Новости за 30.04.2016

New Bills rookie Kolby Listenbee isn’t lacking for speed. Or confidence. Listenbee, a wide receiver from TCU whom the Bills chose in the sixth round of the NFL draft, declared in his first talk with Buffalo media that he believes he’s the fastest player in the NFL. That might be a bit of an overstatement.…

The Lions have drafted a quarterback for the first time since taking Matthew Stafford first overall in 2009 and they didn’t have to look far to find him. Detroit ended the longest current drought without picking a quarterback by selecting Jake Rudock with the 191st pick in the draft. Rudock played a few miles down…

The Browns drafted wide receiver Corey Coleman in the first round Thursday night. Saturday, the Browns drafted a bunch more wide receivers. They started in the fourth round with Ricardo Louis of Auburn and continued in the fifth with Jordan Payton of UCLA and Rashard Higgins of Colorado State. Also in the fourth, they selected…

Moritz Boehringer got his first exposure to the NFL in Germany by watching a video of Adrian Peterson online when he was 17. Now they’re going to be teammates with the Vikings. Boehringer started playing the sport and became a wide receiver in the German league, impressed scouts and then landed on the draft radar…

After a great college career at Navy, Keenan Reynolds is getting his chance in the NFL. And he won’t even have to leave Maryland. The Ravens chose Reynolds, the former Navy quarterback, in the sixth round at Pick 182. He was announced as a wide receiver, and that’s where he’s expected to play in the…

Are you prepared to live in a world where the tag of "defending PL champions" precedes any mention of the Foxes?

Which gentlemanly-and-good player was the most gentlemanly-and-good?

But it's unlikely.

Saturday's results mean we're not much closer to sorting the mess near both the European places and relegation zone in Germany.

After the Broncos traded up to take quarterback Paxton Lynch in the first round of the draft, Lynch’s agent Leigh Steinberg said in an interview on 104.3 The Fan in Denver that the Chiefs joined the Cowboys as teams that tried to land his client. The Chiefs had the 28th pick in the first round…

Said Brad Keselowski: 'There’s a tremendous amount of good faith that is earned when Brian comes to a meeting.'

Newcastle United has blown the race to escape the drop zone wide open, while Sunderland still controls its own destiny and Norwich City is angling for a lifeline. [ MORE: Examining the relegation picture ] Those are the lessons from a busy day in the Premier League with very little action, let alone movement, in […]

The Buccaneers made Roberto Aguayo the first kicker to get drafted in the second round since 2004 on Friday night when they traded the 74th and 106th, which was acquired when they dropped two spots in the first round, picks to the Chiefs for No. 59. It’s unusual enough to see a kicker get picked…

Eastern Conference showdowns on Saturday.

Ravens left tackle Ronnie Stanley, the sixth pick in the 2016 draft, has faced some criticism for the perception he won’t always roll up his sleeves and rumble. On Saturday afternoon, Stanley has done just that, albeit on Twitter. In the wake of a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter that the Ravens would have taken…

Analyzing the fight for survival as three into two doesn't go.

The Broncos brought back C.J. Anderson and Ronnie Hillman in free agency, which means their top two running backs from last season will be back in 2016. They added a new face to the mix in the fourth round on Saturday afternoon when they drafted Devontae Booker with the 136th overall pick. Booker thrived as…

Chase Elliott earned his second straight pole position on a restrictor plate track Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway.

The Emirates Stadium started with protests, and the Premier League's Gunners didn't do a ton to quiet Wenger's critics in the 1-0 match.

Three years ago, Ryan Nassib entered the NFL as one of the top quarterback prospects in the draft. He surprisingly slid to round four. At the same time, defensive end Carl Nassib was an unknown walk-on at Penn State. On Friday, the younger Nassib ended up being drafted a round higher than his older brother.…

The young forward boasts potential, but not yet playoff results.

The Cowboys selected Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott at No. 135 in the fourth round, a compensatory selection. The Cowboys didn’t hide their interest in taking a quarterback during this draft and tried to trade back into the first round Thursday night to select Paxton Lynch. In Prescott, they get a 6-foot-2, 226-pound developmental prospect…

The Bills finally have their rookie quarterback, and Cardale Jones has finally heard his name called. Jones, who led Ohio State to the national championship after the 2014 season, was drafted by the Bills with the final pick in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL draft. That Jones was selected at pick No. 139…

The fascinating part of the Jets’ dance with quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is that nothing seems to be happening to make the process move any faster. And it doesn’t seem they’re in a hurry for resolution either. When the Jets braintrust came out to talk about their fourth-round choice, they gave the latest update on the…

It will depend on how he feels.