Новости за 04.09.2018

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Jared Goff watched the Los Angeles Rams’ entire preseason from the sideline. He hasn’t thrown a pass in a game since last January, when he lost his first NFL playoff start. When he steps under the Monday night lights in his native Bay Area, the third-year quarterback is eager to show

U.S. stocks finished lower Tuesday as losses for health care and technology companies canceled out gains for banks. Another gain for Amazon briefly brought its market value to $1 trillion. On Tuesday: The S&P 500 index slid 4.80 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,896.72. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 12.34 points to 25,952.48. The

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa is starting to answer some of its offseason questions. Hawkeyes linebackers, buoyed by a dominant line, looked at times like seasoned veterans in Saturday’s 33-7 win over Northern Illinois that gave coach Kirk Ferentz his record-setting 144th win at the school. The new cornerbacks, and their trio of inexperienced running

GUATEMALA CITY — The head of a U.N.-backed commission probing corruption in Guatemala was barred from re-entering the country Tuesday, further defanging the investigative body days after President Jimmy Morales announced he would not renew its mandate. In a statement, the government said Morales had communicated the decision to the U.N. secretary-general and asked for

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley is excited about his team’s new, fast-paced offense. He believes the 24th-ranked Gamecocks will be able to move the ball effectively this week against No. 3 Georgia. Bentley passed for a career-high four touchdowns in a 49-16 season-opening win over Coastal Carolina of the Sun Belt Conference.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Attorneys for college football and basketball players returned to court Tuesday to fight NCAA rules that cap athletes’ compensation at what is traditionally covered by a scholarship. A federal trial in Oakland opened with the testimony of sports economist Dan Rascher, one of several expert witnesses the sides plan to call during

MIAMI — The United States will play Mexico, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago in the group stage of the CONCACAF Women’s Championship, which serves as qualifying for next year’s World Cup in France. The top-ranked U.S., defending its 2015 World Cup title, opens Oct. 4 against Mexico, plays Panama three days later, then closes Group

“The Man I Never Met: A Memoir” (St. Martin’s Press), by Adam Schefter with Michael Rosenberg NFL fans know Adam Schefter. That’s because Schefter knows the league. Really well. His scoops on player transactions, injuries, coaching changes and the like seemingly come on a daily basis via his tweets and appearances on ESPN, Schefter’s employer

AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn’s running game is unsurprisingly a work in progress. With a new tailback and an overhauled offensive line, the seventh-ranked Tigers still managed an opening, 21-16 win over No. 9 Washington despite struggles running the ball. Kam Martin had a workmanlike 80 yards on 22 carries. Redshirt freshman JaTarvious Whitlow had the

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia coach Jose Pekerman resigned after six years and two World Cups. Colombia Football Federation president Ramon Jesurun confirmed the move on Tuesday. Pekerman led Colombia to its first World Cup in 16 years, in 2014 in Brazil, and the team reached the quarterfinals. He qualified Colombia again for the World Cup

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Rickie Fowler has stayed at home for the last three weeks and two FedEx Cup playoff events because of a partial tear to his right oblique, which he says might turn out to be the best for him. Players at his level face one of the busiest stretches of the year

CLAYTON, Mo. — A St. Louis-area woman is accused of starving her 2-month-old son. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 24-year-old Makayla Hill of Bridgeton is charged with felony child abuse or neglect resulting in death. She is jailed on $150,000 cash-only bond. Bridgeton police were called by Hill to a hotel Sunday afternoon. Her

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — With a first-year starter at defensive end and two other linemen trying out new positions next to him, having coach Brian Kelly consistently call this position group the most stable on the Notre Dame defense seemed like a stretch of logic through the preseason. If the 24-17 win over Michigan is

OLATHE, Kan. — A man testified Tuesday that he spent about eight hours cutting up his wife’s body after she died at a Missouri hotel because he was afraid authorities would take away his children. Justin Rey, 36, said protecting his family was the reason he didn’t call for medical help after his wife delivered

TEMPE, Ariz. — The hype began when Herm Edwards interviewed for the job at Arizona State. It ratcheted it up when he was officially hired and continued through the offseason, into preseason camp. Everyone wondered how the former NFL coach would fare in the unfamiliar world of college football after eight years in a television

PHOENIX — A Phoenix home that architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed for his son and was spared from demolition is up for sale. The Arizona Republic reported Monday that the asking price for the spiral-shaped house in Phoenix’s upscale Arcadia neighborhood is $12.95 million. Owner Zach Rawling announced in June he would donate the David

WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump and a new book by journalist Bob Woodward (all times local): 11:10 p.m. President Donald Trump is denying that he called Attorney General Jeff Sessions “mentally retarded” and “a dumb southerner.” Trump is reacting on Twitter to one of the more incendiary claims in Bob Woodward’s forthcoming

WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump and a new book by journalist Bob Woodward (all times local): 7:20 p.m. President Donald Trump is decrying quotes and stories in an incendiary book by journalist Bob Woodward as “frauds, a con on the public.” Trump tweets: “The Woodward book has already been refuted and discredited

WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump and a new book by journalist Bob Woodward (all times local): 6:05 p.m. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is denying he uttered comments critical of President Donald Trump that are contained in a new book by journalist Bob Woodward. Mattis said Tuesday in a statement: “The contemptuous words

WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump and a new book by journalist Bob Woodward (all times local): 4:45 p.m. President Donald Trump is calling journalist Bob Woodward’s explosive new book “nasty stuff,” denying certain scenes in the book occurred. Trump spoke to the conservative Daily Caller Tuesday after details emerged about the book.

WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump and a new book by journalist Bob Woodward (all times local): 3:15 p.m. White House chief of staff John Kelly is denying an account in journalist Bob Woodward’s new book that he called Trump an “idiot.” Kelly says, “The idea I ever called the president an idiot

NEW YORK — Rick Pitino knows his coaching days are most likely behind him. He still wants to be involved in basketball, where he’s spent a lifetime. “I think my time has passed, I really do,” Pitino said of coaching again on Tuesday from the headquarters of The Associated Press. “I’m young. I’m physically very

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs have signed backup offensive lineman Cam Erving to a two-year contract extension, one year after acquiring the former first-round draft pick in a trade with Cleveland. The financial terms of the deal Tuesday were not disclosed. The Chiefs had declined the fifth-year option on Erving’s rookie contract earlier this

WASHINGTON — The Latest on a House committee hearing on social media issues (all times local): 3:15 p.m. Google won’t have an executive testifying alongside Twitter and Facebook before a Senate intelligence committee hearing Wednesday. The committee invited Larry Page, the CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet. Google offered another executive instead, and the committee

WASHINGTON — The Latest on a House committee hearing on social media issues (all times local): 3:10 p.m. Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg says the company is getting better at finding and combating adversaries who try to use the platform. The company’s No. 2 executive says in prepared testimony ahead of a Senate intelligence committee hearing Wednesday