Новости за 09.05.2016

The high school coach of Johnny Manziel says he can hardly recognize the 23-year-old he sees in news reports as the same person he coached when Manziel was a teenager. Coach Mark Smith says that Manziel doesn’t seem anything like the good young man Smith once knew. “I really don’t know that guy. I think…

In 2010, EA Sports partnered with ESPN to conduct a fan vote to determine the cover athlete for the annual Madden video game. This year, there will be no vote, according to Eric Fisher of SportsBusiness Journal. But there will be a cover athlete, as selected by EA Sports and announced on Thursday. The contest…

"I am happy here," Vardy said. "It has been said before and I will say it again, we are literally all like brothers."

Recently captured the SHL's Goalie of the Year award.

It's been a while since a top-5 pick was traded.

LeBron James will reportedly star in Space Jam 2. He might be joined on the silver screen by Cavaliers teammate J.R. Smith. TMZ: TMZ Sports has learned producers have already reached out to Cavs star J.R. Smith for a role in the flick. We spoke to Smith’s rep Daniel Hazan … who says producers contacted […]

On today's NASCAR America, we review Saturday's Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway.

Chargers General Manager Tom Telesco stated the obvious last month when he said that the Chargers needed to have a better running game during the 2016 season than the one they featured on their way to a 4-12 record last year. Any plan to improve on the 3.5 yards per carry they mustered in 2015…

Get a sneak preview of Roger Bennett's (Men In Blazers) trip through the world of Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.

1) Get ready for the small-ball experience in Heat/Raptors Game 4. Probably. Here’s what we know about Game 4: The Heat are without Hassan Whiteside, and the Raptors are without Jonas Valanciunas. The big men had played prominent roles in this series — particularly Whiteside’s rim protection, and Valanciunas on the glass and setting screens […]

Joe Gibbs is one win away from tying Jack Roush for third place on the most Sprint Cup wins by a team owner list.

Sunderland may've been the big winner of the weekend, but the Black Cats have only one player in the Team of the Week.

Add the Cardinals to the list of teams wrapping up their paperwork early. The team announced it had reached deals with its last three remaining unsigned draft picks. Today’s contracts were for third-round cornerback Brandon Williams, fourth-round center Evan Boehm and sixth-round cornerback Harlan Miller. Of the group, Boehm might have the clearest path to a…

"He is an important part of our young core."

But he may not be ready quite yet.

Stephen Curry: doubtful questionable for Game 4 of Warriors-Trail Blazers tonight. Monte Poole of CSN Bay Area: Steph Curry upgraded from doubtful to questionable for Gm 4. — Monte Poole (@MontePooleCSN) May 9, 2016 If you’re a Golden State fan, you have to like that upgrade – especially on game day. That’s an encouraging sign. […]

When word broke that Mike Tirico would be leaving ESPN to take a job at NBC, it was reported that Sean McDonough was the likely choice to take over Tirico’s play-by-play duties on Monday Night Football. ESPN confirmed Monday that McDonough will be joining Jon Gruden in the booth for the 2016 season. McDonough has…

As it turns out, the absence of Ray Lewis from ESPN’s draft coverage was not an accident. And he’s not the only one out. According to The Big Lead, Lewis and Hall of Fame wide receiver Cris Carter are out at ESPN, with Randy Moss coming over from FOX Sports to help fill the void.…

The Bengals signed their seventh-round pick, safety Clayton Fejedelem, on Monday. Fejedelem led Illinois with 140 tackles last season, the most by any Illini player since 2007. He played his final two college seasons at Illinois after starting his college career playing for St. Xavier University in Chicago, an NAIA program. The Bengals lost veteran…

Sacramento got its man. The Kings wanted to hire Dave Joerger on a reported four-year, $16 million contract, and it appears they have. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports: Dave Joerger has agreed to a deal in principle to become the new Sacramento Kings coach, league sources tell @TheVertical. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) May 9, 2016 […]

They'll need more from the other nine forwards tonight.

The NFL’s latest feelgood story out of Germany comes on the heels of another feelgood story out of Germany that didn’t end too well. Three years ago, Bjoern Werner finished a climb from exchange student to Florida State standout to first-round pick of the Colts. On March 8, however, the Colts pulled the plug on…

PST's lead writer and editor takes a look back at Week 37 in the PL.

NFL games are regularly played in London and occasionally played in Mexico City, and as the league looks to continue its international expansion there’s talk of future games everywhere from Germany to China. But there’s never been an NFL game in Africa. Lions defensive end Ziggy Ansah wants to change that. Ansah, who grew up…

At a time of year when 90-man rosters allow teams plenty of space to look at projects, and rookie minicamps offer plenty of space for tryout players, sometimes it’s worth a look at an unknown commodity. But the Bengals have taken it to a new level, by signing a guy who never did the thing…