NFL salary cap projected at $138.6 million
The NFL salary cap is projected to be $138.6 million in 2015, a 4.21 percent increase over this year’s $133 million.
The projection was revealed to NFL owners at their meeting in Irving, Texas.
That number could rise as high as $141 million, two team executives told USA Today.
Last year, the cap was projected at $126.3 million and ended up at $133 million. The final cap number will be determined after a full accounting of league revenues before the start of the new NFL year in March.
Newton out of hospital, will not play Sunday
EditorsNote: Update 3: Newton not playing Week 15 Newton out of hospital, will not play Sunday
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was released from the hospital Wednesday and will not be charged in connection with the two-vehicle crash.
Newton will not play in Sunday’s game against the Buccaneers.
Newton spent one night in the hospital after suffering two transverse process fractures in his lower back and no further internal injuries in Tuesday’s accident. He was released from Carolinas Medical Center around 11:15 a.m., a team spokesperson said.
The Panthers said the Newton is experiencing soreness but is in good spirits, according to his family.
The Panthers said Newton’s health will be treated on a day-to-day basis. Quarterback Derek Anderson was told Wednesday he would start.
Two Euroleague basketball teams given crowd bans after fan death
BELGRADE — Galatasaray and Red Star Belgrade have been handed crowd bans after a Serb fan was stabbed to death in violence last month ahead of their Euroleague basketball match in Istanbul, Europe’s elite club competition said on Wednesday.
Galatasaray will play the next three home games behind closed doors and was fined $123,940.
Red Star, whose 25-year old fan Marko Ivkovic died in the fighting, will serve a one-match ban and must pay a fine of 50,000 euros.
The trouble in Istanbul erupted after several hundred visiting Red Star fans arrived in front of the venue and were banned from entering.
Rival fans clashed before and after Turkish police moved in with tear gas to quell the violence and Ivkovic died in hospital after doctors battled to save his life.
Bruins reassign defenseman Warsofsky
The Boston Bruins assigned defenseman David Warsofsky to the Providence Bruins of American Hockey League on Wednesday.
Warsofsky has competed in four games for Boston this season, picking up one assist. In his NHL career, the 24-year-old blueliner has played in 10 games, notching one goal and two assists with a plus-two rating.
Warsofsky has skated in seven games with Providence this season. Last year, he played in 56 games with the AHL club, compiling six goals and 26 assists for 32 points. Since joining Providence for the 2010-11 season, he has accrued 14 goals and 66 assists in 197 games.
Redskins not sure, but QB McCoy plans to start
ASHBURN, Va. — Quarterback Colt McCoy took limited reps in practice on Wednesday because of a sprained neck and the Washington Redskins are not ready to name him the starter for Sunday’s game against the New York Giants.
There is a chance McCoy won’t start, and he split practice snaps with Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins. The Redskins declined to name a starter with McCoy’s status up in the air.
“He sprained his neck — it’s just a matter of getting his full range of motion back,” head coach Jay Gruden said. “We won’t announce anything until I see the week of practice and how it goes.”
McCoy was sacked by St. Louis defensive end Robert Quinn and took a blow to the head and neck on the play. He was sacked six times and knocked down five more in Sunday’s loss.