Новости за 25.12.2018

D.J. Swearinger has gone from one non-playoff team to another. The former Washington safety, cut after repeatedly bad-mouthing the coaching staff, has indicated on social media that he’s returning to Arizona. A second-round pick of the Texans in 2013, Swearinger was waived after two years in Houston. The Buccaneers gave him a landing spot until [more]

"I don't see why we can't if we keep playing like that."

What are your score predictions for Boxing Day? Here are JPW's.

Texans linebacker Jadeveon Clowney took issue with the roughing the passer penalty he received for a hit on Eagles quarterback Nick Foles on the final drive in Sunday’s 32-30 Eagles win. Clowney said after the game that he thought it was a “good, clean hit” that should have gone unflagged. Texans head coach Bill O’Brien [more]

2018 NBA Christmas schedule starts with rout

Rockets signed Rivers in advance of Christmas matchup with Thunder

USMNT teenager confirms he is heading out on loan in January.

With multiple coaching openings coming and a Super Bowl-winning coach available immediately, one of the more intriguing stories in January will be the destination of Mike McCarthy. On Monday, Peter King wrote in his Football Morning in America column that he hears that McCarthy “likes Arizona and would be interested in exploring the job.” Of [more]

The Steelers haven’t had running back James Conner in the lineup the last three weeks and it’s unclear if he’ll return for the regular season finale against the Bengals. Conner has been battling an ankle injury that’s kept him out of all but one practice over the last three weeks. He was limited on the [more]

As we arrive at the midway point of the season, how have club fared so far?

Two teams already know their playoff seeds before Week 17: The Saints, who will be the NFC No. 1 seed, and the Cowboys, who will be the NFC No. 4 seed. After that, things are wide open. Overall, 12 teams have scenarios in which they can clinch a playoff berth, a division, a first-round bye [more]

Will New York pull big upset?

1. Saints (13-2; last week No. 1): Home for the holidays, and well beyond. 2. Rams (12-3; No. 5): The fact that such a flawed franchise has climbed back to No. 2 illustrates how muddled the top of the stack currently is, other than at No. 1. 3. Bears (11-4; No. 4): Beating the Vikings [more]

Looking back at all of the top hockey moments from the past year.

Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is closing in on a statistical accomplishment he surely would rather avoid. Watson has been sacked 56 times this season, putting him within one average game of a 60-sack season. That’s extremely rare in the NFL. The last quarterback to get sacked 60 times in one season was Jon Kitna of [more]

Kevin Durant didn't tell the whole story

The Raiders gave their fans in Oakland a nice going-away present last night, but they cost themselves a couple of spots in the 2019 NFL Draft order. By beating the Broncos, the Raiders fell from having the second overall pick to the fourth, with a week to go. If the season ended today, the Cardinals [more]

Christmas morning 2018. Years from now, kids throughout the world will instantly think of Christmas morning 2018 when remembering the best gift they ever received. Mine was Christmas morning 1975. The memory remains vivid, a full 43 years later. A 10-year-old who loved pro football craved a way to bring the game into his own [more]

After a long wait, Chase Elliott finally broke through in 2018 with his first three Cup Series wins.

Premier League clubs and players send their festive greetings ahead of the busy schedule.

Pacers star gets an early jump on giving season

Last year, when Browns General Manager Sashi Brown was fired and replaced by John Dorsey, it appeared to be the end of the analytics era in Cleveland. Dorsey blasted the previous regime as not knowing how to find real football players, and it seemed that an old-school approach to building a team was coming back. [more]

The Broncos’ season has rapidly gone south, and with it the futures of coach Vance Joseph and quarterback Case Keenum. Joseph appears certain to be fired, and Keenum likely won’t be back as the starting quarterback next season. Keenum is, unsurprisingly, unhappy about that. Keenum said after Monday night’s loss to the Raiders that everyone [more]

Denver Broncos running back Phillip Lindsay will spend at least part of his Christmas getting an MRI on his injured right wrist. Lindsay was injured in the third quarter of Monday night’s 27-14 loss to the Oakland Raiders when his wrist got bent backward as he was hit by Raiders safety Erik Harris. Lindsay left [more]

It was a memorable Week 16. And a watchable Week 16. The prime-time game on NBC between the Chiefs and Seahawks, a contest featuring plenty of playoff implications, generated an overnight rating 40 percent higher than last year’s Week 16 night game on NBC, via SportsMediaWatch.com. In 2017, the league had scheduled the Vikings-Packers game [more]