Новости за 21.07.2016

Tony Stewart says he has a 'plan' in approaching his final start at Indianapolis

Beckham's excited for the new big-name managers in the Premier League, and also spoke of Leicester's run to the PL title.

New Orleans is reportedly favored to host the 2017 NBA All-Star game, which was originally scheduled for Charlotte. But the Big Easy isn’t the only location in contention. Brian Windhorst of ESPN: Several other NBA cities have become options if the league takes the step, including Chicago and New York/Brooklyn, sources told ESPN. New York […]

Hendrick Motorsports has 999 career top-five finishes; it can hit 1,000 Sunday in Indianapolis

Based on talent alone, there aren’t many better wide receivers than Tennessee’s Dorial Green-Beckham. But the Titans want to see Green-Beckham put in the hard work to get the most out of his talent. The Titans’ website says the team needs Green-Beckham to return to Nashville in better shape. Green-Beckham has vowed to do that…

The diminutive 21-year-old winger has already scored this preseason, and Green has the backing of Bayern Munich back Javi Martinez.

If the previous report — that the NBA is “on brink” of moving the 2017 All-Star game from Charlotte” — weren’t clear enough… Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports: Without any movement by state legislators in North Carolina to change newly enacted laws targeted at the LGBT community, the NBA is pulling the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte, […]

Top three finishers in Wednesday's fourth annual Aspen Dental Dirt Derby are in favor of adding more on the Camping World Truck Series circuit.

It all gets going on Oct. 12.

Barcelona says it has agreed to transfer Croatian midfielder Alen Halilovic to German club Hamburg.

Kevin Durant said he nearly picked the Celtics because they brought Tom Brady to their meeting. Jae Crowder saw another reason Durant should’ve chosen Boston over the Warriors. Crowder, via Tom Westerholm of MassLive: “We were the only team in the NBA to beat both (Cleveland and Golden State) on their home court — the […]

Car owner Richard Childress says: 'We’re trying to put together what’s going to be the best for everybody.'

The deeper you go into summer without a deal, the worse your options tend to get.

Ray Rice thinks the window on his NFL career is closing. In reality, it’s already been nailed shut. But he has one last plan for busting it open and extending his tenure. Rice tells USA Today that, if he gets another chance to play pro football, he’ll donate his entire salary to domestic-violence related causes.…

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said North Carolina must change its anti-gay law for the 2017 All-Star game to remain in Charlotte. The state hasn’t, and time is running out. Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports: Sources: NBA on brink of pulling 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte, with New Orleans emerging as a front-runner to host […]

Wide-ranging Q&A with Liverpool legend.

The Steelers released veteran tight end Matt Spaeth Thursday with a failed physical designation. A third-round pick of the Steelers in 2007, Spaeth played seven seasons for the Steelers. He played for the Bears in 2011-12 before returning to the Steelers as a blocking tight end and occasional complement to Heath Miller in 2013. Spaeth,…

A retired Navy SEAL will be honored Friday by Indianapolis Motor Speedway and city officials.

No fooling around.

A big knock on Brandon Ingram entering the draft: How could such a good shooter make just 116-of-170 (68%) of his free throws? Ingram made 41% of his 3-pointers at Duke, but college free-throw shooting has been a historically good indicator of outside NBA shooting. That raises questions about how Ingram’s shooting will translate, though the […]

Patriots safety Nate Ebner was a rugby player before he was a football player, and so when he saw an opportunity to make the U.S. Olympic rugby sevens team this year, he went for it — even though the Olympics overlap with training camp. Fortunately for Ebner, Patriots coach Bill Belichick is fine with that.…

The Browns can’t know at the moment whether they’ll have Josh Gordon available to them this year or not. But the suspended wide receiver has at least taken a step in the process of reinstatement. According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, Gordon met with commissioner Roger Goodell yesterday to check in. Gordon can’t…

Is this just leveraging or something more?

The NFL draft may be heading to Green Bay. Packers President Mark Murphy announced at a shareholders meeting today that the team has told the NFL it wants to host the draft in 2019, 2020 or 2021. The biggest issue facing Green Bay would be whether there are enough hotel rooms in the area to…

Even before the 2016 offseason, it was clear that Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett had a grossly below-market deal. Now, with guys like Olivier Vernon, Fletcher Cox, Muhammad Wilkerson, and Von Miller signing huge new contracts, it’s even more obvious. “I just want to be fairly compensated with the top guys in the league,” Bennett…