12:42 PM ET I wanted to go last. To let everyone else write their stories on Kobe Bryant as he approached retirement and then top them all. It was an audacious gamble. But that was my pitch to him in the winter of 2016. I thought the audacity would appeal to him. He’d admire the
Month: January 2020
12:55 PM ET When the welterweight fight between former two-division world titlist Danny Garcia and Ivan Redkach was made, anyone who says they did not expect Garcia to win by knockout in New York — aside, perhaps, from Redkach and his team — is probably being less than honest. So although Garcia dominated on Saturday
9:51 AM ET Steve KimESPN It’s Super Bowl weekend in Miami, but there’s also a big boxing card in town that includes three title fights and a showdown pitting two well-known YouTube personalities on Thursday. There’s a little bit of something for everyone on this show, and here are some of the key storylines to
11:53 AM ET Rocky Long is returning to New Mexico as the team’s defensive coordinator, weeks after stepping down as San Diego State‘s head coach. Danny Gonzales, New Mexico’s new head coach, announced Monday morning that Long would be the team’s defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Look who’s back on the sideline together!!! Welcome back
9:16 AM ET Simon Cambers MELBOURNE, Australia — If respect has to be earned, then Nick Kyrgios has earned it. From Rafael Nadal, whom he pushed almost to the limit in a brilliant fourth-round battle at the Australian Open on Monday; from the Australian public, whom he thrilled and took on a crazy journey from
Pat Fry is to start work at Renault as their new chassis technical director on 5 February. The announcement of his start date and official title follows the team’s confirmation last November the 55-year-old engineer was joining them. Fry, who has been on gardening leave from McLaren since last July, is a direct replacement for
11:03 PM ET Associated Press HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — Best horse. Best trainer. Best owner. Best jockey. Best breeder. Bricks and Mortar had a perfect year, and the Eclipse Award voters gave his team a historic night. After going 6-for-6 — all on the turf — at six tracks last year, Bricks and Mortar and
Formula 1 teams are putting together their new cars before the first race of the new season in Australia on 15 March. The teams kick off pre-season testing at Barcelona in Spain on 19 February before returning for a second session later in the month. There will be live BBC Sport live text commentary on
9:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” America’s second attempt at exporting its national pastime to England was called off this week. Regardless of when Major League Baseball begins play again, the 2020 season will not include a London
Jan 19, 2020 ESPN News Services ARCADIA, Calif. — A third horse died in three days at Santa Anita when it collided with another horse during training hours on Sunday. 2 Related Tikkun Olam, a 4-year-old gelding trained by Eric Kruljac, was euthanized because of undisclosed injuries. The other horse apparently wasn’t injured. Santa Anita
Jan 19, 2020 ESPN News Services ARCADIA, Calif. — Two horses have died in two days of racing at Santa Anita, where four deaths have occurred since last month. Uncontainable and Harliss were both euthanized after breaking their right front ankles. Uncontainable was injured in a turf race Saturday. The 5-year-old gelding trained by Peter
Jan 15, 2020 Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A report on the death of Mongolian Groom in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita says veterinarians missed opportunities to remove the gelding from the $6 million race because of time constraints or deficiencies in the process used to evaluate horses. In the 20-page report issued
Jan 13, 2020 ESPN staff That the best player in the history of college football didn’t win the Heisman Trophy says less about the player than it does about college football. Jim Brown of Syracuse finished fifth in the vote to select the most outstanding player of 1956. A significant portion of the electorate balked
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