Новости за 21.02.2018

The Jaguars probably would love to keep third cornerback Aaron Colvin. Colvin was underrated and underappreciated outside Jacksonville for what he did as the team’s nickel corner. He made 44 tackles and five pass breakups last season in playing 67.6 percent of the defensive snaps and 23.92 percent of the special teams snaps. But the [more]

Curious timing, you might say ...

Cuban is owning his mistakes — and he has made plenty.

The Buccaneers announced the hiring of Brentson Buckner as defensive line coach. “Brentson enjoyed a very good career as a player in this league and more recently as a successful coach with the Cardinals,” Bucs coach Dirk Koetter said, via a team press release. “Over the years, one of the areas that really stood out [more]

Gordon is having the best season of his career.

Future Hall of Fame running back Frank Gore expects to continue his career in 2018. His career isn’t expected to continue with the Colts. Mike Chappell of WTTV in Indianapolis explains that the three-year relationship likely won’t make it to a fourth. While Chappell apparently isn’t reporting that the ship has sailed, his analysis makes [more]

First, the Carolina Panthers. Now, the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. Sports Illustrated has done a great job of exposing previously hidden issues of inappropriate workplace conduct in the sports world. The obvious question becomes this: Who’s next? Everyone is officially on notice. Indeed, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban already had concerns about the issue, before becoming aware [more]

Jason Garrett has nearly finalized his coaching staff after a shakeup of his assistants. The Cowboys have hired Ken Amato as a defensive staff assistant, according to Todd Archer of ESPN. Amato, 40, worked with the Cowboys’ special teams last year through the minority coaching fellowship program. He spent nine seasons with the Tennessee Titans [more]

Ben Rhodes' No. 41 Ford was found to be too low following the Truck Series season opener.

The Vontae Davis World Tour had an overnight stop and didn’t have to get on another plane. Via Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the free agent cornerback is visiting the Raiders today. He met with the 49ers yesterday, so doing the Bay Area double makes sense from a logistical standpoint. The Raiders have a [more]

The Dolphins got a full 16-game season from center Mike Pouncey in 2017 for the first time since 2012 and they’re expected to try for a repeat in 2018. In response to speculation that the team might move on from Pouncey in order to clear $7 million in cap space, Armando Salguero of the Miami [more]

Does Sacramento have a building block in Bogdanovic?

Paul Pogba benched by Jose Mourinho as Manchester United looks to focus on Europe.

He has been lucky, but hey, L.A. is not complaining.

Thursday Night Football is here to stay, for at least the next five years. With FOX paying $550 million per year (maybe more, depending on which reports are to be believed) for the privilege of televising 11 of the games on a broadcast network, the series continues to justify its existence by generating big revenue. [more]

Cole Custer will drive Rick Ware Racing's No. 51 Ford at Las Vegas.

Not much change in the rankings this week as teams only played a game, two max, due to the All-Star break. If the NBA season were a horse race, the horses would be entering the top of the stretch for the final run, so we’ll look ahead in these rankings to what the teams have

Stephen Nicholas found himself facing the Buccaneers often during his seven years as a linebacker with the Falcons, but now he’ll be on the other side of the NFC South rivalry. The Buccaneers announced on Wednesday that Nicholas has been hired as the team’s defensive quality control coach. Dave Borgonzi spent the previous four years [more]

Pogba is benched in favor of young Scott McTominay despite a 3-man midfield.

Before Sunday Night Football moved from NBC, one man served as the play-by-play announcer for the full 18 years that the games were played on ESPN. That man, Mike Patrick, will end his 36-year run at ESPN on Thursday night. “It’s wonderful to reflect on how I’ve done exactly what I wanted to do with [more]

As a tight end, Crockett Gillmore has had the chance to both block and catch passes during his four years with the Ravens. It appears Gillmore wants to focus on only one of those tasks in the future. Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun reports that Gillmore is working to transition to playing on the [more]

The boy, named Jordan, gave Austin Dillon a lucky penny before Dillon won the Daytona 500.

Leicester City settled to pay a fine of just over $4 million.

Saints owner Tom Benson has been hospitalized in New Orleans after feeling ill recently, the team announced today. “Tom Benson was recently admitted to Ochsner Medical Center. He is currently being treated for flu symptoms and is resting comfortably,” the team said in a statement. “Mr. Benson, who turned 90 in July, has been admitted [more]

The kicker market is indeed moving. After the Titans kept Ryan Succop yesterday and the Colts neared a deal with Adam Vinatieri today, there’s a sudden spike in the market for old kickers. According to D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Falcons have opened contract discussions with veteran Matt Bryant. The 42-year-old  Bryant is [more]