4:27 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Martin Truex Jr. indicated he has a free pass to rough up Joey Logano as the two drivers are among the four vying for the NASCAR Cup Series championship
Month: November 2018
In Setubal, Jose Mourinho is a hero. SETUBAL, Portugal — Approximately 30 miles and an hour’s train journey south of Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, is Setubal. The working-class fishing city, where the Sado River meets the Atlantic Ocean, has a population of 90,000, but its most famous son spends most of his days some 1,500 miles
9:52 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Joey Logano heard the boos at Martinsville Speedway and soaked in the moment. Considering people once said Logano didn’t have the talent to race in the NASCAR Cup series, boos will do just
2:00 PM GMT Ireland bolstered their lineout and defence under the high ball by bringing lock Devin Toner and fit-again Rob Kearney back into their side to face New Zealand in Saturday’s clash of the world’s top two sides. Kearney, one of the game’s best defenders under a high ball, returns at full-back in place
2:48 PM GMT ESPN staff Duane Vermeulen will start at No 8 in a re-jigged back-row after Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus made six cganges to his starting side to face Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. Vermeulen replaces Warren Whiteley, with the Lions eight man struggling with a calf injury that has also ruled him out
CORDOBA, Argentina — Argentina interim coach Lionel Scaloni is confident that Lionel Messi’s absence from La Albiceleste since the World Cup is only temporary, but hasn’t talked about the subject to the Barcelona forward. “I’ve not spoken with him about whether he’s coming to the Copa America,” Scaloni told a news conference in Buenos Aires
Nov 15, 2018 Hughie Fury has been ordered to defend his British Heavyweight title against unbeaten challenger Joe Joyce. Hughie — the brother of Tyson Fury, who challenges Deontay Wilder for the WBC world heavyweight title on Dec. 1 — lost out to Kubrat Pulev in a final eliminator for the IBF heavyweight title last
1:09 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southeastern Conference has named Archie Manning winner of the Michael L. Slive Distinguished Service Award. The award, named after the late SEC commissioner, is presented to former athletes, graduates or administrators of member schools who have remained involved in college athletics and had an impact on
9:27 AM ET Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor appears ready to move on from the Jimmy Butler drama that overshadowed the start of the season, saying he had spent “too much of my time on things that were negative.” As the Wolves sort through what’s left after one of the most embarrassing episodes in franchise
3:00 AM ET Danyal Rasool Big Picture A series between the fourth and seventh-ranked Test sides in the world begins tomorrow in Abu Dhabi. Tell most people that, and their shoulders might instinctively shrug in indifference. After all, the UAE is unlikely to be the place where Test cricket makes the most persuasive case for