Lewis Hamilton headed Max Verstappen by 0.143 seconds to lead the way in second practice at the Portuguese Grand Prix. The second Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas was third quickest, ahead of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and the Alpines of Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon. It is the first time this season that Hamilton has topped a
News Pakistan centurion says the slowness of the pitch and the old ball forced the batters to score slowly most of the day Pakistan have a lead of 198 runs with four wickets in hand in the first-innings exchange with Zimbabwe in Harare, but the scoring rate has hovered between 2.7 and 2.8. Fawad Alam,
Apr 28, 2021 In a high-profile attempt to expose the scourge of racism towards players at all levels of the game, English football will unite to undertake a three-day social media boycott this weekend “in response to the ongoing and sustained discriminatory abuse received online.” The initiative has the backing of all professional leagues, including
8:30 AM ET The first round of the spring FCS playoffs gave us the tension we crave in tournament settings — four games were decided by single digits, and we had a genuinely perfect playoff game in Southern Illinois’ narrow win over Weber State — but it also gave us mostly chalk. The top four
11:00 AM ET EJ Onu, a two-time NAIA All-American, will use his extra year of eligibility and explore the transfer market, he told ESPN Friday. “I believe I’m an NBA talent, and I have a lot of things to prove and show that no matter what level you play at, you can play with anyone,”
11:48 AM BST The Champions Cup and Challenge Cup finals will take place at London’s Twickenham Stadium in May in front of up to 10,000 fans, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said on Friday. The matches were due to take place in Marseille on May 21 and May 22 respectively but were moved out of
Apr 29, 2021 Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Yeah, it’s great for the Cincinnati Bengals, Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos and Philadelphia Eagles that they’re adding
5:01 AM ET Inbee Park was unable to hit the heights of her opening round but a three-under-par 69 gave her a share of the lead with fellow South Korean Park Hee-young at the halfway stage of the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore on Friday. Park Hee-young drained a 10-foot birdie putt at the
9:42 AM ET Kansas has hired Buffalo‘s Lance Leipold as head football coach, the school announced Friday. The Jayhawks and Leipold agreed to a six-year contract, according to the school. “It is an exciting and humbling opportunity, and this is a day I will never forget,” Leipold said in a statement. “We are going to
7:02 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. The all-Canadian North Division has been a fun one to watch during the 2021 NHL season, featuring some of the NHL’s most ancient rivalries that have been rejuvenated with a new collection of
7:51 AM ET As the boxing world slowly starts rolling back into full gear, this weekend’s fights represent a burst of momentum leading into the busiest month in boxing we’ve had in over a year. It kicks off on Friday in London (ESPN+, 4 p.m. main card; 2 p.m. ET undercard) with a card featuring
7:35 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — After months of speculation on the New England Patriots possibly making a bold move up the 2021 NFL draft board for their quarterback of the future, coach Bill Belichick played it cool and let the draft come to him. Then Alabama’s Mac Jones dropped right into his lap. It’s
8:00 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Trevor Lawrence hasn’t even been a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars for 24 hours but he already has a deal with a Jacksonville-based company. Lawrence signed a multiyear memorabilia and collectibles partnership with Fanatics, which is an official partner with the NFL and others leagues for officially licensed sports
6:48 AM ET The Quirkjians are of my own making, an obsession for nearly 60 years. I’ve always loved arcane stats, odd connections of arbitrary names and numbers, amazing coincidences that baseball, more than any other sport, always provides. Every night that you go to a major league game, or watch one on TV, you
7:00 AM ET NHL Insiders The end of the 2021 NHL season is fast approaching. While COVID-19 postponements have resulted in games extending until May 19, many of the playoff positions will have been solidified before then. As we begin predicting what the 2021 playoffs will look like — and who will ultimately win the
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas headed Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to set the pace in first practice at the Portuguese Grand Prix. Bottas was 0.025 seconds ahead of Verstappen and 0.319secs quicker than his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Seven-time champion Hamilton was fifth fastest, behind Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Hamilton was struggling
7:00 AM ET At the start of every offseason, I go through the depth charts of every team from the top six conferences and a couple dozen other noteworthy teams. It’s been a difficult task this spring because of the NCAA granting every player an additional year of eligibility, not to mention the enormous influx
6:14 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Hideki Matsuyama received the Prime Minister’s Award in Tokyo on Friday for winning the Masters golf tournament. He was the first Japanese winner at Augusta National, the famous American club. Matsuyama won the low amateur title at the 2011 Masters just weeks after the earthquake, tsunami and the