Новости за 23.03.2017

50 States in 50 Shows continues with a look at a track in Arizona.

"Right now, we don't have a lot of life in us, and we got to find some." —Stan Van Gundy

A team not usually known for its free-agency activity made a 313-pound splash Thursday. The Packers signed former Washington defensive lineman Ricky Jean Francois to a one-year, $3 million contract, a source confirmed to Pro Football Talk. ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported the story, earning an undisclosed number of Markman points. Jean Francois, 30, appeared in all…

After scoring 12 points in 38 games this season.

Honduran federation president Jorge Salomon has suggested that his national team has had difficulty finding training facilities because of U.S. Soccer's gamesmanship.

Will the IOC negotiate with the league?

And will forfeit $90,000 in salary.

There was little in the 2016 Jets passing game to tantalize free-agent wide receivers this spring, the trio of Ryan Fitzpatrick, Bryce Petty and Geno Smith combining for a league-low 67.6 team quarterback rating. But the NFL is a relationship business. One of Quinton Patton’s led him to New York. The former Niners wide receiver has signed with the Jets,…

Five days ago, we said farewell to Zac Jackson. Today, we say hello to Michael Gehlken. The former Chargers reporter at the San Diego Union-Tribune, whose position there went away when the team did, joins us on an open-ended arrangement with the understanding that he may soon secure another opportunity to cover a West Coast franchise.…

New uniforms, court design to follow for 2017-18 season

April 18 is tax day in America. April 19 will be Patriots Day at the White House. One day after the deadline for submitting those 1040s to Uncle Sam, President Donald Trump will welcome the Super Bowl champions  for the first of his ceremonial sporting-team visits to the White House. Via NFL.com, White House Press…

The USWNT will take on Russia in a pair of friendlies down in Texas next month.

While you're waiting for the puck to drop...

"Aero ducts" also will make their debut in the July 22 Xfinity Series race at the Brickyard.

The NFL’s Competition Committee hopes to shorten overtime in the preseason and regular season from 15 minutes to 10 minutes. Coupled with the two-possession rule that applies if the first team to get the ball kicks a field goal, this rule change necessarily will result in more ties. The Competition Committee disagrees. “We don’t think it…

The NFL began an experiment in 2016, pushing the starting line following a kickoff from the 20- to 25-yard line as part of a stated effort to increase the number of touchbacks and decrease the number of player injuries. Its experiment may continue. At next week’s league owner meetings, the NFL Competition Committee will present the option to extend the…

Shaquille O'Neal: 'Don't take me seriously'

Kurt Busch took the Harley J. Earl trophy to Haas Automation's headquarters and the beach.

The Stars and Stripes are desperately in need of a victory on Friday as CONCACAF World Cup qualifying resumes in San Jose.

The school's all-time leader in shutouts.

If Steve Alford goes to Indiana, would Phoenix coach return to alma mater

“There are organizations where they have lost culture."

Seven years ago, the concept of the “defenseless player” became a major focal point for the NFL, after a Sunday in October when three big hits to the heads of pass-catchers happened in three different games within a relatively short time frame. Next week, the protection could be expanded in an unprecedented way. The Competition Committee…

A major change could be coming to instant replay in the NFL. A proposal allowing challenges to every officiating decision will be brought forward jointly by the Bills and Seahawks at next week’s league meeting. If the owners vote in favor of the new rule, all penalties — from holding to pass interference, facemasking to…

"It's a difficult one, but one that we'll have to overcome."