Feb 15, 2020 ESPN News Services DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Noah Gragson won his first career Xfinity Series race when Saturday’s opener was stopped on the final lap by a crash well behind the winning JR Motorsports Chevrolet. It was the third consecutive victory at Daytona for a car fielded by Dale Earnhardt Jr., his
3:39 PM ET The impact of the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal is reverberating throughout Major League Baseball. There has been immediate impact — three managers lost their jobs in a week, along with the Astros’ general manager. And through all of the revelations, both the Astros themselves and players throughout the game have had something
4:54 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Twenty-four hours after new Washington Redskins coach Ron Rivera unloaded Pro Bowl cornerback Josh Norman from his roster, he unloaded more than 1,000 items he accumulated in nine seasons with the Carolina Panthers. Only this time it was for charity. Rivera and his wife, Stephanie, held a yard sale
4:52 PM GMT Saracens and England prop Mako Vunipola said he has “no regrets” about entering into business ventures with the club’s former chairman Nigel Wray, speaking in the wake of its relegation from the Premiership for breaching salary cap rules. Saracens, who have won four Premiership titles and three European crowns in the past
11:55 AM ET Welterweight Vergil Ortiz Jr., the heavy-hitting 2019 ESPN prospect of the year, will make his 2020 debut against battle-tested veteran Samuel Vargas on March 28, Golden Boy Promotions announced on Saturday. The scheduled 12-round bout, which had been agreed to for the past couple of weeks but is now signed, will take
1:30 PM ET Clemson fell short in the national championship game, but for the second straight year, the Tigers enter the season as the top team, according to the first Football Power Index rankings of 2020. Clemson returns six starters on each side of the ball, including all four defensive linemen and one of the
12:06 PM ET Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. — Zack Wheeler wants to dial down his little dispute with his former team’s general manager. The new Philadelphia right-hander has recently been trading barbs with New York Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen, adding even more intrigue after Wheeler left the Mets to sign with the rival Phillies.
12:16 PM ET Holder Kiki Bertens battled past Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 in the St Petersburg Ladies’ Trophy semifinals on Saturday to set up a title clash with Elena Rybakina. The world No. 8 dominated the first set before losing the second to an inspired Alexandrova, but found her rhythm in the decider where
4:05 PM GMT Nagraj Gollapudi Close News editor, ESPNcricinfo Nagraj Gollapudi is news editor at ESPNcricinfo Gaurav Sundararaman The first match of the 2020 IPL will be a repeat of last year’s final with defending champions the Mumbai Indians taking on the Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium on March 29. The tournament will
2:41 PM ET The tight quarters and big wrecks we see in racing at Daytona seem to indicate that winners are impossible to predict in the Daytona 500. But taking a look at the recent winners of the “Great American Race” shows some of the most accomplished drivers in recent memory. Since we got away
3:16 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Fast bowler Ishant Sharma has cleared his fitness test at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru and is set to join the India squad in New Zealand for the two-Test series. ESPNcricinfo understands Sharma will fly out on Sunday and join the squad in Wellington, the venue of the
10:05 AM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — When Jimmie Johnson is asked a question that requires some deep thought, a topic that requires him to pull from a memory, he does this thing with his eyes, head and brain. He will clamp his eyelids shut, tilt his head to the side, or even tilt it
10:17 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph is calling Myles Garrett‘s assertion that he used a racial slur a “bold-faced lie,” and Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is supporting his quarterback. “1000% False,” Rudolph tweeted after Outside the Lines aired a new interview with Garrett after the NFL reinstated the Cleveland Browns defensive end.
10:00 AM ET Nick DePaulaESPN CHICAGO — Surrounded by friends and family, Aaron Gordon strolled into the United Center late Thursday night with a purpose. The Orlando Magic forward, one of the showcase attractions of All-Star Saturday night, was looking to avenge past failures. While league officials worked on ideal camera placements for the upcoming
2:29 AM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Seven-time major champion Inbee Park hasn’t won an LPGA tournament in nearly two years, but her 19 tour victories include trophies at Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia. She might well be adding Australia soon to that total in the Asia-Pacific region. Park took a three-stroke lead at
Feb 14, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff Western Australia 4 for 165 (Marsh 63) trail South Australia 389 (Cooper 99, Weatherald 60, Sayers 58*, Nielsen 53 Moody 4-86) by 224 runs A grinding day at the Adelaide Oval ended with South Australia holding the advantage having whittled out Western Australia’s top order including the key wicket of
12:59 AM ET Steve KimESPN ANAHEIM, Calif. — In an eye-opening performance, Ryan Garcia stopped Francisco Fonseca in the first round of their lightweight bout with a blazing counter left hook that left his foe flat on the canvas Friday night at the Honda Center. Referee Raul Caiz Sr. counted out Fonseca at 1 minute,
11:59 PM ET The Rising Stars Challenge got off to a sleepy start in the first quarter Friday, and Team World took a 10-point lead into the halftime locker room despite equipment damage courtesy of New Orleans Pelicans power forward Zion Williamson. But Charlotte Hornets small forward Miles Bridges flipped a switch in the second