Новости за 15.07.2016

Kyle Busch was first in Friday's final Xfinity practice, after being 2nd in the morning session.

The Jets entered today with uncertainty surrounding two of their most important players: franchise defensive lineman Muhammad Wilkerson and unsigned quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. A deal for one got done today, and that could facilitate a deal for the other. Wilkerson signed a long-term deal just before the deadline for franchise players to sign, which means…

The Habs will only be as good as Carey Price allows them to be.

The Jets beat Friday’s deadline and agreed to a long-term extension with defensive lineman Muhammad Wilkerson. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that the five-year extension will pay Wilkerson about $17 million per year. The Jets announced about 30 minutes after the 4 p.m. deadline for signing franchise-tagged players that they had an extension done for…

We’re past the deadline for teams to sign franchise-tagged players to multi-year contracts and two of the players who were tagged this year landed new deals on Friday. Broncos linebacker Von Miller signed a six-year, $114.5 million deal that features $70 million in guarantees, which is a record for a non-quarterback. Ravens kicker Justin Tucker…

The Chiefs and Eric Berry didn’t reach an agreement on a long-term contract by this afternoon’s deadline, which means Berry will play this season on a one-year, $10.8 million deal. But the Chiefs are still holding out hope that a long-term deal for Berry is coming. Chiefs General Manager John Dorsey released a statement saying…

There wasn’t any expectation that quarterback Kirk Cousins was going to sign a long-term deal before Friday’s deadline for players with franchise tags to do so and the deadline has indeed passed without a new deal. The Redskins made a formal announcement just after the 4 p.m. ET deadline that Cousins will play out the year…

Ozil, Giroud, Ramsey and Koscielny are all a doubt for opening day; Alexis's status still unknown.

That's a big increase in term and pay.

The Friday news dump is in full swing today, with yet another suspension to go along with the rest of today’s news. The 49ers just announced that linebacker Aaron Lynch was suspended without pay the first four weeks of the regular season for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. “While disappointed to hear the news…

He and Stan Van Gundy sound optimistic.

On Thursday, the agent for Ravens kicker Justin Tucker said that his client would not re-sign with the team following the 2016 season if they didn’t agree on a multi-year deal before Friday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline. That announcement came after the Ravens reportedly offered Tucker a contract that would pay him less than they’d…

Denny Hamlin has the best average finish among active Cup drivers at New Hampshire.

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady dropped his fight against the four-game suspension handed down by the NFL by announcing on Friday that he would not proceed with a push to have it stayed by the Supreme Court. A source told PFT that decision was made in part because it meant Brady would miss the first four…

Tim Hortons, visiting youth hockey players and other very Canadian things.

If the Philadephia reportedly got $5 million per year for ticket broker StubHub to put their logo on Sixers jerseys, how much could the rating darlings Golden State Warriors get? How about $15 million to $20 million a season? That’s the current asking price, according to Darren Rovell of ESPN. The Golden State Warriors are […]

The Von Miller deal is done. Mike Klis of 9news.com in Denver has most of the details. Here they are: 1. $23 million signing bonus; 2. $2 million “salary and workout bonus other bonuses” for 2016, all guaranteed. (It’s technically too late to earn workout bonuses; the offseason program is over.) 3. $17 million in…

Tom Brady once lost an impressive consecutive games streak to an injury. He’ll now lose a similarly impressive streak to a suspension. Brady became the Patriots’ starting quarterback in Week Three of the 2001 season and started every game until suffering a torn ACL in Week One of the 2008 season, a streak of 111…

There are plenty of people who would rather see the Patriots with Jimmy Garoppolo at the helm instead of Tom Brady. But to oddsmakers, Brady’s four-game suspension doesn’t change the bottom line. According to Phil Perry of CSNNE.com, the Patriots are still listed as Super Bowl LI favorites by at least one bookmaker. “Even though…

He turned a 129.248 mph lap in his No. 48 Chevrolet.

Max Meyer of Schalke and Julian Brandt of Bayer Leverkusen will also be in focus during the tournament, which begins Aug. 4 in Brazil.

The signs started pointing toward an agreement between the Broncos and linebacker Von Miller on a long-term deal before Friday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline in recent days and that deal is now done. Miller tweeted out a picture of himself in a Broncos uniform with the caption “FOR LIFE” on Friday afternoon just as multiple…

Bills running back Karlos Williams will have more time to lose the pregnancy sympathy weight. The league has suspended Williams four games for violating the substance-abuse policy. He’ll be eligible to return to the team on Monday, October 3, a day after the team’s Week Four game against the Patriots. “As an organization, we are…

McNeill is one of the young players that could get an opportunity to get a big role with the Blackhawks this season.

So why did Patriots quarterback Tom Brady decide not to seek a stay of his suspension pending an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court? The reasoning was simple: He chose to miss the first four games instead of potentially being forced to miss four games at some later point in the season. If Justice Ruth…