8:59 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Martin Truex Jr. doesn’t know if he is seeing a groundswell of fan support over the past three months as he vies for his second consecutive NASCAR Cup Series championship. All he knows
Month: November 2018
2:04 PM GMT Conor Murray and Robbie Henshaw have been ruled out of the rest of Ireland’s November internationals, the Irish Rugby Federation announced on Monday. Murray has not played since June because of a neck injury and although the IRFU said he was “accelerating through his recovery”, the scrum-half will not join up with
Benni McCarthy says he looks no further than the methods of his former boss Jose Mourinho when gauging the great managers of the world as he plots his own coaching path at Cape Town City. McCarthy recently gained his UEFA Pro License, putting him on a par in terms of qualifications with managers across Europe’s
5:23 PM ET Max Verstappen will perform two days of “public service” as punishment for his post-race altercation with rival driver Esteban Ocon following Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver was found guilty of performing an “act prejudicial to the interests of the motorsport” after he retaliated to an on-track incident by tracking
11:47 AM ET Opening Bell: All hail Usyk! Since the cruiserweight division was established in 1979 — with a 190-pound weight limit that many years later was increased to 200 — the matter of its all-time best fighter has essentially been unchallenged. The discussion has started and ended with the great Evander Holyfield, although there
12:01 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Quarterback Patrick Mahomes skipped his normal postgame news conference on Sunday after his girlfriend’s stepfather died while at the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Arizona Cardinals at Arrowhead Stadium. Mahomes’ girlfriend, Brittany Matthews, reported on her Instagram account that her stepfather had died. Mahomes played as
11:37 AM ET Novak Djokovic made a superb opening campaign at the ATP Finals, defeating American John Isner in straight sets. The World No.1 and favourite for a sixth London title was a comfortable 6-4, 6-3 winner over 6ft 10in Isner at the O2 Arena, London. With Cristiano Ronaldo watching from the crowd, Djokovic secured
11:37 AM ET Alexander Zverev won two tiebreaks as he opened his ATP World Tour Finals campaign with a straight-sets win over Marin Cilic in London on Monday. The German No. 3 seed, who also defeated Cilic in their opening match of last year’s season-ending tournament, was down a break of serve in both sets
8:33 AM ET Esteban Ocon’s collision with Max Verstappen while trying to unlap himself was “wholly unacceptable”, according to FIA race director Charlie Whiting. Suggestions that Esteban Ocon collided with Max Verstappen on purpose at the Brazilian Grand Prix have been labelled as “conspiracy theories” by Force India team principal Otmar Szafnauer. Max Verstappen will
Max Verstappen called Esteban Ocon a ‘lunatic’. Historically, if not diplomatically, this was an appropriate choice of word, Ayrton Senna having referred to Eddie Irvine in exactly the same way following a similar incident — but without contact (on the track, at least) — at Suzuka 25 years ago. Senna was a triple World Champion