Новости за 20.07.2018

Some mascots are lovable. Others just deserve to be punched in the face.

Junior college football is quirky, but it’s important to everyone in the sport.

The biggest recruiting news in the week that was

This week in recruiting is a collection of thoughts and things of interest from me as a recruiting expert that either didn’t rise to the level of being their own story, or for which I did not have time to make into a story this week.

• I am a big fan of Georgia’s new defensive line recruit Zion Logue. I first saw Logue at the All-America Game combine in San Antonio in January, and he had no FBS offers at the time. But he is 6’5 and 270 pounds... Читать дальше...

Luck missed all of 2017 with a shoulder injury that began two years prior.

Fight me.

I’m a fan of the San Francisco 49ers, owners of the classiest jerseys in the NFL since forever, save for that time in the early-to-mid 2000s that we’re not going to speak of because lalalala I’m not listening to you. Anyway, there is a non-49ers jersey that gets a lot of hate from total jerks and I’m here to set the record straight:

The classic Tampa Bay Buccaneers “Creamsicle” jerseys are badass.

Widely regarded across the Internet as some of the worst uniforms the NFL has ever seen... Читать дальше...

“I just stopped thinking – they just told me what to do and I followed instructions.”

Which plays you can design matters so much less than whether you can teach them, as two head coaches explain.

“If you want to be a professional athlete, you don’t need to spend 50 percent of your time in class.”

We need to save Jaxson de Ville from himself and the Browns’ dog mascots from, well, the Browns.

Kneeling during the national anthem is once again not a violation of NFL rules.

Receivers are college football’s new viral weight-room kings.

Today’s installment in athletes being way different than you and me is this video of 5’9, 175-pound Purdue freshman receiver Rondale Moore squatting 600 pounds:

New PR of 600. We working! @justin_lovett pic.twitter.com/1b9yjMRpZr

To save you the quick iPhone calculator math, that’s Moore squatting 3.42 times his bodyweight. That’s an incredible feat of pound-for-pound strength. Читать дальше...

Tiger thinks The Open is his best chance to win another major. This one was set up well for him in this comeback season, but he’ll need to get a move on it over the weekend.

Leave Trout alone and promote those who want to be promoted.

In mid-April, MLB suspended baseball Twitter account @PitchingNinja, for his frequent (and valued) practice of posting pitch gifs for fans to enjoy and break down. They reinstated him a week later after a fan outcry, and he is now aligned in some unspecified way that will let him continue posting gifs for the foreseeable future if he so chooses, spreading an understand and love of baseball to fans all over the internet through his 76,000 followers. Читать дальше...

The NFL is filled with horrifying mascots. We gave you the five scariest in the league.

The Jaguars are undefeated ... in trash talk. We review the most recent example in Friday’s Rise ‘n Grind, plus more of today’s NFL news.

Welcome to a week-long series celebrating the women covering NBA teams for SB Nation’s team brands.

Dave Doeren signed a contract extension, recruiting is picking up steam, and there’s a lot of offensive talent here. But damn, 2017 could have been so much more.

Team divisions have a long and oh-so-colorful history at the Tour. Could Chris Froome vs. Geraint Thomas be next?

Rory charged toward the top of the leaderboard and now Tiger, after some early troubles, is trying to do the same.

The Houston Astros look to pick up where they left off in the first half with a win over the Los Angels Angels on Friday as road betting favorites at the sportsbooks.

We made it through multiple days without baseball someone clap for us.

We’re back for some up all night golf again on Friday, with Tiger arriving for an early US breakfast to lead the morning coverage.

It’s going to be a wet one to start Tiger’s round on Friday, but we might get into the clear for the back nine. Let’s talk about how he’ll need to position himself for the weekend.

The Open and links golf always result in some weird, unpredictable and lucky bounces. This is as nice as it gets.

We’re going to start the morning a bit wet at Carnoustie, but here’s how to follow the groups through the wee hours of the morning here in North America.