Новости за 21.08.2018

Here's what happened Tuesday in Belarus, Portugal, and Serbia.

Steelers wide receiver Eli Rogers has been suspended for the first game of the season. The NFL announced today that Rogers was suspended for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy. There was no word on the nature of the violation. Rogers was a free agent who made several visits around the NFL this offseason before eventually [more]

Whatever the NFL ultimately does with the substance of the new rule against lowering the helmet and initiating contact, there’s an important style point the league will need to consider. The league will need to embrace a high degree of transparency. The first hint of such transparency came last Friday, when NFL senior V.P. of [more]

Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Larson are going in different directions. Find out who is hot and who is not on today's NASCAR America.

The Texans expect outside linebacker Whitney Mercilus back for the season opener. That was the word from Bill O’Brien on Tuesday, via Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle. Mercilus has a hamstring injury that has kept him sidelined the past two weeks. He missed both preseason games, and it sounds as if he won’t play [more]

There’s been plenty of consternation about the NFL’s new rule against lowering the helmet to initiate contact, but Patriots coach Bill Belichick isn’t sweating it. Belichick said on WEEI that as far as he’s concerned, there’s no reason for the Patriots to change the way they tackle, because Belichick has always told his players not [more]

Former Cowboys defensive end George Andrie died of congestive heart failure Tuesday morning at his home in Woodway, Texas, Kate Hairopoulos of the Dallas Morning News reports. He was 78. Andrie, a sixth-round pick in 1962, played on the Cowboys’ original Doomsday Defense opposite Hall of Famer Bob Lilly. His most memorable play came in [more]

Ceremoniously or actually playing for them?

Ceremoniously or actually playing for them?

Lichaj has 15 caps and a goal for the USMNT, including four apps since July 2017.

We still don’t know if Cardinals General Manager Steve Keim will return to work today. But we do know he’ll be eligible to. According to Katherine Fitzgerald of the Arizona Republic, the team hasn’t provided any information about when he’d return from his five-week suspension, which stemmed from his guilty plea in an extreme DUI case. [more]

Jaylon Smith isn’t the same player he was in 2017. The Cowboys linebacker is close to being the same player he was in 2015 before a significant knee injury in his final game at Notre Dame. “Everything has been a part of the plan, part of the process,” Smith said, via Gil LeBreton of DFW’s [more]

Adrian Peterson took part in his first practice since signing with Washington on Tuesday and head coach Jay Gruden said after the session that the veteran running back is in “fantastic physical shape.” Gruden said that the team was able to pick that up during his Monday workout because Peterson “wasn’t even breathing heavy” when [more]

Don't bet on it actually happening.

Don't bet on it actually happening.

The Texans announced they have signed cornerback Bryce Jones. To make room, the team waived cornerback Josh Thornton with an injury designation. Jones originally signed with the Texans as an undrafted free agent out of Akron in 2017. He spent time on the Texans’ practice squad last season. He was signed to a futures contract [more]

In his new book, Eagles head coach Doug Pederson was critical of the lack of aggressiveness that the Jaguars showed while playing with a lead against the Patriots in last season’s AFC title game. The man who made the decision to implement that game plan said on Tuesday that he has no problem with Pederson’s [more]

The concept of a PFT Live draft emerged several months ago, and it’s become a staple of the days when Chris Simms appears on the show. Today’s draft focused on his favorite player of all time: Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. (Sorry, Phil.) And we looked at the best throws of Rodgers’ career. There are way [more]

The Vikings dropped five players from their roster on Monday and continued filling the open roster spots by signing center Jacob Judd on Tuesday. Judd took part in the Vikings’ rookie minicamp this spring on a tryout basis. He joins guard Kareem Are and fullback Kobe McCrary, who signed on Monday, as new additions to [more]

How will they resolve the delicate situation with Erik Karlsson?

How Morris' experience speaks to issues of mental health in predominantly black NBA

The Cowboys are adding a safety with ties to defensive passing game coordinator Kris Richard from their time in Seattle, but it’s not Earl Thomas. Todd Archer of ESPN.com reports that the Cowboys are going to sign Jeron Johnson to their 90-man roster. Johnson worked out for the team on Tuesday and joins Dominick Sanders [more]

Beckham will get the UEFA President's Award to recognize his soccer achievements and humanitarian work.

The Scottsdale, Arizona police department has issued more information regarding the arrest of free-agent offensive lineman Richie Incognito. The details are troubling. “On 8/20/18 at 3:30pm, Scottsdale patrol officers responded to Messinger Pinnacle Peak Mortuary at 8555 E Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale reference a Disorderly Conduct call,” a Scottsdale police department said in a statement. [more]

The Titans needed some linebackers to get them through the preseason, so they bought in bulk. Via Jim Wyatt of the team’s official website, the Titans signed linebackers Nyles Morgan, Deontae Skinner and Jeff Knox. Skinner’s the experienced one of the bunch, having spent time with the Patriots, Eagles, Giants, and Raiders, appearing in 14 games. [more]