Month: October 2018

9:21 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Trae Young had 35 points with 11 assists — the best line for an NBA rookie in eight years — and Kent Bazemore scored 23 as the Atlanta Hawks rolled to an easy 133-111 win on Sunday over the Cleveland Cavaliers, who lost their home opener and fell
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12:08 AM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks raised Paul Kariya‘s No. 9 to the Honda Center rafters Sunday night, honoring the high-scoring forward who became a Hall of Famer. The Ducks celebrated Kariya’s career before their game against Buffalo with an emotional event ending with the hanging of Kariya’s banner alongside
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8:08 PM ET AUSTIN, Texas — Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari’s resurgence at the U.S. Grand Prix came as too little too late as he heads to the next round in Mexico expecting to be eliminated from the title race. ESPN rounds up the main talking points from an entertaining U.S. Grand Prix, where Kimi Raikkonen
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9:37 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports KANSAS CITY, Kan. — NASCAR set up its playoff system for win-and-in dramatics. It wants the thrill of victory and agony of defeat as it eliminates four drivers after three-race rounds. That didn’t
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3:48 PM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Mitch Sherman Close ESPN Staff Writer Nebraska/Big Ten/Recruiting reporter. Joined ESPN in 2011. Graduated from the University of Nebraska. Ohio State’s loss at Purdue helped move Michigan into playoff consideration in our latest projections. Find
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6:24 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Chase Elliott won at Kansas Speedway on Sunday for his second victory in three races, cementing himself as a championship threat late in a season in which mighty Hendrick Motorsports has lagged. Elliott needed 98 career starts before he figured out how to close out a
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5:33 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Woody Austin shot a 3-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over Bernhard Langer on Sunday in the PGA Tour Champions’ playoff-opening Dominion Energy Charity Classic. The 54-year-old Austin finished with an 11-under total for three rounds at The Country Club of Virginia’s James River Course. He won
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4:30 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Richard Violette Jr., a thoroughbred trainer who advocated tirelessly on behalf of racetrack backstretch workers and improved care for retired racehorses, has died. He was 65. Violette died Sunday at his home in Delray Beach, Florida, after a long struggle with lung cancer, according to the New
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4:07 PM BST KweseESPN Staff Duane Vermeulen, Trevor Nyakane and Lood de Jager have been included in a 20-man Springbok training squad for the upcoming tto the United Kingdom and France, while Tendai Mtawarira was ruled out of the tour due to injury. The majority of the squad players assembled on Sunday for camp in
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