Новости за 20.03.2018

Marcos Rojo is telling some interesting tales this international break.

The 49ers have signed another free agent offensive lineman. The team announced on Tuesday that they have signed guard Jonathan Cooper to a one-year deal. Financial terms were not disclosed. “Having started 27 games in four NFL seasons, Jonathan brings great experience to the interior of our offensive line,” General Manager John Lynch said in [more]

Jets linebacker Dylan Donahue has taken steps to get himself some help, after making the wrong kind of headlines this offseason. Donahue, who has two DUI arrests this offseason — including one driving the wrong way down the Lincoln Tunnel — has checked himself into a treatment facility, according to Rich Cimini of ESPN.com. “Dylan [more]

The Cardinals declined to match the Chiefs’ offer to restricted free agent Xavier Williams, Terez Paylor of the Kansas City Star reports. That means Williams will join the Chiefs. Williams, who grew up in the Kansas City area, played 11 games with one start for the Cardinals last season. He had a career-high 20 tackles. [more]

The last two NFL seasons have seen teams get the ball on their own 25-yard-line after touchbacks on kickoffs, but the league has only adopted the change on a year-to-year basis to this point. That could change at next week’s league meetings. Albert Breer of SI.com reports that the league will vote on making the [more]

Ndamukong Suh‘s tour continues with a trip to Oakland on Wednesday, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Suh already has traveled to New Orleans and Tennessee, but he remains in search of a new team. The Dolphins released him March 15. Suh had a $26.1 million cap hit for 2018. Suh, 31, would provide some much [more]

Dale Earnhardt Jr, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte share stories about the short tracks they were molded by.

Patriots offensive tackle Tony Garcia offered good news on Instagram, saying doctors have medically cleared him to return. Garcia sat out his rookie season with blood clots in his lungs. “Just got cleared to play again. God is good,” Garcia wrote. The Patriots drafted Garcia in the third round, hoping he could take over for [more]

Freshman could be excellent defender

The Texans have added a linebacker to their 90-man roster. The team announced that they have signed Josh Keyes as a free agent. They are the sixth team to employ Keyes since he entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2015 with the Buccaneers. Keyes spent last summer with the Falcons, but was [more]

Kyle Busch's last Cup victory came at Martinsville Speedway in October.

Since coming over from the Senators just before the trade deadline, Derick Brassard has one goal and four points.

"I feel like I have a lot more to give. It’s a process."

Richard Sherman expects to return to the practice field by “May or June.” “That timeline will be fine,” the new 49ers cornerback said in a press conference, via a live feed posted by the team. “I think people like to — with the Achilles or any injury — compare people. ‘This guy came back like [more]

"It's certainly not ideal to look at the table for the next 13 days until we play again," Bradley said.

Among the items that the NFL’s Competition Committee discussed earlier this year was whether to propose a rule change that would allow for replay review of illegal hits to the head in order to determine if the player delivering the hit should be ejected from the game. That type of targeting rule is in place [more]

Teams that play in the Pacific time zone are tired of early kickoffs on the East Coast (and even earlier kickoffs in London), and they want the NFL to limit them. Toward that end, the 49ers, Chargers and Cardinals have proposed a rule to be discussed at next week’s league meeting that would limit the [more]

Melissa Weishaupt speaks out

A not-so-novel idea for postrace media availability; also items on inspection, Jimmie Johnson's week, Chase Elliott's penalty and Fontana's crowd

Ashley Young has backed teammate Luke Shaw, after Shaw was criticized by Jose Mourinho.

Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on May 24.

Brian Dawkins has selected Troy Vincent as his presenter for his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction in August. Dawkins and Vincent played together for eight seasons in Philadelphia. Vincent currently serves as executive Vice President of Football Operations for the NFL. “He came [to Philadelphia] the same year,” Dawkins said, via a video from [more]

Goalie interference reviews could soon be decided by the NHL hockey operations department.

The market for safeties has been tough, and the fact Morgan Burnett had to settle for less than his last deal shows how difficult it is for some of them. According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, Burnett’s deal with the Steelers is for three years and “close to” (which means “less than”) $14.5 [more]

When it comes to fixing the catch rule, it appears that the NFL didn’t go back to square one. However, the league apparently has decided to put the bus in reverse. “We worked backward,” NFL executive V.P. of football operations Troy Vincent told Mark Maske of the Washington Post. “We looked at plays and said: [more]