The defensive end was traded from the Jets to the Giants, ESPN reported Monday, citing an unidentified source. According to the report, the Jets will receive a third-round pick in 2020 and a fifth-round pick in 2021 for Williams. When Giants coach Pat Shurmur was asked about the trade, he declined to make a statement. “I don’t. I don’t. Again I wouldn’t comment on that until anything was public,” he said, via NFL Network....
Taylor’s number will be retired as a part of Sunday’s game against the Chiefs at FedEx Field, as Washington announced on its official Twitter account. MORE: Washington’s list of potential names down to 8 options Taylor was the fifth pick in the 2004 NFL Draft and played 55 games for Washington. He totaled 305 tackles, 12 interceptions, 43 pass defenses, eight forced fumbles and two sacks during his three-and-a-half season career....
The NFL, apparently, was hit by the same group that got to Tenacious D’s account over the weekend. Plenty of celebrity accounts have been compromised recently, thanks to a LinkedIn security breach. That’s how you get these: MORE: The most hated NFL players of all time “Make the password ‘protecttheshield.’ Actually, go with ‘protecttheshield1.’ No! ‘StrongR0ger,’ with a zero instead of an ‘O.’ That’ll work!“ The bigger question: Is the NFL password as bad as Mark Zuckerberg’s?...
Atlanta (-2.5) was a 27-17 winner over Tampa Bay as our second Big Play. For our Other Plays, Baltimore (-9.5) fell behind early, but ended up winning by 14, while the Jets (+4.5) took a big first-half lead and managed to not blow it, winning outright against the Steelers. Some of our picks are below. Our Big Plays will run in Friday’s edition of The Linemakers on Sporting News’ free newsletter....
Cincinnati showed signs of promise early in this NFL campaign. But the Bengals have drifted out of playoff contention in recent weeks. They have lost six games out of the last seven. The team has been sliding for several weeks, as they have lost three games in a row. Star rookie QB Joe Burrow is also out for the rest of the season. This Dolphins’ team, on the other hand, is enjoying something of a renaissance....
The NFL is entering Week 13 of their season this Sunday. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Miami Dolphins are coming in to NFL Week 13 of the 2020 NFL season with 8-3 records against the spread. Let’s take a look at the NFL Week 13 matchups and picks. NFL Week 13 of the 2020 NFL season has a lot of close games in the spread. New Orleans Saints at Atlanta Falcons (1 p....
Justin Fields’ second start was pretty, pretty good. Fields went 11-of-17 passing in the Bears’ 24-14 win over the Lions on Sunday, which led to this question: What, exactly, was Chicago coach Matt Nagy waiting for? SN POWER RANKINGS: Big moves up and down after Week 4 games Fields looked much better prepared and was on the money with his throws Sunday. Maybe that was a product of play-calling. Maybe that was because he’s really good....
It didn’t have anything to do with the players on their roster. Instead, it was about the man who created the roster. The Titans announced that they had fired general manager Jon Robinson after seven years with the team. Robinson had a winning record in each of his seven seasons with the Titans and helped them reach the playoffs four times, so the decision to move on from him raised some eyebrows....
There’s merit to the notion that the nature of hockey presents us with numerous things to consider when making evaluations. On an individual basis, zone deployment, quality of competition and quality of teammates can all greatly affect data despite not being something players themselves have control over. PART II: Who drives the bus in the Western Conference? That emphasizes how important it is to appropriately weight and contextualize all of those different factors....
Sporting News takes a look at the best unrestricted free agents by position and and where they could potentially end up. NHL FREE AGENCY 2019: Complete list of each team’s free agents NHL free agency 2019: Ranking the top players by position Goaltenders Sergei Bobrovskiy — The 30-year-old had a lackluster regular-season performance, but he overcame that by backstopping the Columbus Blue Jackets to their first series win in franchise history with a sweep of the heavily-favored Tampa Bay Lightning....
