Новости за 16.06.2023

The Packers will kick off the first training camp of the post-Aaron Rodgers era on July 26. The team will have quarterbacks, rookies, and injured players report on July 21 with the rest of the roster due into Green Bay on July 25. Most of the team’s practices will be held at Ray Nitschke Field, [more]

The Steelers have made a roster move after wrapping up minicamp this week. Pittsburgh announced that safety Scott Nelson has been released. Nelson signed with the team’s practice squad in December and stuck with Pittsburgh through the offseason program. That came after a previous stint on the practice squad in October. The Seahawks signed Nelson [more]

Pittsburgh’s Gunner Olszewski is listed as a wide receiver, but he is in the NFL primarily for his work on special teams. Olszewski returns punts and kickoffs and plays on coverage units, and he has played more special teams snaps than offensive snaps in his career. So when Olszewski sees rules that de-emphasize special teams, [more]

The Chiefs got their Super Bowl rings on Thursday night and quarterback Patrick Mahomes said that was the last time that the team would celebrate their February win over the Eagles before turning their full attention toward the 2023 season. A big step in that direction will be the team’s training camp and they announced [more]

The Bears announced the nine training camp practices open to fans this summer. The team will hold the 2023 Enjoy Illinois Chicago Bears Training Camp at Halas Hall. “We look forward to welcoming back our passionate fans, business and community partners to Halas Hall again this year,” Bears president and CEO Kevin Warren said in [more]

Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones has been absent from the Chiefs this offseason, including skipping the mandatory minicamp. Jones, 28, wants a contract extension. The Chiefs appear willing, with General Manager Brett Veach saying Thursday night the sides have been in “constant communication.” “We have great communication, and look, there’s a lot of time before [more]

The Raiders have taken care of some important business before the weekend starts. Las Vegas announced on Friday that the club has signed fourth-round pick Jakorian Bennett. Bennett, a cornerback, was selected with the No. 104 overall pick out of Maryland in April. He recorded five interceptions in the last two seasons for the Teprs [more]

Jaguars linebacker Devin Lloyd‘s rookie season got off to a good start, but the 2022 first-round pick wasn’t able to keep things up for the long haul. Lloyd was the league’s defensive rookie of the month after recording 24 tackles, two interceptions, and six passes defensed last September, but his playing time took a sharp [more]

The new USMNT head coach… same as the old USMNT head coach.

The sports book wars are starting. As the legal gambling industry moves from the crazy-money expansion phase to the careful-cash consolidation phase, one major sports book is using pretty crazy, potentially to keep an aspiring sports book from becoming a major sports book by buying up a struggling sports book. Last month, Fanatics reached a [more]

Morant issued a statement apologizing and saying he is spending the offseason working on his mental health.

Morant issued a statement apologizing and saying he is spending the offseason working on his mental health.

The Steelers brought in a lot of new pieces for their defense this offseason and one of the team’s holdovers believes the blend of old and new has created the potential for great results this fall. Linebacker Alex Highsmith said he feels the unit “started playing our best ball at the end of the year” [more]

With the A’s moving closer and closer to moving to Las Vegas, one guy who won’t be happy about that is Raiders owner Mark Davis. Back in April, Davis sounded off on the baseball team’s effort to leave Oakland. Davis isn’t frustrated by having to share a relatively small market with a baseball team; he’s [more]

Will the new owners want to be more aggressive around the NBA Draft, or less?

Will the new owners want to be more aggressive around the NBA Draft, or less?

Ravens right guard Kevin Zeitler reported to the team’s minicamp this week after staying away from the team during their voluntary work earlier in the offseason and word is that he is in the market for a new contract with the team. Zeitler is in the last year of his current deal, but did not [more]

The Bears gave up, as a practical matter, a first-round pick to get receiver Chase Claypool. They reportedly aren’t getting what they bargained for. Via NBCSportsChicago.com, Marc Silverman of ESPN 1000’s Waddle & Silvy recently explained that the Bears are not happy with Claypool. “All I can tell you is it isn’t trending in a [more]

Portland is open to trading the No. 3 pick, but will Scoot Henderson fall to them? What will teams offer?

The Bills will be back at St. John Fisher University for training camp and they announced their schedule for this summer on Friday. Eleven overall practices will be open to the public, although one of those will take place at Highmark Stadium. The team will hold their “Return of Blue/Red” practice at their home stadium [more]

The Falcons announced on Friday morning that they’ve added three players who participated in their minicamp on a tryout basis. Wide receiver Chris Blair, defensive lineman Albert Huggins, and kicker Matthew Trickett have all been signed to the 90-man roster. Blair previously spent time with the Packers but was most recently with the XFL’s D.C. [more]

Earlier this week, Bengals receiver Ja'Marr Chase took a good-natured shot at Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, after Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow conceded that Mahomes is the best quarterback in the NFL. “Pat who?” Chase told reporters. Chase knows who Mahomes is. Chase was just being funny. If you don’t know who Pat is, you don’t [more]

McGregor, through is attorney, denied any wrongdoing.

It took James Houston some time to find a place in the Lions defense as a rookie, but he made the most of the chance once it came. Houston was a sixth-round pick who wound up on the practice squad after failing to make the team out of training camp. He was elevated to the [more]

Panthers wide receiver DJ Chark says rookie quarterback Bryce Young has already earned the respect of the veterans in the locker room. Young, the first overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft, is only 21 years old. But Chark says older players are already looking to Young and seeing a path to a Super Bowl. [more]