Новости за 24.04.2020

When Saints head coach Sean Payton spoke to Cesar Ruiz after the Saints made him the 24th pick in the draft on Thursday night, he told the Michigan product that he was coming to New Orleans to play offensive line and that he should tell reporters the same thing. The lack of specificity regarding his [more]

The Rams have reworked offensive tackle Rob Havenstein‘s contract to create salary cap space. Field Yates of ESPN reports the team converted $2.34 million of Havenstein’s base salary into a signing bonus. That creates $1.56 million in additional salary cap room for 2020. The Rams needed the space to accommodate the signings of Leonard Floyd [more]

Kobe Bryant followed in Michael Jordan's footsteps more closely than anyone else.

The Lions may find Matthew Stafford‘s heir apparent tonight. Detroit is interested in quarterbacks Jalen Hurts and Jacob Eason and would consider taking either of them tonight, according to NFL Network. The Lions have their own second- and third-round picks as well as the Eagles’ third-round pick tonight. It’s also possible that the Lions are [more]

The Commissioner has nothing else to do on a Friday night at home, so he may as well do more draft picks. Roger Goodell, fresh from a night of announcing 32 first-round picks, will be responsible for the second- and third-round selections, according to NFL Media. In recent years, Goodell handled the second round with [more]

Phil Neville will step down as England women's coach when his contract expires next year, missing out on the rescheduled European Championship in 2022.

Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said on Thursday night that the team never thought wide receiver CeeDee Lamb would be available when it came time for them to make the 17th overall pick of the draft and Lamb didn’t have the Cowboys on his radar either. Lamb appeared on 105.3 The Fan after the [more]

With fans starved for live sporting events, the viewership numbers for Thursday night’s first round of the NFL draft will come as no surprise. The NFL announced it shattered its all-time draft viewership record for night one. The first round averaged more than 15.6 million viewers combined on broadcast, cable and digital viewing. That was [more]

Washington might or might not trade left tackle Trent Williams, but it won’t be with the Browns. Cleveland selected Alabama offensive tackle Jedrick Wills with the 10th overall selection. It was known the Browns had shown interest in Williams, and as it turns out he was among their contingency plans. Browns Chiefs Strategy Officer Paul [more]

The quote is often attributed to Jordan. But the actual origin is unclear.

Tight end Trey Burton‘s 2019 season began with him still recovering from sports hernia surgery and he said on Friday that he felt that the way his injury was handled contributed to a rough year with the Bears. Burton was released by the Bears this month with two years left on his deal after catching [more]

The Texans have finalized a three-year contract extension with left tackle Laremy Tunsil, John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports. The new deal will average $22 million per season. It includes $57 million guaranteed, with a $13 million signing bonus, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports. The sides got close over the last week [more]

The end of the Babcock era brought both surprises and disappointments.

Kevin Harvick makes his second career iRacing start Sunday at a virtual Talladega, while Aric Almirola makes his first start.

Everybody can get off Bill O’Brien’s back now. He acquired Michael Thomas. Oh, wait. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, the Texans signed veteran safety and special teamer Michael Thomas, who probably gets sick of being called “the other one.” The one the Texans just signed is from Houston, and played the last two [more]

Everyone knew the Bengals were going to take quarterback Joe Burrow to kick off the first round of the draft on Thursday night, but there’s less certainty about what the team is going to do on Friday night. The Bengals hold the first pick of the second round, No. 33 overall, and there’s a report [more]

President Gianni Infantino noted that this release is a "first step" in helping smaller leagues and clubs survive the coronavirus pandemic.

Like father, not like son. In 1999, cornerback Antoine Winfield entered the league as the 23rd pick in the draft. On Thursday night, Antoine Winfield Jr. was not selected in round one. Some believe he should have been. Naysayers would say that the Big 10 defensive back of the year is too short. But at [more]

Salley was at the center of so much.

The Saints don’t have a second-round draft pick, which means they’re not scheduled to pick tonight until the third round, No. 88 overall. They’d like to do something about that. New Orleans has been calling teams with high second-round picks to ask about trading, according to Albert Breer of SI.com. It would be just about [more]

One of the more surprising picks of Thursday night’s first round was the second selection made by the Raiders. They selected former Ohio State cornerback Damon Arnette in a move that some considered a reach because he was generally expected to be available on the second night of the draft. Raiders General Manager Mike Mayock [more]

No one knows yet how or when the Packers’ quarterback situation will begin to unfold. The one thing that seems certain at the moment is that Utah State quarterback Jordan Love has been thrown into something not of his making, and he’s trying to not say anything to make a potentially tense situation worse in [more]

The U.S. and Canada will share a group in both the men's and women's tournaments after the IIHF released the latest world rankings and seedings.

A pair of high-profile transfers are being discussed in various reports as the week comes to a close.

So much for stay at home orders, social-distancing guidelines, and/or the stated preferences of the NFL. Round one of the 2020 NFL draft included plenty of images of prospects who had people in the house who didn’t live there and/or people who were packed too closely together. The league, despite pre-draft huffing and puffing, blew [more]