Новости за 22.03.2016

Something or nothing?

Club's fifth-round pick from 2012.

The NFL has applied a red light to its proposed “yellow card” rule. Giants co-owner John Mara told reporters on Tuesday that the NFL has tabled the Competition Committee’s idea to automatically eject players who rack up a pair of unsportsmanlike conduct fouls in the same game. Mara said that extensive opposition emerged to the…

NASCAR America visits with Matt McCall, crew chief for Jamie McMurray.

When offensive lineman Kraig Urbik’s visit with the Dolphins on Tuesday was reported, the feeling was that he’d agree to a contract with the team before the day was out. That feeling proved to be the correct one. The Dolphins announced on Tuesday afternoon that Urbik is the newest member of the team. Urbik joins Jermon…

Meanwhile, Brian Elliott gets a second straight start for the Blues.

Defensive tackle B.J. Raji turned down a contract offer from the Packers for the 2016 season in favor of taking a “hiatus” from the league that he says will last through at least the 2016 season. Raji said in a statement that he didn’t feel like he could give the Packers or any other team…

Here’s “The Run-In” looking at the teams who are battling to avoid relegation to the second-tier Championship.

There is a silver lining for the Chiefs today, even though it came with the requisite big black cloud. Other than Justin Houston’s season being in jeopardy because of ACL surgery, the Chiefs did get a bit of good news. According to Terez Paylor of the Kansas City Star, Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles should…

He has posted to Facebook that he is unharmed.

Peyton Manning is no longer playing, so the Peyton Manning Rule is off the table. Rich McKay, head of the NFL’s competition committee, said at the league meetings Tuesday that a rule proposal submitted by the Chiefs that would make it illegal for quarterbacks to fall to the ground, get up, and throw a forward…

U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann is not saying which goalie he will use Friday when the Americans play at Guatemala in a World Cup qualifying game. His choices are Tim Howard and Brad Guzan, both of the English Premier League.

We've got a scouting report on him.

The Bears didn’t get anything out of wide receiver Kevin White after selecting him in the first round of the 2015 draft as a stress fracture in his left shin caused him to miss the entire season. White’s health has steadily improved since last summer and General Manager Ryan Pace said Tuesday that the wideout…

The music festival will be held during both NASCAR race weekends this season.

Huge blow for Colorado.

Teams that have players picked in the first round of the 2013 draft will have a decision to make in the coming weeks about whether to exercise the fifth-year option included in those players’ contracts and the Panthers have already made their call. General Manager Dave Gettleman said Tuesday at the league meetings that the…

Leicester lead Spurs and Arsenal in the title race. Can the Foxes finish the job?

July 4 is Independence Day in the United States, but Colts owner Jim Irsay would like to be celebrating something different on this year’s holiday. Irsay invited a few reporters to join him on the yacht that’s serving as his home base during the league meetings in Boca Raton, Florida on Tuesday and the topic…

Miko Grimes shouldn’t feel special. She wasn’t the only one Dolphins owner Stephen Ross was dumping on today. Ross made such to get a few swings in at some of the coaches he used to employ, in a roundabout way of saying he thought new coach Adam Gase was going to be good for quarterback Ryan…

Michael Jordan’s most famous for this line to then Wizards’ owner Abe Pollin during the 1998 Collective Bargaining Agreement talks: “If you can’t make a profit, you should sell your team.” Now Jordan is on the other side of the table, representing the owners and trying to increase their profit — and becoming quite a […]

In February, there was a report that the Ravens were going to sign running back Trent Richardson to their offseason roster but no official announcement of an agreement has followed. That’s because there’s no official deal between player and team. Speaking from the league meetings on Tuesday, Ravens coach John Harbaugh explained that the plan…

Meanwhile, the Caps can clinch the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference.

A look at the teams battling for the UCL and Europa League.

The NFL has introduced several new rules for 2016. None of the changes address the league’s increasingly-controversial replay system. Yet. The discussions regarding possible improvements to the existing replay rules are fluid and ongoing. With several proposals made by multiple clubs, there’s an increasing sense that something needs to be done. It remains to be…