Новости за 11.06.2020

In Richmond, Virginia, protesters recently toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus. The assault on the Columbus statue happened as part of the broader reexamination of systemic racism engrained in the very soul of the New World, from the moment Europeans first arrived. Racism is racism, regardless of the specific race whose members find themselves on the [more]

European placement is in focus as Bayern Munich runs away with the Bundesliga title and the table leaders could swing another team's top four fortunes on Saturday.

Henry Ruggs gave the Raiders a bit of a scare when he was injured while helping a friend move, but it appears he’ll be ready to go whenever they actually get back to work. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, signs are that Ruggs will be healthy in time to participate in training camp. When [more]

The Titans have talked to Derrick Henry‘s representation last week and again this week, General Manager Jon Robinson said in a conference call Thursday. Henry has signed the franchise tag, which guarantees him a base salary of $10.2 million this season. “He wants to get something done,” Robinson said. “We want to get something done, [more]

The NFL has agreed to put money behind its words about social justice. The league will spend $250 million over 10 years on programs to combat systemic racism and fight injustices against African-Americans, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. This comes on the heels of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell pledging to lend support to players’ [more]

The Dolphins have come to terms with offensive tackle Austin Jackson, Field Yates of ESPN reports. Jackson becomes the second of Miami’s three first-round draft choices to sign. The Dolphins now have signed nine of their 11 picks. Only cornerback Noah Igbinoghene, the team’s third first-rounder, and offensive guard Robert Hunt, a second-round choice, haven’t [more]

Linebacker Jake Ryan‘s stay with the Ravens turned out to be a brief one. Ryan agreed to a deal with the Ravens on April 18 and signed it on May 4. The team announced on Thursday that he’s been released. The agreement with Ryan came shortly before the Ravens drafted Patrick Queen in the first [more]

The deadline for restricted free agents to sign offer sheets passed some time ago, but that didn’t lead every player in that group to sign their tenders. Steelers cornerback Mike Hilton was one of the players who continued to go without a signed contract, although that run has come to an end. His agent Drew [more]

The question of audio, or no audio, for sporting events without fans continues to swirl as more and more sports prepare to return, and as the pandemic continues. For the Premier League, which returns soon on NBC, viewers will have the option to choose enhanced audio or no enhanced audio. As noted by Andrew Marchand [more]

With NFL teams unable to do any on-field work until training camp, many are shutting down the virtual program early. The Browns are not one of those teams. Browns coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed his team will continue into the final week of June 22, Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com reports. He has not determined a [more]

When the Bills were last on the field, they blew a 16-point lead to the Texans over the final 21 minutes of regulation in what ultimately became an overtime loss in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. More than five months have passed since that game, but the pain of the loss hasn’t gone [more]

Former Washington quarterback Doug Williams was moved by seeing Patrick Mahomes play a starring role in last week’s player video response to the NFL, taking a stand against racism and police brutality. But Williams has quite a story of his own, and it’s about to be told. According to Andreas Wiseman of Deadline.com, Will Packer [more]

Defensive tackle Damon Harrison welcomed his release from the Lions in February, but he hasn’t found the right place to continue his career yet. Harrison made an appearance on SiriusXM NFL Radio on Thursday and said that he’s looking to join “a winning program” for his ninth NFL season. He said he’s spoken to a [more]

Patriots running back James White thinks NFL players “were kind of shy or kind of scared to speak their minds” when Colin Kaepernick began kneeling to protest racial inequality and police brutality during the playing of the national anthem in 2016, but he sees a different landscape now. Those issues have returned to the forefront [more]

Could Lillard have provided the Knicks the star power they so desperate covet?

NFL players who kneel during the national anthem this season will have the backing of most Americans. That’s the finding of a Yahoo News/YouGov poll, which found that 52 percent of Americans answered yes to the question, “Is it OK for NFL players to kneel during the national anthem to protest police killings of African [more]

Madrid’s only win in its last four outings before the coronavirus pause was El Clasico, which is terribly fortunate or La Liga's title race would be run.

Nick Chubb ran for almost 1,500 yards last season, so the Browns didn’t have much need to feed the ball to Kareem Hunt once he returned from the eight-game suspension that kicked off his first year in Cleveland. Hunt ran 43 times and caught 37 passes in his eight games with the team, which is [more]

The next hearing in the case is scheduled for June 19.

"Try having these conversations for 46 years," Carter said of those who are exhausted by the past few weeks.

He’s gradually climbing the ladder toward franchise quarterback status. Josh Allen, the highest-rated quarterback from the class of 2018 not named Lamar Jackson, comes in at No. 18 on the Chris Simms top 40 quarterback countdown. The Bills quarterback took the team to the playoffs in 2019, and he performed very well (for the most [more]

Elon Musk currently is installing an underground people mover in Las Vegas. By next year, it could be moving people to and from Raiders games. Via Mick Akers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the system could link Allegiant Stadium to the Las Vegas Convention Center. “Las Vegas has always been a town built off innovation [more]

In the latest transfer news an updated fee has been revealed for Man United target Jadon Sancho, while Kurt Zouma has been linked with a move to Tottenham.

When Giants quarterback Daniel Jones organized workouts with his teammates at Duke University in early February, it looked like a way to get some work in ahead of the team’s offseason program. As it turned out, that was the only on-field work as a team that the players had for several months. The COVID-19 pandemic [more]

When David Tepper bought the Panthers from Jerry Richardson in 2018, he said he was contractually obligated to keep the statue of Richardson in front of the stadium. On Wednesday, that statue was taken down. But Richardson will apparently not mount any kind of fight about it. The statue is gone for good from Bank [more]