Month: March 2019

6:47 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Red Bull has taken a cheeky swipe at two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso, tweeting the Spaniard’s infamous ‘Now we can fight!’ message after claiming third place at the Australian Grand Prix on its first race with Honda power. The now-retired Alonso first shouted those words in Melbourne
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6:17 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Valtteri Bottas delivered a not-so-subtle message for his critics after crossing the line to win the season-opening Australian Grand Prix by over 20 seconds to Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton. “To whom it may concern, f— you,” Bottas shouted into his radio, immediately after taking the chequered flag at Albert
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8:28 AM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 MELBOURNE, Australia — We wrote Saturday that 2019 needed to start with someone other
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5:07 AM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 MELBOURNE, Australia — We wrote yesterday that 2019 needed to start with someone other
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3:58 AM ET Steve KimESPN Errol Spence Jr. wasn’t just bigger and stronger than Mikey Garcia, he was also better. Yeah, size matters in boxing — but so do skills. In successfully defending his IBF welterweight title, Spence (25-0, 21 KOs) thoroughly outclassed the fundamentally gifted Garcia in every way. This wasn’t just about hitting
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12:43 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Welterweight world titleholder Errol Spence Jr. said a few days before his defense ageist Mikey Garcia that the fight would be “a one-sided massacre” in his favor. Oh, boy, was it ever. Spence pummeled the iron-chinned Garcia for the entire fight en route to a shutout decision as he
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12:45 AM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Conor McGregor fired up the Bruins with a pregame speech. Brad Marchand paid him tribute by doing a rendition of the MMA fighter’s walk after he scored his winner. Marchand scored 3:30 into overtime, lifting Boston to a 2-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. “Yeah,
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