6:30 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Victory over England’s Tony Bellew on Saturday will not only boost Oleksandr Usyk’s profile, it will also take him a step closer to a
Month: November 2018
1:00 PM ET Pretty soon the 2018 NASCAR Cup series season will be finishing up and we’ll be reflecting on the season that was as well as looking ahead to 2019. Time continues to move in a linear fashion, after all. Side note, did you know Friday (Nov. 9) will mark 100 days until the
3:00 AM ET England won the toss and chose to bat first against Sri LankaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details England won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test in Galle, handing both opener Rory Burns and wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Foakes Test debuts. Batting first is a substantial advantage at this venue. The last
9:28 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Chicago Blackhawks fired coach Joel Quenneville on Tuesday. Quenneville, who won three Stanley Cups with the Blackhawks, was the longest-tenured coach in the NHL. He had been with the team since 2008. Chicago named their AHL coach, Jeremy Colliton as the new coach. Colliton, 33, becomes the youngest head
8:30 AM ET Justin Rose recaptured the No. 1 ranking in the world with his victory at the Turkish Airlines Open — and will just as quickly give it up, through no fault of his own, as the quirks of the system put Brooks Koepka in the lead spot next week. Such is the fate
7:02 AM GMT After being ruled out of Saturday’s test against France and possibly the rest of the tour, South Africa lock Eben Etzebeth is back in contention after the ankle injury he suffered turned out to be less serious than initially thought. Netflix to chill? NBA for game night? Need to scratch the gaming
6:42 AM ET Brazilian Formula 2 driver Sergio Sette Camara has joined McLaren as a test and development driver. Sette Camara has been the F2 teammate of McLaren’s current test driver Lando Norris this season and will take over Norris’ role when the British driver is promoted to a race seat alongside Carlos Sainz next
Although he did not win the race or stand on the podium, ten years after the most infamous moment of his career, Timo Glock is still trying to shake off his association with the Brazilian Grand Prix. In 2008, Interlagos was the season finale and hosted a title decider between McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s
5:34 AM ET Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene has urged his team to rediscover a habit of winning and stop choking when it is close to its goal. The Italian team missed out on another drivers’ title at the Mexican Grand Prix two weeks ago, meaning it has now gone 11 years without winning the championship.
2:55 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN DENVER – Back in April, the Denver Nuggets came as close as a team possibly can to making the NBA playoffs – only to fail to do so. It took losing to the Minnesota Timberwolves on the final day of the regular season – and in overtime, no less –