4:06 AM IST In another era, an era in which England didn’t have one of the best all-rounders or swing bowlers in their history, Chris Woakes may have played a hundred Tests and be something of a household name. He’s won more World Cups than Sir Ian Botham, after all. He’s made more Test centuries
Month: August 2020
3:31 PM ET Associated Press BROOKLYN, Mich. — NASCAR has docked Ryan Newman and Chris Buescher 20 points each and confiscated their spoilers prior to Saturday’s race at Michigan International Speedway. NASCAR said the two violated a rule stating that except as specified, spoilers must be used exactly as supplied from the manufacturer. Each car
12:30 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Tom VanHaaren Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan As pessimism built in college football circles about the chances for a fall season, sources noted the reluctance
3:33 PM ET Associated Press PALERMO, Sicily — Fourth-seeded Anett Kontaveit will play 53rd-ranked Fiona Ferro on Sunday for the first tour-level tennis title in five months at the Palermo Ladies Open. Kontaveit beat top-seeded Petra Martic 6-2, 6-4, and Ferro rallied past Camila Giorgi of Italy 2-6, 6-2, 7-5, in the semifinals Saturday. It’s
2:26 PM ET Friday night felt so great, didn’t it? The SEC rolled out its new conference-only schedule like an old-school Selection Sunday special, team by team, revealing which two new opponents were being added to each team’s 2020 football calendars. Folks in Columbia, Missouri, groaned when they saw both LSU and Alabama appear in
The pain of losing oozed out of every part of Lewis Hamilton’s being after qualifying at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. Hamilton had been beaten to pole position by his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas by just 0.063 seconds, the first time the Finn had headed the Briton on the grid since the first race of
Belgium’s Wout van Aert beat defending champion Julian Alaphilippe in a thrilling sprint finish to win his first Milan-San Remo title in Italy. Frenchman Alaphilippe attacked to lead the race solo over the final climb with 5.5km to go but Van Aert reeled him in on the descent. They held off the chasers into San
10:37 AM ET The Mid-American Conference is postponing all fall sports, which includes football, sources confirmed to ESPN on Saturday. League presidents met Saturday morning and voted not to have all fall sports, including football. The MAC is the first FBS conference to opt not to play this fall. Earlier this week, FBS independent UConn
6:55 PM ET Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri has been sacked following the club’s Champions League elimination against Lyon, it was announced on Saturday. The Serie A side suffered a round-of-16 exit to the French club despite a 2-1 win on Friday night, losing on the away goals rule as the tie ended 2-2 on aggregate.
8:08 AM ET In the wake of a COVID-19 outbreak that sidelined 18 players and two coaches, the Miami Marlins were forced to make an unprecedented number of roster moves this week. But perhaps no call-up from the taxi squad was more improbable or intriguing than Eddy Alvarez, a 30-year-old rookie who has spent most
7:00 AM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Inside and outside of ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, there’s far less tension over the sturdiness of the NBA bubble experiment than the uncertainty of the NBA’s next season. The league’s owners are desperate for customers returning to the stands and suites, for the NBA’s game-night
Valtteri Bottas beat Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to pole position at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. The Finn pipped Hamilton by just 0.063 seconds with his final lap to take his first pole since the opening race of the season in Austria last month. It could be an important moment for Bottas, who needs to
7:31 PM IST The CWI board could be cut to nine members if governance reforms recommended by an independent task force are accepted. CWI currently features an 18-member board including 12 members put forward from the regional boards. But a task force, headed by Jamaican senator Don Wehby, has called for the board to be
7:56 AM ET The NHL postseason bubble is officially bonkers. Friday featured three series upsets being completed, and a stunning late-game rally by the Toronto Maple Leafs against the Columbus Blue Jackets that pushed their series to a fifth and final game. On Saturday, we’ll find out who the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Blackhawks will
7:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Artist Cody Sabol’s phone lit up with a FaceTime call from a number he didn’t recognize. When he answered, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Devin Bush‘s face filled his screen. “Hey, Cody,” Bush said, “what are you doing tomorrow?” When the nation shut down in early March due to the coronavirus pandemic,
Five teams – half the grid – have said they intend to appeal against the decision to punish Racing Point for illegally copying Mercedes parts. Racing Point were docked 15 points in the constructors’ championship and fined 400,000 euros (£360,000). However, the verdict allows them to continue running those parts. The five teams are Racing
7:00 AM ET The fish pounce on everything thrown at them, and Pete Alonso and friends haul in reds, snook and trout from this semi-secret spot off Tampa Bay like they’re grabbing M&M’s out of a bowl. A catch-and-release derby is suddenly on, and Alonso starts happily handing the rods to the interlopers on the
7:30 AM ET Which players are opting out of the 2020 NFL season because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic? Now that the deadline has passed for players to notify their teams whether or not they are playing, we know that there are some significant players who won’t be taking the field this season. There
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