Новости за 04.06.2016

Speculation recently has emerged in San Diego that if the Chargers’ preferred downtown “convadium” plan becomes impractical or otherwise unworkable, the Chargers would accept a stadium at the Mission Valley site as a fallback. The Chargers are making it known that this is not the case. By way of background, a source with knowledge of…

Shaun Livingston put up nearly 100 free throws at the end of Friday's NBA Finals practice, and that is somewhere around his norm.

He appeared in every playoff game for St. Louis this year.

Fullback Derrick Coleman, who spent three seasons with the Seahawks and played in Super Bowl XLIX, was officially charged on Friday with felony hit and run and vehicular assault. According to the Associated Press, Coleman will be arraigned on June 16. Police recommended felony charges back in January. Prosecutors announced the charges on Friday. Coleman, who…

Not quite how Jurgen Klinsmann drew it up — USMNT badly outplayed in opening 45 minutes.

“I don't see a reason for change." —Tyronn Lue

Five weeks ago tonight, the second and third rounds of the draft took place. As of this posting, all but 34 of the players drafted have signed their rookie contracts. Per a league source, 219 of 253 draft picks have signed rookie deals. All players in rounds five and seven have signed. Round three continues to…

There are still some interesting decisions ahead for St. Louis.

It’s now clear that Cardell Hayes, the man who shot and killed former Saints defensive end Will Smith in April, believed from the outset that the shooting occurred in self-defense. It’s also becoming clear that Hayes may have a hard time proving it. Via the Associated Press, Hayes was back in court on Friday, with…

You can expect some triangle — or, more accurately, a hybrid triangle offense — in Madison Square Garden this coming season. At his press introductory press conference Friday, new Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek said there will be triangle principles as part of his offense. You hear it in his own words above, here is a […]

"We just need a good bench coach, a coach that does things on the fly and makes changes during the game and not just between periods."

Group A kicks off this evening with the hosts, the USA, squaring off against no. 3 in the world, Colombia.

Sounds like he'll stick to upper-body tests for the remainder of the combine.

There were troubling signs for Cleveland Cavaliers fans in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The Splash Brothers — Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson — combined for just 20 points on 27 shots, and the Golden State Warriors still won by 15. This isn’t Toronto where if you stop their guards their offense falls apart […]

Copa America kicks off in less than three hours — the perfect time for a few rule changes, right?

"We have threats on every line."

The Warriors won convincingly despite poor shooting nights from Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson.

Rival officials, disputing who should be in charge, brawled at the headquarters of Nigerian soccer on Friday.

Well, that was fast. Teams across the NFL are entering the final phase of their offseason programs and prepping for summer vacation. Next week, seven NFL teams will hold their mandatory minicamps from June 7-9. The rest of the league has mandatory minicamps scheduled for June 14-16. Set to wrap things up for the spring…

Team Penske -- Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano -- qualified 1-2 for Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Pocono.

Bit of a narrative at play in the Stanley Cup Final.

Last August, PFT and Stephen A. Smith got into a minor kerfuffle after Smith reported (with a deliberate, pump-priming leak from the league office) that Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had “destroyed” his cell phone. Four hours later, the Commissioner issued his ruling on the appeal of Brady’s four-game suspension, with the first official mention of…

James Laurinaitis has spent his entire seven-year career with the Rams, and in those seven years the Rams never won more than seven games. Now Laurinaitis is with the Saints, and he thinks he’s in for a refreshing change. Laurinaitis noted that during his entire college career at Ohio State, the Buckeyes lost only nine…

Here is the conventional wisdom around the league on Kevin Durant‘s free agency this summer: After a deep and impressive playoff run by the Thunder, he will re-sign with the Thunder on a two-year contract with an opt-out after one (a one-plus-one, what LeBron James signed last summer in Cleveland). He’ll do it for two […]

Three straight Ligue 1 titles might not be enough to save Laurent Blanc's job this summer.