9:54 AM ET After decades of titles being decided all over the map and autumn calendar, the annual NASCAR season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway has become the coronation spot of stock car racing’s greatest championship. But in recent seasons it has also become the sport’s grandest stage for goodbyes, from Tony Stewart to Jeff Gordon
Month: November 2018
12:25 AM GMT Having quit rugby to work as a bank teller in his late teens, Bundee Aki will offer thanks again to Tana Umaga when he runs out for the Test showdown between the world’s top two ranked rugby nations in Dublin on Saturday. Aki will be in the Ireland midfield for their clash
12:18 AM ET The Boston Bruins, already with four defensemen sidelined with injuries, lost captain Zdeno Chara to a lower-body injury in the first period of Wednesday night’s game in Colorado. The team was already without defensive stalwarts Charlie McAvoy (concussion), Kevan Miller (broken hand) and Brandon Carlo (lower body), as well as rookie Urho
12:07 AM ET When Zion Williamson is catching a lob in transition or snaring a rebound in traffic, it’s easy to envision the Duke freshman sensation transitioning pretty well to the gridiron. And that’s exactly what Eric Mateos thought when he saw Williamson’s viral highlights a couple of years ago. “I thought I overthrew it,”
10:59 PM ET Steve KimESPN The World Boxing Association has suspended its “regular” heavyweight champion, Manuel Charr (31-4, 17 KO), for six months stemming from his positive drug tests prior to a scheduled bout against Fres Oquendo (37-8, 24 KO) on Sept. 29. Epitrenbolone and drostanolone, two anabolic steroids, were found in Charr’s system, leading
9:55 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Brandon Marshall was asked if he can still do it like he used to. He responded with a coy smile. “No, I’m done. I’m washed up,” said the 34-year-old wide receiver, who signed with the New Orleans Saints on Monday after being released by the Seattle Seahawks two weeks
8:04 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers have hired Luis Ortiz as the hitting coach on new manager Chris Woodward’s staff, which will include three returning coaches. Texas also said Wednesday that the contracts of pitching coach Doug Brocail and assistant pitching coach Dan Warthen weren’t renewed. Bench coach Don Wakamatsu,
7:19 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles center Jason Kelce has seen a drop in accountability from last year’s Super Bowl team, brought on in part by the departure of some key veterans. Speaking about what is ailing the 4-5 Eagles, Kelce offered an extensive, nuanced response during a conversation with reporters following Wednesday’s practice that
9:30 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Nobody’s perfect. Even the best teams in the NHL have some issues to work out, while the worst teams play a nightly game of whack-a-mole in an effort to address their many problems. For this week’s ESPN NHL Power Rankings — voted on as always by ESPN’s panel of experts
3:00 AM ET Varun Shetty Sri Lanka women 97 for 7 (Siriwardene 31, Alam 3-21) beat Bangladesh women 72 (Attapatu 3-17, Pradbhodani 2-6, Siriwardene 2-10) by 25 runs Shashikala Siriwardene steers through the off side Getty Images Sri Lanka kept their semi-final prospects alive in Group A with a comprehensive win over Bangladesh that they would