6:16 PM ET Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher has been named the most influential person in Formula One history after a vote by fans on the sport’s official website. The result was revealed on Wednesday, the 70th anniversary of the first world championship grand prix at Silverstone in 1950. Ferrari great Schumacher, who has not
4:46 AM ET Ferrari has confirmed Spanish driver Carlos Sainz will replace Sebastian Vettel in 2021. As ESPN reported on Wednesday, Ferrari moved quickly to sign Sainz after confirmation it had not come to an agreement with Vettel over extending the four-time world champion’s contract beyond this season. The news came shortly after McLaren confirmed
9:03 AM ET Steve KimESPN As much as the boxing world was hoping for it to happen, Gennadiy Golovkin will not face middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez for a third time in his next outing. Instead, GGG will take on his IBF mandatory challenger, Kamil Szeremeta, and then he will entertain the idea of finishing his
12:19 AM ET One day, Glover Teixeira will cease to be one of the world’s best light heavyweight MMA fighters. That day was not Wednesday. Eighteen years after his pro debut, Teixeira proved his caliber yet again in the main event of UFC Jacksonville, beating Anthony Smith via TKO at 1 minute, 4 seconds of
9:14 PM ET It was a month ago when Kerry Tharp’s phone rang. The area code was a familiar one: 386, as in Daytona Beach, Florida. The man known throughout the racing world as “The Commander” is in his fifth year as president of Darlington Raceway, NASCAR’s old-school equivalent to Fenway Park or Lambeau Field
8:48 AM ET Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis believes sports are a “communal resource.” Even as the coronavirus pandemic shutters arenas and postpones games and creates a murky uncertainty about the future of sports, Leonsis believes the community will have access to that resource again. “I’m not buying, in any way, that we won’t be
May 13, 2020 These are turbulent times with more questions than answers, including when college football will resume. The future power rankings, which always appear in the spring, hopefully provide a reminder of normalcy. After examining quarterbacks, defenses and offenses, this list projects the top 25 teams for the next three seasons. The forecast covers
7:00 AM ET The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic, and this year’s Induction Weekend festivities have been canceled. Nonetheless, the hall of fame that so many of us visit in our mind’s eye — whenever we take stock of greatness or steep ourselves
7:00 AM ET Hockey fans can be a passionate bunch — which means a lot of them hold grudges. Some are petty, some are major, but the one truth is that fans of each of the 31 NHL teams have one thing they’re hung up on, and simply can’t get over. Whether it’s a perceived
4:05 AM ET Daniel Ricciardo will join McLaren for the 2021 Formula One season, the team confirmed on Thursday, taking the place of Ferrari-bound Carlos Sainz. Australian driver Ricciardo is in the final year of his Renault deal and had looked to be a frontrunner to replace Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari after this week’s news