12:58 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports FORT WORTH, Texas — With six drivers vying for the two remaining berths to fight for the championship at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the track at Phoenix has added an extra kink to the drama
Month: November 2018
Nov 4, 2018 New South Wales 5 for 285 (Hughes 78, Sangha 70*, Patterson 56, J Edwards 50*) v Tasmania In their first Sheffield Shield appearances at the SCG, Jason Sangha and Jack Edwards steadied New South Wales after they had threatened to let a promising position slip away on the opening day against Tasmania.
2:01 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN LOS ANGELES — When Toronto Raptors forward Serge Ibaka found out Kawhi Leonard would be sitting out Sunday night’s game at Staples Center against the Los Angeles Lakers, he was determined to make up for Leonard’s absence. “I was just focused,” he said afterward. “I just wanted to go out
1:37 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots wide receiver Josh Gordon said one of his fingers was dislocated in Sunday night’s 31-17 win over the Green Bay Packers. Gordon, who finished with five catches for 130 yards and a touchdown, left the game briefly two different times. “I guess it’s like a freak
1:08 AM ET Floyd Mayweather Jr. has made his New Year’s Eve plans official. Mayweather will exit retirement once again and fight 20-year-old Japanese kickboxing phenom Tenshin Nasukawa on Dec. 31 at the 37,000-seat Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, about a half-hour drive outside of Tokyo. Mayweather and Nasukawa appeared at a news conference
10:00 PM GMT Moments after England’s victory over South Africa, Eddie Jones had already switched attention to the All Blacks who roll into town next weekend. In the space of 10 seconds, he was asked three quick questions: Can you beat them? Do your players believe that? Do the All Blacks have weaknesses? Each received
8:56 AM ET BATON ROUGE, La. — There were times during Alabama’s lopsided 29-0 win over LSU on Saturday when it appeared that Quinnen Williams was putting on a personal audition for the NFL scouts in attendance. The spectacle of a night game at Tiger Stadium fell by the wayside as the third-year sophomore dominated
9:58 PM ET The Boston Red Sox, just a week after winning the World Series, had the most players in the American League named as Rawlings Gold Glove winners, with right fielder Mookie Betts, center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. and second baseman Ian Kinsler named to the AL team Sunday night. Betts won the award
11:09 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports FORT WORTH, Texas — Kevin Harvick saved the day at Texas Motor Speedway. Seriously. It could be said that a driver winning for the eighth time this year — leading 177 of 377
9:50 PM ET Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf was a late scratch from Sunday night’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets with an upper-body injury. Getzlaf, who was tied for the team lead entering the night, with 10 points (two goals, 8 assists), is listed as day-to-day. The injury left the Ducks trying to break