Новости за 27.04.2018

Tight end Antonio Gates isn’t ready to call it quits. The question is: Will anyone give him a chance to keep playing? Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Chargers have informed Gates they will not bring him back for 2018. Gates turns 38 in June and played less than 50 percent of the team’s [more]

When ESPN essentially announced that tight end Jason Witten plans to retire and join ESPN’s Monday Night Football, the reasonable conclusion was that Witten was ready for the world to suddenly know his intentions. Maybe he wasn’t. With the news coming on the second day of the draft, with six rounds still to go, the [more]

Teams should be lining up to interview former Hornets coach

One of the most colorful coaches in recent NFL history (and sometimes that color is blue), has found a new home. According to Richard Deitsch of The Athletic, former Cardinals coach Bruce Arians is expected to sign with CBS to do games this fall. He’ll be paired with play-by-play man Greg Gumbel and analyst Trent Green in [more]

The 49ers and Patriots made the trade of right tackle Trent Brown official Friday afternoon, with San Francisco General Manager John Lynch wishing Brown well. “We want to thank Trent for his service and contributions to our team and wish him all the best in New England,” Lynch said in a statement. Brown became expendable [more]

Baker Mayfield has grown tired of the Johnny Manziel comparisons already. But if he wanted to distance himself from Johnny Football, Mayfield went to the wrong place. Mayfield is in Cleveland because Manziel failed in Cleveland. Two years, eight starts, two wins and open wounds are all that is left of the Manziel era. Mayfield [more]

The Bills selected quarterback Josh Allen with the seventh pick of the first round to cap a day that saw Allen fielding a lot of questions about tweets featuring racially insensitive language posted to his account while he was in high school. Among those questions was how Allen will be received in the Bills locker [more]

Mourinho hoped to deflect criticism, but ended up contradicting himself.

Kelly Oubre time

Four drivers will roll out backup cars for Sunday's race after being involved in a multi-car accident.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says Jason Witten has made no final decisions about his future, despite an ESPN report that Witten is planning to retire and work for ESPN. “He has some things to think about and discuss with his family from a professional perspective,” Jones said. “He also told me he is going to [more]

Players who are invited to the NFL draft and don’t get selected in the first round sometimes leave town, not wanting to sit through another excruciating night of waiting for their names to be called. Shaquem Griffin doesn’t see it that way. Griffin, along with cornerback Josh Jackson, tackle Connor Williams and running back Guice, [more]

The 49ers continue to try to secure the young parts they have on hand for the future. Via multiple reports, the 49ers have given safety Jaquiski Tartt a two-year extension worth $13 million (and “up to” which may or may not mean anything, $15 million). “Since we arrived last year, Jaquiski has impressed us with his [more]

Oubre: 'I'm the wrong person to go to war against, because if I die I'mma come back to life and kill you'

After cutting a tire in the opening minutes of final practice at Talladega, Jamie McMurray too a tumble.

Plenty is on the line as Swansea City hosts Chelsea Saturday afternoon.

The Jets have far too many quarterbacks, for a change, and it seems that there’s interest in one of them. According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the Jets have gotten calls inquiring about quarterback Bryce Petty. He’s clearly surplus to requirements after they signed Josh McCown and Teddy Bridgewater this offseason and drafted [more]

The Raiders needed some cap space with a draft class coming in and they got it by reworking a deal with one of their veterans. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the team has restructured center Rodney Hudson‘s contract. They took $7.085 million of his salary for the upcoming season and converted it into a signing [more]

Jay Cutler appears to have realized what the rest of the NFL just kind of assumed — he’s retired again. According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, Cutler is expected to retire again soon, after his one year coming out of the bullpen for the Dolphins. Cutler hasn’t drawn interest from another team as [more]

Byron Maxwell is back with the Seahawks. Maxwell, a cornerback who has had two prior stints in Seattle, has signed a one-year deal with the Seahawks, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN. The 30-year-old Maxwell was drafted by the Seahawks in 2011 and played with them through 2014. He then spent one year with the [more]

Timberwolves star: 'I loved the city of Chicago, and I love the Reinsdorfs.' Lip service or seed planting?

Virgina State Police said this week that they were reviewing the details, including in-car video, of a traffic stop involving Redskins wide receiver Paul Richardson after Richardson said the officer asked him if he was in a gang or a drug dealer. They will not be releasing the video to the public, however. The police [more]

Giants General Manager Dave Gettleman does not want to hear about any research saying that running backs are overvalued — especially after he spent the second overall pick in the draft on Penn State running back Saquon Barkley. Asked about talk that the more analytics-oriented folks in the NFL world think running backs shouldn’t be [more]

Ty Dillon was fastest, but Joe Gibbs Racing drivers proved to be stout in their drafting pack.

Friday’s news that tight end Jason Witten plans to retire from the Cowboys and take a spot in the Monday Night Football booth came as a surprise to most people, including those high up in the Cowboys front office. Executive vice president Stephen Jones said on 105.3 The Fan that Witten’s decision was “news to [more]