Month: June 2023

Stefano Domenicali has been CEO of Formula One since 2021. Kym Illman/Getty Images Formula One boss Stefano Domenicali says interest in the sport is currently so high that teams are turning down “almost billions” from prospective buyers. F1 is enjoying an unprecedented global boom and the demand to join the grid — either through buying an
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 14, 2023, 12:27 PM ET A major welterweight bout is set for Beantown. Perennial contender Geoff Neal will face the undefeated, up-and-coming Ian Machado Garry at UFC 292 on Aug. 19 in Boston, Garry announced via Instagram. Sources confirmed the matchup to ESPN on Wednesday. Neal is currently No. 9
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 14, 2023, 09:14 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia LOS ANGELES — Two U.S. senators are urging Attorney General Merrick Garland and Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter to scrutinize the PGA Tour’s planned alliance with the
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 14, 2023, 01:31 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Sebastian Vettel will drive the famous Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit in a Formula One car later this year when he is reunited with his championship-winning Red Bull RB7. The four-time world champion retired at the end
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ESPN News Services Jun 13, 2023, 10:05 PM ET The oldest professional ballpark in the country will host the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2024 “Field of Dreams” game, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, which opened in 1910, will be the site of the
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Associated Press Jun 14, 2023, 12:27 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins have hired two-time NHL All-Star Jason Spezza as assistant general manager. President of hockey operations Kyle Dubas announced the move on Wednesday. Spezza spent the 2022-23 season working as a special assistant to Dubas when Dubas served as the general manager in
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Joon Lee, ESPNJun 13, 2023, 03:55 PM ET Close Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher ReportCornell University graduate NEW YORK — Anthony Volpe may be struggling, but Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner made clear that the shortstop’s not going anywhere. Speaking at MLB headquarters ahead of the owners meetings, Steinbrenner said the team has had “zero
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