Новости за 24.01.2018

It appears Beckham's MLS franchise in Miami is actually happening.

The Steelers and running back Le'Veon Bell didn’t agree on a long-term contract last offseason, which left Bell to play out the year on the franchise tag and start the process over again this offseason. Bell said Wednesday that the ball has started rolling on that front. Bell said, via Mark Kaboly of The Athletic, [more]

Neville, 41, has apologized for historical tweets.

Five drivers, including Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon and Brendan Gaughan, will drive the No. 3 car in the Xfinity Series.

Houston is getting healthy and is back to winning, so they move back up to the No. 2 slot in our weekly rankings (Golden State is still on top, even after the loss to Houston, still can’t move them down yet). Cleveland keeps on falling down the rankings, and Boston slides to fifth.   1.

The league’s quasi-announcement that Al Riveron will return as senior V.P. of officiating doesn’t mean that changes won’t be made in 2018. Undoubtedly, they need to be made. To his credit, Riveron seems to be applying more consistently the “clear and obvious evidence” standard for overturning rulings on the field via replay review. For example, [more]

Odell Beckham and his new position coach have something in common. Mike Klis of KUSA reports that Tyke Tolbert will be the wide receivers coach on head coach Pat Shurmur’s staff in 2018. Tolbert, like Beckham, played wide receiver at LSU, although he left Baton Rouge 20 years before his new charge began playing there. [more]

In a column for SI.com endorsing the team’s decision to retain head coach Hue Jackson, Browns left tackle Joe Thomas wrote that he thinks the team has a chance to make progress quickly because of their cap space and draft picks. Thomas wrote the team could sign Kirk Cousins to play quarterback with some of [more]

It appears that the El Tri striker wants to leave the Hammers but there's a catch.

Mike Babcock is shaking up his lines ahead of tonight's matchup.

Before he was hired by the Cardinals, Steve Wilks interviewed for the Giants’ head coaching job and he’ll be taking a longtime member of their coaching staff with him to Arizona. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Cardinals will hire Dave Merritt as a defensive backs coach. Merritt joined the Giants as part of [more]

The fox that is guarding the henhouse would very much like any non-poultry experts on the farm to refrain from questioning the accuracy of the chicken count. That’s the clear takeaway from the NFL’s surprisingly strident statement regarding the Cam Newton concussion evaluation controversy. Strongly worded with the kind of condescension that typically appears only [more]

Durant has been ejected four times this season, but just once in his entire career before this.

Roush Fenway Racing returns to a two-car operation in the Xfinity Series this season.

Todd Haley has a new job: Turn around the NFL’s worst offense. Haley has been hired as Cleveland’s offensive coordinator, the Browns announced today. “We’re thrilled to bring Todd Haley in as our offensive coordinator,” coach Hue Jackson said in a statement. “I’ve known Todd for a very long time and have respected and admired [more]

Dubinsky has been out since mid-December with a facial fracture.

Yeah, Leeds might want to rethink the "six months of research" they did before changing their logo...

The Vikings need a true franchise quarterback. Maybe they’ll eventually decide to find out if their presumed franchise quarterback from two years ago can finally become the franchise quarterback they need. Judd Zulgad of 1500espn.com makes the case for the Vikings keeping Bridgewater in 2018, giving him a chance to become the guy that they [more]

Is Tristan Thompson moving back into the starting lineup to energize a horrible defense?

Wednesday's collection of links.

Asked this morning about preparing to face the Eagles’ front four in Super Bowl LII, Patriots coach Bill Belichick interrupted and said, “It’s a lot more than four. I wish it was four. It’s about eight, nine.” But when he got to talking about the specific players on the Eagles’ defensive line, it was one [more]

Argentine striker closing in on a club-record move to Southampton.

Tucked into the league’s report that all concussion protocol procedures were followed regarding Cam Newton‘s fall late in a playoff loss to the Saints is something that could be a bigger issue for them this offseason. Included in the report was a mention of a right knee injury earlier in the game. “An MRI of [more]

Russell Westbrook went off on Nets, and on the All-Star selections.

The NFL says the Panthers acted properly when they gave quarterback Cam Newton a brief sideline concussion evaluation before putting him back on the field late in a playoff loss to the Saints. Despite heavy criticism for the Panthers’ decision to check Newton on the sideline, rather than in the locker room, the league says [more]