Новости за 22.02.2022

Or was it an incident with Tomas Nosek? Or no one at all?

The quarterback carousel will soon be spinning. Before it happens (and as it happens), plenty of calls will be made between plenty of teams regarding plenty of possible transactions. Here’s one that came out of the blue on Monday. Judd Zulgad of SKOR North reported, via Anthony Rizzuti of Yahoo.com, that the Panthers have called [more]

The Raiders are expected to hire Kennedy Polamalu as their running backs coach, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. Polamalu spent the past five seasons in Minnesota. Polamalu has worked in the college ranks for most of his career. His only other NFL experience came in Cleveland and Jacksonville. Polamalu was with the Browns in [more]

I’ve been waiting patiently for that George McFly moment, when Biff bumbles in the door with a box full of copies my new book, and I give a copy to my son and say something that is equal parts corny and aspirational. (Sorry you don’t get the reference, Myles.) I’m still waiting. Meanwhile, final versions [more]

"If I take one thing from this All-Star, it's going to be Monty Williams. He touched me as a person."

Austin Cindric defends his blocks on the last lap. Car owner Roger Penske defends modifications to wheels. Runner-up Bubba Wallace uses lessons learned from Lewis Hamilton

Sometimes, collective action works — even without a union. The NFL and the Scouting Combine, facing a threat that 157 players represented by 14 agencies would skip workouts at next week’s annual Underwear Olympics, has ditched a controversial bubble concept for Indianapolis. The Scouting Combine has advised all that participants will be permitted to exit [more]

The Vikings announced the additions of five new coaches, making official the hirings of Wes Phillips as offensive coordinator and Matt Daniels as special teams coordinator. Minnesota also hired Daronte Jones to coach the defensive backs, Ben Kotwica as assistant special teams coach and Mike Smith as outside linebackers coach/pass rush specialist. Phillips, 43, spent [more]

With Ben Simmons and James Harden traded for each other, the NBA's two big disgruntled-star dramas have settled (seemingly).

The Rams dipped into the SEC to find their new offensive coordinator Liam Coen and he won’t be the only coach joining the Super Bowl champs after coaching in the conference during the 2021 season. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Jake Peetz will also be joining the staff. Peetz was the offensive coordinator [more]

Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert said at a Monday press conference that Mason Rudolph would be the team’s starting quarterback if they had to play a game today, but they don’t have to play a game today and the makeup of their quarterback room is going to be different once that time does come. Rudolph [more]

Is Paxton Lynch’s football career finished? The Saskatchewan Roughriders cut the former first-round NFL draft choice on Monday, 3DownNation.com reports. The Riders kept him on their active roster or one-game injured list for 2021, allowing him to collect his full salary while adjusting to the Canadian Football League game. The team placed him on the [more]

Micah Parsons had one of the greatest rookie seasons in NFL history for a defender. Only COVID-19 stopped him from having a chance to set the NFL rookie record for sacks. He won defensive rookie of the year unanimously, made All-Pro and finished second in defensive player of the year voting after 13 sacks, 20 [more]

The group seeking to get rid of the Scouting Combine’s bubble has grown to 157 players represented by 14 agencies. For now, however, they have paused their assault on the process given the very real possibility that change will come tonight. A letter was planned for Monday explaining that the players would refuse to participate [more]

With his criminal case unresolved and his civil cases developing to the point at which it otherwise would be time to question him under oath in a deposition, Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson has a problem. Anything he says while testifying in the civil cases can be used against him in the criminal case. As a [more]

The Washington Post has done what the Washington Commanders should have done before picking their new name. The Post has conducted a poll of local residents regarding the nickname that replaces Washington Football Team, the two-season placeholder used after the team abruptly dumped its prior name, finally (and properly) acknowledging that the time had come [more]

The Steelers have been conducting interviews for Kevin Colbert’s successor as the team’s General Manager, with Colbert stepping down after the draft. Given that Colbert has been going year-to-year on his contract for a few seasons, it wasn’t much of a surprise when team owner Art Rooney II confirmed that Colbert would be departing his [more]

Garnett still resents Allen leaving the Celtics to join LeBron on the Heat in 2012.