Новости за 21.08.2016

Durant was the best player in Rio. Bar none.

New additions of Juventus made a difference on opening day, while a strong second half from Roma gave the Giallorossi a convincing win.

The Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol is back underway.

The Broncos should be getting a key piece of their defense back on the field this week. Mike Klis of KUSA reports that linebacker DeMarcus Ware will practice for the first time this summer. Ware was placed on the non-football injury list at the start of training camp due to back issues that also kept…

Durant scored 30 points, 24 of them in the first half.

The Dolphins shuffled their starting offensive line for their second preseason game and they’ll have to do it again for the final two exhibition contests. The shuffling may extend to the regular season as well. Center Mike Pouncey hurt his left hip in their Friday night game against the Cowboys and coach Adam Gase said…

John Gibson is ready to become one of the top goaltenders in the NHL.

Not golden, not the Olympic medal it still covets, but Spain got something.

Wide receiver Victor Cruz is set to make another try at getting back on the practice field after hurting his groin almost two weeks ago. Cruz made a brief return, but still felt problems with the groin and has been working on a side field with the training staff recently. Coach Ben McAdoo said on…

After Friday night’s game against the Chargers, Cardinals coach Bruce Arians said that linebacker Alex Okafor faced a decision between having surgery to repair a torn biceps tendon or playing with the injury. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Okafor has opted for the latter course of action. Okafor ended last season on the…

The New Orleans Saints lost a key member of the family earlier this year, when former defensive end Will Smith was shot and killed. The team will remember him in a significant way this season. The Saints have announced that a decal bearing Smith’s number and name will be attached to the helmet of every…

It’s definite that “probable” no longer will be part of the NFL injury lexicon. As first noted (as best we can tell) by Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald and as the league office confirms, the widely-misconstrued P-word has been dumped from the injury reporting procedures. “The ‘Probable’ category was eliminated from the Game Status…

Another year, another loan to another country for Joel Campbell.

The Ducks have had their season end with a Game 7 loss in four consecutive seasons.

Rick Hendrick has even spent time in the wind tunnel with his team.

Yes, really.

When Broncos coach Gary Kubiak made Mark Sanchez and Trevor Siemian co-starting quarterbacks and relegated rookie Paxton Lynch to the position of, as a practical matter, Assistant to the Regional Manager, most assumed Sanchez or Siemian would win the Week One starting job — and that Lynch would play only after both play their way…

When Steelers linebacker James Harrison recently said he’d like the PED interview fueled by an Al Jazeera documentary to be televised live, I wrote that his request makes sense. Not because it would actually be televised (which would never happen and would be a bad idea for everyone) but because it would be preserved. As the…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Remember this moment, Brazil. Nothing feels better than winning. Remember how it felt on that balmy Saturday night in this fabled temple of soccer, the Maracana, when the Selecao held its nerve through 120 minutes and a penalty shootout to gain some small measure of revenge against Germany. [ MORE: Full […]

Rain again keeping cars from racing at Bristol.

His four-week suspension begins in only two weeks. With that absence looming, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady will be missing two days of practice. Tom Curran of CSN New England reports that Brady has been excused from practice on Monday and Tuesday. Curran adds that the absences aren’t injury related, which implies that Brady has recovered…

The Olympic Stadium era is underway at West Ham, in winning fashion.

It’s not a great morning for injury news concerning the Patriots. Running back Dion Lewis reportedly needs another surgery on his knee and Jim McBride of the Boston Globe reports that right tackle Sebastian Vollmer is likely headed to injured reserve. Vollmer is currently on the physically unable to perform list with an undisclosed injury.…

If the Ducks take a step back this season it is not going to be a good look for Randy Carlyle or the team's front office.

Patriots running back Dion Lewis spent training camp on the physically unable to perform list while recovering from his November knee injury. And now it appears that Lewis has suffered another setback. Lewis will need another knee surgery, Jim McBride of the Boston Globe reports. Although there’s no word on how much time he’ll miss,…