Новости за 23.01.2018

Vikings running back Jerick McKinnon wants an increased role next season. That isn’t likely to come with the Vikings, with Dalvin Cook coming back from an injury and Latavius Murray under contract for two more years. Thus, McKinnon may have played his final game for the Vikings. “I want to be the guy,” McKinnon said, [more]

Michael Bennett is going to his third consecutive Pro Bowl. The NFL announced Monday the Seahawks defensive end will replace Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen, who has withdrawn with an injury. The Seahawks now have six Pro Bowlers, with Bennett joining safety Earl Thomas, linebacker Bobby Wagner, quarterback Russell Wilson, tight end Jimmy Graham and [more]

NFL ratings continue to drop in relation to recent years, but the NFL will say that the ratings continue to drop to a smaller extent than TV viewership is dropping across the board. Via SportsBusiness Journal, the AFC title game drew a 27.3 in the mid-afternoon window, down 0.1 from last year’s Packers-Falcons game on [more]

While speaking to reporters on Monday, Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles reflected on this year’s success and said “we have an opportunity to build on that and try to make it a consistent-year-in-year-out thing.” Bortles isn’t exactly guaranteed to be back for the next year of Jaguars football, however. The team exercised an option on Bortles’ [more]

Add Trail Blazers to list of interested teams

Impacts the 2018 NHL All-Star Game, and beyond.

The Browns are finalizing a deal with Todd Haley to become their offensive coordinator, Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Haley, 50, will become the first offensive coordinator under Hue Jackson and likely takes over the play-calling duties. The Steelers did not renew Haley’s contract after their 45-42 loss to the Jaguars [more]

Liverpool went from beating Man City, to losing to Swansea City… all in a week's time.

The Patriots made a big-ticket acquisition last offseason when they signed cornerback Stephon Gilmore to a five-year, $65 million contract as a free agent. Gilmore’s early outings for the Patriots were shaky as the team started 2-2 while experiencing communication issues in the secondary. He then missed three games with a concussion, which left some [more]

There will be some changes to this year's Skills Competition.

The Jaguars had a four-point lead, two timeouts, 55 seconds on the clock and were in need of only 39 yards for a 54-yard field goal attempt. So what did Jacksonville do? It took a knee twice and headed to the locker room. Later in the NFC Championship Game, the Eagles drove 60 yards and [more]

The Saints coaching staff will be handling duties for the NFC team at the Pro Bowl and they learned Monday that they will have another familiar face on the roster. Their right guard Larry Warford has been added to the team. Eagles guard Brandon Brooks was dropped from the roster because of his February 4 [more]

The Bucks should be talked about as one of the NBA's up-and-coming teams, but they've been stalled out.

The Bucks should be talked about as one of the NBA's up-and-coming teams, but they've been stalled out.

Management must ask itself some tough questions.