Новости за 06.03.2018

It might have been an incomplete pec tear, but Ohio State center Billy Price needed a complete surgical procedure. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Price had surgery today after last week’s weightlifting injury at the Scouting Combine. #asexpected, the surgery was deemed successful. Price was hoping to avoid surgery after he hurt himself during [more]

The Patriots brought wide receiver Kenny Britt to the team late last season and they apparently saw enough to keep him around for a longer look in 2018. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Patriots will exercise their option for the second year on Britt’s contract. Britt is set to make just under [more]

Celtics guard spoke after guarding James Harden

If a “handful” of teams envision quarterback Teddy Bridgewater as a starter, an important caveat possibly applies. Assuming that, after free agency opens, a team without a No. 1 quarterback signs Bridgewater to a contract with terms that necessarily put him at the top of the depth chart, it’s possible that he’ll be supplanted by [more]

By the start of business on Tuesday it wasn’t much of a secret that the Steelers were going to use their franchise tag on running back Le'Veon Bell. Reports on Monday pointed in that direction and Bell confirmed that a tag was in the cards for the second straight year. According to multiple reports, the [more]

The Bears decided to play tag, but not in the normal way. According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the Bears are using the transition tag on cornerback Kyle Fuller. The transition tag will pay Fuller $12.971 million for one year, and the Bears would have the right to match any offer he gets [more]

Jurgen Klopp's men aim to ease into the last eight, while PSG and Real Madrid clash. All the action, right here.

The 40-yard dash gets all the attention, but some NFL personnel evaluators think the three-cone drill, which measures a player’s quickness in changing direction, is a better measurement of athleticism relevant to football. And in that drill, no player was better than Oklahoma defensive back Jordan Thomas. Thomas finished the three-cone drill in 6.28 seconds, [more]

How will Milwaukee handle Parker in playoffs, free agency?

He was injured when trying to deliver a check on Monday night.

The Panthers were reportedly set to use the franchise tag on kicker Graham Gano if they couldn’t get a long-term deal done by Tuesday afternoon’s deadline, but that won’t be necessary. The team announced on Tuesday that they have reached agreement on a four-year deal that will keep him under contract through the 2021 season. [more]

Defensive end Brent Urban won’t be leaving the Ravens after free agency opens next month. The Ravens announced on Tuesday that Urban has agreed to a new one-year deal with the team. The 2014 fourth-round pick was set for unrestricted free agency. Urban opened last season as a starter in Baltimore’s first three games, but [more]

Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick will be financial backers for Matt DiBenedetto's No. 32 Ford this weekend.

The Rams have chosen to go the prudent route, and tag safety first. The Rams announced they are using their franchise tag on safety Lamarcus Joyner, which sets wide receiver Sammy Watkins into the open market the year after they traded for him. Joyner will make $11.287 million, which is a considerable savings over what it [more]

Utah beats Magic

The West Coast Swing continues at ISM Raceway in Avondale, Arizona.

Defensive tackle Vita Vea had to cut his combine participation short over the weekend after tweaking his hamstring while running the 40 and the injury may keep him from participating in University of Washington’s Pro Day. The event is going to be held this Saturday, which is a quick turnaround time for an injury that [more]

A look ahead to the 2018 World Cup, which begins in 100 days.

NFL teams aren’t the only ones going through personnel change this offseason, and replacing veterans with young talent. The league office is doing the same, with its most high-profile referee walking away as his son walks in. NFL senior vice president of officiating Al Riveron just tweeted out word that longtime refs Ed Hochuli and [more]

He just picked up where 2017 ended; also notes on Brad Keselowski's impact with Ford; the pit-gun problem; Jimmie Johnson's rough start; and is Kurt Busch feeling pressure?

As the nagging sense of something negative in New England continues to fester, Tom Curran of NBC Sports Boston offers up a possible theory. Curran questions whether Belichick is back in the same place where he was in 2009, when there weren’t enough voices of dissent in his ear. It’s important for anyone in a [more]

Heat beat Suns

These are huge games for three of these four teams.

Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert only played two games last year before his most recent back problem sent him to injured reserve, and he knows that every evaluation of his free agent future hinges on his health. But he told Jim Owczarski of the Cincinnati Enquirer that “everything is fixed” now and that he never [more]

PSG have opened an investigation after disturbances outside Real Madrid’s team hotel.