Новости за 18.04.2017

Cornerback Malcolm Butler met with the Saints, but never signed an offer sheet with New Orleans and reportedly won’t be doing so before the April 21 deadline for restricted free agents to do so. Field Yates of ESPN.com reports that Butler has signed his tender with the Patriots. The tender was at the first-round level…

The full 2017 NFL regular-season schedule will be revealed on Thursday. The league has announced that the schedule release show will be at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday on NFL Network. Of course, we already know every team’s 2017 opponents, both home and away. That’s been known since the day the 2016 regular season ended,…

Jazz won Game 1 with Gobert essentially out

After Jonathan Bernier took over from John Gibson in last night's dramatic comeback win.

The club will likely continue to play at Bobby Dodd Stadium until late August pending the completion of Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Linebacker Stephen Tulloch is set to announce his retirement from the NFL. Tulloch, who is currently a free agent, will hold a press conference at the Lions’ facility to make the end of his NFL career official. He played in Detroit from 2011-15 before wrapping up his career with the Eagles last year. Tulloch entered…

Shaun Livingston (sprained finger sprain and hand contusion) also questionable

There’s no ping pong in the locker room on Tom Coughlin’s football team. Coughlin, the Jaguars’ new front office boss, has always demanded a businesslike approach on his teams, and so it’s no surprise that players confirmed today that the ping pong table that had long been in their locker room has been removed. “I…

Bristol Motor Speedway also has done additional work to lower groove for this weekend.

Leicester and Bayern will need to find another gear in the second stanza if they want a chance at reaching the semifinals.

Alain Vigneault wouldn't commit to anything ahead of Game 4 against Montreal.

The offseason program barely has begun, but Patriots V.P. of player personnel Nick Caserio is already in midseason question-avoiding form. Asked at a pre-draft press conference whether backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is “strictly not for sale,” Caserio provided an expert non-answer answer. “I’d say to answer your question, anything that we do we’re always going…

Defensive end Owa Odighizuwa tweeted in early April that he needed some time away from the game, although Giants co-owner John Mara said a short time later that he didn’t think Odighizuwa was planning to retire. It appears Mara was correct and that Odighizuwa’s need to get away didn’t linger all that long. Jordan Raanan of…

Raptors, Bucks and Hawks also come out ahead

Maybe Tom Brady has inspired a generation of quarterbacks. Because not only has Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers given up cheese, he’s also decided to take a break from golf as he tries to get himself in the best shape possible for the coming season. Via Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com, Rodgers said he weighed in under his…

The deadline for teams to exercise their 2018 contract options on their 2014 first-round picks is on May 3 and we’ve seen some teams already make their moves. The choices were easy in those cases as players like Cowboys guard Zack Martin, Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans and Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald have established…

Will Barcelona have another miracle in them on Wednesday afternoon at the Camp Nou?

Portland still down its starting center

At a time when teams across the NFL are showing little to no interest in most of the big-name running backs available in free agency, the Patriots have signed two running backs. And in doing so, they’ve shown they’re at the forefront of the analytics movement, even if they don’t like to say so. Today…

A pair of Titans players have taken pay cuts ahead of the 2017 season. Field Yates of ESPN.com reports that wide receiver Harry Douglas and safety Da’Norris Searcy have both altered their contracts with the team. Douglas will see his salary go from $3.75 million to $1.75 million with another $1.75 million available to him…

Two huge Champions League quarterfinals take place on Tuesday. Can the Foxes stun Atleti?

76ers catch a break -- this time

The Patriots have signed restricted free agent running back Mike Gillislee to an offer sheet, making it two years in a row that they have made a bid to sign away a player from the Bills. It’s not the only tradition that the Patriots are keeping alive this spring. Field Yates of ESPN.com reports that…

The Seahawks opened their voluntary offseason program today, and they did it without cornerback Richard Sherman. According to Albert Breer of TheMMQB.com, Sherman’s plan is to show up in early or mid-May, before the team starts OTAs. Of course, that gives the team plenty of time to trade him around the draft, if that’s the…

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. twice has finished second in Cup races in "Thunder Valley," including last August.