Mar 14, 2021 Mark KriegelESPN The great fighter retires with his fortune and his faculties intact. Then he stays retired — resisting the urgings of the promoters, the public and the ferocious power of his own ego, that which made him great in the first place. It’s boxing’s most unlikely story. And its happiest. And
7:07 AM ET Mercedes will be unable to remove the front-right wheel nut from Valtteri Bottas’ Monaco Grand Prix race car until it returns to the team’s UK factory this week. Bottas was running in second position before he stopped for a scheduled tyre change mid-race, only for Mercedes to struggle to remove the tyre.
12:18 PM ET Sergio Perez has confirmed one of his family security guards was shot in a failed robbery attempt in Guadalajara, Mexico, before he took part in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix. On Saturday, thieves unsuccessfully attempted to steal one of the cars belonging to Perez’s security detail. After completing qualifying in Monte
2:40 AM ET Memphis Grizzlies small forward Dillon Brooks oozed confidence before, during and after scoring 31 points in Sunday’s 112-109 upset win over the top-seeded Utah Jazz in Game 1 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series. The 25-year-old set the tone for the rest of his teammates while repeatedly silencing a loud Salt
6:34 AM ET Farewell to the Washington Capitals and St. Louis Blues, two recent Stanley Cup champions who were eliminated on Sunday. Three more teams — the Florida Panthers, Minnesota Wild and, quite shockingly, the Edmonton Oilers — could join them after Monday night’s action. Check out the ESPN NHL Playoffs Daily to catch up
3:58 PM ET Luis Suarez has confirmed that he’ll be staying at Atletico Madrid next season after his goals fired them to their first La Liga title in seven years. Suarez scored the winner — his 21st league goal of the campaign — in Atletico’s 2-1 comeback victory at Real Valladolid on Saturday, a result
5:42 AM ET It was late December, not yet the end of the season, and already the wolves were circling. An assistant at a high-level Power 5 program knew two of his school’s best young players — one on offense and one on defense — were being actively recruited by other programs. In fact, he
8:19 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Brooks Koepka wasn’t simply sore about bad putting that cost him a chance at his third PGA Championship win and fifth major title. He was sore about his injured right knee, which he had to protect and yet still got hit a few times as fans engulfed him
10:11 PM ET It wasn’t all that long ago — two Sundays ago, actually — when it felt as if everyone was worried about the Los Angeles Dodgers. They were losing, they were injured, and the landscape of the National League West made it seem as if the Dodgers, poised to challenge the wins record
7:15 AM ET Editor’s note: From rising strikeout totals and unwritten rules debates to connecting with a new generation of fans and a looming labor battle, baseball is at a crossroads. As MLB faces these challenges, we are embarking on a season-long look at The State of Baseball, examining the storylines that will determine how