Новости за 31.12.2018

One of the oddest holdouts in recent NBA memory is officially over.

Even when he's not having a big game, Evan Fournier is still the Orlando Magic's best option at the end of games.

Even when he's not having a big game, Evan Fournier is still the Orlando Magic's best option at the end of games.

The NFL is unpredictable. What we think we know on Labor Day leaves us wondering what we were thinking by New Year’s. It happens every year. Seven of the 12 teams that qualified for the postseason were home for the postseason a year ago. The Ravens, Bears, Cowboys, Texans, Chargers, Seahawks and Colts didn’t make [more]

The tongue-lashing that Jaguars V.P. of football operations Tom Coughlin gave running back Leonard Fournette was just the beginning. The next step involves potentially picking $7.1 million out of his pockets. According to the Associated Press, the Jaguars have informed Fournette that they have voided the remaining guarantees on his first-round rookie deal. The team [more]

It wasn’t that long ago that Andrew Luck‘s arm appeared to be shot. It was even less long ago that the Colts were 1-5. Now they’re a playoff team. The Colts held off the Titans 33-17 in the final game of the regular season, securing the final spot in the AFC playoffs and a date [more]

The Browns have contacted Mike McCarthy about their head coaching vacancy, John Kryk of The Toronto Sun reports. The Browns are expected to have a number of interviews, including with interim coach Gregg Williams. Williams went 5-3 after taking over from Hue Jackson. The Packers fired McCarthy on Dec. 3. The Browns’ reported interest in [more]

All Vegas on a one-game night in the NHL on Sunday.

The Colts are probably the better team, and definitely the healthier one. But the Titans are hanging around. A surprising touchdown drive in the third quarter cut the Colts lead to 24-17, and left the Titans clinging to playoff hope. The Colts were up 24-10, but a quick 55-yard touchdown drive made it interesting. A [more]

Aaron Donald entered Sunday needing 3.5 sacks to break Michael Strahan’s NFL sacks record. He got one. The Rams defensive tackle, though, did not leave disappointed. “I wasn’t getting frustrated,” Donald said, via Rich Hammond of the Orange County Register. “I wasn’t working to chase it. I was just going out and playing. Like I [more]

And they miss both.

Pique has purchased FC Andorra, a club in Andorra that plays in Spain's lower leagues.

Officials agreed that Iguodala chucking the ball into the stands was a hostile act, and assessed him a technical and an ejection.

The Vikings settled for a field goal at the end of the first half when quarterback Kirk Cousins failed to connect with wide receiver Adam Thielen on a third down in Chicago territory. After the play, cameras caught Thielen and Cousins engaged in an animated conversation on the sideline that included Cousins appearing to show [more]

Andrew Luck has proven himself human, and the Titans are keeping themselves alive. The Colts are up 17-10 on the Titans in the winner-advances game, but the Titans have started forcing some mistakes from Luck after his pristine start. Titans linebacker Jayon Brown almost single-handedly got his team out of a huge hole, and one [more]

Ravens safety Eric Weddle didn’t collect on a $1 million bonus in 2017 because the Ravens lost to the Bengals in Week 17 to end the season without a playoff berth, but he got another bite at the apple on Sunday. Weddle’s contract calls for Weddle to receive the bonus if he makes the initial [more]

The Eagles scored one of the most famous touchdowns in NFL history when tight end Trey Burton threw to quarterback Nick Foles in the end zone in the Super Bowl last season. The NFL is a copycat league, and this year plenty of teams emulated the Eagles. In fact, there were 13 touchdown passes thrown [more]

The NFL released the schedule for next weekend. The playoffs start with a Texas doubleheader. Houston hosts the winner of the Colts/Titans game at 4:35 p.m. ET on Saturday followed by the Seahawks at Cowboys at 8:15 p.m. ET. ESPN has the AFC game and FOX the NFC game Saturday. On Sunday, the Ravens will [more]

All the Bears had to do was lose. A loss would have sent the Vikings to Chicago next week for a wild-card game. Instead, the Bears dominated the Vikings and now will have to play the defending Super Bowl champions. They don’t seem to mind. The Bears went into the day needing the Rams to [more]

A win tonight means the Colts will continue the season on the road. But the way their offense has traveled, that’s a chance they’ll welcome. The Colts are up 14-0 over the Titans in their win-and-in playoff game, making a trip to Houston for a wild card game next week looking like a good possibility. [more]

The regular season is over for 30 of the league’s 32 teams and that means it is just about time for head coaching searches to kick into high gear. When they do, Jim McBride of the Boston Globe reports and PFT has confirmed that the Packers are expected to request interviews with Patriots offensive coordinator [more]

The Ravens held on for a last-minute win today that gave them the AFC North title, and afterward coach John Harbaugh credited his team for holding together through a season that didn’t always go according to plan. Harbaugh said after the game that the 2018 Ravens are the best group of players and coaches he [more]

On Monday, Jets CEO Christopher Johnson said, “Todd Bowles is our head coach.” On Sunday, Jets CEO Christopher Johnson said, “Todd Bowles was our head coach.” The Jets have announced that Bowles won’t return in 2019. It’s not a surprise. PFT reported last weekend that the Jets planned to fire Bowles and pursue Michigan coach [more]

$100 million for a defender? Mourinho's man management? Records dropping like flies?

The Colts have had to overcome adversity all season. Their first series in a win-or-else game against the Titans didn’t figure to be different. With star wide receiver T.Y. Hilton hobbling to the sidelines at one point, the Colts have nevertheless taken an early 7-0 lead over the Titans with the final playoff spot on [more]