10:00 AM ET In 2017, Dale Earnhardt Jr. surprised the NASCAR world when stock car racing’s most popular driver announced he would retire at season’s end. Many were shocked by the decision because Earnhardt had fought so hard to make it back after missing the second half of the 2016 season because of concussion-related symptoms.
Month: September 2018
8:16 AM ET I’ve suggested on podcasts that the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame should construct a wing devoted to NBA absurdities. The NBA is the most absurd major U.S. sports league, churning out a never-ending stream of on-court bloopers, social media gaffes and melodrama. The day-to-day silliness deserves its place in Springfield, Massachusetts.
10:00 AM ET Dale Earnhardt Jr. has chronicled his accidents and the injuries that forced him out of the car in a new book, “Racing to the Finish: My Story”, co-authored by ESPN senior writer Ryan McGee. Here’s an excerpt below, and check out ESPN’s exclusive Q&A between Earnhardt and McGee. Sunday, May 4, 2014
2:34 PM ET One day after Manny Pacquiao threatened to sue Top Rank for failing to pay him money he claimed it owed him for the United States broadcast rights of his last fight, Top Rank chairman Bob Arum told ESPN on Tuesday the issue was being handled. The Philippines’ Pacquiao, 39, the only fighter
Melbourne City have moved to replace the recently departed Dean Bouzanis with fringe Socceroos goalkeeper Mark Birighitti. Birighitti keeper made the PFA’s team of the season in his last full season in the A-League and bolsters City’s hopes of success this season. “I’m pleased to be returning to Australia and to join a club with
1:49 PM ET Chair umpires and other officials are shaken by what they perceive as a lack of official support for chair umpire Carlos Ramos, given that his actions against Serena Williams during Saturday’s US Open women’s final were well within the rules. The International Tennis Federation defended Carlos Ramos, the chair umpire who gave
1:43 PM ET UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley credits much of his success to longtime head coach and retired lightweight Din Thomas, who has been in his corner since 2006. In addition to his relationship with Woodley, Thomas is close with UFC president Dana White. So he has a balanced outlook on what’s often been
5:28 AM ET Ferrari has confirmed junior driver Charles Leclerc will step up from Sauber next season to replace Kimi Raikkonen. Monaco native Leclerc, 20, has impressed in his rookie campaign for Sauber this season, vindicating to many the hype surrounding him after a dominant Formula Two championship season in 2017. Leclerc was first tipped
8:41 AM ET Houston native Lawson Craddock became one of the biggest stories of the 2018 Tour de France in a most unexpected way. The EF-Education First rider fractured his scapula in a crash on the first day of the three-week race. Uncertain how long he could continue with the painful injury, Craddock pledged funds
12:25 PM ET Maurice Hamilton Close • Veteran F1 journalist, covering the sport since 1977• Motor racing correspondent for the Observer for 20 years• Has written several books and covered F1 for BBC Radio 5 Live Not much changes with Kimi, does it? He makes his F1 debut with Sauber when no one expects it. Then 17 years,
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 75
- 76
- 77
- 78
- 79
- …
- 90
- Next Page »