9:34 AM ET Valtteri Bottas says he raised concerns about the standards of Mercedes’ pit stops before a machined wheel nut forced him into retirement at the Monaco Grand Prix. Bottas holds the dubious honour of Formula One’s longest pit stop after it took Mercedes 43 hours to remove the front right wheel from his
8:48 AM ET Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has praised Naomi Osaka for withdrawing from the French Open and criticised the way the situation was handled by tennis authorities. On Monday, Osaka announced she will “take some time away from the court” one day after being fined and threatened with harsher sanctions for
1:04 PM ET ESPN News Services Colorado Avalanche center Nazem Kadri‘s eight-game suspension was upheld Monday by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. Bettman heard Kadri’s appeal of the suspension last Thursday. The NHL Players Association has filed an appeal on Kadri behalf to a neutral arbitrator, a source told ESPN’s Emily Kaplan, confirming multiple reports. Shyam
5:21 PM ET After a yearlong postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic, the CONCACAF Nations League finals kick off this week, and there are plenty of storylines to keep track of ahead of Thursday’s semifinals and Sunday’s final in Denver. The United States — featuring Christian Pulisic, Sergino Dest and Giovanni Reyna — will have
8:47 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim The MLB season fills a wide swath of the calendar with 162 games, an entire summertime (and beyond) of ups and downs. The NBA and NHL seasons have only half as many games, but the twists and turns keep the ride going for months. The same is true in the
7:01 PM ET CHICAGO — A collision in left field between San Diego Padres outfielder Tommy Pham and shortstop Ha-Seong Kim in Wednesday’s loss to the Chicago Cubs led to a short confrontation in the visitor’s dugout while Pham and Kim had to leave the game. The incident occurred with the bases loaded in the
5:53 AM ET We generally talk about football players and positions in the simplest way possible. You’re a rushing quarterback (or maybe a “dual-threat”) or a pocket passer, a between-the-tackles runner or an all-purpose back, a wideout or a slot receiver, etc. Some of the most fun players in the sport, however, blur the lines,
News “But at the end of the day, I’m not being ungrateful, I’m grateful that we’re still playing, we’re still doing our job” Bubble life has “definitely taken a toll” on West Indies allrounder Andre Russell because of the restrictions, quarantine rules imposed on players as more and more international series and T20 tournaments are
10:35 PM ET Montreal Canadiens forward Jake Evans was taken off the ice on a stretcher following a hard hit from Winnipeg Jets center Mark Scheifele in the final seconds of Wednesday night’s second-round playoff series opener. With 56.9 seconds remaining in Montreal’s 5-3 Game 1 victory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Evans scored an empty-net goal