past, Browns coach Hue Jackson has been quick to name a starting quarterback. But at 0-14 and coming off another less-than-inspired quarterbacking performance from Robert Griffin III, Jackson has flung the door back open for Cody Kessler or Josh McCown (or really anybody who walks through the door) for this week’s game against…

Have time for only the highlights? We have those, too. But if you have an opportunity, watch the entire Tim Duncan number-retirement ceremony. There were a lot of great insights and humor – including from Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, former Wake Forest coach Dave Odom, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and Duncan himself – on the […]

Lifelong Hammers fan has some decent banter with West Ham's skipper.

If/when (when) the 49ers fire G.M. Trent Baalke, Baalke apparently won’t be looking for work for long. Via Matt Maiocco of CSNBayArea.com, Baalke likely will land with the Broncos. Baalke’s role is unclear; he’d either be in the pro personnel department or the college scouting department. Baalke became the G.M. of the 49ers in 2011,…

Monday's collection of links.

He also was ejected late in the game.

On the third play of Sunday’s game between the Giants and Lions, Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham dropped a short pass from Eli Manning. Either through ignorance or incompetence, the officiating crew gave Beckham credit for a four-yard gain as reward for his drop and the blown call stood because Lions coach Jim Caldwell opted…

Should the red card for this tackle stand?

Texans owner Bob McNair made the bold call to pay $72 million over four years for a pig in a poke. He had a different adjective for coach Bill O’Brien’s decision to bench quarterback Brock Osweiler yesterday in favor of Tom Savage. “I’m just glad I wasn’t the one that had to make that decision,”…

Sunday’s win was the 400th in Bills history. Said Dolphins coach Adam Gase of CB Tony Lippett, “He’s done a great job of staying with what he’s being taught to do. He’s had a couple times where people wanted him out of there outside our building. He practices hard every day. Every week, he gets…

Bills coach Rex Ryan denied a report that indicated he knows he’ll be fired at the end of the season, which made two weeks in a row when reports about his impending departure from Buffalo was a topic of conversation at his postgame press conference. This denial came after 33-13 win over the Browns that…

The Packers had given up 17 straight points to the Bears and they were staring at overtime on third-and-11 from their own 26-yard-line with less than 40 seconds left in the game when Aaron Rodgers decided to go deep to Jordy Nelson. Nelson ran past cornerback Cre’von LeBlanc and there was no safety help over…