Month: August 2020

12:05 PM ET Valtteri Bottas said Mercedes left the door wide open for Max Verstappen to win the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone. Bottas led away from pole position and controlled the early spell of the race, but Verstappen was on an alternate strategy and jumped ahead in the first pit-stop window. Bottas would
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12:20 PM ET Former Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn has said 70th Anniversary race winner Max Verstappen reminds him of Formula One great Michael Schumacher. Brawn masterminded Schumacher’s seven world championships with Benetton (1994 and 1995) and Ferrari (2000-04) and was team boss at Mercedes when the German made his comeback from 2010-2012. Verstappen’s win
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9:55 PM ET ESPN News Services DETROIT — Tigers first baseman C.J. Cron exited Monday night’s 5-1 win over the Chicago White Sox with a left knee injury. Cron was struck by Danny Mendick‘s hard-hit grounder in the fourth inning and stayed down for a while. He eventually walked off with some assistance. Detroit pitcher
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3:33 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams said Deandre Ayton missing the first quarter of Monday’s win over the Oklahoma City Thunder was just a “blip on the screen” and not a distraction. Ayton missed his mandatory COVID-19 test on Sunday morning and wasn’t cleared to play on Monday until his second
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8:32 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff A week after Vivo’s exit, the BCCI has advertised for its replacement as IPL title sponsors for the 2020 season spanning between August 18 to December 31 this year. Interested parties would need to buy the bid document by August 14 with the BCCI announcing the wining bid four days
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10:25 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ky. — Marie Bouzkova expected some adjustment to her first tennis tournament in nearly six months. First was the matter of shedding rust from the layoff caused by the coronavirus shutdown. The Czech Republic player also had to get her mind around the inaugural Top Seed Open and a
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