Новости за 16.01.2017

The governing body of Chinese soccer plans a series of measures in response to what is termed "irrational" spending by clubs.

Even with one of the four divisional-round games moved from 1:00 p.m. ET to prime-time, the ratings for the quartet of contests fell behind last year’s numbers. Sure, it was only a three-percent reduction. But it was a reduction nonetheless. Via SportsBusiness Daily, the spike from Packers-Cowboys was offset by drops arising from the Steelers-Chiefs, Seahawks-Falcons,…

The former first-round pick looks as though he's finally broken through.

Zane McIntyre in to start the third for Boston.

Amazingly, the Seahawks blatantly violated the rules of the NFL’s injury reports by concealing a knee injury to cornerback Richard Sherman. Even more amazingly, coach Pete Carroll freely admitted to it. Not surprisingly, the NFL is saying nothing about it. Reached by PFT for comment on the situation, the NFL had none. Actually, that’s a little…

Move allows team to be closer to Team Penske, which is aligned with the Wood Brothers.

We are at the midway point of the NBA season, which means things like the mid-season awards will be coming from us in the next couple days (a post on Tuesday, plus a podcast breaking them down). It’s also the midpoint of the rankings, and not shockingly the Warriors are on top and the top […]

Neither Steve Mason nor Michal Neuvirth has been very good this season.

The Raiders, who apparently won’t be having to replace director of player personnel Joey Clinkscales this year, may already have an in-house substitute in mind, if/when someone else makes Clinkscales a General Manager. The team has promoted midwest scout Trey Scott to the position of Assistant Director of Player Personnel. Scott, 28, has spent five prior…

Galaxy goalkeeper Rowe has replaced Seattle's Stefan Frei on the U.S. training camp roster.

Washington continues to add to its search for a defensive coordinator, with a fourth name joining the list. According to Master Tesfatsion of the Washington Post, former 49ers linebackers coach Jason Tarver is scheduled to interview. Former Bills coordinator Rob Ryan met with them today, and they’ve also interviewed former Browns head coach Mike Pettine…

Everyone wants their own say

PST's lead writer and editor, Joe Prince-Wright, looks back at Week 21 in the PL.

A look at who has the most wins, top fives, top 10s, poles and DNFs in the last 100 Cup races.

The former will be out until the All-Star break; the latter has missed the last 26 games.

For much of the 2016 season and into this year’s playoffs, Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman would get days off practice that the Seahawks would claim on their official injury report were “not injury related.” Now the Seahawks are admitting that an injury did affect Sherman for much of the season. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said…

Tom Coughlin interviewed for the Jaguars head coaching job, didn’t get it, and still ended up employed there. And Chip Kelly might be following the same path. After interviewing for the head coaching job that went to Doug Marrone, the former Eagles and 49ers head coach was back at EverBank Field today talking to Jaguars…

Seahawks safety Deshawn Shead suffered a torn ACL in last weekend’s playoff loss at Atlanta, NFL Network reported. The report said Shead will have surgery to repair the tear. The Seahawks feared after the game that Shead had torn his ACL but no official diagnosis was made until the team returned to Seattle. Shead will…

“They’re taking on tough matchups each and every shift and more often than not, they win it.”

This is real, not the 'dreaded' type

The Titans have hired ex-NFL player Frisman Jackson as their new wide receivers coach and Craig Auckerman as assistant special teams coach. This is Jackson’s first NFL coaching job. Jackson spent the last two years as wide receivers coach at Temple and previously coached at North Carolina State, Northern Illinois, Western Illinois and Akron. He…

It may not be “no concern,” but the Falcons are apparently confident wide receiver Julio Jones is OK. Falcons coach Dan Quinn told reporters that Jones might be limited in practice this week, but would be “ready to rock,” in time to play Sunday against the Packers. Jones aggravated the foot/toe injury he’s been dragging…

Latest gossip from around the Premier League.

The Browns are hiring Blake Williams as their new linebackers coach and Jerod Kruse as assistant defensive backs coach, per multiple reports. Williams is the son of Gregg Williams, who was hired as the Browns’ defensive coordinator earlier this month. The Browns have made staff changes on both sides of the ball since the end…

The big defenseman may have to sit and wait some more.