Новости за 05.09.2018

On Monday, Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey predicted Le'Veon Bell‘s return Wednesday. When the star running back didn’t show as expected, Pouncey unloaded on Bell. “Honestly it’s a little selfish,” Pouncey said after practice Wednesday, via the Tim Benz of triblive.com. “I’m kind of pissed right now. It sucks that he’s not here. We’ll move on [more]

Colts head coach Frank Reich said before Wednesday’s practice that left tackle Anthony Castonzo would sit out with the hamstring injury he’s been dealing with for over a month. As it turned out, Reich was incorrect about what Castonzo’s level of participation would be. The Colts’ first injury report of the 2018 season showed that [more]

Grading the offseason for the Memphis Grizzlies.

Grading the Memphis Grizzlies' offseason

Kyle Petty and Rutledge Wood join Dale Earnhardt Jr. at the Big Oak Table.

Everyone, even Fantasy Football players, seem to have forgotten Ezekiel Elliott. He’s the guy who led the league in rushing with 1,631 yards as a rookie in 2016 and the guy Michael Irvin predicts will break the NFL rushing record this season. Remember him? Elliott said he has something to prove after serving a six-game [more]

Le'Veon Bell‘s agent Adisa Bakari made an appearance on Sirius XM NFL Radio Wednesday and suggested that Bell’s ongoing absence was linked to the heavy workload he figures to see in what’s shaping up to be his final season with the Steelers. “If you’re Kevin Colbert and you’re Mike Tomlin, and you have a once-in-a-generation [more]

Players typically have the backs of other players in matters of contracts. But things seem to have taken a turn in Pittsburgh. According to Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Steelers veteran Ramon Foster had some choice words regarding the absence of running back Le'Veon Bell. “What do you do?” Foster said. “Here’s a guy [more]

Mbappe was enjoying a prolific start to the season, but he'll miss PSG's next three games.

More investors step into the mix, including an Amazon executive.

Shaquem Griffin inspired people across America by making it to the NFL despite having a hand amputated when he was 4 years old. But Griffin has done more than just make an NFL roster. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll confirmed today that Griffin will start at strong side linebacker Week One against the Broncos. Griffin got [more]

All the players were wearing them anyway.

Bills running back LeSean McCoy met with reporters on Wednesday for the first time since he was sued by his former girlfriend in Georgia last month, but he said his focus isn’t on legal matters right now. McCoy and a friend were sued by Delicia Cordon for damages incurred during a July home invasion at a [more]

This year’s Hard Knocks series started great, but it got progressively less great. Tuesday night’s finale was a whole lot of nothing wrapped around an extended highlight package from a preseason game in Detroit that no one cared about. The last episode included the unexpected departure of defensive end Carl Nassib, who made the 53-man [more]

The winner of the Nov. 18 finale will win $10,000 and get the chance to win another $500,000.

Eric Berry has not played in a year, and the Chiefs still don’t know when he might get back on the field. It might be this week, but it might not be. Berry missed practice again Wednesday. “It is literally day-to-day,” Rick Burkholder, the team’s vice president of sports medicine and performance, said via Blair [more]

Wide receiver Josh Gordon‘s return to Browns practice on Monday went smoothly and coach Hue Jackson said he’s “right on schedule” to face the Steelers this Sunday after getting over a hamstring injury. Gordon agreed with that assessment when he spoke to reporters on Wednesday. Gordon said he’s “100 percent” and that he hasn’t felt [more]

Free agent wide receiver Jeremy Maclin still wants to play in 2018, but it may be a while before he can. Maclin is currently nursing a hamstring injury and will need a couple weeks before he’s ready to work out for NFL teams, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. The 30-year-old Maclin started 12 games for [more]

Ever wonder what would happen if an NBA player just dropped in on your weekly pick-up game at the local middle school? Yes, he would destroy all of you with minimal effort — and you would love every minute of it. After a recent workout, Dwyane Wade did just that, dropping in on a game,

The Browns reportedly called the Raiders about Khalil Mack. But Browns coach Hue Jackson’s reaction during Tuesday’s Hard Knocks to what the Bears paid the Raiders and Mack showed Cleveland was not willing to spend that much in draft picks or money. That’s just as well, according to Browns defensive end Myles Garrett. It’s not [more]

Panthers coach Ron Rivera won’t say what’s actually wrong with wide receiver Curtis Samuel, but he will acknowledge that he’s not going to play this week. Via the team’s official website, Rivera said that the second-year wideout was out for this weekend’s game against the Cowboys, with what he termed a “medical illness.” Samuel had [more]

NBC Sports' writers discuss Kyle Larson's missed opportunity at Darlington and more.

Soccer's newest competition kicks off this week in Europe with few knowing all the details of a complex format.

For players under contract who hold out into the regular season (none will in 2018), the deadline for showing up and getting credit for the contract year isn’t entirely clear. For franchise-tagged players who have not yet signed their tenders, the labor deal is a clear as it can be. And so, as Steelers running [more]

Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham is going to be facing an outspoken cornerback in Jalen Ramsey this weekend and it’s hard not to recall his run-in with Josh Norman during a 2015 game against the Panthers when looking ahead to that one. Beckham said Wednesday that he “took the cheese” when Norman opened up a [more]