4:48 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports AVONDALE, Ariz. — The France family is looking to merge its sanctioning body NASCAR and its track-operating company International Speedway Corporation into one privately run company run that it would run. The France
Month: November 2018
3:47 PM ET Connor McDonagh Max Verstappen has ruled out challenging Mercedes and Ferrari for pole position in Brazil. Red Bull showed strong pace throughout Friday practice with Verstappen topping the first session. The Dutchman’s running in the afternoon session was curtailed by an oil leak which left him in the garage for approximately one
4:12 PM ET World No. 1 Simona Halep will be searching for a new coach heading into next season. Darren Cahill announced Friday he is relinquishing his role as Halep’s coach, at least through next season. “After much thought and discussion, and many years with 30 plus weeks on the road away from my family,
ESPN FC’s Mark Ogden sits down with Man City’s David Silva to discuss how the Manchester derby has evolved and his favourite moments in the rivalry. Join Mark Donaldson in ESPN FC’s Fantasy Premier League at ESPNFC.com/FantasyFC. Pep Guardiola or Joachim Löw? Lahm or Schweinsteiger? We put Manchester City’s Leroy Sane on the spot in
3:02 PM GMT Springboks great Chester Williams says the team must be “brave” and a lot more clinical against the big teams if they want to win the Rugby World Cup next year. The Boks have lost their past two Test matches, against New Zealand and England, by narrow margins even though they dominated the
2:36 PM ET DENVER — There is a difference in Yair Rodriguez, as he heads into his first UFC fight in 18 months. How could there not? In May 2017, Rodriguez went flying into a featherweight matchup against Frankie Edgar with all the momentum in the world. He was 6-0 in the UFC, and had
2:38 PM ET Former middleweight titlist Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is returning to the ring. The son of Mexican legend and Hall of Famer Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. will face Mexican countryman Alfredo Angulo on Dec. 1 on the undercard of the heavyweight world title fight between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury at the Staples
2:22 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Bruins say goaltender Tuukka Rask has been granted a leave of absence from the team for a personal matter. The team didn’t offer an explanation, but general manager Don Sweeney said shortly after the announcement on Friday that it was not health related. He also asked for
Join Mark Donaldson in ESPN FC’s Fantasy Premier League at ESPNFC.com/FantasyFC. MANCHESTER — Jose Mourinho is sweating on the fitness of Paul Pogba ahead of the Manchester derby after the Frenchman was forced to miss training on Friday, sources have told ESPN FC. The midfielder did not take part in the penultimate session before the
8:00 AM ET DRESSED IN A BLACK Pittsburgh Steelers shirt, the woman sniffed back tears as she made her way through the still-crowded memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill, gently, unconsciously rolling a small stone in her right palm. I never intended to start this “week with the Steelers” diary with