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
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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
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
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
Dec 27, 2019 On the night of Sept. 30, 1974, Daniel Eugene Ruettiger made eye contact with Elvis Presley. It happened just outside Gate 8 of Notre Dame’s Athletic and Convocation Center, not as the King was leaving the building but as he arrived. Presley’s limousine rolled up, parked outside and just sat there. For
8:00 AM ET Editor’s Note: Since today is National Puppy Day, here’s Mark Schlabach’s story about the time his dog ran onto the field during a Georgia-Kentucky football game. It was originally published in November. Make sure to enjoy Monday’s Puppy Day marathon on ESPN2 from 6 pm.-12 a.m. ET. Last week, a black cat
Shaka Hislop reacts to reports that Barcelona are interested in Marcus Rashford over Roberto Firmino. Alejandro Moreno breaks down Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s impact on El Clasico. Lionel Messi was presented with the European Golden Shoe on Wednesday for a record-breaking sixth time after holding off a challenge from Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe. Messi,
Frank Leboeuf is not concerned about Neymar’s latest injury having a negative impact on PSG’s season. The Toe Poke Daily is here every day to bring you all the weirdest stories, quirkiest viral content and top trolling that the internet has to offer, all in one place. Jump to: Trent Alexander-Arnold plays his way into
Shaka Hislop reacts to reports that Barcelona are interested in Marcus Rashford over Roberto Firmino. Alejandro Moreno breaks down Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s impact on El Clasico. Barcelona have been forced to change their travel plans for this weekend’s game against Eibar due to the ongoing protests in the city following a Spanish court
Lazio will face a partial stadium ban against Celtic on Nov. 7. Lazio have been ordered to close four sections of their stadium for their next Europa League home game due to racist behaviour by the Italian club’s fans during a group stage match against Rennes earlier this month. European football’s governing body UEFA said
Have you ever heard the sound of sixty thousand hearts breaking simultaneously? It sounds like, well… nothing. Just a vast, sudden, emptiness where there once was a wall of noise. It’s eerie. On Monday, Jamal Bhuyan, captain of the Bangladesh national football team, all swagger and smirking confidence, had promised he’d break Indian hearts. On
Roberto Alvarado (11) celebrates with teammates after opening the scoring for Mexico against Panama on Tuesday. Mexico is now two for two in the group stage of the CONCACAF Nations League. Following last week’s 5-1 thrashing of Bermuda, El Tri returned home to collect another three points during Tuesday night’s 3-1 win over Panama. The