Новости за 28.04.2020

Despite subpar goaltending, poor special teams and a midseason coaching change, Vegas surged to the top of the Pacific Division.

Devin McCourty is heading into his 11th season, so there’s a couple of ways he could have reacted to the Patriots choosing a safety with their first pick in the NFL Draft. One of those ways would be to see Kyle Dugger’s arrival as a move designed to push him out the door in the [more]

UEFA want leagues to let them know by late May if they plan on finishing their seasons or not.

Teams are going to error on the side of caution, which will make workouts look very different.

Tuesday's collection of links.

In 2002, Jimmie Johnson won at his home track of Auto Club Speedway to claim his first career Cup victory in his 13th start.

Palmieri has been trying to keep busy around his Long Island home, doing a lot of painting projects. Walls and ceilings, mostly.

Jaguars guard Andrew Norwell traded a bit of money for some security. According to Field Yates of ESPN, the Jaguars restructured the deal of the big-ticket guard. Instead of his $11.5 million in non-guaranteed base salary this year, he’s getting $9 million guaranteed, with $2.5 million available in incentives. Norwell was a prize free agent [more]

In the months leading up to the draft, much was made about Isaiah Simmons’ physical abilities. Simmons played linebacker, safety and cornerback while at Clemson and made big plays all over the field. Simmons then put on a show at the Scouting Combine that left scouts marveling about his mix of size, speed and athleticism. [more]

It’s not that the Eagles necessarily think quarterback Jalen Hurts is going to turn into Russell Wilson. But memories of missing out on Wilson in the 2012 NFL Draft played a part in the Eagles using a second-round pick on Hurts this year, a decision which has drawn a mixed response considering the contract they [more]

The 49ers picked up a pair of wide receivers in this year’s draft, but their list of wideouts making their professional debuts in 2020 may not be limited to first-rounder Brandon Aiyuk and seventh-rounder Jauan Jennings. Jalen Hurd was a third-round pick last year and he caught two touchdowns in the team’s first preseason game, [more]

“We’re all good now. We’re healthy. The baby didn’t have the virus and thank you, God.”

“We’re all good now. We’re healthy. The baby didn’t have the virus and thank you, God.”

When Chiefs guard/doctor Laurent Duvernay-Tardif first asked how he could help fight the outbreak of coronavirus, he was told the best thing he could do was spread the message of social distancing. As things have progressed, he’s now able to do more than interviews, and to put his medical degree to use. Duvernay-Tardif wrote about [more]

Washington defensive end Chase Young is expected to continue growing as a football player now that he’s in the professional ranks and Young thinks he may have some growing to do on another front as well. Young’s father grew from 6’7″ as a sophomore in college to 6’10” by the time he left school, so [more]

Everyone was worried during the draft that one of the old guys like Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman would be the one to screw up the technology. But during his first virtual offseason meeting with his team Monday, it was 34-year-old Rams coach Sean McVay who couldn’t quite figure out how to take himself off [more]

The Chiefs will have a new punter in 2020. Dustin Colquitt, who has had the punting job in Kansas City for 15 years, posted on Instagram that he is leaving. “I have enjoyed my time in Chiefs Kingdom, all things come to an end, sometimes sooner than you hoped, prayed & pleaded for them to,” [more]

New Patriots kicker Justin Rohrwasser says he intends to get a tattoo removed from his forearm that bears the symbol of a far-right militia movement and paramilitary group. In an emotional interview with Steve Burton of WBZ-TV in Boston, Rohrwasser expressed regret for a tattoo he said he didn’t fully understand the meaning of. “As [more]

Offensive lineman Coleman Shelton signed his exclusive rights free agent tender with the Los Angeles Rams on Monday. Additionally, the team waived linebacker Jeff Holland. Shelton appeared in 11 games last season for the Rams with most of his snaps coming on special teams units. A former undrafted free agent out of the University of [more]

The San Francisco 49ers and new left tackle Trent Williams both appear to be comfortable in letting their new relationship play out for a while before committing to a future beyond the 2020 season. Williams hasn’t played in a football game since the 2018 season after sitting out last year in a dispute with Washington [more]

LaMelo Ball is projected as a top-five pick in this draft.

Major sports league continues to make plans to return. Whether and when that happens remains to be seen. The Premier League, via Sports Business Daily, hopes to resume its suspended 2019-20 season and to complete 92 remaining matches at approved stadiums, once the U.K. government allows it to happen. The goal is to return by [more]

In what should come as no surprise to anyone, the Texans exercised the fifth-year option on quarterback Deshaun Watson‘s contract, Field Yates of ESPN reports. Watson was one of the easier option decisions among the 32 players selected in the first-round in 2017. The deadline is May 4 at 11:59:59. The Texans and Watson both [more]

"Why would I regret it now today? I don't care what the media says about me. I never did."

Contained within the NFL’s annual effort to sell hope to 32 fan bases was an observation from one coach who believes that two thirds of those fan bases are wasting their time. Saints coach Sean Payton, appearing on the NFL’s Draft-A-Thon, said something publicly that plenty of NFL figures usually say privately: Roughly 20 teams [more]