Новости за 28.08.2019

Every year, players with recognizable names become, over the course of the season, household names. This year, which players will make that transformation? That question was the subject of Wednesday’s four-round PFT Live draft. There are many to choose from, as evidence by the fact that we added a round. And there were more that [more]

"The NFL markets the NFL. The NBA markets its players, and players drive who we are in the NBA."

Cole Custer will drive a car in Saturday's Xfinity Series race at Darlington with a paint scheme that pays homage to Buckshot Jones.

"I could play easy in the Premier League, so if United needs me, I'm here."

Kyle Larson's No. 42 Chevrolet will look like Ricky Craven's Cup car from 1995-96.

The NFL’s most marketable player is old enough to be the father of many of the league’s players. A poll conducted by Sports Business Journal of 40 “marketing/branding execs, sports business professors and both print and on-air football media” resulted in Patriots quarterback Tom Brady being named the league’s most marketable player. Coming in a [more]

49ers running back Jerick McKinnon‘s first return to the practice field after last year’s torn ACL was followed by a long layoff and a platelet rich plasma injection intended to help him make a lasting return to action. McKinnon was out for over two weeks after that and was back on the field Tuesday. Unfortunately, [more]

The Jets came into this week hoping to improve their cornerback group and they made a move intended to do that on Wednesday. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the team has traded a sixth-round pick to the Colts in exchange for Nate Hairston. Jets assistant General Manager Rex Hogan worked for the Colts the [more]

Broncos tight end Jake Butt‘s lingering knee issues will cause him to go under the knife again. Butt, who has had three ACL surgeries, is now set for a “minor procedure” on his left knee, according to James Palmer of NFL Network. No matter how “minor” the procedure is, it has to be considered a [more]

Eagles tackle Jordan Mailata has been on the field a lot this preseason as the Eagles have been playing without right tackle Lane Johnson, but Mailata has been dealing with a back injury in recent days and a roster move on Wednesday suggests he won’t be playing against the Jets on Friday night. The agent [more]

Giants rookie Corey Ballentine will live with what happened to him on April 28 the rest of his life, as he was shot and his best friend was killed the night he was drafted into the NFL. And while he’s recovered to compete in training camp, the bullet wound to his rear was more serious [more]

Reed Sorenson will drive Spire Motorsports' No. 77 Chevrolet, which celebrates the Motor Racing Network's founding in 1970.

He played seven years in Spain before coming to the NBA for 14 seasons.

What are the big takeaways, and who will start for the USMNT in September?

The 2019 NFL season hasn’t started yet, but scouting for the 2020 draft has gotten underway and players have been pegged as potential first-round picks. Like some of his teammates, Alabama junior linebacker Dylan Moses is one of those players. He was a finalist for the Butkus Award last year and was selected as a [more]

The Nick Saban second-chance video is making the rounds again, as it seems to have done every so often since he first spoke of becoming the patron saint of wayward boys in 2014. And the guy who was the subject of the story can tell when his phone starts blowing up that it’s back. “Just [more]

Andrew Luck said farewell to the NFL on Saturday night and the impact of that decision has led to another goodbye. As some 543,000 followers and countless others who have seen retweets find their way into their Twitter accounts are aware, a parodist who named himself Capt. Andrew Luck has posted on the quarterback’s career [more]

No room for Bradley, Altidore in squad for September friendlies.

Teams rarely trade a draft pick for a kicker, and especially not for a kicker who has never played in an NFL regular-season game. But the Vikings were so impressed with Kaare Vedvik‘s work in the preseason that they traded a fifth-round pick to get him. And the early returns are not great. Vedvik missed [more]

The Lions made an addition to their backfield a day before their final preseason game of the summer. The team announced the signing of running back James Williams on Wednesday. The Lions will play the Browns in Cleveland on Thursday. Williams left Washington State with eligibility remaining in order to enter this year’s draft, but [more]

Also in this group of five: Jayson Tatum and Devin Booker.

Modern-day football is all about offense. But defense still wins championships, or so they say. Actually, “they” don’t need to say it. New England’s suffocating defense won Super Bowl LIII by holding the Rams to only three points. On Tuesday, “we” drafted the best defenses heading into the 2019 season during PFT Live. It will [more]

Ward won the Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe Trophy in his rookie season.

Ben Roethlisberger is sorry for publicly calling out teammates. Unless he isn’t. Roethlisberger’s recent mea culpa to Michele Tafoya of NBC carried with it a caveat that makes it seem like Ben isn’t really sorry at all. “I wish I wouldn’t have done it,” Roethlisberger said regarding his decision to use his weekly radio show [more]

How much better does he make the Canucks?