Новости за 30.12.2016

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Leonard Williams’ teammates chanted for the young defensive lineman to deliver a speech after being voted the New York Jets’ team MVP. Williams accepted the slick-looking, glass award from coach Todd Bowles and kept it short and sweet . “I was just like, ‘I can’t be too jolly up there because

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Medical marijuana dispensaries have begun operating for the first time in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said Friday that two dispensaries opened nearly two years after his administration adopted a regulation to allow for the cultivation, manufacturing and distribution of medical marijuana. Nearly 2,000 patients

CHICAGO — Linebacker Leonard Floyd will likely miss the Chicago Bears’ season finale at Minnesota on Sunday because of a concussion. Floyd was listed as doubtful after sitting out practice all week. He was injured in Saturday’s loss to Washington. The No. 9 overall draft pick, Floyd is tied for second among NFL rookies with

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — As 2016 comes to a close, Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies finished the year unbeaten. To the casual fan that’s no real surprise, as the Huskies have won four straight national championships and have earned nine titles in the past 15 years. Everyone, it seems, just expects them to win.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee quarterback Marcus Mariota watched his teammates practice Friday for the Titans’ season finale less than 48 hours after having surgery on his broken right leg. Mariota broke his leg last week in a 38-17 loss to Jacksonville that helped to extinguish the Titans’ playoff hopes. He had a plate surgically inserted

Don’t you love it when the game lives up to the hype? The year 2016 produced plenty of games like that — contests in which the action was the best when everything was on the line. The Cubs and Indians, the Warriors and Cavs, the Tar Heels and Wildcats all saved their best for when

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — No matter how difficult it was to find running room early on, Georgia kept trying to establish its ground attack. That stubborn approach eventually paid off. Nick Chubb and Sony Michel combined to rush for 229 yards and two touchdowns Friday as Georgia came from behind in the fourth quarter to beat

CLEVELAND — LeBron James was jolted forward when the massive crowd swelled from the sidewalks and into Cleveland’s streets, surrounding the convertible that he and his family were riding in. This wasn’t supposed to happen. James looked at his wife, Savannah, their baby daughter and two sons and feared for their safety. “We were kind

UNITED NATIONS — Ban Ki-Moon joked to hundreds of diplomats and U.N. staff as he left United Nations headquarters Friday for the last time as secretary-general that he feels “like Cinderella — tomorrow at midnight, everything changes.” Flanked by the presidents of the General Assembly and the Security Council, the native South Korean thanked U.N.

Simone Biles tried to treat the 2016 Summer Olympics like just your average ordinary gymnastics meet. So what if the stage and the stakes were different? The floor was still the floor. The vault still the vault. The uneven bars still uneven. The balance beam still a four-inch wide test of nerves. And the 19-year-old

CHICAGO — Everything changed for the Chicago Cubs on a rainy November night. A century-plus worth of heartache washed away by a wave of pure joy. There were hugs, cheers and tears — and bottles and bottles of booze, sprayed everywhere from Cleveland to the shadow of Wrigley Field. Lovable losers, no more. The story

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah co-offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick has been fired and running backs coach Dennis Erickson is retiring. Utes coach Kyle Whittingham, who announced the moves Friday, has seen his offense rank in the lower half of the Pac-12 since the school joined the conference in 2011. Utah finished 9-4 after defeating Indiana

In a year filled with stunners, sports certainly went along for the ride. From the Golden State Warriors squandering a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals after a record-breaking season to little Leicester City defying insurmountable odds to capture the Premier League title, there were plenty of shocking outcomes in our arenas and stadiums. Heck,

They came from many sports, in many countries, with varying forms of pressure involved. But if there’s one parallel between all the entries on this list of sports plays of the year for 2016, it’s this: They were all unexpected, and all teeming with drama. From the NBA Finals to the Rio Olympics, the Super

LIGONIER, Ind. — A multi-agency raid on a northern Indiana home has yielded more than $1 million in drugs and resulted in several arrests. Noble County police say officers who executed a search warrant Thursday on a Ligonier (lihg-uh-NEER’) home found nearly 20 pounds of crystal meth, more than 100 pounds of marijuana and nearly

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Matt Forte’s first season with the New York Jets is officially over. The veteran running back was placed on injured reserve Friday a few hours after being ruled out for the finale against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday with a knee injury. Forte had been playing with a torn meniscus in

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills cornerback Stephon Gilmore has been ruled out for Sunday’s season finale against the New York Jets due to a concussion. Gilmore was hurt during overtime of Buffalo’s 34-31 loss to the Miami Dolphins last Saturday and did not practice all week. He has started all 15 games this season

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Zsa Zsa Gabor was remembered Friday during a funeral Mass for being the epitome of Hollywood glamour, an elegant and attention-seeking actress who paved the way for future generations of celebrities. Around 100 mourners gathered Friday at the picturesque Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills to pay respects to

NEW YORK — Jurors in the trial of a Chinese billionaire at the center of a United Nations bribery case should know he was referred to as the “boss” by co-conspirators, prosecutors said Friday as they argued that defense lawyers were “far-fetched” to say the word suggests organized crime. In papers filed in Manhattan federal

NEW YORK — In 2016, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index jumped 9.5 percent and bounced back from a flat result the year before, and energy companies and banks made some of the largest gains as investors bet on a stronger economy that will lead to more lending and spending. Health care companies slumped as

RICHMOND, Va. — Federal regulators say the majority of adverse environmental impacts from a proposed natural gas pipeline that would cross West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina could be avoided, minimized or mitigated. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission included the finding in its draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which was

MARATHON, Fla. — Former President Jimmy Carter, wife Rosalynn and about 40 other family members have helped release a rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle off the Florida Keys. “Salty” was released Friday after the Carters, their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren toured the Turtle Hospital. The facility opened in 1986 and has treated and released more than

We watch sports to see who wins and loses, but also to be inspired — and 2016 offered plenty of examples of the latter, from a touching moment between two strangers on the Olympic track, to a little boy from a war-torn land who met his favorite soccer player, to a warm ovation fueled by

JERUSALEM — Israel is alerting citizens visiting India over the New Year’s holiday to stay away from large gatherings amid intelligence warnings of imminent militant attacks. The Friday statement from the prime minister’s counterterrorism office warned of the “possibility for terror attacks against tourist and Western sites, with an emphasis on the south and west

The Cubs won their first World Series in 108 years and LeBron James brought an NBA title to long suffering Cleveland. You know that, but how much do you really know about the year in sports? Here’s a quiz to find out (and there are no right answers here): ____ 1. Who was happiest that