Новости за 05.02.2021

76ers center Dwight Howard and Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. have raised doubt about the value of vaccines.

The Raiders have several young defensive players who need to improve for the team to become competitive. Head coach Jon Gruden believes his new defensive coordinator Gus Bradley is just the man for the job. In an interview with the team’s website, Gruden touted Bradley’s experience developing the early iterations of Pete Carroll’s defense in [more]

Only two more sleeps until kickoff, and the Buccaneers can’t wait. They put their final touches on the game plan, and after Friday’s practice, Bruce Arians declared them ready. “They’re ready to roll. They’re ready to go,” Arians told Rick Stoud of the Tampa Bay Times in the pool report. “It’s just dotting the I’s [more]

Running back Frank Gore said at the end of the regular season that he wasn’t sure whether he would return for a 17th year in the NFL, but it seems there’s at least one thing that would make up his mind for him. Gore was a guest on 95.7 The Game Friday and was asked [more]

Colts head coach Frank Reich used to be the Eagles’ offensive coordinator, so the Colts come up often when there’s talk about where Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz might go in a trade. On Friday, Colts General Manager Chris Ballard was asked about that chatter during an appearance on The Dan Dakich Show. Tampering rules prohibit [more]

The Steelers are hiring Chris Morgan as their assistant offensive line coach, TheAthletic.com reports. Morgan, who recently was let go by new Falcons’ coach Arthur Smith, also interviewed with the Giants. He has 12 years experience, six as an offensive line coach and six as an assistant offensive line coach. Morgan was an original member [more]

The Chiefs should be at full strength at wide receiver in Super Bowl LV. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said that wide receiver Demarcus Robinson, who returned from the COVID-19 reserve list today, had an impressive practice. “He was good,” Reid said. “He’s been working out.” Reid also said wide receiver Sammy Watkins, listed as questionable [more]

Jamie Vardy is set to return from injury for Leicester, who managed to survive without him for three games.

Pastrnak is scoring goals at a rate the Bruins have not seen in decades.

The NFL wants its stadiums to be used as centers for COVID-19 vaccinations. In a letter dated February 4, via Axios, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote to President Joe Biden to tell him that all 30 of the league’s stadiums will be available as vaccination sites. “The NFL and our 32 member clubs are committed [more]

The Buccaneers are fairly healthy heading into Super Bowl LV, with just wide receiver Antonio Brown (knee) and tight end Cameron Brate (back) listed as questionable. Brown’s knee injury kept him out of the NFC Championship Game. But he was a full participant in Tampa Bay’s last two days of practice, which is a good [more]

With Tottenham in free fall, how much longer can Mourinho fend off calls for his firing? A loss to West Brom would be devastating.

The Chiefs have handed in their final injury report of the 2020 season and it includes one question mark for Super Bowl LV. Wide receiver Sammy Watkins said this week that he is “very optimistic” about playing against the Buccaneers despite a calf injury that kept him out of the team’s two playoff wins, but [more]

Kevin Stefanski was a contender for the Browns head coaching job in 2019. It went to Freddie Kitchens, who was fired after Cleveland went 6-10. The Browns hired Stefanski last January, ostensibly correcting their mistake. But Stefanski feels he benefited greatly from spending one more year in Minnesota because he shared the 2019 season with Gary [more]

With the Super Bowl being played in Tampa, we’ve spent some time recently giving Simms a hard time about his contention that, after scoring a touchdown in a 2005 playoff game in Tampa, he threw the football into a cannon porthole. The bit extended to asking PointsBet to create a prop bet based on the [more]

The Rockets ended an era when they traded franchise player James Harden.

In many respects, Jack Easterby’s plan to take control of an NFL franchise without possessing the objectively necessary skills and qualifications (in my opinion) is working. In many other respects, it isn’t. Easterby surely hoped to parlay a smattering of fringe experiences and potentially embellished credentials into a position of significant power, influence, and salary [more]

Continuing an emerging trend across the league, the 49ers announced on Friday that Levi’s Stadium will serve as a COVID-19 vaccination site. The County of Santa Clara Health System will staff and operate the site, which will open early next week. Initially the stadium will be able to handle 5,000 vaccinations a day, but there [more]

Who has not lived up to expectations and who is off to a stunning start?

After word broke that the Lions had agreed to trade quarterback Matthew Stafford to the Rams, there was a report indicating Stafford told the Lions he was willing to play anywhere but New England. There were no specific reasons given for that stance, but former Patriots Tedy Bruschi thinks it is because Stafford’s “not tough [more]

Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill is lobbying the coaching staff not for more balls to be thrown his way, but for more opportunities for fellow receiver Byron Pringle. Pringle is usually a backup receiver and special teams player, but he’s been a starter in the postseason, and Hill said he went to wide receivers coach [more]

Another year, another round of efforts to diagnose and cure the chronic failure of the NFL to push more minority candidates to the top of the coaching pyramid. Here’s what will happen: Words will be spoken and articles will be written and, in the end, nothing tangible will happen. Collectively, the NFL wants to improve [more]

We're past the halfway point of the 2020-21 Premier League season, and at this point you are who the table says you are.

Frankly, players not at the All-Star game and partying in Las Vegas or with friends somewhere are at higher risk.

There’s good news for the Chiefs as they prepare to head to Tampa for Super Bowl LV. Wide receiver Demarcus Robinson has been cleared to practice on Friday, per a report from NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero. He is now eligible to play in Sunday’s game. Robinson was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list earlier this week [more]