Month: July 2021

Jul 13, 2021 Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” DENVER — After dropping a dramatic first-round Home Run Derby matchup to Juan Soto on Monday night, Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani said he wants a return engagement. Following a wild
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4:50 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have opened talks over a swap deal involving Antoine Griezmann and Saul Niguez, multiple sources have confirmed to ESPN. Griezmann, 30, left Atletico for Barca in 2019 for a fee of €120 million, but the Catalan club are open to letting him leave this
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8:33 AM ET McLaren CEO Zak Brown has tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix along with two other members of his team. McLaren confirmed all three individuals are now isolating in line with government guidelines and neither of McLaren’s drivers, Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo, were counted as close contacts
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12:55 PM ET Motorsport UK head David Richards said on Thursday he had been asked to stand for president of the International Automobile Federation, Formula One’s governing body, and had not ruled anything out. Frenchman Jean Todt, who has been FIA president since 2009, is standing down and an election for his replacement will be
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12:28 PM ET Associated Press LUZ ARDIDEN, France — Tadej Pogacar won the final mountain stage of the Tour de France on Thursday to cement his grip on the race. The short trek in the Pyrenees featured a daunting combination of the Col du Tourmalet and the final sharp climb to the Luz-Ardiden ski resort,
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