Новости за 14.09.2017

Giants kicker Aldrick Rosas didn’t get much sleep before he played the first game of his NFL career on Sunday, but it wasn’t because he was nervous about football. Rosas watched on FaceTime as his girlfriend gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Karsyn Isabella Rosas. The plan had been for labor to [more]

Grading the New Orleans Pelicans' offseason

Much will be made of a court filing made Wednesday in the Ezekiel Elliott. Ultimately, it will be much ado about nothing. The league submitted to Judge Amos L. Mazzant III its last-word brief on the question of whether Mazzant should stay the injunction blocking the suspension pending an appeal of his decision to the [more]

He had 47 points in 59 games last season.

Senegalese star admits his surprise at being sent off.

He was solid during the 2017 Prospects Challenge.

Kurt Busch learned how to be a better driver and take better care of his cars.

The Steelers are trying to make sure this doesn’t become a thing, but it’s clear they’re working to cover themselves in case running back Le'Veon Bell‘s slow start continues. Coach Mike Tomlin said he was more worried about penalties than Bell’s 32-yard debut, and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger urged patience as the offense develops. Bell himself [more]

LeBron James has bounced some love toward the Cleveland Indians for their winning streak.

The Seahawks got a 30-yard run from rookie Chris Carson in last Sunday’s loss to the Packers, but their running backs produced just 23 yards on 14 other carries in the season opener. Thomas Rawls was not part of that group. Rawls sat out the game with an ankle injury, but practiced on Wednesday and [more]

As Deshaun Watson prepares to start tonight against the Bengals, he represents an extraordinary run of quarterback instability for the Texans. When Bill O’Brien decided to anoint Watson over Tom Savage one game into this season, it represented the 18th quarterback change for the Texans over their last 54 games, encompassing 10 different quarterbacks. Matt [more]

Red Devils star could miss a lot longer than previously expected after suffering a hamstring injury.

The Jets don’t have many position groups they can be proud of. The one they do, they expect more from. Jets coach Todd Bowles made a personal challenge to his defensive line, after being gashed by LeSean McCoy and the Bills and with Marshawn Lynch and the Raiders on the horizon. “Our room, we take [more]

Browns coach Hue Jackson suggested that Kenny Britt could lose his spot at the top of the wide receiver depth chart this week after what Jackson called an “inexcusable” drop in the fourth quarter of last Sunday’s loss to the Steelers, but the message apparently didn’t make it to Britt. Britt said on Wednesday that [more]

NASCAR made some mistakes, but now the pressure is on everyone ... and that's a good thing, writes analyst Steve Letarte.

Grading the New York Knicks' offseason

Bruce Arena's men fall in the latest set of rankings.

For the second time in three years, the Texans have benched their starting quarterback after one game. For the first time in a long time, an agent has gone on the record to dispute the decision to bench a player. Appearing on PFT Live, agent Neil Schwartz questioned the decision to bench Tom Savage, who [more]

The Bills have made it clear that they’ll make heavy use of running back LeSean McCoy in order to win games this season, but they aren’t making the same kind of promises when it comes to defensive tackle Marcell Dareus. While Dareus takes up more of the salary cap than any other player in Buffalo, [more]

Bills DT Marcell Dareus isn’t worried about his snap count. The Dolphins are trying to refocus on football after Hurricane Irma. The Patriots are trying to figure out their punt return options this week. Jets coach Todd Bowles hasn’t settled on a backup QB yet. The Ravens got good news on the injury to OLB [more]

The 10-race NASCAR Cup playoffs begin with Sunday's race.

The Patriots and Saints spent a lot of time being mentioned in the same conversations this offseason. Whether it was the Patriots’ successful attempt to trade for wide receiver Brandin Cooks or the Saints’ unsuccessful attempt to acquire cornerback Malcolm Butler, the two teams found themselves linked quite often. They’ll be linked again this weekend [more]

Once upon a time, the Panthers had a star wide receiver with a big personality. It may be best he’s not there anymore, as the Panthers are spreading the ball around more than ever. (Then again, they’re spreading it around partly because they don’t have a star receiver.) But one thing Panthers quarterback Cam Newton isn’t [more]

Rams head coach Sean McVay spent the last three years as Jay Gruden’s offensive coordinator in Washington. But as the teams prepare to face each other, their familiarity doesn’t matter, according to Gruden. “None of that matters,” Gruden said. “You don’t know what they’re going to run anytime. I know he’s a good football coach. [more]

Unlike the Dolphins, the Jaguars aren’t getting a week off because of Hurricane Irma. But as flooding hit Jacksonville at historic records following the storm, they’re trying to maintain their focus on this week’s game with the Titans. “We think about the people that don’t have power or the homes were flooded, we think about [more]