Month: October 2021

7:49 PM ET AUSTIN, Texas — Daniel Ricciardo’s show run in Dale Earnhardt’s 1984 car prompted a tweet of appreciation from the NASCAR legend’s son, Dale Earnhardt Jr., on Saturday. The tweet left Ricciardo slightly lost for words. On Saturday morning at the Circuit of the Americas, host of this weekend’s U.S. Grand Prix, Ricciardo
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2:42 PM ET Valtteri Bottas will take a five-place grid penalty from wherever he qualifies for the U.S. Grand Prix after Mercedes changed his car’s internal combustion engine. It will be Bottas’ third engine-related grid penalty in four races, after serving similar drops in Italy and Russia. The change meant Mercedes moved to a component
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7:23 PM ET LAS VEGAS — It was a weird week, to say the least, but Saturday’s five-round main event between Marvin Vettori and Paulo Costa delivered as expected. Vettori (18-4-1) handed Costa (13-2) his second consecutive defeat, scoring a unanimous decision victory in a light heavyweight matchup at UFC Fight Night inside the Apex.
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6:30 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Ty Gibbs upset the field again, racing to his fourth Xfinity Series victory of the season Saturday and stopping title contenders AJ Allmendinger and Austin Cindric from advancing to the championship round. Gibbs, 19, passed reigning champion Cindric with 10 laps remaining at Kansas Speedway and
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6:09 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Steve Flesch birdied the par-4 18th hole for a 5-under 67 and a two-stroke lead over Bernhard Langer and Steven Alker on Saturday in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic, the first of three PGA Tour Champions playoff events. Flesch reached 13-under 131 with his second straight bogey-free
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6:08 PM ET CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami Hurricanes athletic director Blake James was not ready to make any pronouncements for how this season would play out for coach Manny Diaz, who has come under fire for a 2-4 start. Asked whether Diaz was on the hot seat, James told ESPN, “I don’t know how
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2:53 PM ET Harry Kettle Foden struck twice in Man City’s win over Brighton in the Premier League. Vince Mignott/MB Media/Getty Images Manchester City made a real statement on the south coast as they ran out 4-1 winners over Brighton & Hove Albion. While the hosts did manage to put in a good shift once the
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