Новости за 02.01.2019

The NFL and its television partners can call 2018 a clear success. According to Austin Karp of SportsBusiness Daily, NFL games averaged 15.76 million viewers for the 2018 regular season, a 5 percent increase from 2017, when games averaged 14.96 million viewers. Impressively, all five of the broadcast windows were up compared to last year: [more]

The Ravens’ switch from Joe Flacco to Lamar Jackson at quarterback has resulted in a lot of winning, but it hasn’t resulted in much pass catching work for wide receivers John Brown, Michael Crabtree and Willie Snead. All three have seen a sharp drop in targets and catches since the rookie took the reins of [more]

She's caught up in one of the restrictive measures of the WNBA's current CBA.

The 2019 draft is shaping up as a good one for tight ends. Stanford’s Kaden Smith has become the latest to announce his intentions to declare for the NFL draft. He will skip his final season of college. Smith made 47 catches for 635 yards and two touchdowns this season for the Cardinal. He missed [more]

The Packers continue to cast a wide net in their search for Mike McCarthy’s replacement, and want to talk to another Saints assistant. According to Jason La Canfora of CBSSports.com, the Packers have requested permission to interview Saints offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr. The 47-year-old Carmichael hasn’t turned up in connection with any other jobs [more]

Few players have ever had the kind of season Patrick Mahomes just turned in. None of them did it in their first year as a starter. The Chiefs quarterback was named PFT’s offensive rookie of the year, for the incredible numbers he put up in his second season in the league. Mahomes finished the year [more]

Hue Jackson has failed twice as a head coach. But he is still capable of doing a good job as a coordinator. Vikings coach Mike Zimmer knows this, and consequently Jackson is a candidate to run the offense in Minnesota. That’s the word from Jason La Canfora of CBS, who says that a reunion between [more]

A desperate situation may force Chiarelli to make bold moves. Uh oh.

Terry Rozier likely gets the start in his place.

Six more Premier League games are coming your way on Wednesday, as the festive season is almost over.

Germain Racing moves its race shop to the Richard Childress Racing campus.

Aaron Donald and J.J. Watt are such dominant defenders that the league’s defensive player of the year award feels like it could go to one or both of them every year. This year PFT’s selection is Donald, who led the NFL in sacks from the defensive tackle position and was a disruptive force for the [more]

We haven’t heard Jim McVay’s name mentioned when NFL General Manager positions open up, but that hasn’t stopped McVay, who runs the Outback Bowl, from using alleged NFL interest to leverage a salary exceeding $1 million. Will Hobson of the Washington Post reports that McVay makes $1.045 million to run the Outback Bowl, which makes [more]

Offensive lineman Cody Ford isn’t the only Oklahoma player who declared for the draft this week. Ford will be joined in the draft pool by Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, who made his intentions known via a Twitter post on Wednesday afternoon. Brown caught 132 passes for 2,413 yards and 17 touchdowns while playing with Baker Mayfield [more]

The East has five of the top 10 in this ranking, but after that, there's a steep drop off.

The East has 5 of the top 10 in this ranking, but after that there's a steep drop off.

The Jets have their first interview of this year’s head coaching search in the books. The team announced on Wednesday afternoon that they have completed an interview with Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy. It’s also the first completed interview for Bieniemy, who is also set to talk to the Buccaneers on Wednesday before moving on [more]

The LA Galaxy is used to making big splashes with signings on the field. On Wednesday, it made one off the field.

The Bears kick off their on-field preparations for the Eagles on Wednesday and one of the things they’ll be watching is the status of three wide receivers dealing with injuries. Allen Robinson sat out last Sunday’s win over the Vikings with injured ribs and they saw Taylor Gabriel and Anthony Miller go down with injuries [more]

He wakes up feeling dangerous, something no Browns team has been in years. But now they are, thanks to the presence of and immediate impact created by PFT 2018 offensive rookie of the year Baker Mayfield. Yes, there are other worthy contenders. Colts guard Quenton Nelson became the league’s offensive rookie of the month for [more]

Nick Foles isn’t going to let a little soreness in his ribs stop him from playing in the postseason. The Eagles quarterback said Wednesday he expects to be “feeling great” by game day. “Yeah, a little bit of soreness, but every day drastically improving,” Foles said, via video from the team. “A lot of time [more]

As Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was making clear that he is not happy with wide receiver Antonio Brown, Brown was making clear that he marches to the beat of his own drum. While Tomlin was addressing the media about Tomlin skipping out on the Steelers last week, Brown was posting a message on Twitter, Instagram [more]

Playing without center Ryan Kelly in Week 17 because of a neck injury didn’t stop the Colts from advancing to the postseason with a win over the Titans, but they’d prefer to have him snapping the ball to Andrew Luck against the Texans this weekend. It looks like that’s how things will play out. The [more]

The Bengals were always expected to interview Hue Jackson for their vacant head coaching job, and it appears that could happen as early as today, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Marvin Lewis endorsed Jackson for the job after Lewis and the Bengals parted ways, and owner Mike Brown has shown he likes continuity over [more]

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has confirmed many of the details regarding the Antonio Brown situation. Meeting with reporters on Wednesday, Tomlin said that Brown had lower-body soreness last Wednesday (particularly in his knee), and that he was given the day off. On Friday, Brown said he still had pain. Tomlin sent Brown for an MRI, [more]