Новости за 17.02.2018

Who will Manchester City and Tottenham face in the quarterfinals, should they advance?

Wendy’s definitely knows where the beef is, and how to properly squeeze it. Patrick Redford of Deadspin.com outlines the manner in which Wendy’s threatened to pull advertising dollars from ESPN after publication of a story in which Bills linebacker Preston Brown attributed his improved performance in 2017 to an improved diet. The diet improved when [more]

Barney Visser missed the last two race weekends of 2017 after undergoing bypass surgery.

A look back at Saturday's action from around Germany's top flight.

The teams in a good position and the teams that have a lot of work to do.

It's a good year for guards.

A.J. McCarron may not be the only quarterback who secures his freedom via the NFL’s grievance process. Albert Breer of SI.com reports that, if Washington applies the franchise tag to Kirk Cousins for a third straight year, “his camp will quickly file a grievance to block the tag, based on Washington violating the spirit of [more]

Darrell Wallace Jr. put down a top speed of 196.954 mph in Saturday's session.

The Giants currently are scheduled to face allegations of memorabilia fraud at a trial due to begin on March 26. The Giants have asked to delay the trial by more than two months. According to Jim Baumbach of Newsday, the Giants have requested a continuance of the trial until June 11. In documents filed with [more]

Patriots TE Rob Gronkowski has been contemplating retirement for a while. Bills LB Lorenzo Alexander took the South Park High School football team to see Black Panther on Friday. Despite tweaks to the uniform for 2018, the Dolphins will continue to wear their popular throwbacks twice per year. Who will be the starting QB for [more]

The Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee meets every year on the day before the Super Bowl to select that year’s class. Fifteen modern-day players are chosen as finalists, and a maximum of five can be selected. At least 10 will be voted down. This year, one of the 10 who was voted down [more]

The Chevrolets of Matt Tifft and Josh Williams failed postqualifying height regulations.

The Baggies striker did superbly to pull the scoreline to 2-1 with over half an hour remaining, but West Brom couldn't find a crucial second goal.

“When I have fun, that means I’m dominating on the court." —Joel Embiid

“When I have fun, that means I’m dominating on the court." —Joel Embiid

The Blaugrana lead 1-0 against Eibar at halftime after the perfect connection between the Argentine and Uruguayan stars.

The fruits of a good season include the ability to harvest more cabbage in the immediate future. Andrew Krammer of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that the Vikings notified season-ticket holders on Friday that prices will increase at U.S. Bank Stadium for 2018. On average, the prices will inflate by seven percent. Some increases will [more]

Richard Childress Racing drivers take two of the top three spots.

Jimmie Johnson among those who will miss a portion of the final Cup practice.

In each of the past two years, Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins has signed fully-guaranteed contracts. Of course, those contracts had a duration of only one year each. With Cousins rocketing toward the open market (efforts by his current team to conjure up a way to trade him notwithstanding), the question becomes whether the next contract [more]

The defending MLS Cup champions have built up an impressive resume over recent seasons, and Greg Vanney's side looks to be nearing a deal with another bright piece to the puzzle.

All the pertinent details for today's season-opening NASCAR Xfinity Series race.

Telling LeBron to shut up will have the opposite effect, if anything.

The person ultimately in charge of the P.R. function at 345 Park Avenue soon will be leaving. Joe Lockhart’s top lieutenant already is gone. Brian Stelter of CNN reports that NFL senior Vice President of Communications Natalie Ravitz finished her time with the league on Friday. Ravitz apparently confirmed the report by retweeting another tweet [more]

Most regard Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins as the best available free-agent quarterback. And that probably will be the case, when March 14 rolls around. For now, however, there’s an even better quarterback set to hit the open market. It’s Drew Brees. Signed to a six-year, $60 million deal by the Saints 12 years ago as [more]