Новости за 27.12.2018

The Flyers are 2-7 in their last nine away games against Atlantic Division foes

Nine teams have clinched playoff berths entering Week 17, and I’ve clinched the full-season PFT picks competition. With a seven-game gap and only two disagreements this week, I’ll prevail in the full-season competition by five, seven, or nine games. Last week, I had my best weekend of the season, getting 14 of 16 games right. [more]

The Giants were adamant that they would not consider shutting down wide receiver Odell Beckham with a quad injury over the final month of another losing season, so they ruled him out each of the last three weeks while keeping him on the active roster. It looks like they’ll make it four for four. Beckham [more]

Gamblers are losing more money betting on football in Las Vegas this season than they did last season. Nevada sports books came out ahead by $18.4 million on football bets, and $8.7 million ahead on bets on all other sports, in November of this year, according to David Payne Purdum of ESPN. The sports books [more]

Washington quarterback Colt McCoy was threatening to come back for the finale, if it mattered. Since it doesn’t, the team is going to clear the decks and add some guys they can use this week. McCoy and tight end Jordan Reed were placed on injured reserve Thursday, with the team adding defensive end Marcus Smith [more]

The decision of Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert to delay by a year the launch of his NFL career will keep him from making a bunch of money in 2019 and, perhaps more importantly, moving toward a second contract that won’t be dictated by a rookie wage scale. It also will prompt teams to take a [more]

The Jets have made a change at tight end a few days before they’ll end their season against the Patriots. Eric Tomlinson is headed to injured reserve and the team has signed former Raider Clive Walford to take his place. Walford also spent the offseason and preseason with the Jets before getting cut. Tomlinson appeared [more]

Phoenix wins

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Before the trade deadline, there was a report that wide receiver DeSean Jackson requested that the Buccaneers trade him to another team but the deadline passed without any action. Jackson didn’t deny asking for a trade, but said he loves playing in Tampa and hopes to retire as a member of the team. Jackson said [more]

Post-graduate hockey players can make about $70,000 a year and about $130,000 annually in Olympic years.

Coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Falcons head coach Dan Quinn has said more than once in recent weeks that he will be evaluating everything about the team once this disappointing season comes to an end and a recent report called it a “strong possibility” that the evaluation will end with the team parting ways with offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian. Sarkisian [more]

A top-10 draft pick nearly seven years ago, quarterback Ryan Tannehill apparently will be continuing his career elsewhere in 2019. Even if he doesn’t want to. The Miami Herald has reported that the Dolphins likely will move on from Tannehill after the season, avoiding his $19 million base salary for 2019 and $26.6 million cap [more]

On winter vacation in Brazil, Neymar made time to take the field for a charity match.

Joe Harris converts game-winner

T.Y. Hilton may mix his sports metaphors, but there’s no mistaking his toughness this season. The diminutive Colts receiver has pushed through a number of injuries all season, and lately it’s an ankle. But none of them, he said, would keep him from what he referred to a a “Game Seven” situation this week. The [more]

Rasmus Dahlin signing with the Sabres earned Sweden more than $250,000 to put back into development.

Tottenham ensured on Thursday that they'll receive a sizable transfer fee should centerback Toby Alderweireld leave the club this summer.

It’s been 45 years since any NFL team had multiple tie games in a season, so if you’ve never given any thought to what would happen in the NFL standings when a team has two ties, that’s understandable. But this year, there are two teams fighting for playoff berths that have already played a tie [more]

Kyle Busch won eight times but had his worst outing in four straight years of reaching the Championship 4.

Derrick Rose is still loved in Chicago.

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If the Ravens win this Sunday, they are in the playoffs. If that sounds familiar, it is because that was the same position they were in through 16 weeks of the 2017 season. With a minute to play in Week 17, it looked like they would be getting the job done but they couldn’t see [more]

Tributes from across the nation came in yesterday on social media in remembrance of Sigi Schmid, who died at 65 on Tuesday.