Новости за 03.02.2022

The Broncos are elevating one of their own in their front office. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Denver is expected to promote Darren Mougey from director of player personnel to assistant G.M. Mougey just finished his 10th season with the Broncos and his first as the director of player personnel. He continues to [more]

The NFL consists of 32 businesses operating under Big Shield. One is a corporation. The other 31 are, basically, monarchies purchased by oligarchs. The NFL can nudge, prod, advise these American oligarchs to do better, to do something other than what they want to do. But no one can make them do anything other than [more]

Ovechkin has won the MVP award three times and Rocket Richard nine times.

Malik Willis started his college days at Auburn, but he didn’t play much over his first two seasons at the SEC school and decided to transfer to Liberty to finish out his time in school. That proved to be a wise call for Willis. He threw for 5,117 yards and 47 touchdowns while running for [more]

The Americans topped Canada for the first women's Olympic hockey gold medal.

By all accounts and appearances, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh wanted to join the Vikings. By all accounts and appearances, the Vikings weren’t fully sold on Harbaugh. It apparently got awkward, with Harbaugh basically treating the move as a done deal during his interview, like Michael Scott did when he went to corporate assuming (incorrectly) that [more]

The future Hall of Famer, who turns 50 this month, still plays for Rytíři Kladno.

We LOVE to argue about snubs.

As Aaron Rodgers figures out where his career will unfold in 2022, a new potential suitor has entered the picture. On Tuesday, Jared Stillman of 102.5 The Game in Nashville reported that the Packers quarterback has purchased land and is in the process of building a house in Franklin, Tennessee. A suburb of Nashville. Home [more]

The Raiders are looking at a candidate formerly of the NFC North to be their defensive coordinator in 2022. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Las Vegas is interviewing former Bears defensive coordinator Sean Desai for the role. Desai, 38, had been with the Bears since 2013, starting as a defensive quality control coach. [more]

The first Africa Cup of Nations to be played in Cameroon since 1972 sees plenty of stars colliding, and the semifinals have arrived.

The Chargers badly need to improve on special teams, and they’ve hired the coach they hope is up to the task. Ryan Ficken will be the Chargers’ new special teams coordinator, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. Ficken was the Vikings’ special teams coordinator last year and has spent the last 15 years in [more]

While two teams are getting ready to play the final game of the season, the rest of the NFL has started to focus primarily on what’s next. For the Lions, that’s figuring out what to do with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2022 draft. Detroit went 3-13-1 in its first year under General [more]

Morning nasal swabs, part of the daily routine for NHL players in recent months, are going away.

The 49ers are parting ways with a longtime member of head coach Kyle Shanahan’s staff. According to multiple reports, tight ends coach/assistant head coach Jon Embree will not return for the 2022 season. Former NFL player and current SiriusXM NFL Radio host Solomon Wilcots reported that Embree was asked to take a 60 percent pay [more]

Friday's collection of links.

Manchester United has suspended Mason Greenwood "until further notice" after a woman released disturbing photos and audio alleging physical and sexual abuse.

The Ravens have a new defensive coordinator, but they were able to maintain continuity through the move from Wink Martindale to Mike Macdonald. Macdonald joined the Ravens as an intern in 2014 and moved up the ladder to spend three seasons as the team’s linebackers coach before jumping to Michigan as the defensive coordinator last [more]

Ben Simmons has loomed over the NBA trade market for months.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is in Mobile, Alabama to check out draft prospects at the Senior Bowl, but he’s also keeping an eye on the team’s impending free agents. One of those players is defensive end Randy Gregory. The 2015 second-round pick has missed big chunks of time with suspensions since entering the league, but [more]

After the Steelers lost to the Chiefs in the Wild Card round of the playoffs, wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster said that he would like to return to the Steelers for “another four years” but it doesn’t sound like he expects any deal to happen before the start of the new league year. Smith-Schuster was at [more]

A look at Wednesday around the NHL.

In both Week 18 and last weekend’s NFC Championship Game, much was made of the number of 49ers fans who were at SoFi Stadium to root against the Rams. That’s not what any team is looking for in a home game and Rams COO Kevin Demoff said on Wednesday that it was “a reminder to [more]

An ugly incident took place in the parking lot outside SoFi Stadium at Sunday’s NFC Championship Game, leaving a 49ers fan in a coma and police searching for the person responsible. Daniel Luna, a restaurant owner from Oakland who traveled to the game to cheer on the 49ers against the Rams, is hospitalized at Harbor-UCLA [more]

Larry Bird once called coach Bill Fitch "by far the best I’ve seen."