Новости за 18.05.2021

Karim Benzema is set to be named in the France EURO 2020 squad, as Didier Deschamps has made a huge u-turn.

Najee Harris won’t be playing defense for the Steelers, but the players on that side of the ball were still excited about the team’s decision to take the running back in the first round this year. Defensive end Cam Heyward said on NFL Network that the team’s struggles down the stretch last season were because [more]

It was expected last week that the Buccaneers would be favored to win each of their 17 games in 2021. One sportsbook has posted lines for all 272 regular-season games, and the Bucs are actually favored in only 15 of them. Favored in 16 of 17 games are the Chiefs. Here’s the link to the [more]

Wide receiver Sterling Shepard has played under three head coaches, but hasn’t experienced a winning season since his rookie year. Though the Giants narrowly missed winning the NFC East in 2020, they still finished 6-10. Still, during an appearance on The Oklahoma Breakdown podcast, Shepard said he feels like the discipline and toughness Joe Judge [more]

Scheifele named the goats Tiger Woods and Tom Brady after his two favorite athletes.

Last year the Chiefs used a third-round draft pick on offensive tackle Lucas Niang, who opted out of the 2020 season. As it turned out, the Chiefs could have used him, as they were devastated by injuries on the offensive line and quarterback Patrick Mahomes was running for his life in the Super Bowl. But [more]

Roy Hodgson has confirmed he will leave Crystal Palace at the end of this season when his contract runs out, but who will replace him?

The Broncos haven’t decided on a quarterback yet, but wide receiver Courtland Sutton thinks that Drew Lock or Teddy Bridgewater will have plenty to work with once that call is made. In an interview with the team’s website, Sutton talked about his experience watching wideouts Jerry Jeudy, Tim Patrick, and KJ Hamler and tight end [more]

Tuesday's collection of links.

Your daily look at the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Ujiri likely will be the highest-paid executive in the NBA when this is all over.

Price and Gallagher, who have been sidelined with injuries, suited up with the American Hockey League’s Laval Rocket in a 2-0 loss to the Toronto Marlies.

The NBA playoffs should be entertaining, as they always are. Just don't count on the basketball being as good as usual.

The Dolphins parted ways with a few leading members of their 2020 defense this offseason, but they re-signed linebacker Elandon Roberts for another year. They made that move despite the “significant” knee injury that Roberts suffered against the Raiders in Week 16. He missed the final game of the season and revealed on Monday that [more]

Two drivers climb into the top 10 this week after their Dover performance.

Lions head coach Dan Campbell wants his players to bite the kneecaps of opposing teams and he’d like to have a pet capable of doing a lot more than that around the practice field. Campbell was a guest on Pardon My Take this week and the first-year head coach shared one of his ideas for [more]

Hall of Fame G.M. Ron Wolf recently decried “diva” quarterbacks who want to disregard long-term contracts and secure trades to new teams. They’re not “divas”; they’re instead recognizing the power they have, and they’re using it. Whatever the label, the trend likely won’t be ending any time soon. This year, NFL teams already have traded [more]

In 2019, Broncos wide receiver Courtland Sutton had a breakout season, catching 72 passes for 1,112 yards. In 2020, Sutton suffered a season-ending torn ACL in his first game. In 2021, Sutton expects to be good as new. Sutton told the Broncos’ website that he is participating in voluntary offseason work and expects to be [more]

Even with the departure of Kelly Kleine to join the Denver Broncos, the Minnesota Vikings will continue to feature female members of their front office in player personnel roles. According to Albert Breer of SI.com, the Vikings are promoting Taylor Young to Manager of Football Administration, Carolina DeFelice to Player Personnel Assistant, and Katlin Zarecki [more]

Last month, the Bears players issued a statement indicating that “the majority” of the team would exercise its right to not participate in voluntary offseason workouts. On Monday, the vast majority of the team showed up. Via Jeff Dickerson of ESPN.com, approximately 70 players attended the first day of Phase Two. On offense, Dickerson reports [more]

Seattle Seahawks safety Quandre Diggs is one of the veteran players across the NFL taking advantage of the league’s revised numbering rules to make a change to his jersey number this season. Diggs is changing from the No. 37 he inherited in coming to Seattle as part of a midseason trade in 2019 and going [more]

Jordan Staal scored twice in the Hurricanes 5-2 win over the Predators.

Brad Marchand scored 39 seconds into overtime to send the Bruins home tied.

It is all about the money.

The Bears announced Monday night they signed linebacker Austin Calitro. The team cut receiver Reggie Davis in a corresponding move. Davis spent the past two training camps with the Bears and was on the team’s practice squad in 2020. Calitro, 27, has appeared in 42 NFL games with nine starts in three NFL seasons with [more]