How important is keeping a first-round pick? Well, consider that 20 of the 23 scoring champions since the undrafted Wayne Gretzky won his last Art Ross in 1993-94 were selected in the first round. Of those 20, only one was drafted after sixth overall, and that was Calgary’s Jarome Iginla, whom Dallas selected 11th overall in 1995. NHL DRAFT 2019: Updated big board | Risers, fallers after WJC Winning league MVP also seems to require a first-round pedigree, as the last 13 Hart Trophy winners not only were top-30 picks, but 12 were chosen in the top five....
Last season, the Pacific produced just three playoff teams, with the Flames, Oilers and Kings making the postseason. The Golden Knights, who were regarded as a Cup favorite, were extremely disappointing and the Kraken could not find the expansion magic like Vegas did in 2018, as Seattle was one of the worst teams in the NHL. This season, it’s a wide-open field as to who the winner will be. The top teams like Edmonton, Calgary and Los Angeles all improved this summer, while Vegas is hoping to rely on its team to be healthy for the 2022-23 campaign....
Bovada has released full series odds and playoff props, including total games, player points, exact results and more. Our personal favorite? Over/under 20.5 overtime games in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. MORE: Ranking each playoff series The Rangers-Penguins series props haven’t been released because of injury concerns to Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, who is a game-time decision Wednesday, and New York defenseman and captain Ryan McDonagh. Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist left practice twice on Monday, but should be good to go for the start of the series....
About halfway through the third period, Kane cross-checked Golden Knights center Paul Stastny, and then followed that up with a left-handed sucker punch of Colin Miller. Kane’s actions earned him an early ejection from the Sharks’ 5-0 Game 4 loss to Vegas, which put San Jose in a 3-1 hole in their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series. Kane, who fought Ryan Reaves in Game 3 and compared the combat to “fighting the muffin man,” skated off to “Baby Shark” and “Do You Know The Muffin Man?...
Nylander Contract Impasse Fueling Trade Chatter William Nylander’s contract standoff with the Toronto Maple Leafs continues to dominate hockey headlines throughout the league. With November approaching and the Leafs facing a Dec. 1 deadline to get the 22-year-old forward under contract, there’s growing speculation over whether they might consider trading the youngster. Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas maintains he’s not shopping Nylander, but recently admitted several rival clubs have inquired about the youngster....
The Anahem Ducks sent Penner, who threw out his back eating pancakes (or something) in 2012, to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday for a fourth-round pick. The Caps' practice rink in Arlington, Va., is walking distance from an IHOP. As for Penner the hockey player, he's a huge, possession-driving winger who has 13 goals and 19 assists this season playing on a line with stars Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry....
Detroit will most likely see its 25-season playoff streak come to end, and are reportedly listening to trade offers for defenseman Brendan Smith and forward Riley Sheahan. Unrestricted free agents Thomas Vanek and Steve Ott could also be dealt. MORE: Wild meet Coyotes’ steep price for Martin Hanzal According to TSN’s Darren Dreger, 3 to 4 teams have interest in Sheahan, including the Toronto Maple Leafs. Sheahan has done nothing this season to increase his value....
Arun is one of thousands of foreign-born NHS and social care support staff who did not benefit from the government’s decision to extend visas for doctors, nurses and paramedics free of charge, for one year, as part of the government’s effort to combat the spread of the virus. The measure was also designed to demonstrate how “valued overseas NHS staff are to the U.K.” at a time when the country needed them most....
The significance of Ni No Kuni’s announcement is that it isn’t a Sony exclusive, as the game will release on PlayStation 4, PC, and the Nintendo Switch. According to Bandai Namco, it’s worth noting the remaster will only be coming to PC and PS4, and that the Switch version is simply a port of the PS3 version. Despite the Switch’s technical shortcomings, few developers have been reluctant to bring games to the console, and Bandai Namco has said in the past it planned to make games for the Switch....
